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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1908-11-28
stock OF the Tidewater.

lie did not recall that the Standard
owns ~ per cent OF the Tidowater:
nor conference IN which an Offer OF
$5,oOO0O0 was made for the Lombard
pipe line; nor how the stock OF the
ridcwatcr came into possession Of the
STANDARD; nor that the Standard got
possession Of the United States pine
line. lie ala not think the Standard
built the first refinery. the FIRST tank
car or tank steamer, but when asked
II the Standards innovation were the
buying UP ~ such things already es.
tabllshed. be replied "Oh, l should
think not" This ended the days ex-
animation.
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10
Underwood New York )

built II themselves instead of leaving II 10 pos
terity they followed this course. The result -
q number of beautiful toubs. including the IA
nous Tai MahaL It was the custom OF some to
build the future abiding place Of the body In
such i style that it would serve a pleasure
palace while they lived. Gardens We're laid out
around it. Here the builder would entertain his
friends When he died his body would he placed
in it and the priests would take possession Of
the place Tho vaults no more resounded to
nfrth Perfect silence prevailed. The gardens
were kept up 10y the priests who sold the fruits
produced and earned a scaut subsistence in this
way.
The garden surrounding the Tai Mahal is the
ouly one preserved to the present day The chief
difficulty in building ones to,ub is that one may
not live To complete il IL planning it there Is
therefore an element of uncertainty The Shah
Jehau intended to build a tomb for himself some
distance from th- Tai MahaL the tomb OF his
wife but did not live long enough. Therefore
his wife who died first occupies the place OF
honor beneath the roof which also shelters the
shah.
4 story is told Of one OF the Mosen soycreigns
who aimed to have 4 tomb which should rival
square. 1t WAS never completed. he died too
soon. His son decided to take the lesson to
heart and Ilauucd a small tomb He was
blessed by long and prosperous reign, and 1t was
only by elaboration of ornament that lie could
make the tomb worthy Of himself.
There are many buildings in India which illus
trate the mixed effect produced by the coming
Of the Mahometans
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10

most two miles long Over the gates IN the
seven rectangular walls within the other,
which surround the insignificant sanctum sane
forum In the centre are fourteen Of the massive
carved pacodas Within the walls Of this great
temple area are not only the various sacred
structures. but the huts, booths and homes Of
the thousands OF persons connected win the
temple services from priests and scrlhrs down
through readers. attendants and car"'akers to
the temple dancing girls and the keepers OF the
holy elephants
on the island of Paumhcn which lies between
India and Ccylon. is temple that Of Rams
seran which is noteworthy because Of its great
corridors Their aggregate length is four thou
sand feet or nearly four-ffths Of a mile When
II is considered that their section Is that az Il
small Gothic church. their combined length "Ight
times that of the greatest cathedral, and that
each Of the granite columns supporting the root
is richly carved il is realized that II represents
= wonderful exhibition Of human labor.
The influence of the Mahomctan invasion IS
exhibited in the northern part OF India. whe'o
are TO be found mosques and tomhs which are
among the most beautiful specimens of arChI-
lecture in that part of the country. Tho Indians
believing in transmiCration of souls. did not care
much what was done with their bodies Tomhs
had no attraction for them. They g"1 rd "t tn"
earthly house Of the soul when the spirit had
fed to its new abode by throwing II INT" d fi'"-.
or giving il to the birds or burning il on IyTe
The AIahometans, however, thought differently
and as they realized that they were more Ger
tain to have a monument to their taste and a
memorial that would be worthy OF them If they
New-York tribune., 1908-05-10

