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Amador ledger., 1909-07-02

children as policemen, which ac-
counts for this state of affairs.
The use of blank cartridge pistols
this fourth of July is absolutely for
hidden by the chief of police. There
will be arrests made in any case
where violation of this order is
discovered. The serious fourth of
July accidents. the kind which result
IN lockjaw and carry off mum 5ers of
children, are principally caused by
these blank cartridges. Bee.
1t is reported that our city trustees
have decided to suspend the ordin-
ance prohibiting fireorackers and
bombs being set off in the street on
the fourth of July celebration. 1t is
beyond question that the ordinance
was passed for the very purpose of
stopping the dangerous practice in
vogue on the anniversary of indepen-
dence day. The above extract shows
how the law will be strictly carried
out in Sacramento. The same demand
for its STRUT enforcement exists here
as in the capital city. The trustees
have no authority to suspend an
ordinance at pleasure. They are not
empowered to make and unmake laws
by simple resolution. They can repeal
an ordinance by passing an ordinance
to that effect, but in no other way.
And notwithstanding any resolution
to the contrary, the officers have full
power to see that the ordinance is
complied with, and to make arrest
for its violation. If any destruction
Of property arises because of an
official laXIty in this matter, who
would be responsible for damages
the city or the officials charged with
the enforcement of Jaw?
Amador ledger., 1909-07-02
Life 100000 Years AGO

Scientists have found in a cave in
Switzerland bones of men. who lived
constant danger from wild beasts.
To-day the danger. as shown by A.
W. Brown of Alexander, Me-, is
largely from deadly disease. ''If it
had not been. for Dr.. Kings New
Discovery, which cured me, l could
not have lived" he writes, ''sutfer
ing as | did from severe lung
trouble and stubborn cough" 10
cure sore lungs, colds, obstinate
coughs, and prevent pneumonia, it s
the best medicine on earth. SOC and
81. Guaranteed by Spagnoli's Drug
Store, Trial bottle free,
Amador ledger., 1909-07-02
CANNING THE STATIONS.
discipline Aboard Ship at Sea In
Times of Emergency.

tiHlGS OI
At no time is the perfect organiza-
iion aboard ship so well illustrated as
in the time of an emergency. The
slightest scent of danger in the wind
must find every, man ready. And
every man is ready. Every man has
number. Every man has station
A bell tap may send your dining room
steward OFF at run just when he IN
serving your soup. At the bell tap no
is no longer your steward. He is
mo. 49, in the ships emergency Or
Ganization, and when he gets to his
station he finds Nos. "a. 10, 23G, III.
2lS and some others there to act with
him like a machine. Aboard Il big
ship there are sometimes as many as
sixty stations about the vessel. and at
the sound of an alarm bell thirty sec
onds have not elapsed before every
man has responded to his number at
his station and is ready to act, to fight
fire, to man the lifebOats, or what not.
Up in the wheelhouse is further eX-
qualification of what system will do.
Within reach Of the officers are a
dozen contriyances of machinery that
connect with every part of the ship.
A touch of one lever closes n bulk
head in this or that compartment of
the hold. touch of another mans all
emergency stations, lever here mans
! lifeboat so-and-So, and lever there
mans any one or all. Here is n tele-
phone. its wires extending to every
part OF the ship. and an officers voice
carried to distance station in the
bowels Of the ship is so magnified
by mechanical means that it can be
heard twenty feet from the receiver
and fairly bellows it's orders.
A sailor or steward never knows at
what minute. day or night, he may be
called to his station. At the sound of
! the signal bell he must be at his post.
There is Il drill of some kind every
day aboard ship. but the men never
know whether they are running to a
real fire or only Il drill. Boats are I'M
covered, falls overhauled. davits swung
out. Every boat must have its com
pass, night signals, fresh water and
provisions ready for immediate action.
From the chart room the captain can
start squad in the most remote part
of the ship simply by pressing Il but
ton. and the flashing Of tiny electric
lights faithfully record how every de
tail of the drill is being carried out.
A chart gives the location Of all bulk
heads, and a tiny light sparlles when
this or that water tight compartment
Is closed. In case Of collision every
bulkhead below the water line is closed
by turn Of a lever in the wheelhouse,
making the modern ship practically
unsinkable.-Van Yliet Aiding in Book
keeper
Amador ledger., 1909-07-02
ARAGO'S NOSE.
It Was Enormous In Size, but Il Was
Safely Anchored.

