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Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-07-10
WHEN FOOD Was SCARCE.
Prices That Ruled In Paris During the
Siege Of 1870.

Siege Of 1870.
The following interesting statement
Of the prices that were paid for food
during the siege of 1870 is taken YER
bally out Of the journal of a French
officer stationed in Paris at the time
Toward the middle Of October we
had to make up our mind to sacrifice
the animals of the geological garden.
The elephants and many other beasts
we're bought by M. Debos. the owner
of the English meat shop in Av.
Friendland. The meat Of the elephants
was sold from $40 to $40 n kilogram
two pounds), the trunk commanding
the highest price, SIG kilogram. The
trunk and feet were both declared de-
lcious by all gormands. In the same
shop n pair Of young wolves were sold
for $3.50 per pound. The meat was
soft and without taste. The biggest
price was paid for a young live lamb
that had been swiped by 'franctireur'
from the enemy. One hundred dollars
was paid for 1t.
Here Is an exact PRICE list of some
ylctuals toward the end of the slege
Two pounds of horsenesh. $500
one ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1900
A whole cat. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 800
A rabbit .......................... 1000
One turkey 5000
One Observation-Disclosures. 100
A Observation-Disclosures. so
A pigeon. 3.Oc
One pound of butter. .................... 600
A pound of beans. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1.5O
A peck OF carrots. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 200
One cabbage head 200
one stick of celery. ................... so
wood To burn 100 pounds) ......., 200
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-07-10
Clipped from our Exchanges
From Nearby Counties.


TO such women as are not seriously out
oflhealthA but who have exacting duties
toI PERFORM either in the way OF house,
hdld cares\or in social duties and func-
tidps. which, serlously tax their strength,
as welfaSbp nursing mothers, DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Pfefription has proved q most
valuable supRArtlng tonic and invigorat-
Ing nervine. BY It's timely use, much
serious sickness and suffering may be
avoided. The operating table and the
surgeons' knife, would it-is--b elIeyed
seldom have to be employed Il this most
Valuable Woman,S remedy were Iesnrted
10 I'm good time. The Favorite Prescrlp-
tIon" has proven great boon to expectant
mothers by preparing the system for the
coming of baby, thereby rendering child
birth safe, easy, and almost painless.
Bear in mind, please that DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription is not a secret or
patent medicine, against which the most
intelligent people are quite naturally
averse, because of the uncertainty az to
their composition and harmless character,
but is a MEDICINE OF KNOWN COMPOST
TON, q full list of all it's ingredients being
printed, in plain English, on every bottle
wrapper. An examination of this list OF
ingredients will disclose the fact that 1t is
non-alcohollc in its composition, chemic-
ally pure, triple-relined glycerine taking
the place of the commonly used alcohol,
in its makeup. In this connection sni3 ~ it 1t
may not be out of place to state that the
NFavorite Prescription" of DIR. Pierce is
the only medicine put up for the cure Of
woman's peculiar weaknesses ana all I'll
the ingredients of which have the un-
animous endorsement of all the leading
medical writers and teachers of all the
several schools of practice, and that too
as remedies for the ailments for which
uFavorite Prescription is recommended;
A little book of these endorsements VIII
be sent to any address, postpaid, ana
absolutely free If you request same by
postal card, or letter, of DR.. Z. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con:
stipation. Constipation is the cause OF
many diseases. Cure the cause and you
cure the disease. Easy to take US candy
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-07-10
A Golden Wedding

means that man and wife have lived
to a good old age and consequently
have kept healthy. The best way to
keep healthy is to see that your liver
does it's duty 3G5 days out of 800
The only way to do this is to keep
BalIard's Herblne in the house and
take it when ever your liver gets in
active. 50 cents per bottle. Sold by
Ruhser's City Pharmacy.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-07-10
Terribly ScaIded

is something we hear or read about
every day of our lives. Burns and
scalds either slight or serious are
bound to happen 10 your family, be
prepared by having bottle of Bal
lard's SNOW Liniment handy. 1t re-
IieVes the pain instantly and quickly
heals the burn. Sold by kuhser's
City Pharmacy.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-07-10

