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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-04-22
CHAPTER n.
Aunt Rehecca.

No sooner was Mrs. Melville ushered
into her section than the colonel went
through the train. He was not so
suspicious as he told himself he might
have been, with such a dovetailing of
circumstances into his accidentally
captured information; he couldn't
yet read villainy on that college lads
frank face. But no reason, therefore,
to neglect precautions. Hope the
best of men and prepare for the
worst" was the old campaigner's
motto.
A walk through the cars showed
him no signs of the two men. 1t was
a tolerably complete inspection, too.
There was only one drawing-room OF
stateroom OF which he did not manage
to get a glimpse-the closed room be-
ing the property of very great finan-
cial magnate, whose private car was
waiting for him in Denver. His door
was fast, and the click OF the type
writer announced the tireless industry
of our rulers.
But IL he did not find the college
boy or the man with the moles he did
get a surprise for his walk: namely,
the sight of the family of Haley, and
Haley himself beside their trig, bat
tered luggage, in a section of the car
next his own. Mrs. Haley turned a
guilty red, while Haley essayed a
stolid demeanor.
What does this meant" demanded
the colonel.
Haley felt he would have to go
with yon, colonel" replied Mrs. Haley,
who had timid. wide, blue eyes and
the voice of a bird, but a courage un-
der her panic, as birds have, too,
when their nests are in peril. We've
rinted the house to good man with
grown-up children. and Haley can get
a Job II you won't want him."
"Yis. sor," mumbled Haley. He was
standing at attention, as was his wife,
the toddling Nora being held in the
posture of respect on the plush seat.
"And l suppose you took the furni-
ture money to buy tickets?"
"Yis, sor."
"And you're bound to go with me?'
"Yis, sor." said Haley
"You ought to be ashamed Of your
self. sergeant" said the colonel; but
he was glad at the heart of him for
this mutinous loyalty.
Yes, sor. said Haley.
"Well, since you are here, I engage
you from to-day, you understand"
"Yis, sor," said Haley. Mrs. Haley
whimpered a blessing; but the only
change in the soldier was that his mill
tary stolidity became natural and real
instead of forced.
"Sit down on this seat over here with
me and III tell you what | want.
You fiaud, letting me say Good-by to
you
Il didn't want to take the liberty,
sor. but you made me shake hands.
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CHAPTER I.-contInued.

We've been worried good deal.
pursued Mrs. Melville, about the way
Aunt Rebecca has acted. She wouldn't
stay In Fatrport, where we could have
some influence over her. She was al.
ways going south or going to the sea
shore or going somewhere. Sometimes
1 suspect Miss Smith made her, to
keep her away from us. you know"
well. as long as | have known
Aunt Rebecca-anyhow, ever since
Uncle Archibald died-she has been
restless and flying about"
mot as she is now. And then she
only had her maid"
ooh, yes, Randall; she's faithful as
they make 'em. What does she say
about Miss Smith?"'
"Bertie. she's won over Randall
Randall swears by her. oh, she's's
deepi"
Seems to be. But-excuse me
what's your game, Millicent? How dc
you mean to protect our aged kins
woman and, incidentally. of course
the Winter fortune?"
Il shall watch, BERTHE; shall be on
my guard every waking hour. That
deluded old woman is in more danger
perhaps, than you dream
"As how?"
Miss Smith"-her voice sank por
tentously-"was a trained nurse"
What harm does that do-unless
you think she would know too much
a
Its no laughing matter, BERTHE. Re
becca is so rich and this other WON
an is so poor, and. in my estimation
so ambitious | make no insinuations
/ only say she needs watching"
"You may be right about that" said
the colonel thoughtfully. There IL
Haley and the boy for your bags!"
The boy picked up the big dress
suit case, the smaller dress-suit case
and the hat case, he grabbed the
bundle OF cloaks, the case of umbrel
las, and the lizard-skin bag. Dubious
iy no eyed the colonels luggage, as he
tried to disengage a finger.
"Nlver moind young feller" called
Haley, peremptorily whisking away
the nearest piece, TN help you a bill
with yours. instead; you've a load
surel"
Mrs. Melville explained in an under
tone: Il take all the hand-luggage
possibly can; the overweight charges
are wicked"
Haley. they won't let you inside
without a ticket" objected the colonel
But Haley. unheeding. strobe on ahead
of the staggering youth.
81 have on English bathtub, locked
cf course. and hacked with things
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Sells statue to France.

