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Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
Cooking by Suns Rays

Sun cGoking-roastlng and boiling
by sunlight instead of coal or gas
has been going on for 300 years, Tit-
Bits says. There are sun stoves that
roast a sirloin or bell soup to per-
fection. They are only used, how
ever, by scientists. sun stove con
sists mainly of a spherical mirror. On
a iuint. There is also a reflector.
The place fol pot or plate is so stu
ated that the mirrors rays can bs
focused on it accurately. A German,
Baron TeherhOusen, was the first sun
cook. He began in 1857 to boil water;
and in 1858 he had very good success
in boiling eggs. Sir John HerscheI
and Button are other famous names
associated with sun cooking, In Cal
ifornia various sun cooks have boiled
a gallon of water in twenty minutes,
roasted meat in two hours and poach-
ed eggs i'm fifteen minutes-q as
good time as the rdnary fire makes.
An odd thing about meat roasted by
sun rays is that it has an unpleasant
taste. This is avoided by the inser-
tion of a plate of yellow glass between
meat and mirror. In all solar stoves
the sheet of yellow glass figures.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
Chinese FiIiai Piety.

The following Chinese story illus
piety: A man and his wife matreatcd
the husbands mother. AS punish
ment the scene of the act was openly
cursed. the active agents were put to
death. and the mother of the wife was
Dambooed branded and eXiled for her
daughters crime, The house in which
the offenders lived waS dug up from
the foundations. Moreover. the schOl-
arS of the district were precluded from
attending public examinations. and
even the magistrates were deprived of
their offices These drastic measures
were designed to render the empire
tilial
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
The Use of Iron,

Iron has been known to men for
very long time. In the time of the AS
syrians it was extensively used, iron
saws, knives and other tools having
been found by Layard at Nineveh.
Homer refers to the forging of iron,
while the hardening and tempering of
steel appear to have been operations
in common use among the early
Greeks. The employment of Il kind of
bellows for the forging of tools, pre-
sumably of iron. figures in Egyptian
sculpture of 1900 +. c. Cast iron ap-
pears to have been discovered about
$50 b. c. Through the agency of the
Romans the manufacture of iron was
introduced all over the then known
world and into those regions where it
had not been previously knowu.-New
York American.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
Fatality at Campo SeCo.

Coroner Jos. Prince was called to
Campo Seco last Saturday to hold an
inquest On the body of miner killed
IN the Penn Co.'S. mine, the night
before. 1t appears that the man
whose name was Eticieo Paderi, had
on previous shift, fired three holes,
only two of which exploded. On 60
ing on his next shift he drilled a
hole close beside the one that missed
fire, and striking the old charge ex-
ploded it with fatal effects. The dead
miner was native of Italy, % years
Of age and single. Prospect.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
Knew When to etop.

The shrcwd lawyer knows when to
stop questioning. and none Is more
shrewd than the one who. conducting
n case of bribery, questioned man
the other day who is rated high in the
business world.
"IIave YOU yourself ever refused a
bribcY he asked.
mo. but
That is ALL" said the lawyer
At II later tIme he WAS asked why he
had dismissed the witness 80 soon.
Because" he replied. Il knew by
the but that he was going to tell Inc
no one had ever attempted to bribe
h'm"-Now York Times.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
The kinu Of instruments.

Restricted as is its range of dynam-
les. the violin has had for its votaries
men of such widely differing tempera-
ments as Pnganini and Spohr. Will
helmi and Sarasate. Joachim and
Ysaye. Its literature does not COM
pare with that of the piano, for which
Bach, Beethoven. Schumann, Chopin
and Brahms have written their choic-
est music. yet the intimate nature Of
the violin, its capacity for passionate
emotion. crowns it--and not the organ
with its mechanical tonal effects-as
the king of Instruments. Nor does the
voice make the peculiarly poignant ap-
peal of the violin. Its lowest note is
the G below the treble clef and its top
note Il mere squeak. but it seems in
few octaves TO have imprisoned within
its wooden walls Il miniature world of
feeling. Even in the hands of a clum-
sy amateur it has the formidable pow
err of giving pain while in the grasp
of master it is capable of rousing the
soul.-James Huneker in Everybody's.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
startIsd the 1ailnr.