Safely Anchored.
Emmanuel Arago. the French politi-
clan, was nephew of the noted as
tronomer and was considered hand
some man. although his nose was ex-
tremely conspicuous. At one time he
was travelling by train to Versailles
when a child who was in the same car
and who had watched Arago for some
time with dilated eyes began to cry.
In vain did the child's mother en-
deavor to calm the perturbed juvenile.
The poor mother was in despair, and
as the shrieks grew more and more
piercing Arago felt bound to interfere
and see what he could do. He said to
the child:
what ails you, my dear?"
Thus addressed, the child sobbed
out, 'Take off your nose"
Arago looked at the mother. who
grew very confused and said:
"Ah, monsieur, excuse me-excuse
my son."
But, madame" said Arago. what
does he mean?'
The mother then explained that she
had during the carnival taken her
child to see a number of persons in
masks and with false noses and he
had become so excited that he could
thing of nothing else.
"By an unfortunate occurrence" she
added. 1--WE got into the same carriage
as you, who no doubt for some good
reason are prolonging the carnival.
But you see what a deplorable result
has followed. Let me then beg Of you
to have pity on poor mother and
take off your nose"
But, madame" said Arago. stupe-
fed.
"a little more and my child will
have commissions" shrieked the moth
er. "Take off your false nose"
"But, madame" said Arago in de-
spair. that is impossible. This is not
a false nose, but my ownw
impossible, impossible" cried the
agonized lady.
Touch it," said Arago.
The lady gave a pull at Arago's
nose but it did not come off in her
hand, as she had expected.
"a thousand pardons." she said "but
pray-oh, pray. hide it with your hat"
So AragO continued his journey with
his nose in his hat, and the child's
screams gradually subsidized. Arago
himself used to tell the story with
much glee.
Amador ledger., 1909-07-02
ROLE OF THE C0CoANUT.
The Staff of Life to tho Natives of
Sea Washed Island.

It is more than n coincidence that
the tree which furnishes greater
amount of available material to man
than any other in the vast Kingdom of
vegetables is the first to spring up on
the bare rocks of the newly arisen
coral reef The cocoanut, so formed
that it may have floated halfway across
the Pacific is thus universally distrib
uted throughout tropical islands.
1t thrives best near the sea- seldom
penetrating far into the iNterior. It's
hard shell is coat of mail for the en-
bryo plant, enabling it to stand hard
usage for Il protracted period and
locking up securely the precious life
in miniature.
The fibrous husk which enyelops 1t
and is seldom seen on the market on
account Of the greatly increased bulk
breaks the jar which would be inevi-
table should the hard nut fall unpro-
tected from the tall tree to the ground
sixty or ninety feet below.
Such n blow would scarcely fail to
break the shell, occasioning the loss Of
the nourishing milk so necessary to
the germ. The outer husk not only
breaks the jar Of fall, but buoys it
up on the water, while the tough outer
cuticle is waterproof.
Thus is the tree which offers TO man
almost in the raw state all his neces-
stiles freely scattered where the warm
seas and their borders offer footing,
and from 1t the humble native secures
sugar. milk, butter, wine, vinegar, oil,
candles, soap, cups ladies', cordage,
mating, thatch for roof and material
for ralment, combining food, clothing
and shelter in a single gift, continually
making waste places habitable.-New
Age.
Amador ledger., 1909-07-02
Clipped from our EXCHANGES
From Nearby Counties.

