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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
JACKSONVILLE Nj. 0. BUBBLE.
Startling Results Of an investigation
by State Examiners.

Under the heading This Town Is
Easy pickin'" II Jacksonville (OJ paper
reprints from TIE Columbus Citizen the
following account Of the results of an
Investigation OF that town by the state
examiners
"ihe examiners say that Auditor
John Lax looked after his private af-
fairs and that Treasurer Aumiller sign
ed both his own name and that of the
auditor To all vouchers.
''rhe police department kept no rec
ord OF arrests. the fire department no
record Of fires. and the sinking fund
had no minutes.
Mayor James Sharp did the plumb
Ing for the city. Councilman Price sold
all the supplies. and Member Of Board
Of Service Slcott furnished the coal to
the light plant.
councilman Emmett Keenan, Is also
city engineer and his Office kept no
records OF pats. and nothing could be
found out MS to the cost of street I'm
provements"
The examiners also reported that the
electric lights cost Jacksonville $SS.14
year. When asked for more detailed
information citizen Of high standing
wrote:
Figures Of Examiner Smith do not
include depreciation. interest. insurance
or water. Arcs are supposed to be 1000
candlepower burning on moonlight
schedule. Few nights II any pass with
out some lights out, and often all are
out the entire night understand that
the local electric light company agreed
TO furnish the same lights for $50 per
year each, with percentage off for
outage.
when the waterworks were operat-
ed alone the net profit per year was
about 5000 Since the light plant was
started the waterworks have run in
debt and this In the face Of the fact
that they are pumping less water at
higher prices than before the advance
In price amounting to about $1,000 per
| year"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
Took Part In Riot. with John Brown

RED BANK, y. j., Nov. 23.-Captain
James H. Holmes, one of the last of
John Browns band Of abolitionists,
died at the home Of William Hickman
near here. Captain Holmes accompa-
MED John Brown to Kansas in the ear
ly fifties. took part in the rioting there
preceding the civil war and later saw
service in the war itself. He was ter
ritOrial secretary of New Mexico under
President Lincoln. Captain Holmes
was seventy-four years old.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
Hiah Points Experience.

The city of High Point. N. c., in
stalled an electric light plant at cost
Of $4,000 Ten years later the gener-
ating plant was sold. A former men,
Der Of the electric light committee Of
the board of aldermen writes that this
was done because private company
offered to sell current at less than the
operating cost of the city's plant. He
further states that If the city had sold
its distributing system 1t would be far
better of financially than it is.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
Profoundly Considered

Remember" said the man who
loves trite sayings. "the early bird
catches the worm"
MY dear sir" answered the profess
sor, this proverb. like many others, is
misleading. 1t is often undesirable to
be early. For instance, the mound
builders were the earliest people Of
whom we have any knowledge on this
continent. Yet from the modern point
of view their situation is entirely dis.
advantageous" Washington Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 23-After having
been in session more than twenty-five
hours the jury in the case Of Edward
G. Lewis, charged with misusing the
mails in connection with the Peoples
United States banS. reported to Judge
Garland In the United States district
court that the members were unable
to agree The judge then discharged
the jury. which stood seven for con-
viction and five for acquittal. The
trial covered fifteen days.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
Got o74 silver Dollar. In Change.


MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Nov. 23.-Trou
bles of wealth weighed heavily on the
hands of Peter Callahan OF Chicago be
cause he did not want Milwaukee bank
certificates. Mr.. Callahan came to visit
one of the Milwaukee banking institu
tions where his personal note for S25
was due. Take the change out OF
that" commanded Mr.. Callahan, hand
Ing out $1,000 bill. He refused scrip
Finally Mr.. Callahan visited an attor
ney. who effected an agreement where
by he was paid in cash. The cash
was counted out. 1t consisted of 974
silver dollars and some small change,
weighing sixty pounds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
Addicted to Profanity.