A London tailor was once measuring
DR.. Parker. who had a quaint sense of
humor, for an overcoat. when sud
denly the doctor broke forth in his
most sepulchral voice:
"Can you measure the ineffableT
The assistant looked up and saw that
the doctor was extremely grave. He
said:
81 beg your pardon, sir"
The doctor raised both his hands
with a grand upward sweep and said
"Can you measure the incffable2 Can
you comprehend the lnfinite?"
We'll make you nice coat, SIR"
returned the puzzled assistant. Tap
ping the doctors shin he said:
That's about the length sir?"
Longer" calculated the doctor In
determined tones
There. slr?"
Longer" Numbered the great man.
The tailor demonstrated. As IL tech
nical professional he could give points
on tailoring to any preacher that ever
wore head.
IF you have it any longer. you
won't be able to walk" he remarked
conclusivcly.
The doctor looked on him compass
sionatcly and, once more extending his
arms toward the skies. said coniiden-
TALLY:
II don't want to walk; | want to
soarr'
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
TIE PENGUIN.
His Solemn, LG5oriouS Hop and His
Stone Lined Nest.


Stone Lined Nest.
The penguin does not 1y-he hops.
balaucin~ himself by his tliNpcrs. CT
ruGimontIry wings. He is about two
feet tall. in sCme cases. however. reach
inc nearly four feet. and he has Il sol
cnn ard heav.' style Of hop which is
Immensely fun;3y to look ut. 1t is not
4 bit of fun for the penguin. though.
fer when the @ is rough. as it almost
always is. his wcbbed. clumsy feet
soon become raw and bleeding. When
ever he reac hcs Il snow slope he drops
down and tobOggans. urging himself
on with his fippcrs. but for the most
part he hops labCriously mije after
mile when the nesting season comes,
seeking home that satisfies penguin
requirements.
4 penguin is mauc of sterner stuff
than to need soft lining for nest. \
heap of Irregular stones around a de-
preston scratched in the ground is all
that each pair asks for. Some pen
gums are Industrious and collect stones
all DAY. Others are lazy and steal
theirs whenever workers broad
black back is turned. 1t is Il trife
hard to escape with the plumber, for
a slow waddc is the best the thief can
do. Put the owner cannot pursue any
faster. and the chase Is very funny
TO see Sometimes the thief Is over
taken. ard IL that case there is Il
lively frh+ while n third Dpn,-11i,, lin
gering near, usually bears away the
coveted stone while the fight is on
Forward.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
MILTON DAVIS WANTED.

Milton Davis and his brother will
learn something TO their advantage
by communicating with Mrs W. S.
Davis, East Auburn, California. The
Davis boys arc supposed to he min
ing somewhere in Amador county.
Their friends will kindly call their
attention to the above.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
Lundyfoot and His Snuff.

The shop of Dublin tobaccorist
named Lundyfoot was destroyed by
fire. While he was gazing dolcfully
into the smoldering ruins he noticed
that bis poorer neighbors were gath
ering the snuff from the canister. He
tested the snuff for himself and dis
covered that the fire had largely i'm
proved its pungency and aroma. This
was n hint worth profting by He Sc
cured another shop. built lot of
ovens. subjected the snuff to heat
ing process. gave the brand a name
and in few years became rich
through an accident which he at first
thought had ruined him. 1t was Lun-
dyfoot to whom the great orator and
wit. John Philpot Curran. suggested the
celebrated motto 70 the coat of arms
emblazoned by the successful tobac-
conist upon the panels of his carriage,
Il motto which had it's meaning in
Latin and English and was significant
in both, "Quid Rides" (who laughs).
"Quid." it may he mentioned. was
nickname bestowed on tobacconists at
the time, owing to prominent article
in their stock of trade.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
LOCAL NEWS

