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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-08-24
AGNES LAKE GONE.
Famous Bareback Horse Rider and
Hioh Mirewaalker.

Jersey City. y j. Aug. 2S-Mme
Agnes Lake. the first woman circus
owner in this country. at one time n
famous horseback rider and high wire
walker. died at the residence OF rela
tives at this city.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-08-24
youno Widow Murdered.

New York. Aug. 23.-Mrs. Lena
scham. a young widow. was murdered
at Brooklyn. Three arrests were made
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
A Daring WASH.

Some wasps live fin part upon honey,
which they collect from the most omen
petaled flowers, and thus to very
moderate extent they may be regarded
In the light of flower fertilizers. Kirk
land says in the first volume of the
American Naturalist that "the paper
hornet (Vespa maculata) often enters
my nucleus hives when l am rearing
Italian queen bees and captures the
young queen in the midst of her little
colony, usually just after she has COM
menced her first laying. l have seen
this depredator enter the small hive,
drag out the queen and fly away with
her to the woods page 52). Some of
the species of the genus polistes store
Up honey which is poisonous, from the
fact that it has been collected from
poisonous flowers. They are found in
South America, where also species of
the genus chartergus occur-wasps
that make very remarkable and
tough nest, with funnel shaped combs
inside, arranged one inside of another,
nest fashion, but not in contact ex-
cept at their points Of suspension. At
the apexes of these cones occur the
apertures of entrance for the inmates
to pass up among the conical tiers. Il
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
shopIifters In bookstores.

"Ours is one business in which there
are no women shoplifters," said a
bookseller yesterday 1--WE are trou.
bled with shoplifters, but they are all
men. Women don't seem to have any
time for book stealing. It's remark
able how many thefts we detect in the
course of a week. Visitors who look
prosperous enough to buy whole IL
hraries are often caught abstracting
a twenty-five cent book. figure that
this Is due to the great temptation.
You see, in bookstores callers are given
the run of the place and are at liberty
to examine the stock at their leisure
A man picks up some little volume he
may want, and, seeing no one at hand,
the temptation to get something for
nothing is too much for him. He slips
the coveted article into his pocket, but
we have wary salesmen. and most such
offenders are tripped up. Then they
have to pay for the purloined volumes
and are warned that more serious con-
sequences will foliiw any repetition Of
the shoplifting g'-Phiadelphia Record
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
Notice to Creditors.

In the Superior Court of the
county of Amador, State of Cali
fornia.
In the matter of the estate of
Andrew Hageman, deceased.
Estate of Andrew Hageman, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrators of the
estate OF Andrew Hageman, deceased !,
to the creditors of and all persons
having claims against the said de-
ceased, to exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within tour
months after the first publication of
this notice to the said administrator.
at the law office of Wni. 6. SNYDER.
at jackson, the same being the place
for the transaction of the business of
said estate, in said Amador county.
Dated, March 9th, 1907.
WILLARD Ii, VELA.
Administrator of the estate OF
Andrew Hageman, deceased.
VIM. q. Snyder, attorney for ad-
ministrator.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
Weighing the Soul.