40 aged negro was called as wit.
ness in an Alabama court. Before he
was sworn the presiding magistrate
directed the usual question be put to
the negro: do you know the nature
of an OATH" The old man shifted him.
self from one foot to the other before
replying A sly grin crept into his
face. well, jedge," said he, 81 CANT
say how tbs wild mos folks, but yo'
honah, reckon it's sorter secon' ma.
turs wild me-"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25

NEW YORK. Nov. 23.--The White
Star line steamer Majestic brought
1897 cases of eggs. the first importa-
tion from England in modern shipping
history. The eggs were brought here
because of the present high prices in
New York
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25

have opened ladies' tailoring es-
tablishment in the Library building
and am prepared to do all first class
tailoring work. Ladies' suits made to
order. Have had 10 years experience
in best New York shops and guarantee
all my work to be first class. Work
the best and prices reasonable, VIII
appreciate a trial. Cleaning, pressing
and repairing done very reasonably.
M. Epstein,
The New York Ta,lor
Next door to library.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
VIII curtaiI Wooden Production

BOSTON, Nov. 23.-President VIII
lam NJ Wood of the American Wool
ELL company stated in relation TO the
curtailment of business that the Amer
lean Woolen company was now operat-
ing about 20 per cent of its machinery
and will continue to curtail produc-
lion in consequence of the prevailing
business situation, although amply pro-
vided with orders for future delivery.
This policy averts the accumulation
Of goods and preserves the future OF
The wooden goods market
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25
T aiiliirng
Strength

A weak and exhausted con-
dition usually follows over
work, too close confinement, or
unusual mental strain. Every
day a certain amount OF vital
ity is consumed, and if not re-
plenished by sleep, rest and
nourishment, soon wrecks the
nervous system. The results
are sleeplessness, headache,
Indigestion, imperfect circula-
ton, ETC., which affects the
organs of the body.
Restore your nerve strength
your vitality, with DIR. Miles
Nervine, and your whole sys-
TEN will recuperate. Your
sleep will be sound and re-
freshing, headaches will dis
appear, and digestion improve.
when I began taking Or. Miles
Restorative Nerylne l was physically
in a very bad condition. ! was weak
and exhausted and hardly able to
keep up. / could not eat sufficient to
keep up my strength. / suffered
greatly from sleeplessness, and got
very little rest. The Restorative
Nervine soon brought refreshing
sleep. and gained rapidly in strength
untfl l was fully restored. / have
since taken It whenever l have felt
the need of a nerve tonic. and always
with very satlafa Glory results
VIM. A. CLARK. Rockford. Ills.
Dr.. Miles, Nervlne Is sold by your
druggist. who win guarantee that the
first bottle will benefit. " II fails, no
Will refund your money.
Miles Medicci Co. Elkhart, Ind
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25

Only a few members or congress
have thus far reached the city, and,
while several of them have made in
teresting suggestions regarding the
currency, the leaders speak in con-
sentative strain and seem to prefer TO
await the expression of the country be-
fore committing themselves to particu-
lar measures.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-11-25

People often ask what Is good
brand of Salmon. "Argo Red Salmon
is the best possible answer.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

agriculturist. Of course. the work of
the horticulturist is included in the
broader term agriculture This is q
book not to be read as you would
novel or even historical work There
are now two books which 1 keep ly-
ing on my table to be constantly used,
viz, Gray's School and Field Book
of Botany and this book on Agricul-
tural Botany. Such books must be
studied thoroughly if we wish to be
greatly benefited by their use.
l would not wish any one to under
stand me as advocating that a man
can not be a successful fruit grow
er without the study of botany But
such studies help him and then it is
delightful to know how plants act and
why we do certain things. Then
thorough knowledge of plant life, and
especially a knowledge of plant phys
iology, would keep us from doing some
things that are useless and sometimes
harmful. l learned of a man who the
past autumn cut off the leaves of his
grape vines SO that the sun might
ripen his grapes. Had this man I'M
derstood the functions of leaves he
would not have done this. The trans
formation of the sap does not take
place in the fruit, but in the leaves.
The leaves are the work shop where
food material is made ready to build
up both the plant and the fruit. There
may have been enough sap elaborated
before the leaves were cut off to nour-
ish and ripen the fruit, otherwise, the
fruit would never have ripened at ALL
Try to keep the leaves off of vines
and trees during the entire summer
and see what the result will be.
Again, a man said to me not long
since: 81 irrigate my trees late in
the fall so they may store up food
in their trunks and limbs, so it may
be ready for use the next spring" l
asked him if he did this after the
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