ed. the second having two gateways with go
pUras. The third and succeeding ones would
have four gateways with additional pagodas.
which, probably, would be greater than those
over the interior entrances In this fashion the
builders succeeded IN having the greatest
show on the outside, and the sacred section
in the centre only q comparatively mean little
box.
Attached 10 the temple, also. almost in
variaby YiIlared hall, sometimes called the hall
Of q thousand columns" although there were sell
dom 50 many Each Of these columns would be
carved in a different way, the sculptors aiming
TO devise designs requiring great skill in their
execution. Often they would work out a hunt
ing scene. in which horses ridden by hunters
would be seen rearing, their feet resting on the
shields Of foot soldiers. Sometimes these hunt
e-s are seen Staying men, sometimes animals.
These pilIared halls served as halls OF ceremony,
where the dancing girls attached TO the temples
danced and sang; sometimes they served as
places where the gods could enjoy the intel
lec+I1al amusement Of swinging; most frequently
they were used as nuptial halls in which the
mystic union OF masculine and feminine gods
was celebrated.
In Southern India, which is less frequently Wis
tied by the traveller than the northern ana
cooler norton are some Of the most massive
ter7rIes Of Hindustan. One Of these is the tenn
nle al Tanjore, which IS distinguished from the
others OF Southern India by having the hnest
and tallest pagoda over the temple in the cen
ire instead Of over the gateway or the OUTSIDE
wall This tower is more than two hundred leet
high. and IS surmounted with dome carved
from q single piece OF granite According 10
Tradition this immense stone was rolled to the
ton on an inclined plane five miles long by
means Of forced human labor. The exterior IS
rar more inviting than the small dark, III
lighted cell underneath the pile where the an
cjeut and ugly idols kept, and before which
rriests are almost constantly repeating prayers
b,,-ring incense and making blossom offer
ings
About forty miles southwest OF Tanjore and
.wo miles from Trichinopoly. noted for its heat.
sieges and cigars. In the bosom OF the River
Kaveri is the island Of sriringhan On this ISL
and is a great temple city. with outer walls al
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
Fencing With umbrsIlas.

Recently a French publication print
ed a picture of some American girls
fencing with umbrellas and stated that
they were trying to acquire thus the
necessary skill and assurance to parry,
with simple gesture, an attack Of
Apaches.
1t also stated that this sport was not
Born in America; that for several years
in France a noted fencing mistress,
Nine. Guillemot. at the same time that
she taught fencing with the sword for
hygienic reasons and for personal de-
fense, also taught her pupils to play"
with the umbrella.
The article finishes by saying that it
is certainly ''piquant' that this modern
application of an ancient sport was
taught by Parisienne long before
America claimed the original idea.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
The Inquisitive Woman.

Street car conductors regard inquisi-
tive women passengers with supersti-
tious dread. The other day a fuse
blew out in a Broadway car, and that
car was hitched on as trailer to the
one ahead. Presently a woman be-
gan to ask questions.
What would happen" she said, "if
the fuse were to blow out in that car
ahead? What would become Of us?
Would the car ahead Of that be able
to drag both of these carsW
81 don't know" said the conductor.
"But don't worry. We won't have a
chance to find out A double accident
of that kind has never happened to a
car of mine yet and it isn't likely to
happen once in hundred years"
Just then there came an explosion
ahead, and both cars came to stand
still. The fuse had blown out.
"Confound that woman" growled
the conductor THAT is all her fault.
This wouldn't have happened if she
hadn't asked so many fool questions.
She's q Jonah. New York Times.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
"Chuck II, Duke!"

While the Duke of Connaught was
in Cairo he went for stroll one morn
ing, and on his way back to his quar-
ters he came face to face with an old
Englishman wearing the ribbon of the
Indian mutiny on his breast. The
luke stopped and spoke to the man
about his military service for some
little time. Presently the man said.
not knowing, of course, to whom he
was speaking, Are you in the army
yourself, then. sir?" The duke smiled
and admitted that he was. Getting
on all right?'' was the next question.
The duke smiled again and said that
ne had not very much to grumble at,
On the whole, though perhaps he was
not doing quite so well as he could
wish. "No. and you never will. my
boy" was the surprising retort Of the
veteran. "What you want in the army
today is either brains or tremendous
amount of influence behind you. You
may take my tip. old chap, and chuck
lt"-London Il. +. o.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
A Bachelor and a Widow.

Bachelors" said the widow, "are
the most sensitive people on earth. At
any rate the bachelors l know are.
l dined with one not long ago. Dur
ing the first part of the meal he seem
ed uneasy.
"'If any of my friends see me- he
said, they will think 1 am dining
with some other mans wife
"'Why? l asked.
"He pointed to my wedding ring
Shall take it off?' asked.
would you mind? said he.
mot at ALL L said and slipped off
the ring
Since then when going anywhere
with that bachelor or any other bache-
lor | save him from embarrassment
by taking off my wedding ring before
we start. find they appreciate my
consideration for their feelings. Now,
if that isn't sensitiveness raised to the
ninth power I'd like to know what il
is."-New York Press.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
Notice
To Taxpayers.

