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Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1910-01-14
Our Guarantee

Go to your druggist today, and
purchase dollar bottle, and If you
can honestly say, that you did net
receive any benefits from it, after
using the entire bottle, the drug
gist will refund your money to you
without question or delay.
We will pay the druggist the price
of the bottle purchased by you.
This offer applies to the large
bottle only and to but one in
family.
We could not afford to make such
an offer, unless we positively knew
what Kodol will do for you.
1t would bankrupt us.
The dollar bottle contains 2h times
as much as the fifty cent bottle.
Kodol is made at the laboratories
of E. G. Dewitt q Co., Chicago.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1910-01-14
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 35; and Express office, Main "a !;
residence black 374.
Furniture Moved.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1910-01-14

Chamberlain cough remedy is not
common. everyday cough mixture. 1t
is a meritorious remedy for all the
troublesome and dangerous complications
resulting from cold in the head, throat
chest or lungs Sold by all dealers.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1910-01-14
DON'T YOU KNOW

That the prosperity of COM
munity is due in great measure
to the amount of money in circu-
lation. Don't you know that
money locked up in safe deposit
boxes, trunks and old coffee pots
is idle money, it should work and
will work if you give it the op-
portunity. Every cent we have
outside of what is required under
the banking laws of this state to
be kept in our vaults is working
and some of it working over time.
The Board of Directors are active
and successful business men and
meet once a month and invest
every cent available for that pur-
pose. Your prosperity is our
prosperity, and we earnestly
solicit at least part of your
patronage.
Bank of Amador County
Jackson, California
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1910-01-14
Eat What
You want of the food you need
Kodol will digest it.

You need a sufficient amount of
good wholesome food and more than
this you need to fully digest it.
Else you can't gain strength, nor
can you strengthen your stomach if
1t is weak.
You must eat in order to live and
maintain strength.
You must not diet, because the
body requires that you eat suffic-
lent amount of food regularly.
But this food must be digested,
and it must be digested thoroughly.
When the stomach can't do it,
you must take something that will
help the stomach.
The proper way to do is to eat
what you want, and let Kodol di-
gest the food.
Nothing else can do this. When
the stomach is weak it needs help;
you must help it by giving it rest,
and Kodol will do that.
Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1910-01-14

Acknowledgment blanks for nota-
ries, specially printed for AmadoI
county, may be bad at the Ledger
office. Price SOC per packet of 80.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16
Patience and Tae.t.

1t is necessary to use a great amount
OF patience in training animals. Mr..
Bostock has told how he succeeded In
making a lion and a lamb firm friends.
Il placed in the lions cage all sorts
of toys of the animal variety-coton
sheep, horses, rabbits. in fact, a reg
ular Noah's ark" says Mr.. Bostock.
Then | specialized on manufactured
sheep, but II took a long time for the
lion To find out that they were not
good to eat Finally. a live lamb was
introduced. At first the lion looked
surprised, and then lay down and gent
ly paved the stranger. The lamb did
not like this, and, drawing back "a
pace or two. butted the lion In the
name. This appeared to aniuse the lion
grealy; he playfuliy rolled over on his
back, while the lamb butted again.
Now. they are fast friends, and an
insurance company would be justified
in taking the lamb as a first class
risk LIZ Mr.. Bostock mad lost his
patience, and had put live lamb into
the lions cage sooner than he did, the
lion would have found out that live
lambs are good to eat, and 1t would
have been impossible after that to
make him live peaceably with lamb.
Baptist Commonwealth.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16
Why Johnny Failed.

Johnny had little MIND.
IL was his very own,
And nothing could be put in il
Except by him alone
1t wasn't very big, it's true
But there was room inside
For lots of fine things. chosen out
AS Johnny should decide
Mother and father gave to him
All sorts Of good advice.
BUT Johnny never put il in
Or thought about II twice.
BUT All the ugly things the boys
Upon the corners said
why, Johnny picked them up at once
And put them in his head
At school the teacher tried her best
To give him facts and rules
or every useful sort---but, no.
For Johnny hated schools.
He picked up brag and vulger slang.
Dime novels. too. ten deem,
And filled his mind till 1t was like
A tainted rubbish heap. RI
SO when the day of manhood came
When Johnny searched his mind
FOR skill and power, It played him
false,
And nothing could he find
But worthless trash and ugly though
And so he failed alas! y
Is any other boy who reads
Coming to Johnny's pass?
Leonard. In Morning Star.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16
WHAT Is A BOY WORTH?