proof. 1t is thought by some people
that irrigation water contains some
elements of fertility not found in the
soil where our trees are growing.
When those who make such assertions
are pressed to name such elements of
fertility they say iron, magnesia, sui
phur, calcium Qime) and so on" But
the soil contains all these things and
in much larger proportions than can
be found in water flowing from the
mountains. Every day l am at my
home in Seattle, I drink of water
that flows from the mountain streams
very much as the waters do with
which we irrigate in the Yakima and
Wenatchee valleys or any other val
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

Mr.. F. Walden, of Seattle, One of the
Best known Horticultural Authorities
in Northwest and Editor of the Horti-
cultural Department in The Ranch
leaves had fallen and he said that he
did. l showed him his mistake by
pointing out to him the fact that sap
was elaborated and stored up in the
bodies of trees only when the leaves
are on.
More than one-half of all that builds
up tree comes in through the leaves
as carbon dioxide. Even the nutri-
ment that comes into the trees
through the roots cannot nOurish the
tree till it goes to the leaves and
there is elaborated. AS it goes up the
tree it is called crude sap Coming
in contact with the air it is changed
to what our plant psychologists call
elaborated sap. This change could not
take place but for the leaves. During
this process oxygen is given off and
carbonic acid gas in the form of car
bon dioXide is taken into the plant.
The leaves have openings too minute
to be seen by the naked eye through
ings are called stomata (from the
Latin word stoma, MOUTH. Gray
concludes his chapter on these breath
ing pores of leaves with the follow
ing: ut is computed that an average
leaf of an apple tree has on it's lower
face about 1000 of these mouths"
With this statement in our minds we
may conclude that in large orchard
there is almost an infinite number OF
mouths to feed. But the All Wise One
has arranged the matter so that in
natures great store house of food
there is enough and to spare.
Il \
The Pacific Fruit World recently
contained this statement: zone of
the most serious problems which has
confronted the orange growers of
southern California has been the scale
pests. A number of years ago the
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-01-15

orange industry was threatened with
destruction by the white scale but
a destroyer was found which soon
obliterated every vestige of the fun
gust" 1t will surprise scientific men
to learn that in southern California
any scale insect belongs to the fungi.
Fungi belong to the vegetable king
dom, but the different scales to the
animal kingdom. If the animal king
dom is higher than the vegetable, as
scientists say, then there is a wide
difference between fungi and scales,
for the fungi belongs to the lower or
der of the vegetable kingdom. They
are not the very lowest, for that posi-
ton is assigned to the bacteria. But
we must not throw too many stones
at our southern friends, for they might
hit back by showing that our horti-
cultural law speaks of fungi spores!
| find the following statement going
the rounds of the press: Some years
ago, in one of our farmers Institutes,
Rev. Walden, man who has had
wide experience in the fruit business
and who is considered among the best
would not advise any one intending
to plant an orchard to buy trees from
an irrigated nursery to be set IN or
chard that must be irrigated, Dut
rather buy of nursery where trees
are grown in natural climate ana
transplanted into orchards where IT.
rigation is used. Trees grown In
natural climate, that is, in section
where rainfall is adequate to the de-
mands of vegetation, do WE'LL much
better than otherwise, when trans
PLANTED into irrigated SOIL This is
a matter of much Importance and one
worthy of consideration"
x
I do not wish to accuse any one OF
falsehood in making this statement
7 know how easy it is to be mistaken,
hut [ do want to say that l never
made such a statement, and ii any
one thinks | did he must have mlsun-
derstood me. A man can say thlhg
and forget that he ever said 1t, ana
I might have done this respecting the
matter under consideration but Tor one
thing, and that is, | never entertained
such an idea in my life. My conten-
tion has been in the public press
and in addresses at institutes that
water is water and will perform us
functions whether it happens 10 Iall
down in the form of rain or run along
in an irrigated ditch. The function
of water is to put the nutriment IN
the soil into the carbon dioXide and
carry it back into the growth OF the
tree. If this function can be better
performed by one kind of water than
another have never yet found it out.
| am willing to learn but | have sense
enough to know that assertion is not
Amador ledger., 1907-01-04
THE OLD FARM.

