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Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18
a TEMPERANCE UNION.
Members Limited to Fourteen DrInko
Of Liquor Daily.

M8shbers Limited to Fourteen Drinke
Of Liquor Daily.
signing the pledge" is no new thing,
as Is proved by researches in Italy.
Interesting particulars Of what would
appear to be the earliest examples Of
written pledges TO abstain from gam
bling and excessive drinking are given
IN the Turin Studi MEDIEVAL by Signor
Girolamo Biscaro, who has discovered
three such documents in the archives
of Milan The first Of these records Is
an oath sworn on the gospels by Gia-
como Pasquali and Armanino Duca
to the effect that for two years they
will abstain from gambling in Pavia
or within three miles thereof and will
likewise refrain from inducing others
to gamble on their behalf. The penal
ty for any breach Of this oath is fixed
at soldl, payable to Papio Bovatorio.
In the second document Perano de
Bono promises Ubcrto de Proto to
abstain from gambling for n certain
period. exception being made on be-
half of the game Of bismentiro, at
which. however, he was not to lose
more than 2 denari on any one day.
Further, he undertakes not to visit
any inn for drinking purposes before
the hour of vespers on Monday. a
breach of either clause of the pledge
involves the payment Of soldi 20 De
Proto. BY the third document Sileto
Ferrario expressed his willingness to
pay 10 denari to his brother Lamperio
should he be persuaded to play for
money in any place of public resort or
to spend more than denari on intoxi-
cants in any one day.
The motive for these contracts is not
stated, but it is presumed that they
were entered into by employees whose
masters wished to, keep their proclivi-
ties in check. There is nothing in the
documents to suggest the existence of
any organization for the promotion Of
temperance. The honor of being first
in the field in this respect therefore
still rests with Germany, where two
temperance societies were founded in
the sixteenth century.
OF these the Order of st. Christie
pher was formed by Sigismund de
Diettrichstein on Jan. IS, 1917. and the
Order Of Temperance by the landgrave
of Hesse on Dec. %. 1900. The men,
bers of the one order were pledged to
abstain from toast drinking, and the
members of the other undertook not
to drink more than seven glasses Of
liquor at a time, and that not oftener
than twice a day-Chicago News
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18
A PARTISAN RUSE.
The Dressmater's Lure That Ensnared
the Americans.


the Americans.
Grace Margaret Gould tells in the
September Woman's Home Companion
some of the ways the Partisan dress
making establishments sell their goods
to American women. Here is one ruse
that she saw worked in one of the big
geSt establishments in Paris:
There was sudden and evident
commotion among the employees.
'The princess! The princessl She
has arrivedw they cried.
American eyes began to bulge.
Out from magnificent equipage
stepped a regally gowned grand lady,
attended by footmen and maid and re-
ceived by the whole bowling estab-
liShment, to the neglect of all other
customers She was in Il gracious
mood this day and easy to be pleased.
praising their past efforts and select
ing several Of their new creations with
out regard to cost. After she had
made her departure amid like cere-
monies there was no need of the sales
woman bothering her head over suG-
gestions Every American woman
present wanted a gown copied from
the one the princess had bought. and
she got it after much pleading and at
a price far beyond the limit she had
set.
And the point of this fable is this:
The prsnces3 was no princess, but an
emDloVee of the house
Every French gown has two prices
an American price and French price.
1t is needless to say which is the
greater price.
Along about April the cry goes up,
1.-THE Americans are coming" and then
the prices go up too.
Along about November, when the
Americans have left, you might almost
say they are giving away gowns, only
the Frenchman never does give away
anything. Then it is that the French
woman in general and the French
actress in particular selects her ward
robe.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18
Tho Bad Spot.