j. +. Wilson. Dentist. Hours a.
N. to p. NJ. Phone-OHice, black
444: residence. Black 394; jackson.
F. c. Merkel, express agent at Tracy,
has temporarily taken the place of E.
c. Fisher, as guard on the stage, while
the latter is on ten days vacation.
C. o. Metzker, employed by the Uni
type Company, came up from San Fran
cisco Saturday to regrind the Simplex
typesetting machine in the Ledger
Office The job took two days, with
other needed fixings. We have started
to put on the new dress of type. II is
quite job-a far more complicated
affair than changing dress by hand
setting. The time involved in this work
is the excuse for the slmness Of or
news columns this week.
Sheriff Gregory and VIM. Going, who
left week ago last Wednesday for an
outing in the mountains, returned
Wednesday evening. They visited
Silver lake, Kirkwoods, Lake Tahoe,
and other places. The sheriff went over
to small place name Glenbrook, near
lake Tahoe, where he worked in a
saw mill from 1871 to 1876. He found
the cabin he built during those years
almost perfect They returned by way
of Placerville, over the state highway,
which is travelled very much by tourists
in going to and from the mountains.
The road is kept sprinkled for the
greater part of the way to Lake Tahoe.
On Wednesday afternoon as c. E.
Veerkamp, of Mount Echo, was coming
to this city with a four-horse team
loaded with hay, he was run into by an
auto. A portion of the tongue of the
wagon was broken off by the collision.
and the wagon was overturned. The
horses made for town, and were stopped
at the north end of Main street. They
we're not injured The owner of the
colliding auto is not known.
Misses Margaret and Rosa Stasal were
passengers on the outgoing stage yeSter-
day morning, bound for San Francisco,
where they intend to make their home.
The Stasal residence on Church street
has been leased to Mr. Carr and family.
Mr. Carr is in charge of the operations
at the MuldoOn mine now called the
South Extension Of the Kennedy.
Rev. T. H. Nicholas, pastor of the
NJ E. church, will leave next Thursday
for Pacific Grove to attend the annual
conference. He will be absent two
weeks.
Mrs w. Cox, who with her two chill
dren has been visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs B. F. Taylor for the past two
weeks, left Wednesday morning for her
home in Carson, Nevada. Mrs Taylor
accompanied her as far as Sacramento,
Mrs Charley Williams arrived from
Grass Valley Wednesday to Join her
husband, who is employed at the Ken
nedy mine.
Mr. and Mrs Matt Thomas of Middle
Bar started for Sacramento Wednesday
morning to see the sights at the state
fair,
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
Seek Guardianship.

A petition for letters of guardian
ship for Mrs Katie Ketcham, whose
husband died several days ago, has
been filed in the superior court by
Attorney George M. Steele. 1t is al
legged that Mrs, Ketcham hiss been
failing in health for the past several
years and at present is mentally in
competent to manage her estate. The
estate is valued at about $780,
Stockton independent.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
phears' Express.

Ring up Sam Phear for prompt de-
livery OF trunks, baggage and express
packages. Rates reasonable. Leave
orders with p. l.. Cassinelli, phone
Main 50; and Express Office, Main "a
residence Black 374.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
DIED

PADERI-In Campo Seco, August 20,
1909, EHcieo paderi, a native OF
Italy, aged 80 yeara.
SPEER In Sacramento, Angnst 2S,
1909, A rthur j. Speer, beloved hus-
band OF Lula Speer, father of Mona
Speer, native of Amador CO, aged
33 years, 10 months.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
opposites.

Upgardson-lsn' lawsuit over Il
patent right about the dulleSt thing
you, ever saw
Atom Not always. | attended II
trial of that kind once that was too
funny for anything. \ tall lawyer
nahIrd Short was reading Il 5000 word
document ne called brief.-Chl-
cugo Tribune
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
PATENTS

United States and Foreign Patents
procured defended and SOLD. Draft .
ing and Blue Printing done Send for
free book on patents.
Pacific Coast Patent Agency, Inc
Stockton, Cal
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
MARRIED..

BEANCuI.DEVENCNZl-In jackson
August 2S, 1909, by W. j. Thomp-
son, Recorder, Giuseppe Beauchi
of jackson. to Louisa 9. Deven-
cenzu of Volcano.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03

Mrs Frank Podesta returned home
Sunday, after three weeks visit with
friends in San Francisco.
Mrs Cal Fortner has returned to San
Andreas. While there she undertook an
operation, having a growth removed
from the lower lid of the right eye. DR..
B. F. Walker, specialist, performed the
delicate operation. Stockton Paper.
-sWilliam DAILY was landed in the county
jail, on complaint of Mrs Gallagher of
lone, charging him with defrauding an
innkeeper
VIM. Going while going to tine
mountains, stopped over night at Hams
station. He slowed away his wad for
travelling expenses under his pillow and
forgot to repossess himself of it the
next morning. He soon discovered his
loss, and the money was recovered
several days thereafter.
John Marcovich was brought over
from Sutter Greek this morning for
abusing his wife. The disturbance oc-
CURED at Amador City, and defendant
was arrested by deputy sheriff, J. S.
Davis.
Dr. Gall is expected home from his
trib to the Seattle fair tomorrow
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
spellinn.