During a county local option cam
paign in Ohio for the prohibition of
the liquor traffic an incident occurred
that created good deal of amuse-
ment and at the same time taught a
valuable lesson. AT a Temperance
meeting speaker was comparing the
worth of boy with money because
so many people in the county We're
afraid that the banishing of the
saloon would injure business and in
crease the taxes. After the speaker
had dilated on the peril coming TO
the boys through the open saloon
and the liquor traffic in general. he
declared that the boys were worth a
great deal more than business or any
money value whatever. In order to
make his argument all the more for
chile by means OF concrete example,
he stepped forward to the front seat
and laid his hand on the head of a
bright lad. saying What for ex-
ample. is this boy WORTH"
There was a moment of impressive
silence. while the speaker looked
earnestly over his audience Then a
mischieyous lad some distance away
called out: He's worth ten cents"
For a moment there was an up-
roar of merriment The laugh was
on the speaker. 1t was a question
how he should recover his poise and
save his argument on the value OF a
boy from utter defeat. You know
how that is. In promiseuous crowd
the man who gets Off the laugh on his
opponent nearlye always has the bsst
OF the contest, whether the argument
Is on his side or not. The temperance
orator had to save the day in some
way. for, after all. the truth was on
his side. So. after the laughter had
subsidized. he took advantage of the
situation in this way: Yes. that is
Just the way a good many people look
upon this matter They put high
money value on horse. cow.
sheep or even a hog; but when they
come to estimating the value ef a boy.
they think he Is worth about ten
cents"
That was a very apt reply. and
many in the audience caught the
point and applauded loudly.
However another thing happened
to save the day for the temperance
cause. AS the speaker ended the
foregoing sentence. a man on the
other side OF the room arose and
spoke as follows: Mr.. Speaker, the
boy you have been referring to Is
my boy; and want TO say before this
whole audience that there isn't enough
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

power that he can do for us all thai
he has promised To do?--that he can
really save us from our sins THAI
he can really forgive our sins that
he can really cleanse our hearts and
make us white as snow? DO We be-
lieve in his love as well as his power .
DO we really believe that he viii dc
for ms what he has promised to do p
that he will save US from sin that
he viii cleanse our hearts and make
US white as snow? How do we feel
towards him in our hearts? DO we
regard him. as dread sovereign look
ing down upon us from a distant
throne, or do we think of him as our
friend. our brother, who stands at our
side who has a fellow-fee for us:
who really sympathizes with us; who
loves us to-day as deeply as he loved
Us when he gave his life for us?
Other Important Truths.
Our Lord" says the Int. Crit Com.
wished to show that this first com
mandment did not stand at the head
Of a long list of heterogeneous com
mands among which II was simply
primus inter pares tfirst among
equalsl, but that IL was one of the
two homogeneous commands which
exhausted the idea OF righteousness "
III only" says Gibson, they would
take their ideas of the Christ from
the Scriptures which were their boast,
they could not fail TO see him stand
ing now before them"
As TO love God truly Is to think
and feel toward him as Jesus did; so, -
says Pullman, Ito love ones neighbor
is to think and feel toward him as
did Jesus"
Doubtless. SAYS the editor of IL
Illustrative Notes, there are illusions
In this passage that are not plain to
twentieth century scholars, but one
thought is clear: The Son OF David
was the recognized title of the Mes
siah; and our Lord here shows his
critics twho understand this title in
a merely worldly and political sense !;
who thought of the Son of David as
descendant who was 70 sit on David 8
throne and sway David's scepter) i,
that he superiority of this Messiah
was not to be shown by duplicating
Davtd's conqueSts or governing as
many provinces as he, but by estab-
fishing n spiritual dominion which
should be far out of reach or compari-
son with any earthly empire. 1t was
a picturesque way of saying. what a
few hours later he said to PLATE: My
kingdom ts not Of this world -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