An Irishman one day was told to put
up a signboard on which were the
Uords, ITO Motorists-This Hill Is
Dangerous"
Away went Mike with die signhoaHi
and placed it at the bottom Of very
steep hill. \ few days later his EN-
ployer went to see how the board was
put up and, finding it at the bottom Of
the hill, sought and found Mike.
"You blooming fool" he cried. "Why
didn't you put that sign in the right
place.
"Shure and amt IT.? asked Mike,
Don't all the accidents happen at the
bottom; "-Harper's Weekly.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18

ers. has suggested that fuel supply
may be developed from vegetation.
The internal com bustion is far more
economical of fuel than the steam
engine, ,0.S pint of alcohol in the
former producing one brake horse
power hour. a bushel of corn yields
2.5 gallons of alcohol, while bushel
of white potatoes yields 0.S gallon.
The corn crop for 1905 in the United
states was 300, OOJ,O 600 bushels,
sufficient to produce 2U,OO0 600 horse
power for ten hours day throughout
the year, which is equal to two-thirds
of the horse power now used in the
entire country. The land still avail
able for agriculture is at least ten
times that devoted to corn IN 1903.
The raising of yearly crops for fuel
must add much to the Importance of
the new fertilizers from the nitrogen
Of the air, and it is noted that
calcium nitrate, now produced cleo
trically at $40 per ton, is claimed to
be better than sodium nitrate costing
S4S per ton.
a sailing vessel, making slow and
lengthy cruises, has been suggested
as cure ship by DIR. Laumonier, of
the Paris Therapeutical Society. The
air of the open sea beyond go or 30
miles from shore is tonic and regulat
ing, while that on the coast is excit-
ing and irregular, tending to conges
ton. Besides the pure air the patti
ent at sea gets quiet and regular
life, and in many cases this is the
treatment necessary for serious dis
orders. The nervous debility Of an
overgrown youth of II quite dis
appeared after voyage OF ID months
in sailing ship, while tuberculous
patients have found themselves much
better at sea.
The electrodes of flaming arcs are
carbons containing Huorides of aka.
line earths or other mineral sub
stances. in the vapor of which the
arc is greatly heightened, increasing
the light. Alfred Wohlauer, a Ger.
man, finds that the common arc owes
IS per cent of its light to the in
candescent crater of the upper car
bon, but % to 80 per cent of the fam.
ing arc is due to the luminous vapor.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18

You should always remember that
m ost cough and cold cures are con-
stipating. Yet the most important
thing to do when you have cold is
to move the bowels. You cannot
promptly cure a cold until you do
this. Kennedy's Laxative Cough
Syrup stoDs the cough by allyinG IN
hammation of the throat and lungs,
and 1T drives the cold from the sys-
TEN by gently moving the bowels.
Children like 1t for it tastes nearly as
good as maple sugar. Sold by City
Pharmacy, H W Ruhser, Prop.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18
CRAY TO Expeot It.

Harduppe-Say, old fellow, lend me a
hundred. will you? Rlggs-A hundred
what? Harduppe-A hundred dollars.
/ Riggs-Oh, stop your joking,
Harduppe (eGnestly)-JOking? was
never more serious In my life. I'm
broke. Rlggs-My dear man, you're
not broke; you're cracked! - Catholic
Standard and Times,
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18
IT Is a Wonder

Chamberlains Liniment is one of
the most remarkable preparations yet
produced for the relief of rheumatic
pains, and for lame back, sprians aud
bruises. The quick relief from pain
which it affords in case of rheumatism
is alone worth many times its cost.
Price, 20 cents; large size 80 cents.
For sale by Jackson Drug Store,
Spagnoii, prop.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18
49, nealonod Eor lovers.

He-I am sure Cupid had nothing TO
do with the alphabet. She - What
gives you that impression? He-lf he
had been doing 1t he would have placed
q and | much nearer each other-St.
Louis Republic.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18

MISCELLANY


Transparency of Metals. Body Frag-
ments for Surgical Repairs. -Guid
ing Air Travellers. How Sap May
BE Raised. -lntelligence of Files. 49,
The Tallest Elephant. Fuel from
Annual Crops. The Sea-Cure. 49,
Flaming Arcs.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18

Ledger and Daily Call, one year 8 8 90
Ledger and Weekly Call one year 20
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one
year OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. w
Lee ger r. nd Weekly Chronicle,
one year Observation-Disclosures. co
Ledger and Daily Examiner 1year 8 90
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18

Ledger and Weekly Chicago In
t5S~Ccean NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Ledger and Cosmopolitan Maya
zine one year................
Ledger and McCall's Magazine,
year, including free pattern....
Ledger and PandeX of the Press
Ledger and Pictorial Review ....
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
LEGISLATIVE
SENATORS FROM CALIFORNIA