Two miners nearly met death by
asphyxiation from powder smoke al
the Penn copper mine last Saturday.
lt was only after the most vigorous
eff Of DIR. March that the lives
of the L,en we're saved.-Citizen.
The series of camp meetings. which
were held near Jenny Lind, by the
Nazarene evangelists has resulted in
the division of the South Methodist
church. About sixteen of the mem
bers Withdrawing from church and
taking up the new faith. The
Nazarenes will hold their service in
Riverside school house, for the time
being. Prospect.
in the case of San Domingo Gold
Mining Company VS.. Grand Pacific
Gold Mining Company which was
recently decided in favor of the San
Domingo Company by the district
court of appeals of the third district
an application for a rehearing was
denied by the supreme court on the
18th OF this month. This finally dis
poses of the case in favor of the San
Domingo Company. Prospect.
The companys boarding house at
the copper mine is being enlarged
and the lumber is being brought over
from Valley Spring for two new
dwelling houses to be put up by the
Penn Chemical Company.
e. s. Warren reports the sale of
the following property: The Chas.
Slough FIVE acre place in Castro
Valley to l.. j. Glavinovich, formerly
resident of jackson, Amador
county. lie expects to build plea
SAINT cottage on the ranch and move
there with his family very shortly. -
Haywards Review.
ii. II. Pollard and sou, we'll known
mining men and capitalists of Bay
City. Michigan, have bonded the
Baltic group of mining claims on
Baltic creek in Ell Dorado county
and will Immediately undertake ex-
tenslve development work upon them.
They left Placerville Friday to visit
the property, which lies on the same
mineral belt as the Mt. Pleasant and
other famous gold prod south
east of this city. The Baltic group is
between Grizzly Flats and Sly Park,
and the property has long been re-
eognized as one of the most attractive
in the county for practical mining
men with large means. -Repu blican.
While attending to his duties as
superintendent of the Park canal,
Amador ledger., 1909-07-02
How They Do In Sacramento

The hospital and eonhagration
season leading up to the Fourth Of
July has been fairly entered upon
with q couple OF fires, fortunately
taken in time to prevent great dam
age, and a number of burnt fingers
and faces and such like episodes.
The crackers are popping all around
town and the rockets going Off DC.
easionally at night, m spite Of the
orders to the patrolmen by tho chief
Of police to put stop to it. There
ave about a thousand times as many
Amador ledger., 1909-07-02
THE COMING FOURTH.
A Blu Zinc Looked For.

! From all the preparations in pro-
gress, it Is evident that the coming
celebration is expected to outolass
anything heretofore witnessed in that
line in Amador county. More money
has been gathered in for the event,
aud the preparations have been on a
mUre lavish ard elaborate scale than
ever before known. Business houses
commenced to decorate early in the
week. The committee has also done
considerable in this line. Ihe
Broadway and north Main street
bridges, are canopied with the
national colors. The dancing plat
form is amply dressed IN appropriate
bunting. Along Main street the
illumination by electric lights will
far exceed all former occasions.
Glowing lamps Will be strung at
intervals along the business street.
AT the junction of Court ana Main
streets huge sign bearing the word
Welcome" has been suspended. At
night time this sign will be illumi-
mated with over $50 incandescent
lamps, spelling the word Welcome"
from both north and south side.
The procession on Monday pro-
misses to be something extraordinary.
Sightseers should not miss the
pageant, which will take place at
8 80 IN the m forming.
A hig crowd is looked for, and will
no doubt be here. As this is the only
celebration in the county, and as far
as Angels in Calaveras county on the
south, and PlacerviIle to the north.
Many visitors by train from valley
counties are expected to favor Jack
son with their presence on this
birthday of A american independence.
Amador ledger., 1909-07-02
Chamberlain's Collie Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy Would Have
Saved Him $4,000

I'm l9O2 ! had very severe attack
of diarrhoea, says K. n. Farrar OF
Cat Island, La, "F'or several weeks
WAS unable TO do anything. %
March IS, 1907, | had similar at
tack, and took Cham berlain's Cole,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
which gave me prompt relief con
slider it one of the best medicines OF
its kind in the world, and had i used
it in 1902 believe it would have saved
me hundred dollar doctor 3 bill. "
Sold by jackson Drug Store, Spag-
uOll, prop.
Amador ledger., 1909-07-02
MRS. lie DOUX
GETS NEW TRIAL
Supreme Conrt Refuses Rehearing

Mrs Emma LIE Doux. charged with
numbering Albert MaoVicar at Stock.
ton three years ago-the noted trunk
murder-.has won another legal
victory. Her application for a new
trial was granted some time ago, and
the prosecution asked the supreme
court to order a reheaTing of that
application. The court, in a judg-
ment given last Saturday, refuses a
rehearing:
J he main ground on which Mrs LIE
Doux demanded a new trial was that
the sheriff who selected the jury
venlre was biased against her. The
prosecution officers claimed that she
had no right to raise this objection
because she had failed to use all her
peremptory challenges. The Judges
of the supreme court. in their de-
cisIon. rule that while no objection
can be made by defendant to a
single juryman unless all the peremp-
tory challenges have been exercised :,
this does not hold when the whole
panel is objected to as in this case
For, they state, even il these chal-
Ienges had all been used, further men
would have had to be chosen from
the same Venlre, and the defendant,
Mrs LIE Doux, claimeI that the whole
venire was liable to be biased against
her, having been chosen by an alleg,
eddy preiudiced sheriff. Therefore
she should be allowed a new trial.
Amador ledger., 1909-07-02

