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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-08-08
UneompIimsntsry,

OHSOHIPIIIUsHtaIys
Howell-rm man Of parts. Pow
ell-Most of them seem to be missing
Exchange.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
Insect Continuance.

AS DR.. Darwin was walking one day
in his garden he perceived n wasp
upon the gravel walk with a large fly
nearly as big as itself which it had
caught. Kneeling down, he distinctly
saw it cut off the head and abdomen
and then, taking up with it's feet the
trunk or middle portion of the body, to
which the wings remained attached,
fly away. But breeze Of wind, acting
on the wings Of the fly, turned round
the wasp with it's burden and impeded
its progress. Upon this it alighted
again on the gravel walk, deliberately
sawed off first one wing and then the
other and, having thus removed the
cause of its embarrassment, flew off
with its booty.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

One night at Brooks when Coke was
present Fox, in allusion to something
that had been said, made very dis
paraging remark about government
powder. Adam, attorney general to
the Prince of Wales, who heard it, con-
sidered it Il personal reflection and
sent Fox challenge At the time ap-
pointed Fox went out and took his sta
ton, standing full face to his adver-
sary. Fitzgerald pointed out to him
that he ought to stand sideways
What does it matter" protested Fox
Il am as thick one way as the other"
The signal to fire was given. Adam
fired, but Fox did not. His seconds,
greatly excited, told him that he must
fire. "Pll he - if l do!' said Fox
Il have no quarrel" Whereupon the
two adversaries advanced to shake
hands. ADAM" said Fox complacent-
", you'd have killed me if it hadn't
been for the badness of government
powder."-London Bellman.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

Gambetta, the French patriot, had
but one eye. How he came to lose the
other in childhood is told by a writer;
at appears that Gambetta had such Il
dislike to going to school that he said
to his father that unless he were taken
from school he would poke one of his
eyes out. His father insisted on his re-
naming on at school, whereupon Gam
beta did as he had threatened to do
and on his father demonstrating with
him he said that if his father sent him
back again to school he would poke the
other eye out, Such determined
character was he that his father had
finally to give way to him"
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
The SAUSAGE.

The sausage dates back to the year
S97. 1t has been asserted that the
Greeks in the days Of Homer manufac-
tured sausages, but this prehistoric
mixture had nothing in common with
our modern product. The ancient so
called sausage was composed of the
same materials which enter into the
makeup of the boudin of the French
market and the blood pudding of the
French Canadian. The ancient sausage
was enveloped in the stomachs Of
goats. 1t was not until the tenth CEN
fury that sausage made of hashed pork
became known. 1t was in or near the
year 1900 that, thanks to the introduc-
ton into Germany Of cinnamon and
saffron, the sausages Of Frankfort and
Strassburg acquired a universal repu-
tatiOn.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24


Vnc day d.. Norman Mcleod. who
was large and healthy man, and one
OF MS burly elders went to pay visit
TO certain Mrs MacLaren of the
congregation who lived over the Scotch
nils. She was frugal woman, but
since she knew that call from these
TWO meant that they would stay to
supper too, she determined that they
should have the best in the house. SO
she piled the table with icllles and Jam
and preserves and shortbread and all
the dcllcacieJ Of the season. and, the
Journey having been long they partook
uusparingly, and after the meal the
elder said to her:
Mrs. MacLaren, were you at the
Kirk SundayP
"Oh, aye" she said, 81 was"
And what did you think of the
treatment of the miracle?" The SER
mon had been on the loaves and fishes.
Il thought it was good" said Mrs
MacLaren.
And what is your idea ON the sub
Ject, Mrs. MGcLaren?" persisted the
minister
"Losh," said their hostess suddenly,
I'm thinl;in' that If you and the elder
had bin in the congregation there
Wadna bin twelve baskets of frag-
ments for the disciples to gather up!'
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
He Deserved the Watch.