SENATORS FROM CALIFORNIA
George G.. Perkins and Frank 2. Flint
CONGRESSMEN FROM CALIFORNIA
First district. ANA. VIM. Englebright
Second district. Duncan E. McKinlay
Third distrsct . Joseph K. Knowland
Fourth district. ......... Julius Kahn
Fifth district .....,.......E . A. Hayes
Sixth district -. James c.. Needham
Seventh district. -. James McLachan
Eighth district. .......S. G. Smith
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18

Blue Knob is the highest point in
Pennsylvania, being 3.l36 feet above
sea level.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18
State Government.
EXECUTIVE

EAEOU NV u
Governor James N. Gillett
Lieut-Governor Warren r. Porter
Secretary of State. :. Charles f. Curry
Controller. northumberland. B. Nye
Treasurer ..... VIM. r. Williams
Attorney-General. Ulysses S. Webb
Surveyor-General. VIM. S. Kingsbury
Supt. State Printing w. w. Shannon
Clerk Supreme Court. F.. L. Caughey
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18
Two Dollars per year

If paid strictly advance; otherwise 50 so wbe charged
OUR CLUBBING RATES:
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18
BOARD or SUPERVISORS

Township l..,,John Stronm, Jackson
Township wv, AmicIl, LChairmanl lone
Township 3.........A Grillo. Volcano
Township AID. A. Fraser Suffer Greek
Township 5....,,L, Burke, Plymouth
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
National Government.
EXECUTIVE

President. ......T Theodore Roosevelt
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18

Republican is politics
But the slave of no party
And the foe of aipotica and Official Cliques and Rings
Free and Independent in the discussion pertaining
the Local Government
Fearless the ventilation and exposure Official Wrong Doing
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-12-18

The Paper for the Family
For the Farmer,
For the Miner
For the Merchant Business
For the Taxpayers and Citizens GeneraI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21
One Cent Postal Rate.

One cent postal rate on letters is
again being agitated and one of the
high officials of that department de-
clares that universal postage at one
cent is sure 70 come in the near future.
The experience Of all countries is that
a reduction in postage increases the
volume of business SO much that the
loss of revenue is more than made up.
Tho experience of the thousands Of
sickly men AMI women who have used
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has al
ways brought the same results-im-
proved health perfect digestion and
steady nerves. Our 81 years record
of cures should be sufficient to con-
vince you of its merit, but try one
bottle today and test it for your own
satisfaction. - cures dyspepsia, indi-
gestion. costivaness, colds, grippe, fc-
male ills and malaria.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21
The REAL PERIL
Yankee Smartness" Termed
the Greatest Danger by Uni
versity President.
ADDRESS BEFORE MEMS CLUB
DR.. G. e. MacLean Says Greed Is the
Characteristic Against Which the
Country Must Fight.

The Broadway Mems club held one
of its enjoyable monthly functions in
the assembly room Of the Broadway
Presbyterian church last evening.
There was large attendance of mem
bers and their guests present to enjoy
the spread and listen to the program
of talks including an address by Pres.
ident George E. MacLean OF the State
University of Iowa at Iowa City. The
tables were nicely arranged, and the
program which followed was presided
over by Hope Thompson, president of
the club, who introduced the various
speakers in pleasing manner.
The Yankee Peril.
Dr. MacLean, the speaker of the eve
ming, whose topic was The Yankee
Peril" dwelt upon the dangers at the
present generation besetting the re,
public. Compared to the yellow inn
migration, the influx of Europeans. the
corruptable tactics of the corporations
and the snares of sectionalism, he said
that the peril of greed, commonly
NSl ClhCC SAlsdL NIlCSS, MdS lllt
greatest.
Mr.. MacLean, in his instructive ad
dress. said in part:
The sailing of the fleet for the Pa
cific has revived at least the scare
lines in the papers as to the yellow
peril. Army and navy officers in the
clubs in Washington talk of waI
with Japan. The thoughtful man does
not believe that Japan with her eX
hausted finances would seriously con
slider war, to say nothing of her pre-
occupation with Korea and Manchuria
She is further bound by her past
friendship for the United States and
the restraining influence in such wal
of her ally, Great Britain.
ION the other hand, it must be con
coded that the four millions in Asia
taught the art of warfare by the oc-
Cident, present an oriental nest out of
which, as in earlier history, hordes
might pour. We must prepare to ed
ucate Asia to prevent a possible
mighty conflict between the occident
and the orient. 1t will be not only an
American, but an Anglo-Saxon ques
ton and a great glo-SaXondom in.
Guiding not only the mother country
but the Teutonic countries would oy.
ercome the yellow peril.
The Greater Peril.
"The yellow peril, though so much
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21