Nine. Marcelle Tinayre, author OF
La Rebelle" and La Maison du
Peche." is among the recently elected
chevaliers OF the Legion of Honor.
Nine. Gabrielle Dumonnet's marble
statue entitled "Triboulet d'Enfant"
has been bought by the French nation
and will be put in the Luxembourg. At
present the works of only two women
sculptors are represented In this
museum.
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but he has put that in the car" said
Mrs. Melville.
Certainly" said the colonel alb
sently; he was thinking: Mrs. Win.
ter. the boy. Miss Smith-how ridicu-
lousy complete! Decidedly some.
thing will bear watching.
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SYNOPSIS.

The story opens at Harvard where
Col. Rupert Winter, U. s. A., Wis
fling, saw the suicide of young
Mercer He met Cary Mercer, brother
of the dead student. Three years later
in Chicago. I'm 1906. Col. Winter over
heard Cary Mercer apparently planning
10 kidnap Archie, the colonels ward, and
60 gain possession of Aunt Rebecca Win
ter's millions. A Miss Smith was mem
toned, apparently as a conspirator. Win
Ter Unexpectedly met a relative, Mrs
Miilicent Melville, who told him that his
Aunt Rebecca, Archie and the latter's
nurse. Miss Janet Smith, were to leave
for the west with the colonel and Mrs
Melville.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
Trouble For Creditors.

Even the simplest law transactions
seem to be beyond the comprehension
of some people. An old farmer went
into a grocer's shop short time ago,
ordered a sOvereign's worth of goods
and when they were ready for deliv-
cry laid down five shilling piece in
payment thereof.
The shopkeeppr called out, Here,
this isn't right" as the customer start
ed to leave.
''Oh. yes, that's all right" replied the
man. i've got permission from the
judge to pay shillings in the pound
4 heated discussion revealed that
the man had lately settled an insol-
vency upon this basis and expected to
continue that method indefinitely.
When he was shown his mistake he
was very indignant and evidently con-
sidered himself a much abused man.
London Globe.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03

high yielding seven horse power. The
yard high wave is usually the greatest
that can be depended on for half of the
days of the year, and the cost of a plant
to utilize its energy would be something
like $1,000 per horse power.
Storage battery cars are now running
on number of Prussian railroads, where
they have proven very Satisfactory. On a
car of the Limberg Camberg line, the
battery has l76 cells, Welding current at
$40 volts, and there are four fifty horse
power motors, permanently coupled in
parallel. The cars weigh 60 TONS includ-
ing ten tons of electrical apparatus, and
Is tons of battery. Speed is regulated
by different couplings of the cells, and
the grouping is operated by a small cleo
trio motor
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
Why Blinds Were Drawn.


The Edinburgh landlady of the sew
enties who astounded James Payn by
her stern determination to have the
blinds drawn closely down on the Sab
bath was but carrying on the tradi-
tions of her great grandparents. The
Scot Of the early eighteenth century
had n reason for drawing his blinds
on Sunday. Mr.. Thompson in his
"Weaver's Craft" gives it. Some
times the minister himself" he wrote.
''when he got a colleague to preach for
him would make the rounds. accom-
panied by an elder, to spy with his
own eyes the sins of the absentees
Here one man is found romping with
his BARNS, another as the minister
peeped through the window was de-
tected kissing his wife, two men were
found drinking ale. and one was found
with his coat off. as if he were going
to work. and still another was seen
eating hearty dinner. All were pull.
ed up before the session of the kirk
and repentance forced upon each."-
London Standard.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03

The rubberized leather of a new Lon
don factory said to be be made by giving
the hides a protective chrome tanning,
then filling the interstices with rubber
Rabbit, goat and sheep skins become
extraordinarily. tough as we'll as water
proof, and are expected to be especially
valuable for motor tires, miners boots,
and many other purposes.
In efforts to enforce legislation against
smoke from factory chimneys, evidence
as to the degree and duration of smoki-
ness has been difficult to get as the esti-
mates OF witnesses vary greatly The
new smoke tinometer of John Lowden,
Scotch engineer, gives accurate
measurements by the color of the
smoke. The instrument is a tube having
an eyepiece at one end, while the op-
posite end has two apertures, front Of
one OF which is revolving diaphragm
having five circular holes, four of them
containing glass tinted to correspond to
the already adopted standard smoke
scale of Ringlemann. The observer
looks towards the windwafd side at the
smoke issuing from the chimney. He
sees through the clear hole and one of
the tinted ones at the same time, the
latter facing the clear sky beyond the
smoke, while the clear glass shows
circular patch of the column of smoke.
The diaphragm is revolved until the two
holes are equally illuminated The
numbered scale on the instrument gives
the number corresponding to light grey,
dark grey, black, or other shade of the
Ringelmann chart. and furnishes the
inspector an exact record of the Chin
ney's performance.
Why the dream of utilizing the
energy of waves cannot be realized
has been explained by Signor
Riccardo Salvaordi. The mean horse
power of waves he finds to be really
quite small, and even if the energy we're
less variable, the expense of accumulat-
ing it-in reservoirs of compressed air,
for instance-could not be considered.
Waves yard high furnish one horse
power per yard of coast, waves. two yards
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
Pleasure and Sacrifice.