one who finds them" she said, and
then they hunted even harder than be-
fore.
Mother. as she went about her work,
kept looking into all sorts OF hooks
and corners where the lost glasses
might be. Dorothy was sure that they
were in the sitting room among the
papers, and she was hunting there.
Ned was down on his hands and knees
in the grass, by the seat under the old
maple tree where grandma often sat
with her sewing.
Ruth wanted to hunt, but she was
the only one left TO take care of Dot
while the rest searched. Dot wasn't
quite two years old, but she was old
enough to keep somebody busy watch
ing her every minute that she was
awake, and that somebody was usually
Ruth.
To day she was playing on the sun
ny walk near the pump. Close to the
pump in the sidewalk was a little
round hole covered with tight iron
lid, and by Hitting up this lid YOU
could look down into the cistern and
see how much water there was in II.
No one had thought that Dot could
open it; but TO Ruths surprise, she
pulled and tugged with her fat hands
till suddenly off ii came Peeping
down through the hole, she began call
ing gleefully, See, see. see." and at
last Ruth went over and peeped. too,
to find out what she was talking about
A narrow ray of sunlight shone
down through the clear water, and
there, at the bottom of the cistern lay
grandma's lost glasses.
In few minutes mother came with
a small iron hook fastened to long
string and soon she had fished out
the glasses, not hurt a bit
Grandma was very glad to get them
again. and as she handed the shining
silver dollar to Ruth, she said softly;
# really think that You deserve it more
than anybody else who could have
found the glasses, because YOU gave
up doing what you wished to do. and
without any complaining you were do
Ing what mother needed you to do
And how did the glasses get into
the cistern2 Nobody ever knew. but
they all guessed that Dot had some
thing to do with 1.-THE Maytiower,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16
vIRoINIANs WEEKLY SERMON
The New View-P oint and the Old Truth
by Rev. H. p. Atkins, d. D.
Church. Richmond VA

Among those whose memory should
be cherished by the church of Christ
because of their contribution to its
spiritual literature Is one who of late
has failed to receive the popular con-
sideration to which his splendid mas
terpiece. his "Pilgrim's Progress" And
although an appreciative minority
still recognize the religious value Of
this sacred classic, 1t is unfortunately
true that to the great majority of
Christians the immortal allegory Is
nothing but name.
There was q time when Pilgrims
Progress was unquestionably the most
popular book of the day. Less than
hundred years ago, IL brilliant
essayist Is to be believed, this book
was the delight Of the peasantry, even
in the widest parts of Scotland, and
a greater fayorite in the nursery than
Jack the Giant Killer" If such,
however. were the case a century
since. II is by no means the case at
present To-day not one Christian in
twenty knows anything of John Bun
yam save by hearsay--certainly not
one in a hundred has ever read the
allegory, part one and part two. from
cover to cover. AS with the "Imita-
ton of Christ by Thomas Kempis
we find the Pilgrims Progress in
editions de luxe of rare beauty and
design: but these are chiefly for guest
room tables and Christmas exchanges
The waning of its popularity may be
due to the fact that the average man
finds little time to-day for serious
reading of this order, or ii may be due
to the fact that he has come to re-
gard the religious products of the
seventeenth century somewhat out of
date. In either event he does himse
grievous wrong. He misses a part
of the riches which should comprise
his Christian inheritance.
Apart from it's spiritual teachings
for the individual. Pilgrims Pro-
gress' has lesson for the man con-
cerned with modern Christian thought
for the very man who may think
that John Bunyan has already served
his day and. generation. The view
point of the church to-day is not the
viewpoint OF the church of two hun
dred and fifty years ago, and PHI
grim's Progress affords an oppor-
tunity of determining what the church
has gained or lost as Ii has taken new
positions. In the centuries that have
passed since the time of John Bunyan,
the church has been dealing with the
same divine record OF the historic
Christ; but having entered more fully
q,
the church has been gaining all the
while In the higher viewpoints 1t has
taken.
1t has gained in its conception of
God
From the viewpoint of the church
In the seventeenth century the thought
of God as a King-the Lord of the
Cniverse-was the conception that fill
ed the whole horizon. In those days
OF monarchical government 1T was
natural that the teachings of Jesus
regarding the kingdom of heaven.
should loom big before its eyes: and
II was equally natural that that which
was first in the vision of the church
should be frat in the vision of It's ser
want, the author of the ailegory. And
that such was the case is evident in
every page OF Pilgrims Progress"
1t Is from the City of Destruction,
city in rebellion against the King, that
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16
The Emperor's Bird Nest