On member of parliament being
accused OF bad spelling Disraeli hu-
morously defended him by declaring
that "a man must he an idiot who
could not spell word more ways than
one"
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
SUPERIOR COURT
PROCEEDINGS
noN z. V. woon. hrneE

Lena Lucehenetti, VS.. Antonio
Lucchenetti Affidavit of publication
read and default entered. Inter
lccutory decree Of divorce granted on
ground of wilful desertion and neglect.
Defendant ordered to pay $25 per month
alimony commencing August I, 1909.
People VS.. Suffer Greek State Bank ct
al-Request for instruction continued
until September l1th.
Estate of James H Bonham, deceased
Affidavit of publication fled Will
admitted to probate and Administrative,
Margaret J. Gebhardt, appointed as such
without bonds.
Estate of S D r Stewart, deceased
Affidavit of publication filed; further
hearing continued until October 2, 1909.
Estate of David B Lynch, deceased
Final account Of administrator filed ;
petition for distribution of estate fled
Estate of John Andrews-Decree made
establishing notice to creditors; affi-
davit of publication filed.
Estate of Louis Perlenda, Decree
made establishing notice to creditors !;
affidavit of publication filed.
Estate of John A Fregulia-Order of
publication of notice to creditors made.
Estate of James H Bonham, Order
of publication of notice to creditors
made.
People of the state of California VS.
Suffer Creek State Bank-Petition of
receiver to sell house and lot in Suffer
Creek; order made granting same.
Receiver also granted permission to
sell bonds held by bank, also autho-
rized to pay assessment on stock of
California Pressed Brick Companhy.
Estate of Margaret Holtz-Margarct
Kirkwood petition for letters of ad-
mnistration Deceased had a life
estate to so acres in 54-6-ll SSand this
proceeding is for purpose of terminal
ing such estate. The chilrden of de-
ceased are Melina Berneccich, John P
Holtz, Henry Holtz, Peter A Holtz, and
Oscar c Holtz. Value of etsate not
given.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
AMADOR LEDGER
JACKSON, CAL SEPTEMBER 8, 1909
TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL

This table gives the highest and lowest tenn
perature in Jackson for each day, together with
the rainfall, as recorded by selfregisterng
instruments kept at the Ledger office.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03

Among all other vices there is none
l hate more than cruelty, the extrem-
est of all s.-MOntaigne.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03

Soothes itching skin Heals cuts
or burns without a scar. Cures piles,
eczema, salt Iheum, any itching
Doan IS Ointment Your druggist seils
it.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
Chemical Company
Buys Newton Mine.

Last week there was rumor cur
rent here that parties were looking
over the Newton Mine with a view to
buy or bond it and put it in opera
tion again. Wednesday last the Bee
correspondent was shown a letter to
E. a. Merrill, which seems to con-
finn that rumor in the most emphatic
manner. The party taking up the
proposition 10 the Peyton Chemical
Company, and man named Oberg
viii have charge of the works He
will arrive here in few days and
take Up his residence at the mine.
The company has ordered an 500
gallon tuel oil tank for Merrill,
which he will install at once. This
move may put new lite into the
several copper propositions which
were prospected here several years
ago. - Bee Correspondent.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
a. BASSO
JaCkSOn'S Harness Man

Main street, opposite Globe Hotel
The finest assortment Of Harness in Jackson
Anything In the Harness line can be had hers
reasonable rates.
All kinds of repair work done
Boots and Shoes repaired au2e
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
BORN

LAUGHTON-In Jackson, September
I, 1909, to the wife of Dudley Laugh
ton, a daughter.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03
A ConsuI's illustration.

Thomas NJ Moffat, consul at Trinidad,
distinguished himself while consul at
La Guayra Ey refusing to sigu &
document declaring the sanitary
conditions of La Guayra to be per
feet The town at the time was liz
the grip of the bubouic plague.
"rhe local authorities were angry
with me" said Mr. Mofat recently.
'tor refusing to lndorse their stupid
and baneful policy, but | told them
that it reminded me, in Its Ignorant
harmfulnes, of a brakeman L once
knew.
1.-The man was novice, and ON his
first run there was a very steep grade
to mount. The engineer always had
more or less trouble to get up this
grade, buC this time he came near
sticking. He almost lost his head
Eventually, however, he reached ths
top.
"At the station. looking out of his
cab, the engineer saw the new brake
man and said with sigh of relief
"'I tell you what, my lad, we had
job to get up here, didn't we?"
1--WE certainly did, said the new
brakeman, 'and it hadn't put the
brake on we'd have slipped back. "
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03

Feel languid, weak, run-d ownY
Headache? Stomach "of"-Just
plain case of lazy liver. Burdock
Blood Bitters tones liver and
stomach, promotes digestion, puIities
the blood.
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03

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Amador ledger., 1909-09-03

Tbe Bee correspondent has reliable
information that the CIabtree ranch.
lying just in the south edge of Sac
ramento county and comprising l,7C0
acres, has been sold to parties from
Fresno, with the purpose of having
1t subdivided and colonIzed. The
reported price paid for the property
is S62 200. and it was a cash sale.
III this tract is cut into small hold
ings and settled by culonist 1t will
be the means of bringing torty-five or
fifty new families into this section,
most of whose trade can be brought
TO lone, 1t will be a big thing for
this section, and may be the means
of breaking up other big holdings III
the vicinity,
Amador ledger., 1909-09-03

j. +. Wilson. Dentist. Hours a.
N. to 5 p. N. Phone-OHice, black
444 residence. Black 394; jackson.
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Oahu Ice & Electric &c.