An alert little fve-year-old was visit
ing a city park with her mother for
the first time. She had noticed the
beautiful red and white swan boats as
they passed through in the morning,
and her mother had promised they
should come back after the shopping
was done and have q ride.
Shortly after dinner they stood on
the bridge over the lagoon watching
the boats below and listening to the
cry of the barker as he tried to induce
the passing crowds to patronize his
swan boats.
But when her mother started toward
the boat landing little Elsie declared
very vigorously that she did not want
to go at all and, as her mother urged
her. broke forth in tears.
This sudden fear was so different
from her former eagerness that her
mother could not understand it until
she noticed the boatman's call.
He was crying: "Come along! Come
along! Ride clear round the pond
Only 5 cents for ladies' and gents!
Children thrown in!'
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
Death on the euiIIotine.

Sardou, in order to be present at the
execution of TrOpman in January,
1875, spent the night before with La
Roquette, the prison director In his
description he says: AT daybreak the
guests went out upon the cold, bleak
execution place, where the guilotine
had already been erected The be-
draggled crowd, which had spent the
night in drinking places, sang ribald
songs and from time to time shouted
for Deibler. the executioner, who
meanwhile was explaining the mechan-
ism. The basket in which the head
was TO drop was brought and while
looking at it | was Mortified to see
the lid arise and human form
emerge. Don't worry said Deibler,
with Il smile; that is only my wife.
who wanted to see the execution, and
chose the simplest way to secure a
good place for her." Clemenceau saw
Emile Henry decapitated on May %
1894, in MS capacity as a journalist,
and describing how the culprit was
dragged to the machine, strapped upon
the plank and there tortured by await
ing the pleasure of Deibler till the
knife finally ended it all. said that the
"horror Of it" made him sick.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
Animals and instinct.


II ig a mistake to imagine that AMI
mails are prevented by instinct from
eating injurious food A chicken will
drink paint 2 COW partakes Of water
in which noXious chemicals have been
washed; ducks cheerfully swallow
snails and choke themselves in the
process. No; animals like children,
need watching.
Recently numerous cases of poison
Ing in ducks, which followed the con
sumption Cr cabbage leaves. have at
tracted much attention. 4 few hours
after feeding poisoning has manifest
ed itself by loss Of appetite, great
weakness, tottering steps and some
times death. From time immemorial
ducks have thrived on cabbage leaves.
The poultry farmers were greatly puz-
zled.
Then it was discovered that various
caterpillars werc concealed in the cab
bage leaves; hence these tears. But
the point is that. far from instructive
ly detecting any danger and behaving
accordingly. the ducks consumed great
quantities Of the leaves with much ap-
parent relish.-London Answers.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
Bread and Cheese.

A couple advanced in years got mar
ried lately.
The husband had room in the house
securely locked. the inside of which
his wife had never seen, and, being
curious of its contents, she begged
again and again to see the room.
At last he consented. and. 10 and be-
hold, the room was full Of whole
cheeses!
He explained matters by telling her
that for every sweetheart he had in
his young days he bought cheese.
His wife began to cry.
Don't cry. dear" he said. "Pve had
no sweethearts since | met YOU"
ITS not that" she replied. still Sob
bling. II only wish l had been as
thoughtful as you and bought loaf Of
bread for every man that kissed me.
We could have had bread and cheese
enough to last us all our days."-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
HANDICAPPED
This Is the Case With Many Jackson
People.