Thoughts 1t Brought to One Who
Knew 1t as n Boy.
One morning l was awakened with
a strange new joy in my mind. 1t
came to me at that moment with indie
scribable poignancy, the thought of
walking barefoot in cool fresh plow
burrows, as l had once done when
boy. So vividly the memory came to
me-the high airy world, as it was at
that moment, and the boy was, walk
Ing free in the furrows-that the weak
tears filled my eyes, the first ] had
shed In many years. Then l thought
Of sitting in quiet thickets in old fence
corners, the wood behind me rising
still, cool, mysterious, and the fields in
front stretching away In illimitable
pleasantness. 1 thought of the good
smell of cows at milking You do not
know If you do not knowl l thought
Of the sights and sounds, the heat and
sweat of the hayfields. 1 thought of
a certain brook l knew when q boy
that flowed among alders and wild
parsnips, where l waded with a three
foot rod for trout. 1 thought of all
these things as man thinks of his
first love. oh, l craved the soil! 1
hungered and thirsted for the earth.
was greedy for growing things
American Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-04
Notice of Forfeiture.

10 ID. +. Buthenuth (his heirs or
assigns Your are herbey notified
that L have expended two hundred
dollars (s200), in labor and improve.
ments on the Mountain Queen and
Mountain King quartz mines, situated
in Niger 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 135 and 1875 of
Amador county, State of California,
IN order to hold said mines under the
provisions of Section 1894 Revised
Statutes of the United States, being
the amount required to hold the same
for the year ending December 81.
1906, and if within ninaty (9O) DAYS
from the service of this notice, (or
within ninety (90) days after this
notice by publioation) you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion
of expenditure as co-owner. your
interest in said claims will become
the property of the subscriber under
said Section 1924. b. W. Pitts.
January 3, 1907-l0 ".
Amador ledger., 1907-01-04
LANCHA PLANA.

Q. F. Kaiser, who formerly con-
dueted the Lancha Plana hotel, has
moved to Amador City, where he will
engage in the saloon business.
Mr. and Mrs Tom Sheridan spent
Christmas in Stockton.
Mrs W. Grail has been appointed
postmistress at Lancha Plana, and
will soon take charge of the office.
Mr. and Mrs W. Grail we're passen-
gers on the stage Wednesday en- route
to Sacramento.
The Christians entertainment in the
town hall ,on Sunday night was a
grand success under the management
of Mrs r. Barnett.
A very pleasant evening was spent
in Julian hall on Saturday evening.
A good program under the direction
of Miss Mabel Cochrane was rendered,
after which dancing was INDUCED in.
Mr. and Mrs Tyler have returned
from their honeymoon, and are visit
ing at Lancha Plana.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-04
MADOR.

Miss Edythe Bergman and Hazel
Whitehead left Saturday morning, for
a few weeks visit to Oakland.
Chez Tore departed for Stockton
Sunday morning.
Will Dunlap attended the dance IN
Sutter Creek New Years eve.
Louis CasselIa left for Sacramento
Wednesday morning
Miss Maud Read is visiting friends
here for a few days.
A number of Amadorites attended
the masquerade ball in jackson New
Years eve.
Will Gordon returned to San Fran
cisco Wednesday morning.
The new year was welcomed with
whistles and bells, and the merry
voices of the young folks, who waited
patiently to greet 1t. No doubt we
will need new school bell, for it
rang over an hour. Inquirer.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-04
Human Race is Dying Out.