Some doctors of medicine in Boston
announce that they have denonstrat
ed, absolutely the existence Of the
human soul, and that it is material
substance. by delicateIy arranged
scales, they found that at the moment
of death the mortal remains lost
about one ounce in weight. Several
experiments we're conducted, and
there was sensible diminution In
weight in each case at the moment
when body aud soul parted company.
This loss In weight, they contend.
represents the human soul leaving its
tenement of clay. There would be
something startling indeed in this
discovery, IL it were well aurhenticat-
ed, and rested on solid scientific
basis. But there is wide gulf between
the premises and conclusion. Admit
ting that there was a sensible de-
crease of weight, amounting to two
thousandth part of the total weight of
the body, it does not follow that this
loss represented the departure of that
undefinable thing called the human
soul. The doctors merely credited it
in that fashion because they we're at
loss to account for it in any other
way. 1t was the easiest solution OF
the problem; 1t certainly was the most
sensational theory, likely to create
widespread interest and comment
throughout. the civilized, world. It
falls immeasurably short of fairly
proven scientific fact. 1t has called
forth more of ridioule and derision
than anything else from the scientific
world. Neither is it satisfactory from
the viewpoint of the theoIogian and
reIIgionlst. About the only sect that
will look with favor upon the an
nouncement is the spirltualists.
There are three widely divergent be-
IIefs regarding the soul. One is held by
the orthodox faith: namely, that the
soul or spirit is lmmaterial and essen
TALLY immortal, capable of existence
in connection with or entirely inde-
pendent of the body. The spiritualIst
view Is that the soul is material sub
stance, the existence of which is dem
onstrable to the physical senses. With
this class the soul life is not a mere
matter OF faith; but a fact capable of
actual proof. The Boston doctors,
with their weighing apparatus tipping
the beam when the soul takes its
flight from the body, are in tune with
this doctrine, and we are strongly of
the oplrion that they belong to the
spirltualistic circle.
Scientists as a rule, do not accept
either of these views. 1hey contend
that life is the resultant of organized
matter. That what is called soul or
spirit Is simply the effect of organiza-
tion; that no life, whether animal or
vegetable, can exist apart from
matter; that, in fact, it is incon-
ceivable to talk of anything beyond
the pale of matter. The phenomenon
of life, is the animal mechanism In
activity; that the machinery at
standstiII is DEATH. x
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
The Oldest Bank Note.-

The Oldest bank notes in the world
are the flying money" or convenient
money, first issued In China in 2ee7
B. c. One writer tells that the ancient
Chinese bank notes were in many re-
spects similar to those of the present
day, bearing the name of the bank.
the date of issue, the number of the
note, the signature of the official who
issued it and its value in both figures
and words. On the top of these curl
Gus notes was the following philosoph-
ic Injunction: Produce all you can;
spend with economy" The note was
printed in blue ink on paper made
from the fiber of the mulberry tree.
One of these notes bearing the date
1899 B. c. is still preserved in the Ash
attic museum at st. Petersburg.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
AMADOR,

Miss Blanche Martin went to San
Francisco Monday.
Will Richards lett for Sacramento
Monday morning.
Quite a number of children have
the measles. 1t is hoped they will
not have to close the school.
Several young folks attended the
dance in Plymouth Saturday evening.
and all report having had fine time.
B. Lusich lett for Sacramento Sun
day morning.
r. Ford and Ray Peyton visited
jackson Tuesday.
A large crowd attended the skating
link in spite of the rain. Quite a
number coming from the Fremont.
and the surrounding ranches. The
greatest flood that was ever In Anna
dor occurred Monday at midnight.
The water came about fourteen inches
above the bridge and washed the
street down tc the bedrock. Some of
the foundation of the blacksmith sbop
owned by j. Davis, was washed away;
also wash house owned by Vincent
Arnerich. A number of people we're
called upon to help protect the
merchandise in the warehouse of
Chichizola's store. Flour and other
Articles on the floor we're damaged.
Sam Pearce and others are Ioosers.
but the extent of the damage is not
known. Inquirer.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
Estate of f. M. whitmore, deceased

Estate of f. NJ. Whitmore, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
under signed executors of the last will
and testament and codiciI thereof
of f. M. Whltmore, deceased, ia
the creditors of, and all persons
having claims against, the said
deceased. TO exhibit them. with the
necessary vouchers, within ten months
after the first publication of this
notice 10 the said executors, atsthe
law office OF John +. Davis, at Jack
son, in Amador county. California,
the same being the place for the
transaction of the business of said
estate, in said county of Amador.
Dated, March 8, 1907.
w. K. Webster and A. Glnocchlo.
executors of the last will and tesla
ment and codiciI thereto of said
deceased. mrl5
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

''In 1897 had a stomach disease.
Some physicians said dyspepsia, some
consumption. One said | would not
live until spring. For four years |
existed on boiled milk, soda biscuits,
and DOCTORS prescriptions. could
not digest anything L ate; then |
picked up one of your Almanacs and
1t happened to be my life saver. |
bought fittycent bottle of KodoI
and the benefit | received from that
bottle all the gold in Georgia could
not buy. In two months | went back
to my work. as a machinist, and in
three months | was we'll and hearty.
May you live long and propser. 90.
N. Cornell, Roding. Ga, 1906. The
above is only samle of the great
good that is daily done everywh here
by Kodol for dyspepsia. 1t is sold
here by l.. W. Ruhser.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
Denartment of the inferior