IT was a dreary day. The rain had
been falling and the ground was deep
with mud.
The Emperor of Spain, Charles, and
his soldiers were in camp. The field
looked yike little city with tents for
houses.
The emperor and his men had been
away from home for long time.
How tired and homesick they were.
All the world seemed dark. They
missed the blue sky and bright flow
ers and green hills of sunny Spain.
But most of all they missed their lit
tie laughing boys and girls
Back and forth. back and forth, in
front OF the tents. walked the sol
diers in their great boots of Spanish
leather.
All at once they saw something that
made them start. What do you think
II was? There, on the top of the en-
perors tent, was q wee swallow sit
ting upon her nest. Wasn't that the
queerest place in the world to build
a nest? Such a carefully made little
nest as that way, Mrs. Swallow had
worked hard to build her nest She
had made 1t of clay and hair and
feathers. Hour after hour she had
worked, finding bit of hair here or
a soft feather there, and had woven
them into her nest
If she could have spoken to you,
she would have told you what IL good
place the hedge had been to find
hairs. They had blown and caught
there from the horses names and
tails during the battle.
Look" said one of the soldiers in
his gruff voice. The swallow thinks
our emperor's tent Is a .shed!''
The emperor, hearing his name,
came out of his tent to see what the
trouble was Let no one touch her. 3"
he snid as he saw the little bird. She
is my guest" And he smiled. The
soldiers smiled too, and the day seem
ed to have grown brighter.
Not a bit afraid was Mrs. Swallow
as she sat on her nest, for she knew
that no one would harm her. Had
not the great emperor himself called
her his guest2
Until the battle was ended she
stayed: and even longer, too, for. as
the tents were being taken up for the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16


Long years ago IA little, thin Japa-
nese gentleman walked through his
pretty garden to his home; his hands
were clasped behind his back. and
he was thinking. as he crossed the
bridge to pluck a fresh wistaria bios
som that hung just over his head. This
little gentleman had a great many
parcels to send out from his shop
every week. and he had always wrap
ped them in silk; but this was an ex-
pensive material, and he wanted some
thing cheaper 10 use for this purpose.
All at once a wasp came lifting to-
ward him. but he trust II away that 1t
might not nip his nose. and--lo.--
there at his hand Was a wasps nest.
MY, but he came Very near angering
the whole family. Think, then, what
he might have suffered from these
stingers for DAYS to comet What a
shapely nest they had made, now he
came To think of IL 1t was so strong.
too. il was made OF thin wood pulp,
softened into thin paste by the jaws
OF the insect, then formed and left to
dry.
Why can't | do that same thing?"
thought the Japanese merchant to
himself, Get certain wood. form IT
into pulp by means of water from
the river nearby and make something
like this wasps' nest In consistency, TO
wrap about my packages" So this
was the way paper was first discoy-
cred. An innocent wasp flew across
the path of a gentleman who walked
one day in vtne-clad garden in old
Japan. --The Pilgrim Visitor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

The Allen Avenue Christian church
of Richmond. Va, of which Rev. Henry
Pearce Atkins is pastor. was organ
lied In the summer of 1900, with a
membership Of sixty. In November of
the same year the congregation took
possession of modest church build
ing in Morris street between Floyd
and Main, and In February, 1901, ex-
tended call to its present pastor,
whose charge was then in Harrods-
burg, KY. For eight years this con-
gregation was known as the West End
Christian church, which name it sur
rendered when 1t moved into it's new
church home in Allen avenue. This
new building, on the corner of Allen
and Hanover avenues. was erected in
1908 and dedicated in December of that
year. At present only the Sunday
school section Is built. but the eongre-
CATION is looking forward to the erec-
ton of the main auditorium some few
years hence. The membership of the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