The statistics just published by DIR.
Meslier on the depopulation of the
whole world are startling.
Dr. Meslier says that this is not
only caused by artificial means but
that the whole human race is gradual :
Iy dying out. Taking the years of
1881 to 1913, he says that for every
thousand married women from Is to
55 years of age taken from different
countries, the births have decreased
in England Is per cent, 10 per cent
in Scotland, 10 per cent in Bavaria.
Z per cent in Italy, per cent in
Sweden, II per cent in Russia, II per
cent in France, II per cent in Den
mark. Is per cent in New Zealand, "a
per cent in Saxony, 25 per cent in the
State of Victoria and 33 per cent in
New South Wales.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-04

United States Land Office at Sacra-
mento, CAL, State of California.
70 whom it may concern: IN Notice
is hereby give that the State of Cali
fornia has filed in this office its State
School Indemnity Selection, No. 1884,
A. b. q. D.. applying to select as
indemnity the following described
tracts of land, to wit: S Fl a of N E
a sec. -, NE of S w a and S h a
of S W a sec. %, and S W a of MEL
sec. 30, Up. n. r. IA E, Nj. d. Mer.
A copy OF said list by descriptive
subdivisions has been consplcuously
posted in this Office for the inspection
of persons Interested and the public
generally.
During the sixty days period of
publication of this notice this office
Will receive protests or contests as to
any of the tracts applied for, claimed
to be more valuable for mining than
for agricultural purposes.
Dated. Sacramento, California,
November %. 1yO6.
JOHN r ARMSTRONG, Register.
WILL A. NEWCUM, Receiver.
Date of first publication Decemb Der
Z 1906
Amador ledger., 1907-01-04
French Sentiment.

A French parricide who. slew his fa-
ther and mother and was asked upon
condemnation what he had to say and
why sentence should not be pronounced
upon him, entreated the court to have
mercy upon a poor orphan. This tale
is green with the moss Of ages and
may not be true, but something like it
Is true Of woman named Marie Gel
vet, sentenced by Paris tribunal to
twenty years Imprisonment at hard
labor for the murder of her sister.
While in court she constantly wore a
long Grape veil. 'Why do you wear
this veil?" asked one of the officials, to
which she replied that she was in
mourning for her sister, showing an
affectionate sensibility, the earlier ex-
hibition Of which, however, would have
been more becoming to her even than
the garment
Amador ledger., 1907-01-04
Proposed Sunday Law.

An amendment to the state consti-
tuition is proposed, making Sunday
day of rest, with penal consequences
attached to the violation of its obser
vance as such. To accomplish this
compulsory rest-day it will be neces-
sary to submit an amendment to the
voters of the state. OF course there
is not the ghost of a chance for such
a povision being incorporated IN the
organic law. The promoters of this
idea no doubt are actuated by laud-
able motives, and believe they are
trying to advance the best interests OF
the state. Nevertheless, We cannot
commend the move, and believe that
it is step backward rather than, for
ward. 1t is in fact an attempt to call
upon the civil authorities to support
and uphold strictly religious, If
not sectarian, notion. True, the ad
vocates of Sunday law disclaim any
such intention. One day in seven for
rest is necessary for physical reasons,
Independent of moral or religious
considerations entirely. That posi-
tion is not seriously controverted,
but it is the interference of the civil
power in matters that properly belong
to the domain of conscience that con-
stitutes the sulid objection to the
measure. Snch laws have never been
productive of good, and they have
been tried repeatedly. In Boston to-
day men are been haled to prison on
the most frivolous pretexts under a
Sunday law. Scenes common under
the blue laws of early Puritan times
are been enacted in New England over
again, TO the detriment of the cause
which such laws are designed to help.
The advanced thought of the church
is against the enactment of compul
sorry Sabbath keeping laws
1t may be urged that no harm can
come of having such an amendment
to the will of the voters;
that in our form of government the
majority must rule; that if the
majority want Sunday law enacted,
all should be willing to submit there
to. The reasoning is fallacious. 1t
assumes that all questions should be
subject to the wishes of the majority.
1t is only In matters within its pro-
vince that the state should frame
laws, and the observance of rest
day is wholly beyond its province.
Such question belongs to the church,
not to the state. And the church must
secure obedience thereto, if at all, moi
by corporeal penalties, but by i'm
planting in the mind a desire fol-
its observance. The religlonist obser
YES Sabbath because he is so disposed.
He does it cheerfully and voluntarily
as a religious duty.