Department of the Interior,
Land Office at Sacramento, CaIit.,
Feb. 6, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that Albert
A. kimbaIl of Volcano, Calf, has
filed notice of his intention to make
final five year proof in support of mis-
claim, viz: Homestead Entry No.
I030 made Dec. %, 1900, for the W
q of N W a Sec. %; n y of N E d
and S E a of N ( d, Section 80,
Township I N, Range IL E., M. D.
M, and that said proof will be made
before the U. S. Commissioner for
Amador at his Office on Wednesday
March 20, 1907.
lie names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation OF the land, viz:
Il. B. Joyce, j. z. Harker, James
Toop and e. A. Sturnaman, all of
Defender, Calf.
JOHN r. ARMSTRONG,
feb. 8. N Register.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
Steering the Shin.

The work Of steering great ship,
even with the aid of modern machin-
cry, is much more delicate than one
would imagine. The larger and faster
the ship the greater is the difficulty.
1t is not enough to hold the wheel in
the same position to keep the ship on
her course, for the wind and waves
and the currents of the ocean tend
constantly to knock the ship off her
course. The great wall of steel (for
the hull may be 700 feet long and sixty
feet high offers a broad target for
the wind and waves. The art in steer
ing is to humor the ship to these forces
and when she is DETECTED bring her
back quickly to her course. If you
could watch the pinnacle, especially
in bad weather, you would see the
needle of the compass constantly shift
ing from side to side, which means
that the great steel PROV is not going
forward in a perfectly straight line
Francis Arnold Collins in St Nicholas.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

You should he very careful Of you
bowels when you have a cold. Nearly
all other cough syrups are constipat-
ing, especially those containing
opiates. Kennedy's Laxative Cough
Syrup moves the bowels-contains no
opiates. Conforms to National Pure
Food and Drugs Law. Bears the
endorsement of mothers everywhere.
Children like its pleasant taste. Sold
by F.sW. Ruhser.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

Strayed or Stolen.-A bout the 25tt,
OF February from the ranch of Mrs
n. A. Pitois a small bay horse, with
white spots in forehead, white spots
ON back and sides, lump on fore right
knee. Liberal reward will be paid
for its return to Mrs Geo. Bonnefoy,
jackson, Amador co.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

Amid the mass of laws passed by
the legislature, the road law has not
been amended in any important
particular. The supervisors are left
in control of the road work as hereto
fore. One thing has been done,
namely, that a mure stringent re-
quirement has been inserted provid-
ing that every person doing work
upon the public road shall put in his
own sworn account for the same to
the supervisors. This appears TO be
the principal change i'll the law.
Indeed, the law as it now stands
covers this, but the amendment makes
1t much stronger. zs
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

Ladies Attention! Send your name,
address and size of dress shields, also
name of dry goods store where you
trade and receive free sample pair
"Canfields" Hicks Brand Gossamer
Weight Shields. Address f'CanfieId"
care of the S. H. and M. CO., % South
st, San Francisco. Cal.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
OVERRIDING the Exercise.

Footpad with revolver) : Hold up
yer hands! Victim > You can go
through me if you want to, but I'll be
dad dinged if I'm going to hold up my
hands any more! I'm tired Of doing it.
You're the third since I left the lodge.
Chicago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
APPLICATIONS
For Grazing Permits.

Notice is hereby given that all appli-
cations for permits to Craze cattle,
horses, and sheep within the Stanis-
laus Forest Reserve during the season
of 1907, must be filled in my Office at
Sonora, California, on or before
April l, 1907. Full information in
regard to the grazing fees to be
charged and blank forms to be used
in making application will be furn-
ished upon request.
S. l.. N. ELLIS, Supervisor.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