The centenary of David Living
stones birth will be observed In 1913.
Charing Cross Hospital in London.
where he studied medicine, is solicit
ing gifts of one million shillings which
would enable it to reopen the wards
(eight-seyen beds) now closed because
of shrunken funds.
Keep clear of personalities in con-
versatior. Talk of things. object,
thoughts. The smallest minds occupy
themselves with persons. Do not
needlessly report Ill of others. AS far
as possible. dwell on the good side of
human beings. There are family
boards where constant process of
depreciating. assigning motives and
cutting up character goes forward.
They are not pleasant places. One
who is healthy does not wish to dine
at a dissecting table. There is evil
enough in man. God knows. But 1t
is not the mission of every young
man and woman to detail and report
it all. Keep the atmosphere as pure
as possible and fragrant with gentle
ness and charity.--John Hall.
In an address before the London
Baptist Ministers Conference. Canon
ster Abbey, paid a warm tribute to
the Baptists. In the Westminster
Abbey we hope shortly to add to our
memorials the window which in to
commemorate the name and works of
the ilustrious Baptist, John Bunyan,
one of the greatest figures in the his
tory of English literature. as we'll as
hero of English Christianity. No
Englishman who values his birthright
OF civil and religious liberty will think
without reverence OF those obscure
and prosecuted Baptists who were the
pioneers of religious liberation. We
have all come round to their way OF
thinking now: but, none the less. We
owe Ii to them that the traditions Of
English citizenship contain this pre-
cious element of spiritual freedom"
The Chinese government is now Sc
lecting a large body OF young men to
be entered in American colleges for
training in Western ideas. so that they
may lead China in her about-fa
movement. The Celestial empire,
with her 400.000.00O people, is now
about to line up with the advancing
nations OF the earth and march I'M
der Christian leadership. 1t is the
most impressive movement going on
in the whole world to-day--the vast
est and the most significant. China,
with her great population Of patient.
abstemious workers. will reconstruct
the Industries OF Christendom.
According to the New York Chris
tan Advocate, forty-one languages are
used In church services in America.
including such unusual tongues and
dialects as Arabic. Armenian, Chinese,
Esthonian. Gaelic, Modern Syriac, Let
fish, Montenegrin, Wendish and Yid-
dish. Thanks to the Bible societies.
all Christian communions have the
Scriptures In their own tongue. Sew
enty-seven denominations have Ger
incorporating churches. twenty-five
american Indian, twenty-five Norwe-
gian, twenty-one Swedish and thirteen
Italian. German also leads in MEM
bership. 3,601.943, followed by French
with 1.l60,42 and italian with 1885,
ss4. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Penn
sylvaria are the three States that have
the largest number of church and
other religious organizations using
foreign languages exclusively. New
York reports twenty-nine languages
used In her churches: PENNSYLVANIA.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16

1t is interesting to note that the
first post cards were issued in Austria
October i. 1863. The adoption of the
post card was the result of an article
written by Prof. Emmanuel Herman
of Vienna They soon became very
popular, and now are issued in great
numbers by twenty-five governments,
Germany alone uses over fifteen hun
dred million a year. The picture pos
tai. which has been used extensively
only during the last ten years, is al
most as old as the government postal.
On July IL, 1870, a card bearing the
picture of a gunner was placed on
sale in oldenburg. Germany, and that
country is still the center Of the indus
ry.--Girls Companion.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-16
A Bible for the Chinese r,n,,eror

Bible is to be presented to the
emperor of China by the Chinese
Christians, and each of the twenty
one provinces Will send one repre-
sentative TO Picking TO take part In the
presentation ceremony. Each Chris
tan In the. empire is to contribute
one cent toward the cost of the
volume, which Will be approximately
$4,000 StMex.l. This Bible will be
bound in embossed gold. with precious
stones. and the insidA will he beam
tifully illuminated