Office of City Tax Collector, City of
Jackson. County of Amador, State Of
California.
Notice is hereby given to the tax
PAYERS of the city OF jackson, that ],
George M. Huberty, City lax Collect
or of the city of Jackson. did on the
10th day OF September, 1908, receive
from the City Clerk and eX-otiicio
Assessor Of the said city of Jackson,
the original assessment book for the
year 1908. containing a list Of the
persons assessed for real and personal
property and the amount of city
taxes due thereon for said year.
That the whole of said taxes are
now due and payable. and payment
thereon may be made TO me, between
the hours of 9 a. m. and p. M, at
nv office in the Marelia building, on
Court street, in the city Of Jackson,
California.
That said taxes will be delinquent
on the drst Thursday of November
1908, at 6 o'clock p. M. and unless
paid prior thereto five per cent will
be added TO the amount Chereof.
Taxes not paid according to law
will be delinquent, and five per cent
and other costs will be added thereto.
GEORGE M. HUBEkrG,
Tax Collector Of the city OF Jackson,
Dated September 10. 1908.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
GRANTING PATENTS.
Invention as Distinguished From
Mere Mechanical Skill.

Mere Mechanical Skill.
A patent cannot properly be granted
protecting the product Of mere me
chanical skill as distinguished from in
vention. Difficulty is frequently ex-
perienced in distinguishing between
the two, and the supreme test for de-
termining whether n particular device
Is the result of mechanical skill is not
whether an ordinary mechanic could
make the device if 1t were suggested
to him, but whether he would make
1t without suggestions save those
which are prompted by his skill and
knowledge of his art.
For example. if n man constructs out
of iron a machine which had previous
ly been made out of wood he does not
thereby become an inventor in legal
sense, because everybody knows that
any constructor can build machine
out Of iron instead of wood But
suppose that gunpowder had just re-
Gently been discovered and that the
man who invented it had applied for
and obtained patent upon It,
He might have claimed. II combine
saltpeter, sulphur and charcoal in Il
certain way and produce startling
result" and it would be no answer. if
an action for infringement were
brought, for the infrlnger to say that
every chemist could make the powder
after he had been shown how. for,
10 IL. II 4
knowledge as well as the skill, the
originating of the powder constituted
invention Exchange
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
SERVANTS SIGN LANGUAGE.
peeuIisrities Of Employers and Tour
ists Noted hY Marks.


Servants and hotel porters in many
cities of Europe have a sign language
as complete as that Of the American
tramp.
'It is not generally known" said a
courier, that servants are in the habit
Of giving useful tips to their success
sors and to the man who delivers the
groceries and meat by marks on the
back entrance In most of the big
Paris iats and apartments, such as
Americans like to take for the season,
the back door is literally covered with
barely perceptible signs which nobody
but the initiated can understand.
"a freshly engaged domestic knows
exactly what to expect, whether his
masters are easy or hard to please.
whether it is monsieur or madame
who is hard to get along with. other
signs tell whether the food is good or
bad whether the work is difficult or
not, etc.
"The boy from the grocers or the
informed whether he can expect a big
tip or not.
"The system is even more developed
among hotel servants. A family arriv-
ing from Italy. after having refused to
give what some italian porter consid-
cred a sufficient tip. will have the fact
advertised in every hotel he visits in
Switzerland or France. A little mark
on the trunk is all that is needed
Philadelphia Ledger.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
AMERICAN FRENCH.
The Struggles of New Yorker In a
Paris Restaurant.