if you can, but III any case, to get on,
is the disease. 1t is in school, and
college, and university. Even parents
wink at the cheating of their children
in cribbing. in cheating and getting
ahead of the teacher to get rank.
Getting on and men are measured by
money. Lowell warned us years since
'Ez eff we could maysure stupenjious
events
BY the low Yankees standards OF
dollars and cents
"He adds: We have the present
Yankee full of expedients for mastery
of all trades; inventive in all but the
beautiful; full OF shifts, and yet not
capable of comfort
Beginning in the home, in the
school, in business as well as in the
church and in politics, in preaching
and in practice, we must, and we can
overcome this deadly peril of smart
ness and greed. We must be optim
lists like Peary when he advertised
for a surgeon and optimist for his
voyage to the North pole. The Star
of Bethlehem at this glad season, in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21

conjunction with the star of destiny
of America, gives hope and optimism"
Other Features.
Preceding the lecture by DR.. Mac
Lean, a short but delightful program
was presented which included violin
solos, which We're beautifully executed
by Miss Florence Friestat, each mer-
iting such expressions of expressions
of appreciation as to bring responses
equally pleasing: vocal selections by
DR.. c. r. McCandless of Davenport,
which were heartily applauded.
A number of the members of the
club gave five minute talks W. NJ.
Reck discussed the topic. "The Club
and the City" emphasizing the value
of optimism in placing a community
in the front ranks of progress. He
urged united effort to boost the city,
stating the great need for encourage
ment of it's industrial and commercial
projects.
Rev. w. S. Marquis answered to the
toast, "The Club and the Church. .
DR.. Marquis returned this week from
Philadelphia, where he attended the
convention of the Laymen's Mission
airy society of the Presbyterian church.
He showed to what extent the enthusi-
asm of the delegates went by naming
| their number, 1000, and the audiences
present at the sessions, frequently
| bringing the number in the hall tC
$500. He spoke in behalf of mission
airy work, outlining what men might
do to promote the work throughout
the world. He stated that the power
of united effort resulted in greater
power for the accomplishment of good
w. B. Mcintyre made a character
listic talk. Mr.. Mcintyre was at his
best and he touched upon a variety o.
thoughts in his usual happy strain.
Major c. w. Halves, chaplain of the
club, delivered the invocation ant
Rev. w. G. Oglevee the benediction
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21
natinees sundays and holidays.

Monument to OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Sheridan's famous comedy The Riv-
ais" with its scores Of years of unin-
terrupted popularity and success as
presented by the Jeffersons. IS a mon
ument to the clean-mindedness and
pure-heartedness of the American the
atergoer. 1t is the cleanest play ever
produced, and there has never been
a question as Il the enjoyment its
audiences get from it. There is a
lesson in it for other managers and
actors which they might profit by.
AS given by Joseph Jefferson and
William Jefferson. and their fine COM
pany at the Illinois Saturday. Feb. %,
matinee and evening, local theater-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21

strongest all around cast that has left
New York this season. It includes
such well known artists as Vera STAN
ley, Della Ncur, Dorothy Webb,
Charles Gallagher, Charles Morgan,
Ben L. Mulvey, Eugene Morton, Rob
ert Parkin and "a fine chorus OF 80
voices. This charming work is under
the direction of Nixon & Zimmerman
this season which in itself is a guar
antee as TO w0gth This enterprising
firm never does anything by halves
and has furnished this production
with superb scenic inEestiture, Won
derful electrical and mechanical eff
fects forming 4 continuous stage pic
ture whose beauty and brilliancy have
never been ecTaled in a production
of this kind II he Gingerbread Man
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21
A Home Remedy That Re
duces Fat.