even the rich had to live on the
meagerest diet and to take into their
menu things that till then only the
trapper in the virgin forests was sup
posed to eat. Ieleave it to you to i'm
agine what kind Of meals were served
in the small restaurants and boarding
houses.
Moreover, everybody had to submit
to the strictest orders. People stood in
file before the butcher and baker shops
to wait for their turns. Each household
was furnished with a card from the
municipality authorizing the bearer to
buy n certain amount of meat and
bread. The cook, the housewife, the
young girl, the little child (men never
go shopping in France), were posted for
hours before the shops in rain and
snow, with wet feet, shivering with
cold. The unfortunate ones endured
without q murmur these hardships.
Women throughout the time Of the
siege were setting an example of conr-
age and self abnegation not always fol-
lowed by men.
1T was a sad and touching spectacle,
these long files Of women, nearly all
dressed in black, grouped before the
doors of the dealers, watched by the
national guard, with whom they at first
were laughing and chatting, till the
sufferings from the cold had silenced
the laugh and sometimes brought forth
the tears.
But in spite Of all precautions the
stores one by one were exhausted, the
prov isions, put in too late before the
siege, were used up, and, while the ba-
bies, deprived Of milk, died in great
numbers or, fed on sweet wine and
bread. pined slowly away, the big peo-
pie tried to find new resources to pro-
long their lives"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-07-10
Tommy Smoke.

Mlnister-If any one present can
show cause why this couple should not
become man and wife, let hiIn speak
now or forever hold his peace. Tommy
I kin, mister He thinks aunty's only
twenty-five, and she's forty.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-07-10

Economy may be the road to wealth,
but nine-tenths Of those who are COM
PEELED to travel 1t never reach the goal
Chicago News.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-07-10
Folders EXPRESS.

All baggage promptly delivered.
Orders strictly attended to. Folger' g
Express, jackson. Mrs M. Folger,
phone Black 40l. Leave orders at
Wells Fargo express office. Main "a.
The evening world., 1908-11-06
MAN IN PA)AMAS
RUNS IN STREET
TO Il" STATION
Pneumonia Patient EludeS
Nurse-Taken to Hospital
and May Not Recover.

The sight of a man. clad only in pa
jamas. running through the streets OF
Brooklyn In the bitter cold wind early
to-day, attracted large crowd OF men
and women. They followed the fleeing
ngure till 1t ran up the stairway lead
ing to the elevated station at Lexing-
ton and Sumner avenues and rushed
onto the platform.
Several people were waiting to take
4 train and many of the women were
badly frightened, as the scantily clad
man. shouting at the top of his voice.
ran up and down the platform. num-
ber of men finally collected their wits
and the maniac was overpowerod and
taken into a waiting-room till an am
bulance from the Kings County Hos
pital arrived.
Just as Dr. Sammis was driving off
with the pajama clad patient a woma n
ran up and exclaimed that her husband,
Frank Donaher. a bookkeeper, had es-
caped from his home at No s45 Putnam
avenue, while delirious from pneumonia.
Both she and the nurse were out of the
room when her husband ran away. she
said
IF he's a pneumonia patient this is
the man" said the surgeon, who was
busy piling blankets on his patient,
whose teeth were chattering
Ono look into the ambulance sufficed
to assure Mrs. Donaher that It was her
husband. The ambulance surgeon tried
10 reassure her, but at the hospital it
hof 10
likely to result fatally.
The evening world., 1908-11-06
Hospital Supplies

and Sick Room Needs our facilities In
this line. both as TO equipment and cm-
ployCCs, nre uusnrpasseu.
The evening world., 1908-11-06
Cigars and Cigarettes

Tho famous Black and white: best &c
Cigar.
III Soano; the host clear Havana; all
sizes ana shapCs. lJc. 20 2oc' each
Boa trade q specially.
The evening world., 1908-11-06

ILL., Saturday. Nov.
Sixth Avenue and 42d Street This purchasing public who
obtaining acknowledged Rker High Quality
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-29
WOULD ABOLISH
Old |. /: v 4. ii PLAN \
Report on Council Rules Will
Recommend Important Change
Affecting Street c Committee.

