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Amador ledger., 1910-12-23
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Items of Interest from
Towns Surrounding
Jackson

The Mountain Democrat has this
item of Miss Norma Smith, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Web Smith of the Ken
nedy mine: Miss Norma Smith, the
young vocalist, who won such high
praise for her solo work at the Mcneil
club concert in Sacramento last week.
is niece of Mrs G. A. Richardson of
this city. Miss Smith has a bird-like
soprano voice beautiful in quality, and
sings with rare taste and finish In
her two years of study with Homer
Henley in Sacramento she has brought
to her work an earnestness that is al
ready fruitful in results. Some ot
Miss Smiths admirers in Placerville
are hopeful that she may be heard
here sometime.
Cullen James, who will be remem-
bered by many in Placerville where
he spent his boyhood days, passed
away at Stockton, last week, Tuesday,
from paresis. He was native of Dry
town, Amador county, and was 81
years of age. He leaves two sisters,
Mrs Adelina Combellack of this city.
and Mrs Amelia Carlson of Elmhurst,
and a brother, Willis James, of
Wheatland. Mrs Combellack, who was
with her sister at Elmhurst. and her
son, George of Sacramento, accom-
panied the remains to this city on
Monday, and on Tuesday interment
was made in Union cemetery beside
the parents. of the deceased. Demo
crat.
Thomas N. Jones of Groveland was
acquitted on first ballot Tuesday for
shooting Jack Welsh on his ranch on
October 10Th last. The jury were out
only ten minutes. Jones was held on
charge of manslaughter by the jrs-
tiee court in the preliminary examina-
ton. He was defended by attorney F.
p. Otis. There were no witnesses to
the shooting. The testimony Of Jones,
the defendant. was to the effect that
he was called out of the house by
Welsh and that as soon as they got out
on the back porch, he was attacked by
Welsh who being a strong, heavy
man, used his fists with telling effect.
Jones kept backing until he had gone
about twenty feet when he drew his
revolver. At this point Welsh gave
him a heavy blow in the stomach
knocking him to the ground, when
Jones fired. The bullet wound in
Welsh's body sustains Jones inasmuch
as 1t shows that the bullet ranged up
ward to a considerable degree
Tuolumne Independent.
On Wednesday three shifts of four
men each drilled, blasted and hoisted
67 tons of rock and also broke seven
feet of ground at the Lightner mine.
In conversation last Saturday. r. y.
Shaw president of the company, stated
that he was greatly pleased with the
work now under way on that property.
AT the present rate II is confidently
expected to have 40 stamps of the mill
in operation by the first of February
and the full 60 stamps dropping by the
first OF AIr,l. He also SAID that the
Amador ledger., 1910-12-23

work of sinking would be carried on
steadily until depth of 1000 feet was
reached. The officers of the company
are all practical mining engineers and
heavily interested in large properties
in this anc other counties. Angels
Record.
Amador ledger., 1910-12-23

EXECUTIVE
Amador ledger., 1910-12-23
LEGISLATIVE
SENATORS FROM CALIFORNIA

SENATOR'S FROM CALltOHNlA
George G. Perkins and Frank P. Flint
CoNGREssMEN FROM CALIFORNIA
First district ...... Vim. Englebright
Second district. Duncan E. McKinlay
Third distrsct Joseph K. Knowland
Fourth district. ct............Ju Julius Kahn
Fifth district. e. A. Hayes
Sixth district. ... James G. Needham
Seventh district. .... James McLachlan
Eighth district. ct............S. G. Smith
Amador ledger., 1910-12-23

A LII kinds OF Blanks for y. s. Land Filings.
n Homes tead, Timber and Mineral blanks
may be had At the Ledger o1iee; also deeds
mortgages mining locations, proof OF labor
and other legal blanks kept for sale.
Amador ledger., 1910-12-23

Receipt books, location blanks, deeds
mortgages, pro nj ssory notes, etc.
for sac. also aiming signals on
10th at Ledger oh 90
Amador ledger., 1910-12-23
State Government.
EXECUTIVE