We have received a copy OF the
Blair Booster, published at Blair,
Nev.. by W. W. Booth, and G. Fl.
Day, the latter formerly connected
with the Mokelumne Hill Chronicle.
Blair is a thriving mining camp in
Esmeralda county, some twenty miles
from Tonopah. A number of Amador
county miners have gone there with
in the last few weeks.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
Notice
To Taxpayers.
Ohice of the Tax Collector

once OF the Tax Collector
County OF Amador, State Of California,
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN TO THE
IN taxpayers of Amador county that /. II. 6
GREGORY, Tax Collector of Amador county
did on the Sth day OF October, 1906 receive
from the County Auditor OF Amador county the
original assessment books for the year 1905
containing list OF the persons assessed for
real and personal property, and the amount Of
state and County taxes due thereon for said
year,
That said taxes are now due and payable to
me at my office in the Court House. in the town
OF Jackson county of Amador. State OF Cali
fornia.
That the taxes on all personal property Sc
cured bv real property, and one half of the
taxes on all real property were due and pay able
on the second Monday in October, 1906. and will
be delinquent on the last Monday in November
next thereafter, at O'Clock p. M. and that uu-
less paid prior thereto. fifteen per cent will be
added TO the amount thereof, and if said one
half be not paid before the last Monday in
April next. at 6oclock p. m. an additional five
per cent will be added thereto.
That the remaining one-half of the taxes on
all real property will be payable on and after
the first Monday in January next and will be
delinquent on the last Monday in April next
thereafter, at O'Clock p. m, and that unless
paid prior thereto, five per cent will be added
to the amount thereof
That all taxes may be paid at the time the
first instalment. as herein provided. is due and
payable,
First instalment, one half real estate and all
personal property. due October Sth, 1906
First instalment, one half real estate and all
personal property, delinquent November 26th,
1905, at O'Clock p. m.
Second instalment, one-half real estate, due
January 9TH, 1907.
Second instalment one half real estate. de-
linque?t April 29th. 1907, at o'clock p, m.
All the taxes may be paid in full at the time
the first installment is due.
Taxes not paid according TO law will be de-
linquent and 10 per cent and per cent and
other costs will be added thereto.
Positively no Checks received for the uay-
ment of taxes.
u S. GREGORY,
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
According to Circumstance..

A man never talks much about the
sweetness" of cob pipe so long as
he has money to buy igars.-Topeka
Capital.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

For Sale-House and lot in lone,
known as the Kennedy property, one
of the best locations in town; lot 100
feet square, with orange and olive
trees in full bearing, cheap; no rea-
sonahle offer refused. Or will lease
or rent same on easy terms. Value
OF fruit alone sufficient to pay rent
Apply to r. Webb, Jackson.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

For Sale. "A fine organ; also a
roll-top desk, for sale very cheap.
Apply to Mrs b. F.. Taylor, Jackson.
mar. 8-2m
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

Drs. Barkan & SewaII-Specialists,
for eye, ear, nose and throat, are now
located at 100 California St., corner
Van Ness Ave. San Francisco.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
Special Small Ads.

Advertisements under this head, not exceed
ing lines, will be inserted at SOC per month, or
D cents per line for less than one month.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

Little globules of sunshine that
drive the clouds away. DeWitt's
Little Early Rlsers will scatter the
gloom of sick headache and bilious
ness. They do not gripe or sicken.
Recommended and sold here by f. W.
Ruhser.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
Too Much at Stake to Forget.

"When you are absorbed in your
business cares downtown today, Her
bert, you will forget your little wife
entirely"
mo, darling. That steak you cooked
for me with your own sweet hands this
morning for breakfast will keep you
in my memory every minute Of the
day"
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
w. B. PHILLIPS,
CSnccessor to William Scoqle) a.
UNDERTAKEN & EMBALMER
PLYMOUTH, CAL,

Calls promptly attended to day or night.
Free use of pIrlor for funerals.
y fine and complete stock of Coflns, cloth
and plush covered Caskets, constantly on hand
at reasonable prices fe22
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
To cnre cola In one Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Iat-
lets. All druggists refund the money
II 1t fails to cure. h. W. Groves sig
nature Is on each box. 25c.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

Coal dust mixed with salt and water
and made into good sized Jumps will
be found very useful to bank up fires
at night.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

Lost. Five bales of hay are miss
ing from the Darn of d. Giannini in
Sutter Creek. Any information as to
the whereabouts of said hay, or who
took the same, will be thankfully re-
ceived by the undersigned.
ID. Giannini. Volcano.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