Harry Williams had a little expert.
ence on Monday which he does not
care to have repeated. lie was on
Clear Creek, near Pleasant Valley,
and in passing around a large tree
which had, blown down during the
winter months, he came suddenly up
on large mountain lion lying in the
sun. The animal discovered him
about the same time that Mr. Williams
discovered the lion. He stopped,
while the huge beast sat up on its
hauches, eyed him in an inquring
way, tutoring a loud growl. The lion
slipped quitely into the brush, stop
ping occasionally to see il the man
was following or making any sus-
picious demonstrations, Mr. Williams
was glad to see the beast go, and pro-
ceeded on his way with alacrity as
soon as the animal was out of sight.
Some months ago lion was killed
near where this one was seen, and
that section of the county seems to
be one OF their favorite haunts. Re
publican.
The farmers of Penn Valley,
Nevada county, have found a way to
prevent the members of the Grass
Valley Specimens Club making a
shooting ground of their farms, by
simply entering into an ironclad
agreement not to allow any shooting
in the valley for period of three
years. The valley as hitherto been
the favorlate shooting grounds for
the Grass Valley spurtsmen during
the open season for wild doves, the
latter being always plentiful there.
The farmers have united to shut out
the sportsmen in retaliation for the
recent ARE est of two of their mum Der
and the imposition of a heavy fine
tor the shooting of two doves out of
season. The arrests we're made at the
instigation OF the Grass Valley
Sportsmen' Club which has been
active in the framing of the present
stringent game laws which practical
ly converts all the farms in the state
into game preserve for the almost
exclusive benefit of class of gentry
of ample means and IeasuIe. BY
their action the Penn Valley farmers
have taught the clubmen wholesome
lesson, and if the example they have
set were followed by farmers, vine
yardists and orchard ists throughout
the state it would go far toward
breaking up the present wild game
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1909-07-02
DON'T EXPERIMENT
You Will Make No Mistake If You
Follow This Jackson Citizens
Advice.
Never neglect your Kidneys.

ADVICE.
Never neglect your Kidneys
If you have pain in the back, urin
airy disorders, dizziness aud nervous
ness It's time to act and no time to
experiment. These are all symptoms
of kidney trouble, and you should
seek a remedy which is known to
cure the kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy
to use. No need to experiment. 1t
has cured many stubborn cases in
jackson. Follow the advise of a
jackson citizen and be cured your
self.
Ben Gilbert, miner, of Jackson.
CAL. says: 81 used Duau's Kidney
Pills and they proved of great benefit
to me. | suffered from backaGhe for
long time and the trouble gradually
grew worse in spite of the different
remedies | tried. l got so bad that l
could not do my work and at night
was so tired and played out that |
was unable to sleep. a friend finally
advised me to try Doan's Kidney
Pills trial and l procured box
at the City Pharmacy. felt their
good effect Immediately and / con
tinued taking them until was
cured. Whenever feel any symptom
of kidney complaint returning. | use
Doan's Kidney Pills and they give
results"
For sale by ali dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster M iIburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-- Doan IS and
take no other.
Amador ledger., 1909-07-02
Bows Life Saved

Ny little boy, four years old, had a
severe attack of dysentery. We had
two physicians; both of them gave
him up. We then gave him Cham Der b
Ian's collie, cholera and diurIhoeu
remedy which cured him aud believe
that saved his life. William H..
Stroling, Carbon Hill, Ala. There is
no doubt but this remedy saves the
lives of many children each year.
Give it with castor oil according
TO the plain printed directions and a
cure IS certain. For sale by jackson
Drug Store, Spagnoli, prop.
Amador ledger., 1909-07-02
On a Visit East.

Mrs j. w. Caldwell and Mrs Il. G..
Bole left Saturday morning tor a
seven weeks trip to The east. BY
way of the Santa re route they will
proceed to the homo of Mrs Bole in
Hutchinson, south western Kansas.
From there they will 90 to Chicago.
aud visit relatives Of Mrs Caldwell in
that city, and other parts of Illinois.
they will return together 10y way Of
the Denver and Rio Graude road.
Pioneer -four is the best; have no
other.
Amador ledger., 1909-07-02
what Did He Mean?