EXECUTIVE
Governor James N. Gillett
Lieut-Governor Warren r. Porter
Secretary of State. {. Charles F. Curry
Con troller. "A. B. Nye
Treasurer. ....... WIN. r. Williams
Attorney-General. :. Ulysses S. Webb
Survcyor-General. VIM. S. Kingsbury
Supt. State Printing w. w. Shannon
Clerk Supreme Court. F. L. Caughey
Amador ledger., 1910-12-23
PATENTS

United States and Foreign Patents
defended and SOLD. Draft
ing and Blue Printing done. Send for
fere book on Patents.
Pacific Coast Patent Agency
Stockton, Cal.
Amador ledger., 1910-12-23
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
National Government

National Government
EXECUTIVE
President,....... William TT. Taft
Vice President. james S. Sherman
JUDICIARY
U. S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
(Chief Justice Fuller)
First circuit. ,.... Oliver w. Holms
Second circuit. Rufus w. Peckham
Third circult. t...... Henery w. Brown
Fourth circuit. 400. Melville w. Fuller
Fifth circuit. ..... Edward W. White
Sixth circuit. John M. Harlan
Seventh circuit. .... William r Day
Eight circuit. ..... David ]. Brewer
Ninth circuit. ...... Joseph McKenna
NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
Pacific States and Territories)
Circuit Judge. -. William w. Morrow
Circuit judge. ........ Eskire M. Ros
Circuit Judge ...... William B. Gilbert
u. S. Commissioner for Amador coun-
ty................... Richard Webb
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-07-01

thread and carefully lower 1t into the
water in the little glass. AS soon as
the coin touches the water the glass
begins to go down, the knives like see
saws on the corks and the more of the
coin you submerge the lower goes the
glass, so that If the coin is large you
will have smash before it is half UNI
der water. But you can pull 1t up at
any instant AS you do SO the glass
follows as If it were glued to the coin
and so you can keep 1t see-sawing up
and down.
Perhaps the reason of this Is not
clear to you. The coin is held UP by
the thread and does not touch the
glass, so how can it affect it? Well,
the coin is not held up by the thread
alone. The part that is under water
is held partly by the thread and part
ly by the water which buoys it up with
a force equal to the weight Of an
equal bulk of water. The coin, there
fore, presses the water, and conse-
quently the glass, downward with an
equal force.
Now when you pull out the coin this
extra weight is taken off, SO the glass
rises to its original position.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-07-01
Glow much will you take for those
Denzlow letters?"

"HoW much will you take for those
Denzlow letters? Come now, let's cut
out the .measly diplomacy and get to
the point. The man who gets ahead
in my line of work is the man who
knows when to pay hush money and
when not to. This is the time to pay.
How much? Make me cash offer"
''Ycu don't understand" protested
Anice, again with pretty, imperious
gesture restraining Give. II am not
one of the blackmailers you spend so
much of your time silencing. I"
"No? | never yet heard a scream
that was so loud big enough check
wouldn't gag it. This interview isn't
so allooring that I'm stuck on stretch
ing it out any longer, Make your
offer"
eve explained to you that I want
none of your money"
"Then what OH" broke off Con-
over, clicking his teeth and narrow
ing his eyes to cleaning Sits, Il think
l see. The Governorship. eh?"
so I'm to throw it to Standish?
HIM! And yet you say you're not
putting the hooks in mel If that
isn't cold, straight, all-wool blackmail,
/ don't know what is. You think you
owe me something because l didn't
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-07-01
The Hens Origin.
ITO BE CONTINUED

Passing over other interesting
pheasants mention must be made OF
what has proven to be economically
the most valuable bird on the earth
to mankind the red jungle fowl
Ornithologists know it as Gallus gal
lus, and it is indeed the "fokl or
fowls; for from it has been bred
every variety of domestic poultry,
game, Langshan, Polish, Plymouth
Rock, Leghorns, etc. Whether we con-
slider the black, tailless fowls bred in
Holland, or the Japanese poultry with
tails fifteen to twenty feet in length,
all were derived from the red jungle
fowl. Remarkable as these facts are,
proof is forthcoming in the fact that
if any breed of poultry be allowed to
run wild, they will gradually revert
to this ancestral type and after a GER
tain number of generations will have
reverted to typical jungle FOWL
N. Y. Post.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-07-01