The Struggles of a New Yorker In a
Paris Restaurant.
He gazed complacently at the gay
labels on his trunks. Funny how you
hear in Paris'-so he continued his
"reminiscences of travel-"our thin
American accent struggling with the
sonorous French tongue. You hear
queer mistakes. too-no end of 'em
The queerest l came across was made
by New York man.
"This tourist at the Chatham wanted
to say, L am hungry He should have
said, J'ai faim' Then the waiter
would have brought him meal at
once. What he did say was:
'Je suis fameux, garcon.' He said
there, I'm famous. waiter And the
waiter impressed, bowed and smiled.
Congratulations, sir
''No food came He must have made
an error, so he tried again:
'Garcon, j'ai une femme That
meant he had wife. The waiter said
he was sure she was a winner
Rather red now, he took third
dive:
"'Je suis femme This time the
New Yorker said he was a woman.
"'And madam dresses in this way
for comforts sakeY the waiter in
quired, with a gallant smile-New
York Press.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
state Of ohio, City Of Toledo.

state of Ohio, City Of Toledo
Lucas County.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that heis
senior partner of the firm of f.
Cheney Il Co; doing business in the city
Of Toledo. county and state aforesaid
and that said firm will pay the sum of
one Hundred Dollars for each and
every case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use Of Halls Catarrh
Cure
Frank j. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscri bed in
my presence, this 9th kay of Decem Der
A. u. 1856.
A. w. Gleason.
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, and acts directly on the blood and
mucus surfaces OF the system.
Send for testimonials free.
f. j. Cheney & Co; Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, as cents.
Take Hall sFamily Pills for consti-
patton.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
A WOMAN'S TACT.
And the Way She Explained Her Dl-
plomaoy to Her Husband.

plomaey to Her Husband.
1t being holiday. the bunderinc
man made calls with his wife. The
first place they went the hostess said
Julia is engaged"
'Is she, indeed?" said the mans wife
radantly. (Which one did she finally
acceptY
The next place they were Informed
that Margaret was engaged. and again
Che mans wife beamed sympathetical
ly and murmured. "Is she, indeed
Which one did she accept?" At the
third place It was the news Of Jessie's
engagement that was broken to them
AS before, the mans wife put the ques
tion. (which one did she finally takcT
On their way home the man said:
why did you ask which one every
time new engagement was sprung
on us? Arc those girls so attractive
that men were falling over each other
in the scramble to get them for their
wives?'
Not at ALL" said his wife II don't
suppose either Of them ever had but
one offer, and 1t is a wonder she got
that. l shouldn't be surprised If the
men back out even now before the
wedding day. But you see, dear, had
to be diplomatic Those people can do
me many favors. The surest way to
make myself solid with them is to pre-
tend to think their girls so popular that
every man in town was crazy to marry
them"
with my opportunities downtown"
groaned the man. "if had your genius
we'd be millionares inside Of six
months New York Sun.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
Spirit of the Open Life.

The great charm Of scenery and the
country life is the moral feeling that
seems to pervade it. This has prevail
I'd through all English literature from
Chaucer to Wordsworth and down to
our own times. 1t has cast its spell
over almost all of our Canadian poets,
who have wooed nature in her most Sc
cret haunts and studied her minutest
caprices. Montreal Witness.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
FOES OF THE LEVEES.
Sources of Danger to the Artificial
Banks Along the Mississippi.

5dtNo SNSHS AiO "iSSioS'PH's
"People who know little about our
system of levees, the artificial banks
built to confine the food waters that
pour into the Mississippi, no doubt
imagine that the heavy rains are the
only enemy with which the levees have
to contend" said Baton Rouge man.
"On the contrary, the levees, both
during times of flood and low water,
are subject to the incessant attacks Of
living foes. the destructive work Of
which costs millions of dollars. These
foes are allgators, turtles. muskrats.
field rats. fresh water terrapin and
crawflsh. or all these burrowers that
prey on the leveeS. eXcavating within
them goodly chambers or tunnels, the
era Wish do the most damage, with the
turtles and terrapins Il good second
The harm done by the alligators is
comparatively small.
In repairing the banks crawfsh
holes are often found Of immense size.
of freshets cause caylng in and break
of the evees. which of course bring
on an inundation of all the adjacent
country. The worst part of the bust
ness is that no way of eXterminating
these pests has yet been found, and
the only thing to be done Is to try to
keep them away from the banks as
much as possible. Baltimore Ameri-
can
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
The Flow of Rivers.