* The report Of the special committee
to draft "a new seri les of rulec
for City Council is now about COM
plete and will be presented q tho
July meeting r@considera ton 'er-
haps the most ilnportantSc chan ga recon-
mended is in he met hod OF appointing
the Committee of Streets, an attempt
being made tt do away. with the old
system of ward appropriations gener-
efficient. Hitherto the rules have re-
quired that the Committee on Streets
be composed of one member Of the
Common Council and one Aid erman
from each ward, making a committee
OF fourteen. "a 3 & 81 ~ &
siis Change Recommended.
The new rule establishes this conf
mittee in conformation with the other
standing conlmi tees of Council, maxi
ing ia body OF eleven men. I've AZ
dermen and six Counclmen, appointed
by heE presidents OF lie two branches
Regardless OF ward ines. l3f 5s2s :.
sl53 T. he Sch ange Is unanimously, recommended
by the rules colnmittee, members ho ldins
that I lie custom 81 dividing the street funds
among a he different wards, re gard less Of
where the Improvement Is needed, should
not DO longer ntlnued, $$
@ The rules provide for the d ivislon Of the
spresent Commit ee on Grounds and Huild-
ings Into bodies ., on pabliss
public land The duttes of the y two COM
imttees are clearly indicated I'm the tn
81 "A new committee is proylded for. on the
the dntles4ots witch hough no yet clearly
WITH the Chamber q Commences and other
ssn.s
that no Ine iher q either bran eli fshal ssbe
cha lrn,an ore han one tandlhs cons
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-29
WALKED INTO TROUBLE
Drunken steps Lex, Fugitive 70 pol,ce,,,n,

Drunken Steps Led Fugitive to policeman,s
House. FE7tF
1t was by the cruel irony OF fate that
Coleman Harris tcolorcd), for whom the
police had been searching high and low on
two warrants. turned his drunken steps early
Yesterday morning Into the front yard Of
Mounted Policeman Jordan, and was there
when the officer arrived for his well-earned
rest 1.5743i 7iE55 f8f
Jordan was just entering his gate when
he observed n dark figure slouching. In the
vestibule of his home. Drawing his revolver
he approached. and cautiously inquired who
was within. The figure replied not, but
continued pulling at the screen door
who's there?" demanded the officer
sharply. Only hiccough was the response.
He turned the figure around.
what Aour manner"
Coleman Harris
THE very man I'm looking for. Come
on, We'll be partners for awhile"
He wheeled the negro about and marched
him TO the nearest patrol box But Harris
was n bundle of silence. He was trying to
figure out In his befuddled brain how IL
wax that he had been caught In an officers
own house after he had been careful In
avoiding even a distant bluecoat. He Is
still figuring.
He was taken to the station by Officers
Matt and Jordan. and there awaiting him
were two warrants one charging him with
obtaining 81 under false pretenses from wv
p Brown and the other with obtaining 81
under false pretenses from f. Payne.
Coleman scratched his head. but couldn't
III derstanu. 1t,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-29
SOME FRENz lied FINANCE
Negro Sells House He Docsn't Own to
Y NDuS IL. 6

Negro Sells House He Docsn't Own to
Two People. 5f
II the charges against hin be true,
Harry Squire fcolored), who says he
halls from Portsmouth,Ahns a get.ricli
scheme that is hard to beat. He was
arrested yesterday on warrants chnrE-
ing him with defrauding Joseph Fisher
out OF Sis and Martha Harris out OF
Sl4. According TO the allegations Of
the two complairants lie had attempt
ed TO sell them both the same house,
and. at that. u house he didn't own.
Squire, itis charged, called on Fish
en- WHO was occupying the house he
was trying to sell, representing him-
self to be the proper agent, and said
that as they were such friends. he
would let him have 1t cheap, with SIS
down. He got the fifteen. and then
called OIL Martha, with the same prop-
osition Martha bit to the extent
of s14. Evidently the cash played out,
for Harry called again on Fisher yes
terdaN for another payment Fisher
refused, ana ollowcd Squire to Martha's
house, where he overheard similar
conversation. lie was not long get
ting an officer. and the agent was
placed updcr arrest In Martha's
house he explained that he had called
simply to return to her4the money she
had given to him. Her son. being OF
an fnquisftive turn OF mind, wanted to
know whether he had the coin with
him. IT was very thoughtless of him,
Squire declared, but really lie had for
gotten to bring II. Then the strong
arm OF the law swung around him. and
ne walked deiectedly to the Second
- L. . 81 %
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-29
shot
BETRAYED THIEF
Long Chase Halfway Across
Continent Ends With Arrest Of
Alleged Burglar.