A little boy who had been promised
a watch in a too indefinite future
showed a tendency to revert to the
subject with frequency which finally
overcame the patience Of his irate fa-
ther. "If you say watch again in my
presence I'll thrash you" was the ulti-
matum. Next morning at prayers, when
each member of the family offered a
Bible verse. the boy demurely gave his
as he fixed his parent with his eye and
repeated, what say unto you 1 say
unto all, Watch!'
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

known average density of 80 could
be accounted for by suppohing that
the stony crust, with an average
density of 25 extends to depth Of
500 miles, and incloses core of
metallic iron, with density Of 7.
The Hon. X. j. Strut finds more
radium in the rocks than would
suffice to keep up the internal heat II
the earth we're of rock throughout.
lie calculates that the crust is 10
miles thick, and that the radium
gives it bottom temperature of 1900
degrees g., imparting a uniform tenn
perature throughout the metallic
nucleus, which does not contain
radium.
Fatigue is now generally attributed
to poisoning from muscular waste.
1t does not come on steadily, how
ever, from the early morning until
the stage of sleep is reached in the
evening, and a new conclusion lis
that the first effect of the fatigue poi
son is one of stimulation This would
explain why mental faculties and
muscular energies are often at their
hest in the evening. 1t is pointed
out as quite probable that both
nerve-centers and muscle -hbers may
be rendered irritable, and that the
same chemical agents may later
narcotize them.
The advantages of distributing milk
in frozen form are being recognized
in Europe. t'reezing-unlike scald
ing-causes no. alteration, and the
frozen milk can be kept unchanged
for several weeks. Cream remains
diffused throughout the LIQUID, while
bacteria are greatly lessened.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
A Womanls Face.

No words can express the almost d.
vine love and tenderness and the per-
feet trust and happiness of that girl
wife's face as she looked into the eyes
of her husband-and smiled. Other
holiday impressions may grow dim and
fade away, but that sweet woman's
face remains stamped on my memory
forever.-Wynne in London Reader.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

For Sale-Lot of benches, formerly
used in Webb hall; and feet long !;
suitable for show place, churches, etc.
Will be sold cheap; apply at Ledger
office. -.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
Furnished Rooms to let; inquire at
ledger office.
Real Estate Wanted.

Wanted. Would like to hear at
once from owner having good medium
size farm or small business for sale
in any good prosperous locality.
Please give price and description and
reason for selling. State when
possession can be had. No agents
need reply. Address Lock Drawer
OSl, Rochester, N. Y.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

MISCELLANY
Reported weekly for the Ledger.

The New Diving. - Egyptian Gold
Mining. The Largest Magnet. -
Automatic Violin-Playing. - Arti-
fetal Black Diamonds. Keen Wis
ion. The Center of the Earth
Effects of Fatigue Poison. MILK
Ice.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
LEGISLATIVE
SENATORS FROM CALIFORNIA

SENATORS FROM CALIFORNIA
George G. Perkins and Frank 2. Flint
CONGRESSMAN FROM CALIFORNIA
First district ann. VIM. Englebright
Second district Duncan E. McKinlay
Third distrsct . Joseph X. Knowland
Fourth district. Julius Kahn
Fifth district ..........E e. a. Hayes
Sixth district . james G. Needham
Seventh district 80. James McLachlan
Eighth district. .....S. @. Smith
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
unnrammntical Justice.

Prisoner at the bar" said the mag
istrate, "for the crime Of oyerspeeding
you will pay fine Of so or be took to
jail for ten days"
That's not correct sentence" muir
INJURED the prisoner - Philadelphia
Ledger
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

A LII kinds of Blanks for U, S. Land Filings
~ Homes tead, 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. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

Mining Signals on cloth, required
to be posted in all mines, for sale at
the Ledger Office.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

Acknowledgment blanks for nota-
ries, specially printed for Amador
county, may be had at the Ledger
office. Price SOC per packet of 80.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

Ledger and Weekly Chicago In
ter-Ccean ................
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??, 1908-04-24

Ledger and Daily Call, one years 90
Ledger and Weekly Call one year 20
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one
year -,,...,............. w
Lee ger =" nd Weekly Chronicle,
one year Observation-Disclosures. 8 90
Ledger and Daily Examiner 1year 90
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

Harsh physics react, weaken the
bowels, cause chronic constipation.
Doan's Regulets operate easily, tone
the stomach, cure constipation. 2oc.
Ask your druggist for them.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
State Government.
EXECUTIVE

EXECUTIVE
Governor james N. Gillett
Lieut-Governor Warren II. Porter
Secretary of State -. Charles F. Curry
Controller B. Nye
Treasurer VIM. r. Williams
Attorney General. Ulysses S. Webb
Surveyor-G General. VIM. S. Kingsbury
Supt. State Printing w. w. Shannon
Clerk Supreme Court. F.. L. Caughey
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
Special Small Ads.