Too many Jackson citi zens are handi-
capped with bad back. The unceasing Q
pain causes constant misery, making
work burden and STOPPING or lifting an
impossibility The back aches at night,
preventing refreshing rest and in the
morning is stiff and lame. Plasters
and linments may give relief, but can
not reach the cause. To eliminate the
pains and aches you must cure the kid
neys.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kid
neys and cure them permanently.
The following statement should con-
vince every Jackson re eader of their
efficiency.
- Thoams Fowler, 1916 Fourteenth ST. ,
Sacramento, CAL. says: 81 suffered so
severely from pains in my back that
was unable to get about. There was a
dull ache across my kidneys which pre-
vented me from resting well and too
frequent passages of the kidney secre-
tions greatly annoyed me. finally pro-
cured box of Doan's Kidney Pills and
my kidneys and back have given me no
trouble since using them. am pleased
to recommend this remedy to other kid
ney sufferers. "
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. oster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan Sand
axe no other.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
She Wasn't Superstitious.

"Mary. Mary" cried Mrs. Johnson
to her maid, what shall | do? Eve
just had most dreadful accident and
don't know what's going to happen.
I've broken my new hand glass, and
you know how unlucky it is to break
Il looking glass. 1t means seven years
unhappiness."
"Lor,' num-" replied Mary, don't
you set no heed on that. Look at me.
I'm not fretting. and I've just broken
the large pier glass in the drawing
rOom."-LOndon Fun.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
[ eFtover Material.

Barbara, aged four. had always been
allowed to make small cakes out of the
scraps of dough left from the morn
ing's baking. 50 one morning after be-
ing sent to gather the eggs she came
running in with very tiny one and
exclaimed: "Oh. mamma, see this little
egg! 1t must be that's all the dough
the hen had left!-Delineator.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
uns and Downs.

'The world is full of ups and downs"
quoted the wise guy. That's right
agreed the simple mug. 1--WE are ell
ther trying to live up to a good repu-
tation or trying to live a bad one
down. n."-PhiIadelphia Record.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
LEGISLATIVE
SENATOR'S FROM CALIFORNIA

SENATOR'S FROM CALIFORNIA
ieorge G. Perkins and Frank P. Flint
CoNGREsSMEN FROM CALIFORNIA
'irst district. ...... VIM. Englebright
econd district. Duncan E. McKinlay
'hird distrsct Joseph K. Knowland
'ourth district. Julius Kahn
fifth district. ...........E. A. Hayes
iixth district. :. james G. Needham
seventh district. :. James McLachlan
,ighth district. t............S. G. Smith
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03

MISCELLANY
Reported weekly for the Ledger.

Electricity for Isolated Homes-Iron by
Electrolysis-The Summer Vacation
Flying Machine--A Playground Uni
verse Putting Out Ship Fire With
out Flooding -Rubbered Leather-A
Smoke Measure-Wave- Power Counted
Out Storage Battery Fraction.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
B.tter Left Unec.l

Hostess-It's beginning to rain.
You'll set wet, l think you'd better
stay to dinner. Departing Guest-Oh,
dear, no! It's not raining so badly ~
all that.-Sydney Bulletin.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
A Piano Club.

Mrs. Hutton-We are organizing a
piano club, Mr.. Flatleigh. viii you
join us? Flatleigh - With pleasure,
Mrs. Hutton. What pianist do you
propose to club first ?-Chicago News.
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
State Government.
EXECUTIVE

Governor james N. Gillett
=. Warren r. Porter
becretary of State. Charles F. Curry
Controller "A. B. Nye
treasurer 80. VIM. r. Williams
attorney General. . Ulysses S. Webb
urveyor-General. VIM. S. Kingsbury
bupt. State Printing. w. w. Shannon
Clerk Supreme Court. Fl. L. Caughey
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Township /. John Stronm, Jackson
Township 2 ...... B. II. Bagley, lone
Township 3......A. Grlllo, Volcano
AID. A. Fraser Sutter Greek
5.... l.. Burke, Plymouth
TChairmanl
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
FFICIAL DIRECTORY
National government
EXECUTIVE

resident. .........W William II. Taft
ice President. James S. Sherman
Amador ledger., 1909-12-03
JUDICIARY
U. s. SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
(Chief Justice Fuller)
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Pacifc States and Territories)
|ircuit Judge 80. William W. Morrow
tircuit Judge ........ Eskire M. Ross
tircuit Judge ...... William B. Gilbert
/. S. Commissioner for .Amador coun-
ty Richard Webb
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FOUR BURNED
TO Death

RICE LAKE. Wis. Jan. s.--By Y.
r.-Four boris. whose ages range
from 10 16 years, IONS Of Chris
Lee. near here. we're burned 70
death IN a fire early today that de.
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TRAINS ARE
STALLED
TRAFFIC DEmoRALiKgp AND IN
THE GRASP OF BLIZZARD
IN MONTANA.