more mud than usual s1ung at me. IL
won't affect the election, and you
know it won't. And you ought TO know
by this time how little / care what
folks think of my character. No, it
won't do, Miss Lanier. If that's the
card you're counting on using to
change your four-fiush into a winning
hand"
"You are mistaken. This time Mr..
Conover. it is | who am surprised at
your lack of perception. The card
/ spoke of is the DenZlow correspon-
dence"
.'The Denzlow-? I burned that a
year ago-burned it in this very room
In this fireplace. You were here and
saw me. And Denzlow died last May.
I'm afraid your card won't help that
poor, lonely for-fush hand of yours
after ALL I'm sorry, but"
''You burned a package of letters
wrapped in sheet Endorsed DEM
low" interposed Anice, "but they
happened to be sheaf of insurance
circulars. With Mr. Denzlow's per-
mission (and on my promise not to
make use of them while he was alvey
/ bought those letters at the time you
thought you bought them back from
him. He got extra money, and the
letters were supposed to be transmit
ted to you through me- ] kept the
originals. If you doubt it, here are
certified copies You will see the no.
tary's signature was dated last June.
Does that convince your"
where's the letters themselves?"
+ with my brother. He is one of
the sub-editors of the Ballston Herald.
He is holding them subject to my or
ders. When he receives word from
me he will either turn them over to
the Federal authorities (for it is a
United States Government matter, as
you know, with a term of imprison-
offence that can be settled with a
few thousand dollars), or else he will
publish the whole correspondence in
his paper, and leave the Government
TO act as 1t sees lit. Does the card
improve my hand?"
Conover made no immediate an
sWer. When he spoke there was no
emotion in his dry, business-like tones
Eyes, it does" he admitted, "and
I'm glad to see | was wrong about the
condition of those brains of yours.
You've got me. could bluff anybody
else, but | guess you know my game
too well. A BLUFFS a blamed good
anchor in a financial storm. But after
the ships wrecked | never heard that
the cap'n got any special good out Of
the anchor So We'll play straight, if
you like. How much do you want?"
How much?" she repeated, doubt
full of his meaning.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-07-01
A Novel See-saw Swimmer

Cut the tops of two long corks into
wedge shape, insert the corks firmly
in the necks of two bottles of equal
height and place the bottles on the
table about ten inches apart with the
edges of the corks parallel to each
other. Now try to balance a table
knife on one of the sharpened corks.
If you succeed, reject that knife and
try one with a heavier handle, for we
must have two knives that will not
balance unaided. Having found two
such knives hold them level on the
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-07-01
500 Line

GOING EAST.
No. 84-Local- Ex. Sunday. 2:2l T. M.
No. 8--Atlantic Express Ill ~ I M.
No 22-Freight. .......- 8:l5 A. MI.
GOING WEST.
No. 85-Local Elk. Sunday. 1913 t. M.
No. Pacific Express 4:35 A. NJ
No. 21-Freight 345 P. M.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17
The Sketch

outside Of my sphere Of control | do not
try To hold them under my influence while
they are away The impressions l give them
while in my presence must bea. upon their
actions afterward. They are at liberty TO
thin'- ard do what they will. But il should
be remembered that a hypnotic suggestion
generally remains ia the mind and governs
the actions of the individual When I tell
him go refrain from every thing in the way
OF an alcoholic beverage ne will follow this
advice. with the result that in the end he
will entirely abstain from the use Of
liquor
could YOU mention a few specific cases
where patients have been cured of alco-
hoism?" asked the writer.
Il cannot do that" replied Dr Batten.
When men or women come 10 me for
treatment they do not wish to have their
names given To the public. IL is "A vital
matter with them. ana must consider their
wishes. Therefore I cannot give YOU their
names and addresses"
The charges made by tho doctor for the
treatments are graded IN accordance with
the means of the patients ST Marks
Church maintains a mission whose purpose
is Ia rescue drunkardS and the fees from
the patients cured by the rector go To the
support of his mission.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17