Would you like to have nice firm
figure. but escape the tiresome, bone
breaking exercise or the soul-sicken-
ing diet of the old-time plan of re-
|ducing excess flesh?
Then go to the druggist and ask for
this inexpensive mixture: " ounce
Marmola, " ounce Fluid Extract Cas-
cara Aromatic, and 31s ounces Syrup
Simplex Take a teaspoonful after
meals and at bedtime, and in few
weeks you can ne as fit physically as
"a fawn. Mix these ingredients al
home if you wish, but see that you get
the Marmola i'll a sealed package
When fresh it acts quicker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21

in the public eye, is therefore but a
preface to the Yankee peril. There is
Yankee peril on our Atlantic borders
in the immigration last year of 1885,
5000 aliens, and largely from southern
Europe. Within five years the aliens
might hold the balance of power in a
presidential election and in determin-
ing policies Can we assimilate them?
Are our immigration laws strict
enough in wedding out the vicious and
the incompetent? Can we distribute
these masses instead of having them
settle in quarters that remain foreign
in our cities? The fears of those who
went before us in 1850 to 1850 con-
corning the relatively huge immigra-
ton of their times we're dissipated.
The country has assimilated it. We
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21

have learned to establish bureaus for
of the pilgrims of Ellis island have
proved as loyal as the sons of the pill
grims of Plymouth. BY the token of
the past, though the work is huge, we
believe this is not the Yankee peril.
The downfall of our country will not
come from without, if it ever comes,
but from within.
Until after the Spanish-American
war of 1898, the Yankee peril was
still thought to be that of sectionalism
There was still the north and the
south, and in. 90, the peril through
banking and commercial interest and
currency controversies of east against
west. These perils are past. The new
south is Yankee. The present finan-
cial furry shows the west, if it were
possible, more solid than the east, and
without diverse commercial and bank
ing interests. There is a oneness of
commercial and industrial life
Since the Washingtonian temper,
.ancc movement of the 40s, intemper-
ance in drink has been hailed as our
national peril. With cur heredity aud
climate, with experience of ruined
homes and distressed families in every
community. and with liquor associa-
tons and saloons in politics, intemper-
ance threatened to be our most bane-
full evil The wave of reform has risen
and a Ion i- Vic ~,
throughout the land. We are learning
mot TO be Incorporate in reform Ex-
pcrience shows that we can succeed
Where we have an overwhelming pub
lie sentiment and local option. Iowa
now promises to be in the van of =
sound and successful temperance
movement, having annexed the state
Of Davenport
The Corporations.
The corporation so wildly pictured
as the octopus. with its ramifcations
in railroad and rate questions, is the
best advertised Yankee peril. With
the opportunities following the civil
war and the opening up of the CONT
nent and foreign possessions, great
corporations and combinations of cor
porations naturally arose, and they be-
came in some form a necessity. The
common law and the statutes applica-
bic in earlier days were not sufficient
to regulate, AMI terrible evils have
arisen. Men of mighty minds edu-
| Gated under the old morality of indi-
vidualism, honest in private affairs but
with consciences developed in social
morality, sinned grievously, and we
were all with them responsible. but
we have been rapidly developing leg
islation to regulate. and are succeed
ing. We nave developed the social
conscience and q new morality will
restrain.
Yankee Smartness is Greed.
1--WE do not find here the Yankee
peril, grave as the questions still are.
1t is deeper than graft; it is subtle,
universal and inbred in rich and poor
alike. The very thrift upon the part
Of our pioneers tended to stinginess,
then to avarice. Greed is the Amer
lean peril: or. TO go to its source, Yam
kee smartness. To scheme and cal
culate to get on il the world, honestly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21
PROGRAM GIVEN
By CHAPEL CHOIR
Folk Songs in Swedish Constitute the
Fifth Number of Augustana Ly-
ceum Entertainment Course.

The fifth number in the Lyceum
course at Augustana college was given
in the college auditorium last evening
by the chapel choir under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Edla LIInd. The audience
was large and the choir gave a cred
liable Interpretation of Swedish folk
songs.
The choir was assisted by Professor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21
Neiohborhood Eavorite.

Mrs. e. D. Charles of Harbor. Maine
speaking of Electric Bitters, says: 1T
is a neighborhood favorite here with
u.s." 1t deserves to be favorite every
where. 1t gives quick relief in dyspep-
STA, liver complaint, kidney derange-
ness and general debility. Its action
on the blood, as a thorough purifier,
makes it especially useful as spring
medicine. This grand Alternative tonic
is sold under guarantee at all drug
gists. so cents.
All the news all the time-The Argus