Chased halfway across the CONT
inent William Jones, Of Jonesboro. III,
was BY the NorfGh p6iiee
self, and was held for Sheriff George
Fl. Higgins. of Jones hsro, who had
been pursuing him night and day on
burglary and the larceny OF eight suits
of clothes. representing an outlay OF
$500.
The alleged burglary was committed
Immediately decamped. He went TO
Kansas City. Mo-, and there enlisted in
the navy. He was assigned to the
Portsmouth navy yard, and was imme-
Sheriff learned of the. enlistment, and
photographed the Norfolk authorities to
be on the Lookout for the young man.
Accidentally Shot Himself.
Joness downfall came through his
own misfortune He entered a pawn;
shop in Norfolk soon m, after ms s. arr1y AZ
rusty weapon was accidentally dis
charged as he drewit out Of his pocket.
and the ball went into his hip. re
was taken to the N "a u Sras ed /
Sheriff Huggins&was notified, ana e
arrived In Norfolk last Saturday q
week ago. Jones was still too weak
1 to travel, and his discharge had 70 pc
procured. The Western officer was
REQUIRED TO go .oAAt
he experienced some difficulty, though
finally procuring the discharge Of his MS
prisoner.
The long return journey was begun.
yesterday afternoon, officer and prls-
oner arriving here for u. stopoyer,
The prisoner was locked in the First
Station until train time, and the sher-.
if spent the tedious hours in relating
fish stories to the officers gathered
about him. He told tale of 3io
pound catfish. after which there was
an audible silence. "Nirgie" Pend lu-
ton collapsed, but was famed back
into consciousness. 81 55
1T developed after Jonesss arrest that
he was also charged with stealing a
suit case and clothes belonging to his
comlade with whom he had travelled
from tile Western city. He Is only
twenty-one years of a ge, and does not
!, look the part. He$was still CARRIED in
his Uniform He stood smiling while
being shackled, apparently In nowise
! QiscOncerted. y2
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-29
PRAcTIcING BURGLARY
STIR Boardcr Climbed Up Tree and Got
Arc sted. M.

stnr Bourdcr Climbed Up Tree and Got
Arrested.
Berry Lucky, a misnomer, was ar
rested early yesterday morning by Po-
liceman Andrews on a charge of be-
ing dsorderly and trespassing on the
premises of John Vaughan, of Eigh-
-teenth Street.
Vaughan heard noise in his back
yard about o A. NJ. and went forth to
investigate. He could see nothing,
and got back in bed. The noise began
again, and he started in his undress
uniform for the police station, officer
Andrews went with him to the house,
but no burglar was found.
But again the noise was heard and
Vaughan. who was watching, discern
ed the form OF man coming down
from a tree in his back yard. The fig
ure disappeared into the house. and
Vaughan lit out second time for the
station. Berry Lucky, who was not
so lucky. was arrested. He gave some
ilimsy excuse about being up the tree.
He was up the tree when the officer
first called. and it is believed was try
Ing to initiate burglar. He lived in
VauShan's house. where he had been
the star bparder
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-29
MRS. j. s. WILLIAMS
PAINT U.LLY HURT
Hurled from Carriage While Driy-
ing Along Mountain Road in
Pennsylvania.

Mrs. John SHELTON Williams, Of Rich
mond, was thrown from her carriage
yesterday afternoon and painfully in
ljured. The accident occurred not far
from Blue Ridge Summit, Pa, where
Mrs. Williams is spending the summer.
She was driving along mountain road
near the Maryland line when her horses
took fright at a passing motor car.
The carriage was hurled against a
fence, and Mrs. Williams was thrown
out. Her collar bone was found to be
broken and she was badly bruised and
cut. The physicians notified members
of the family here last night that the
injuries were not regarded as serioua.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-29
lNOUIRMERS GOT MIXED AND
WENT TO NVRONG.FLLNER1AL
Followed First Party That Came Out Of Station and Did
Not Learn Until Too Late That Body Vas
That Of STRANGER

Attired in the proper mourning GARD
and countenance party OF Richmond
people yesterday afternoon, through a
comedy of errors, We're forced to at
tend the funeral of a stranger in the
mortuarys chapel in Hollywood. while
the services over the body OF their
friend We're being conducted In city.
church.
Two Richmond ladies of wide ac-
Iquaintanee died in the western part
Iof the State IN the past day or two
and yesterday afternoon }the bodies
reached Richmond on the same train
for removal to their last resting
places In HOLLYWOOD. Friends Of both
ladies gathered al Main Street station
70 DO honor 70 the. dead, As the fu-
neral party conveying tho first body
emerged from the trhin shed the Rich
Imonders fell into line and fol-
flowed tho pallbearers TO the street,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-29
SACRED FAC. ON
WONDERFUL |. ] stone
Bishops Ministers and Others
Write to Mr.. Bacon About
Rernarkab BILE Appearance.