The San Francisco papers assert
that the supervisors of that city have
owned up to grating practices in
dealings with the street railroad and
other corporations, amounting in the
aggregate to about a million dollars.
This is the upshot of the prosecution
of Ruet and Schmitz, on the charge
of accepting bribes. 1t is clear that
the municipal government of the bay
city is permeated with corruption.
The present administration is perhaps
the worst grating gang the city has
ever had, and the hope of every lover
of honest government is that the
guilty ones be punished. at the
same time, the report of squealing on
the part of the officials is probably
overdrawn. Let US hope it is. The
Schmitz regime has been a bad one; ;
there is scarcely room for two opin-
ions on that point. But we do not
believe in wholesale condemnation
before the judicial Investigation is
had.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

Piles of people have piles.y Why
suffer from piles when you can use
DeWitt's CarboIized Witch Hazel
Salve and get relief. Nothing else so
good. Beware of limitations. See
that the name Is stamped on each
box. Sold by +. W. Ruhser.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
Did.

Did.
Jackson, March 20
1907, Mrs Nettie Schober, aged
80 years 4 month, a native of Ecua
dor, South America.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
Furnished Rooms to let: inquire at
Ledger office. ses'i

For Sale-Lot of benches, formerly
used in Webb hall; 6 and feet long !;
suitable for show place, churches, etc.
Will be sold cheap; apply at Ledger
office.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

For Sale.-A threeroom house with
two acres of land in lone; small
orchard, with 30U0 feet of water pipe,
individual line, city water handy.
Two wells on property. Also house
hold goods, and three dozen chickens.
For sale cheap. For further parti-
culars apply to W. W. Carlile, lone.
mar l, If
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

Wisdom and honor are the avenues
to happy immortality.-Plat
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

LII kinds of Blanks for U, S. Land Filings
n Homestead, Timber and Mineral blanks
may be had at the Ledger Office; also deeds
mortgages. mining locations. proof of labor
and other legal blanks kept for sale
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
BORN.

BOTrO.-ln jackson, March II, 1907,
to the wife of G. Botto, daughter.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

This is pre-eminently thel age of
graft. 1t will doubtless go down into
history as such. Never before has
graft-that is dishonesty an pecu-
lation In official ranks-been so pro-
nounoed and so openly practiced as
now. Law making bodies elected as
tile conservators of the public veal
are looked upon as public enemies, to
be feared as horde of bandits de-
seending upon the peoples treasures
True, it argues demuraliZed state
of society, when a majority of this
class can be elected as law makers
session after session. The.plundering
schemes put through in one session,
seems not to arouse the voters to
greater caIe in the selection of repre-
sentatlves for the next session. So
the people are not entitled to sym
pAtny over the outcome. They are
robbed year after year by men of
their own appointment. But not
wIthstanding that this Is true, in a
measure, we do not believe that the
people in general are in league with
the freebooting tactics which appear
to be in vogue. They prefer honest
men and honest measures. The fact,
Is they have little scope for the
exercise of any choice in the matter.
The hope is entertained that the
direct primary law will work change
for the better, that under that system
the masses of the voters of each
political party will have an oppor-
tunity Of expressing their choice OF
candidates. At any rate. it should
tend to bring the matter of reform in
governmental affairs home to the
people. The professional politicians
will try to defeat the purposes of this
direct primary. and it may be that
it will fall as easily within the
grasp of designing men, as the exist
ing system. But 1t promises better
things, 1t cannot be worse, and il
may mend matters materially.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

We are all wise. The difference be
tween persons is not in wisdom, but in
art-Emerson.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

For Rent-Two front rooms in the
Webb hall building, fuitable for
offices. Apply at Ledger Office.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

FOR SALE.-A lot on Main street
in the Chinese quarter, jackson.
Apply to Zip Sang, on the premises.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22

ID. Giannini, Volcano.
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
STOCK BROKER.
Notice to Creditors.

ml5-3m Telephone, Temporary a5ss
Amador ledger., 1907-03-22
Notice for Publication.

I' OAHuOA
Tax Collector OF Amador county