Advertisements under this head not exceed
ing lines, will be inserted at SOC per month or
scents per line for less than one month.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

Anxiety never yet successfully trldG
ed over any chasm. -Ruiiini.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

Copies of the license ordinance Of
the City of jackson in pamphlet form
may be had at the Ledger office; price
l5c. each.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

Cheap for cash.-One gentle mare
with harness complete, and light
spring wagon. Apply at e. S. Pitois,
jackson.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

For Sale or Rent. - The Johns house
and lot opposite skating rink on
broadway street, jackson. Inquire
of WIN. q. Snyder, Jackson, Cal.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

r DISTRIBUTING AGENTS FOR j. F. MAR
~ tell Ccgnac, Moet g. Chaudon. White Sea-
and Private Cuvee Champagne; Morgan Bros
Puerto de Santa Maria Sherries: Royal Wine
Company, Oporto, Port Wines; Dubois Freres,
Bordeaux. Ciarets and Sauternes; CANADIAN
CLUB WHISKY. Hiram Walker & Sons, Lin
Kuyper & Zoon, Cotterdam, Gin; Gilka Kuem-
mel, from j. A, Gilka, Berlin; Barthloomay
Brewery Company, Rochester, N. y, Knicker-
booker Beer; Dogshead Brand of Guinness
Stout and Bass Ale (bottled by Read Bros
London; Cantrell s. Cochrane, Belfast Ginger
Ale; Naglee Brandy; ReirDoorted American
WHISTLES
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24

For Kent-Two front rooms in the
Webb hall building, suitable for
offices. Apply at Ledger office.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
Two Dollars per year

If paid strictly in advance otherwise so will be charged
OUR CLUBBING RATES:
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-04-24
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
National Government.

President. ...... Theodore Roosevelt
Vice President. Charles w. Fairbanks
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
USE COCA AS AN INvIeoRANT
South American Plant Said to Have
Wonderful Properties.


Coca is the South American invig-
GRANT The shrub from which the coca
leaves are obtained grows under favor
able conditions TO a height of about
four meters. II is cultivated in Peru
and BOLIVIA.
AT the time the crop is gathered the
seeds are sown in beds. when they
terminate and grow. and in two
months the rowing plants reach a
height of about a foot The leaves,
grown in the proper sunlight and
shade. are yelIowish. small and thick
This is the kind of leaf that is pre-
ferred for chewing by persons using
the leaf as stimulant. fortifier. and
preventive of sleep and fatigue in the
performance of arduous work. mas.
much as they prevent rheumatism,
from which miners suffer when work
ing in mines that contain much water
Indians who masticate the leaves OF
this plant can work "a hours without
eating or sleeping. Coca leaves are
used by the natives when engaged in
long and fatiguing journeys and by
soldiers when subject to hardships and
privstions. They may be used with all
kinds of food and are said to cure
dyspepsia, either taken as an infusion
In the shape OF tea. or by masticating
the leaves. The life OF the plant, when
perfect, is so years.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
KNOWLEDGE NOT ALWAYS GOOD.
Ignorance Has It's Uses, According to
Philadelphia Writer.