The flow Of rivers, as might be sup
posed, is the slowest at the bottom of
the water and highest at the top. The
average velocity of the entire stream
is found, as a rule. at about six-tenths
of the depth. The friction Of the bot
tom which retards the movement of
the deepest water is much greater, rel
atively to the whole volume of the
stream, in a shallow river than in d
deep one,
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
It Paid.

A little boy Of five years, playing
with his sister one day, leaned too far
out Of the second story window, lost
his balance and fell into the yard be-
low. Very mlracuously he escaped
being injured, and his parents and
friends were so delighted that they
gave him quite number of pennies,
nickels and dimes.
The next day, after he recovered
from the shock of the fall. he was
counting his money and on seeing his
little sister enter the room exclaimed:
"Gee. Gladys, look at all the money
l got for falling out of the window!
Why don't you try it?"-Delineator.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
PECULIAR TREES.
They Yield Bread, Butter and Milk,
Soap and Candles.

They Yield Bread, Butter and Milk,
Soap and Candles.
The breadfruit tree OF Ceylon is very
remarkable It's fruit is baked and
eaten us we eat bread and is equally
good and nutritious. In Barbutu. South
America, is tree which. by piercing
the trunk, produces milk. with which
the inhabitants Feed their children.
In the interior of Africa is a tree
which produces excellent butter. 1t
resembles the American oak, and its
fruit. from which the butter is pre-
pared. is not unlike the olive. Park,
the great traveller, declared that the
butter surpassed any made in Eng
land from cows milk. At Sierra
Leone is the cream fruit tree. the
fruit of which is quite agreeable in
taste.
At Table Bay. near the Cape of Good
Hope, is a small tree the berries of
which make excellent candles. 1t is
also found in the Azores. The vege-
table tallow tree also grows in Suma-
ira, in Algeria and in China In the
island of Chusan large quantities of oil
and tallow are extracted from it's fruit,
which is gathered in November or
December, when the tree has lost all
its leaves. The bark of a tree in China
produces n beautiful soap. Trees of
the sapindus or soap berry order also
grow in the north of Africa. They are
amazingly prolific, and their 1ruit con-
tains about IS per cent Of caponin.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
Womanlike.

''In my opinion" said Jones, "a wo-
mans club to be successful should aim
at something far removed from fe-
male suffrage"
Il do not agree with you" retorted
Miss Strong, with set lip. "That alone
should be its object"
Exactly, but if it aims at something
else it is more likely to hit that. Phil
adelphia Press.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
Reokless Exnenditure.

Dlyer-When | took this place It
wasn't fit for a dog to live in. have
spent nearly $1,000 on 1t. Samson
Don't you think it would have been
cheaper had you killed the dog?-Bos-
.on Transcript.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
Manhood's Estate.

1t is very foolish convention which
lays down that we are grown up when
we have reached our twenty-first birth
day. The real majority Is reached
when we begin to earn our own bread
and butter and to bring forth the light
which has been fostered in us by the
care of others for the last ten or fifteen
years. Self dependence and self rell-
ance-that Is the real manhood.-Isis.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
Chained Books.

The finest known collection Of
chained books Is that in Hereford
(England) cathedral 1t includes about
1000 volumes arranged in five book
cases, of which not less than l,3CO are
secured by chains three or four feet
long, each with swivel in the center
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
Looking Backward.

"Some people have queer ideas of
sentiment"
"For example?"
81 know a man who treasures the
slipper his mother used to spank him
with. h."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
Sized Him UP.

Briggs--I have made will leaving
my brain to the hospital and just got
IN acknowledgment from the author-
ties. Griggs-Were they pleased?
Drlggs-They wrote that every little
helps illustrated Bits.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
Not Deliberate.

Wife-I claim that the story you told
me last night when you came home
was a deliberate lie.
Hub-And l say 1t wasn't / never
thought up one more quickly in my
life.
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06
ID Tide.

Father (eminent stockbroker-With
the flow the sea rises, my boy; with
the ebb II falls.
Son "a chip of the old block)-Then
would be the time to buy, wouldn't 1t,
daddy?
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06

All the world may not Exactly love
a lover but it always takes quite an
interest IN his letters when they arG
read to the jury-PucE
Amador ledger., 1908-11-06

What comes with the wind viii go
with the Fain.-Irish ProYeTb.