BUTTE. Mont, Jan s. By u. =.
Northern Pacific and Great'
Northern railroads are storm.
bound q Wide sweep Of territory IN
tho nakuiaa ana Montana being in
the grasp az severe blizzard
The vagarlos of the storm are in.
dicated By the fact that at Butte
last night Ri z o'clock the Their
momeier recorded % above zero.
while az Helena. lusl go miles away.
AZ the same time the temperature
was 3D. below zero
The Northern Pacific ia blocked
from west 81 MiaaoNia az fBr east
as Fnreo n D The Great North
efu service "a demomllNed. iralna
from the west being from eight
10 twelve hours late No trains
arrived here yesterday from the
easl
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Teams ~ the pfnnhfin tleh school
enc from iha sophomore class nf fhf
Q9estiau fhta afternoon iu fha sa.
sewhiN room ~ the latter tustifn
tlHu VIII itnHeuthnl Ease fteif nHd
4aHH fsHtiWMfUn represented Frank b.
8H HhH Arthur CNNfm thltiu WetHs
snH haflfE carney spoke for the
broadway SOPHIE
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stroyed the home Of Mr.. Lee with
the Thermometer registering ~ de-.
grecs below zero. Mr. and Mrs Lee
aud three small children who e..
capped from the fire started for the
nearest neighbours house, mile
distant. clad only In their night
clothes and with bare feet Mrs.
Lee. with two Of the children. roll
iapsed when q quarter Of a mile
from the nelRhhors house. and the
husband was compelled 20 carry
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NoTIcE-~Msua 1900 Shoes
sass s0a Pacific nlk go
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NFfHWI#
Ladies' SILK Shnwia. III several
colorn beautiful goods, with
small silk fringe, regular
price $3.50. e4 IN
Saturday 80. - saJU
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TOO COLD TO
TRAVEL

FAIRBANKS. Alaska. Jan uy
Z, = There has been uo diminish
luE ~ the biizEard raging in TIE
banana district Two Dfr siaNes
started for Valdez Yesterday but
both returned early ihiH morning
the drivers believing that the trail
waui3 be pbliteuicd by the drifting
SNOW
ltopnrts from an SECTIONS are thHt
tho weather has been the coldesi boz
feAfH.
Two miners ARE reported 90 have
been frozen in death on Ciears creek
hilt this lHckH confirmation
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orInnnATE nrMNs. nInrIInAa

With fitting ceremony the SCOTCH
men - seattle VIII honor the birth
day ~ Robert Burns on January Ha
r. the Moore theatre under the
guidance o. the combined New Call
eaenian society and the Clan Mo
keuSie. The birthday - the great
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sew president ia tho person 81
Ifnnk III Nuinn was elected IS thr
seattle school board yesterday ard
George uon worth vas elected vice
PRECEDENT Hushen " Jones wna re-
elected secretary az salary on gatH
month an Increase ~ $50 Hills
oRgreaatinE 81 600 for iHuitufa'
salaries. office and construction eKs
uenaoa we're passed
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TILL NOON
Extra Specials for
Early Shoppers


NAktM ANU Httfa~N NNbn~
csc Japanese giikn 90 Inches wide. aEn
All poluta. per yard. $50 fiF noon IN
BOG llotnl crepe ~ Chine silks. per . Er
see Linen aud SILK roneees, plain ne.
uud fancy. per yard. k $50 fill noon q " u
ibc Cotton Mcrccrigcd Mall good many
shades 60 choose from per yard, re
a5c An-Wool Fancy rFicot Flnunoia n
inches Wide per yard. $50 tnl 1Er
tien 5t-lnch BLACK Hroad Wales SrrrS
all WOOL, per yard. $3.50 tNi On.
noon ...ta.. ....... s1HE
aac Novelty Dress Goods. big variety. TE
per yard $3.50 ilil noon s.......... IG
soc and Csc Ali-Woui Caahmercs, most IN
colorH' per yard, $3.50 tin 0O
noon ....... AHE
Namutic idningH. gu celors and black o.
per yard $3.50 tili noon ..... ~ =
Limit. 10 yards TO customer
5se black Morecn SkiftIun 81 IN an
widc. per yard, $3.50 till noon Ik1C
sotpENeLOM 40 like Taffetn SILK T1r
ufop skirts ana petticoats. can't ten b.
tNm heethrfhloom sells az soc yard
hisek envy special per yard. from a Z
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The handkerchief Of the FRENCH
soidleF has printed on It certain
sanitary rules desirable "a observe
during a campaign
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the three The third child walked
and reached the house. but his feet
were frozen.