knowledss is no help 10 COURAGE
Fools rush in where anrc's fear ia
tread and how useful these fools are
sometimes every general knows.
1t is said that the p iiish army was
beaten three times duriug TIE day Of
Waterloo, only Il did not know III
Napoleon ragged at its stupidity. E1u
cation cultivates the imagination
which is the greatest foe Of COURAGE
When in the dead of night you hear
a noise in the front parlor. you remem
Der all the stories you have read of
worthy householders being shot by
hrece burglars; you wonder how it
reels to be hit on the head with a i'm
my. and you take long time finding
your slippers. Ignorance would have
save YOU from these fancies. alN YOU
would have gone downstairs without a
tremor-and found it was only the
cat.
II was the acquisition OF knowledge
that lost our first parents the Garden
OF Eden. If they had only been con
tent with their ignorance we might
all be living there now. instead OF
only getting an occasional weeks
end. This. at any rate. is the belief OF
a writer in the Philadelphia Record
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
The People say:


The People Say:
Senator Fulton went to Oregon. and
asked for reelection, and the people
said:
"WE WANT A CHANGED"
Senator Hsnsbroueh went to North
Dakota for reelection. and the people
sale:
1--WE WANT A CHANGED"
Senator Kittredge heard II in South
Dakota, from the people:
1--WE WANT A CHANGED"
Senator Long asked the people Of
Kansas for reelection, and the people
shouted:
I'VE WANT A cHANGEl"
Senator Hopkins went to Illinois
and asked for reelection, and two
thirds of the Republicans of Illinois
announced:
I'VE WANT A CHANGEl"
Almost one-haIf OF the Republicans
OF Iowa. even when asked by their dis.
tin9uished Senator, Allison. replied:
1--WE WANT A CHANGED"
The voice of the people is unmis
taxable. Wherever they have had a
chance to speak. they have earnestly
lifted their voices, saying:
1--WE WANT A CHANGED"
That sentiment is sweeping the
whole country:
I'VE WANT A CHANGED"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
TAKE CARE OF THE FORESTS.
Associations Formed to Preserve the
Little Timber Remaining.

Fire insurance for forests is a nov.
city. In the Pacific northwest the
Washington Forest Fire association
has elected officers and begun work
with 5000 900 acres under its charge.
The plans include a system of patrol
by rangers. resembling the work done
by the United States forest service
in warding off and putting out fires.
Oregon and Idaho have similar or
eanization for like work In Idaho
the state treasury pays out that part
Of the expense, which is borne by tax
alton. A western railroad company
has large holdings in timber land and
Is carrying out successfully plans for
guarding them against fire. AT the
ether end of the continent Maine own
ers OF forests have undertaken similar
plans to protect the trees from their
great adversary. fire. In other parts
Of the country similar need is felt
for protecting the forests from fire. as
is evidenced by the establishment OF
Ike organizations in different sections
Ii is urged that fires have destroyed
more trees than lumbermen have
felled- While timber was plentiful the
waste went unnoticed But now that
wood fsmines seem imminent and
every tree counts. owners of forest
land are beginning to take precaution-
AIRY measures so that the little wood
remaining may last.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
AN AMBIGUOUS AND INsOLENT
PERFORMANCE.
(Springfield Republican,

"If Mr.. Sherman ever did anything
In public life to attract national atten.
ton, prior to his nomination to the
ice-presidency, it was his appeal to
Hartman ror campaign funds In 1908,
as revealed by the Presidents letter.
Hartman at that time had not be-
come SO notorious and SO obnoxious to
the American people as he becar,e
somewhat later. yet his business char
acter and political standing were as
we'll understood in the autumn of 1906
by Republicans like Mr.. Sherman as
they are today. Taken in connection
with the campaign fund publicity Is.
sue, the Sherman nomination seems to
be as audscious-we will not say in
solent-a performance as the RepubIi.
can party in these later years Of it's
history has been guilty Of"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
"May Be Reduced Fifty Per Cent,

"May Be Reduced Fifty Per Cent?
On August %, 1907. Mr.. II. f. Miles.
chairman of the tariff committee OF
the National Association of Manufac
turers, wrote to Senator Foraker a
letter in which Mr.. Miles said:
About forty per cent OF all the
members OF our association who have
by correspondence pronounced for re.
vision declare in their letters that
their own schedules MAY PROPERLY
BE REDUCED FIFTY PER CENT OR
MORE WITHOUT HURT TO THEIR
RESPECTIVE INDUSTRIES OR TO
THE COUNTRY AT LARGE"
How exorbitant must be this prec.
ious tariff fostered by the Republican
party when even forty per cent of its
beneficiaries, frightened by the rising
tide OF public sentiment, admit that
their own schedules may properly be
reduced fifty per cent or more without
hurt to their respective industries, or
to the country at large"
II the common everyday experience
OF the consumers is not sufficient to
awaken Republican voters to the
iniquity of the existing tariff system,
surely the confession in the letter re-
ferred to ought at least to challenge
attention and invite thoughtful inves-
tigation
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08