Mrs. Eugenia Jones Bacon, Of At
5lanta, who is3yisting| In edmond, has
In her possession a natural curiosity
which Is attracting the most wide-,
spread interest. 1t is small stone
which was found on the mountain be-
hind the village of Oberan,me rgau, In
Bavaria, and Which one one sidexof It's
surface, when seen atthe proper angle,
exhibits the brow and face of man.
thought by many: to- beI.uentical with
the face used by old masters in their
conception of Christ. Though Mrs.
Bacon does not attach any miraculous
lsign4Alcance to the stone. she values
1T as a most Swopd erful and remarkable
accidental production of the face OF
"a man singularly like tho face made
familiar in copies OF famous paint,
slngs OF the Saviour. sI9s5 .5jS g. S5Ss B s
nc Has Many Letters. ;535 !.
The stone is o. fragment OF limestone
one inch long and three-quarters wide,@
and was found by Mrs Ba con in 1 $780,
the day after the Passion Play on tile
Mountain Kopfel, that oVerhangs the
village ofAOberammergau. It was not
untils eight years afterWard, when la
5beling some relics, that she noticed
the face OF the stone, She has letters
from many prominent people in this
country and broad who Gl,slye seen ana
marvel led It the wonderful st one, which
sappears more 4 ike an old ivory cary
ing than q ma tuIal s lone Among those
who testify To he IMPRESSION made by \
the face are many ministers and ssev-s
seral Ebishops,s W o n spen Is u of as as
Istngul lar and beaIti fulS repr sonta tson.s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-29
Eclipse nj Emporla.
.neciaiSfo The Times- Dfspatt

EMPoRIA. VA. June ss.-Thev an-s
.nuIar eclipse began prompt ly at half
past o'clock this morning, and at III
o'clock the central part or the sun
or light was observed around the suns
border, and hundreds of citizens watch
ed the eclipse until the phenomena
entirely Disappeared, which was at
1920 o'clock. Owing to the clearness
of the sky the. profound hazinessS
noted here In 1900 was not present to-
day. /<Smoked glasses were in great
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-29
sun NEARLY DARK
BUT WORLD KEEP
SPINNING AROUND.
Strange Sights in Sky Did.
Not Even Excite Dogs and
Chickens..--M Many PEG.
pie Saw Eclipse.

Passing between Old Sol and thi,
minor planet among the stars, the
moon for a little over two hours yes
terday morning cast foreboding and
portentous shadow over the earth.
leaving only a crescent sun to astonisll
the eyes OF the ignorant and super
stitlous. It was but an annular eclipse
of the sun. which occurs at varying
intervals in the cycle OF time and
which issvery easily explained
To those who saw and understood
the phenomenon 1t was very beautiful,
for that part of the sun not hiddc.l be-
hind the dense shadow OF the carth's
satellite blazed as brilliant crescent.
shooting forth trembling rays.
World Still rolled ON.
The show OF the heavens passed ofr
without hitch" like some well-rcgl-
lated drama OF puny man, all the
visible forces of that part OF the uni
verse occupied by the earth lending
themselves to the occasion.
Not cloud obstructed the view; the
air was absolutely clear, and those OF
an inquiring turn or mind had ample
opportunity to observe what was to-
the ancients trying ordeal and n
terrifying mystery. Nothing unusual
happened The world rolled along on
It's accustomed course. and by and BIZ
the sun reappeared in all his glorious
majesty, and the Incident. haylag
passed. was soon forgotten. except by
those to whom 1t was something more
than an object of beauty aud of
wonder.
Many pane OF wlndow-Rlass was
broken to furnish pieces Of smokei-
glass through which to observe the
Interesting movement. Streets AMI
roofs were crowded through nearly tnc
whole time of the eclipse. observers
watching II with the greatest interest
Perhaps not all were learned enough
to note the difference the eclipse
caused In shadows cast on the earth.
An unobstructed sun casts circular
shadows. being circular itsolf. and a
crescent sun casts shadows OF It's own
shape as might have been observed
yesterday morning Beneath trees. All
shadows were Of the shape of the visi-
bic part Of the sun. and some very
striking effects Were 10 he seen.
Light Much DINNER.
The eclipse began about $50 o'clock.
and ended about 1880 O'Clock. reach
ing its maximum about 1915 O'Clock.
when light was considerably dirmcd.
but not so much that artificial light
was needed. 1t was quite possible to
read in the street during the hours
of the eclipse.
There was no "howlingB of affrghted
dogs or cackling OF chickens taken nn-.s
awares by the gloom" OF which the
.anctents were SO fond OF telling.
Modern dogs ard chickens are, perhaps.
like man. more educated than their
forebears and they take the plenome-
IA of nature with a more discerning
and philosopllic mind