"Yes; believe that every intelligent
woman should have a vote"
"But, senator, I understand that you
were opposed to women's suffrageY'
~ m."-Judge.
Amador ledger., 1909-07-02
Tortured on a Horse

Nor ten yearH / couldn't ride a
horse without baing iu torture from
piles, " writes l.. S. Napre, of Rug
less, Ky. "when all doctors aud
other remedies failed, Bucklen's
AInica Salve cured me- " lufallible
for piles, burns, scalds, cuts, boIls,
feVer-sorea, eczema salt rheum,
oorns, 25c. Guaranteed by Jackson
Drug Store, SpagnolI, prop.
Amador ledger., 1909-07-02

There is no greater grief than In
misery 70 turn orr thoughts back to
happier times. Dante
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-10-07
AS TO PARDoNS.

Is there any law, oral or written,
human or divine, which forbids further
effort in behalf of an alleged criminal,
after he has been convicted, or even
incarcerated in the penitentiary? And
If persons in prison or their friends
have the money and are willing to pay
a fee for the services of some one who
either is, or supposed to be, capable OF
doing the work desired mot the gov
ernor), is it breach of good manners,
a hagitious disregard Of decency, an
infraction of any army or navy regula-
ton; or, in fact, anything of which
anybody should be ashamed, to go to
work in dead earnest to get the prison,
rpardoned, provided always, of course,
the fee is sufficiently large?
The Star would really like to know
about the matter above discussed, and
would be pleased If some person who
knows how to do so correctly, will ans,
swer the questions propounded, -Rog
ersVille Star.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-10-07

mitted that Gov Patterson will proba-
bly, be candidate to succeed himself,
the talk of other possible administra-
ton candidates has to a large measure
ceased.
The recent action of the conference of
statewide democrats in declaring for a
perpetuation of the new prohibition
and election laws and the declared pur-
pose of this branch of the party to see
to it that only those democrats who
are for the continuation of these meas
ures are put on guard in the state next
year, only served to emphasize the fact
which has been recognized from the
first, that these laws will continue for
the next two years to be the leading is
sues in the state democratic campaign.
None of the local optionists have 50 far
come out as open advocates of a repeal
of the state wide laws, and have decar-
ed that the laws being on the statute
books should be enforced. They do de-
clare, however, that these laws are not
backed by public sentiment, and lack
ing support they can not be made ef-
fective. On the other hand, there have
been strong denunciations of the new
election laws, and these would indicate
fight before the next general assem-.
bly, for their repeal.
1t has been freely predicted, too, that
an effort will be made to repeal the
last prohibition laws and restore the
temperance question to the place it oc.
cupied before the statewide victory
during the sessions of the last legisla
ture. Indications, therefore, point to {
continued fight against both the prohi
bition and the present election laws O
Tennessee.
The political situation in the state il
rapidly reaching a head, and it vii
not be many weeks before all will
know who is who and what is what il
this state. The lines are being drawn
and the contest will soon be on, unless
all the signs of the political times ut
terly fail. Nashville Banner.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-10-07

terson for denomination as governor. 1t
also indorsed the candidacy of Robert
Vestal, of Knoxville, for appointment
as prison commissioner from East Ten
nessee.
When Chairman w. T. Kennedy
raped for order over 300 members of
the committee were present, out of %
total membership OF 39l. After con-
else statement Of the chairman as to
the object of the meeting, stirring reso-
lutions were adopted. The chairman
in his remarks paid particular atten-
tion to the recent state-widers' meet
ing in Nashville, and spoke of the
movement as one with the sole appar-
ent object of rending the democratic
party and satisfying the whims of self
constituted leaders. He wanted the
committee representing Knox county
democracy TO say where it stood and
what organization it would follow. He
referred to the Endorsement by the
state-widerS of the new election laws,
showed their unjustness ia representa-
ton on committees and in other lines
Ex-senator w. Il. Ledgerwood WIS
made chairman of the resolutions com-
mittee, which soon reported strong
set of resolutions indorsing Gov. Pat
terson's administration, and putting
his name forward for another term in
the gubernatorial chair. The resolu-
tions were along the old-time democra-
cy lines, the plain, unadulterated doe
trine, and Knox county pledged its
support to the regular democratic state
committee, headed by Austin Peay as
chairman,
Every mention of the governors
name was warmly applauded, and the,
meeting was not only harmonious, but
an enthusiastic one.