ICE delivered at any part of the
city. Island orders promptly filed.
Telephone 528, P. o. Box GOO. Office
Kewalo.
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CHICAGO Is MAD
CONCERNING CRANE

CHICAGO, October 12.-The Record
Herald says: ''The treatment Charles
R. Crane has received at the hands of
the department of state has been moth
ing short of shameful. Every news
paperman in Washington will boot al
the notion that Mr.. Cranes alleged in
discretion in any way varied from the
discretion ordinarily required from pub
lie officials. !;
" No informed person believes for a
moment that the ostensible reason for
the request for Mr.. Crane S resignation
is the real one. On the contrary, it is
perfectly apparent tha5 he has been
! made the victim of what appears to
have been a thoroughly discreditable
! intrigue.
''Inasmuch as the article to which
Mr.. Knox objects appeared in the Rec
ord Herald, it is but just TO say that
| Mr.. Crane furnished our correspondent
with no information that involved any
breach of his official obligations.
| "His mistake apparently was in as
suming that there could be no possible
objection to taking it for granted that
what all diplomatic and most of the
newspapermen of the world knew wa.
also known by our department o.
state -
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LO SUN VERY
VIOLENT MAN
Continued from Page One.)

ttUuLluu6Q 1EOIu rags One.l
of the Chinese myriads rose to strike
for their country. Ito was in Hardin
to bring about the downfall of China,
so says the article, and yet no China
man came forward to stain the ground
of his own country with the blood of
his country's greatest enemy.
The article is too long to give liter
ally, occupying half page of the paper,
but after indulging in the reddest
of general anarchistic sentiments he
plunges into particulars.
He advocates the adjustment of the
Manchu dynasty and the Kidding of the
throne of the Heavenly Empire from
the northern usurpers by the use of the
dagger and the removal of the Manehu
olncials by the assassin. A Chinese
emperor for a Chinese empire is his
dream Nor is he bashful a bit about
mentioning names. Chun Chez Toong is
marked for assassination. With him IS
also Chun Choon Shun, formerly viceroy
of Canton and Ii Lieng, the president
of the ministry. These are the most
prominent among those who are to fall
by the knife if he has his way.
Lo Sun is notorious among his fellow
countrymen here as revolutionist and
agitator and is looked down upon by
the merchants and the better classes.
He came here from Japan and has al
ways been a center of mischief among
Chinese in Honolulu.
Yesterday the official statement was
made that a translation of the article
was being written out and should the
article prove to be as infiammatOry as 1t
was reported to be, the writer would
be taken into custody. A copy of the
paper was secured by The Advertiser
and free translation proved the truth
of the information given to the author
tiles. The investigation is being ear
ried on by officials of the immigration
service. If the statements made by
those connected with the federal de-
partments are correct, Lo Sun will soon
be on his native strand. And then, as
Sir Walter Scott says, how can he re-
press a tear?
The same influence that started the
wheels TO grind out Lo Suns apprehen-
sion, will probably be the cause of the
arrest and deportation of the Koreans
who made iubilant over the assassina-
ton of Japan S great statesman by one
of their countrymen.
Conviction in this case depends upon
whether the officials can identify those
who attended the meeting that issued
circulars and celebrated the assassina-
tion and whether if they are identified,
they have been less than three years in
the country. The law states that those
who have been in the country less tnan
three years and express or publish SEN
timents as favoring the assassination of
public officials may be deported. 1t is
this clause that will send the editor and
the Korean "patriots" back to their
native haunts. The investigation is still
| on.
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BIG INCREASE IN
INTERNAL REVENUE

WASHINGTON, October 1.-THE
big boost in income from internal rev
enue continues and reports indicate
that internal revenue collections durin :
the current fiscal year viii exceed last
years by between $12, 600, 600 and sI5,-
o0000o. Since July LIST, the beginning
of the new fiscal year, the collections
have aggregated S76,66e,9S7. a jump of
S3,S73,06 over the same period of a
year ago. So far this month the az
gregate revenue has been 81. 577.3S4.
which beats the same period of last
year by S913.7q9.