This paragraph from Georgia ex.
change He made enough out of the
literary business to buy { ten-acre
farm and a Georgia mule. and now he
mas decided to settle down to genuine
business. We have known lots OF
literary fellows, bur this is the only
instance where one ever goi rich
enough at it to invest FL 'his way"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF THE
BITE"

"The speech may sound somewhat
unfavorsbIe from the railroad point Of
view, but Wall Street believes that
Secretary Taft's pubic bark does not
necessarily portend serious bite later
on."-From the Stock Market Report
printed In the New York Journal Of
Commerce (Rep.) Issue of July %,
1908, page 3.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08

Has cost of living increased
faster than have wagesg The
answer is found in the follow
ing table Of two lines
Increase.
Get OF livins ....t9 per cent
N.Aoes ............19 per cert
Frank w Hitchcock. now
National Republican chairman.
former first assis mt postmas-
ter-general. recommended
s5.O00,ooO increase in the com
pensation of letter carriers, Civ
ing as his reason that cost OF
living has materially increased.
Salaries of senators and repre-
sentatiyes were increased so per
cent. and many speeches were
made in both bodies to show
that so heavy has been the in
crease in living cost that tie
raise in congressional salaries
was necessary, lest only wealthy
men be able to accept Office in
either branch of the congress.
Need any housewife be told
these facts? Is there head of
a family who does not realize
their truth?
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
WIN MitcheII Is for Rruan

why MITCHELL Is Tor Bryan.
John Mitchell to the New York
Worldly
"in accordance with your invitation.
wish to state that, In my judgment,
he election OF Bryan would be for
the best interests of the whole nation.
He stands on much the better plat.
form and will be guided by IL In tho
.vent of his election Mr.. Taft Ia
Handicapped by the jealous advocacy
of his cause by the predatory rich
Honest wealth and business have moth
ing to fear in 6rysn's election"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
THE CHINESE QUESTION.

Mr.. Bryan says, "keep the
Chinese out" Mr.. Taft SAYS,
SIS it not the duty of members
OF Congress and of the Execu-
tive to disregard the unreason-
able demand of a part Of the
community deeply prejudiced
upon this subject In the far
west, and insist upon extending
Justice and courtesy to a peo-
pie from whom we are deriving
and are likely to derive such i'm
mense benefit in the way of in
ternational trade" IN OTHER
WORDS TAFT SAYS LET THE
CHINESE IN.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08

It is bad enough that under the die
ration OF the speaker and his Com.
mittee on Rules, labor bills are strang.
led and not permitted to come to a
vote. But, worse than that. IL DOS.
sible. is the fact that the Speaker
picks committees so that bills that he
does not like cannot even get a hear.
ing, but are strangled in committees
by direction OF the Speaker The peo-
pie are up in arms all over the coun.
try and Anti-Cannonism is growing In
popularity.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
Ambiguous.

Eyes, the editor scanned my poem
and seemed surprised. He said that
it was fortunate Tor the world that |
hadn't turned by peculiar talent into
other channels Rather neat commit.
ment, wasn't it?'
Perhaps 1t depends entirely on
the point of view. 1t is quite possible
you know, That he meant to convey
the impression that your poem was
stolen"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-08
For Mendino China

For mending china the white OF an
egg and pulyerized unslaked lime is
strong cement. Dip a small brush in
to the egg white, slightly beat and
brush the edges to be joined Then
quickly dust one edge with a little of
the lime and place the edges togeth-
er accurately; hold in place firmly
for a couple OF minutes. then set aside
TO dry. This must be done quickly