way home. They may he able To resist
TWO OF three saloons. hat the chances are
they must pass q score or more. When
they reach the tenth or twelfth the power
OF auto-suggestion that comes from the
open doors OF the rum shops l. very strong.
and the result & that they lure the patients
within
DR. Ratten began his work ~ curing in
ebriates after he visited the Bowery Mis-
sion some years ago Ne realized that
something must he done 10 save those
whose will power had been shattered 10y
the excessive use OF drink. The doctor IS
a man Of strong personality. and he pre-
sents an imposing figure. His face reveals
determination and character. His ewes are
large and FUN, and they are eyes that seem
to read the very thoughts of the person
will whom he is talking. The exact
method ~ hypHotism he employs in put
ting men on the wafer wagon was outlined
by him To The reporter a. follows
Il put my patients in lightly hypnotic
stale. or. in other words do not put them
20 sleep Do . trance. They are awake al al
times and are conscious 81 my talk and
suggestions II is . case 81 strenuous
moral stasion more than anything else. ]
hold up 90 them in forcible language and
convincing manner The situation they are
81. 4 feeliugly portray 20 them the dangers
o. alcoholism and the awful end that may
ava. them by the excessive use OF drink
ing Z strongly impress upon their minds
The necessity Of withstanding the tempta-
ton Of the rum shops and developing the
power that enables them TO refuse offered
liquor The spirit OF man IS the ruling
power. and 1; IS necessary TO arouse This
spirit T. q realization and adherence Of
things that are detrimental 90 the human
body aud mlIl.
some people got tire imuressIou that /
can take a person who j. dead drunk. and
willie ln tl.s condition throw nim into a
hypnotic state and have him cured once
and Tor al ben BE- wakes up. Now, that
cant be done when 4 case Is 10 be treated
tic pstient must Doe sober enough 10 re-
aIIzc the situation when ! am forcing upon
Jan the mental suggestion against the
evl"
-Giov Ions docs q take 10 cure pa
tiout?" asked the reporter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17
THE RECREATION" OF WOMEN

Yes. the effect upon women is the same"
continued Dr. Eatten. a woman takes a.
readily man To- suggestions and il re-
quircs about the same time 10 cure her al
the liquor habit. Many women come 10 me
anxious TO be- cured az alcoholism. and IL is
wonderful what transformation takes
place Ia some of these cases. After have
made = girl abstain from liquor her youth
RAJ beauty returns and she looks like a re-
created woman. Her eyes begin 90 spa-kle
with tie ful lustrc OF life her mind as
sumes sharper keenness. ana her whole
physical makeup reveals the beneficial re-
suits that nave been produced by my
mental suggestions
After the patients ave out Of your pres
once do you try TO exert a power over them
and try To- control their duings as IL YOU
made use 81 telepathy;" the reporter asked
80. 1 do not. answered the clergyman.
When = patient leaves me ne or she is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17
Big Beasts VIII Aid
Ma viSafion as
Tbey Feed.

broad skif, sculled by TWO negroes,
eiinks through the dusk ON marrow l1uis!-
ana bayou In the bow a white man
crouches with a heavy rife laid across his
knees lie il not q soldier. YET his khaki
clothes arc made with the businessliN2
scuareness o. government uniform. The
straight reach ahead is almost closed ~
zlees that lean shapelcsSlv from tho banks
in the narrow lane OF water another shsd-
opy boat appears and the skin s~c;Nes TO
HIDE under the trailing boughs.
hardly Is 81 covered when a flash OF IRE
sets downward from the boat ahead. Five
times 81 stsbs al the water with nickering
sviftness. and the coughing voice or the
automatic rife rings out over The swamp.
AZ one plunge the negroes have driven the
skin free from the trees.
IL seems as n the shots had set or 2
submarine mine A mound Of water buigcs
~ with = roar lil1e that Of escaping steam.
end in p weller of mud and flying spray
Vast form resrs sssef. IL beats the water
with dark. ungainiy LEGS; then, with an
ofcer steamlike roar IL NslioWs with in
credible speed FOR form so clumsy straight
81 the shsdowy boat
Tho s<in has drawn nearer. The men in
g. sec = great muzzle raised and tusks
hooked over the gGnVale Of the other boa
IS its two men 40 staggering overheard.
The monstrous gap closes with a crunching
of wood. The beast losses the boat aside
~.i'a ono sweep % his head and lunges tow
ard tho two men IN the water. The white
man raises his rife. The three shots come
so quickly that the rattle OF the empty
El:eils IS heard they fall i'm the bottom
o. the skin. There is one CONFUSION OF the
black body. and then il goes silently with
or a struggle across the bayou, carried
bv the impetus Of its rush. and SINKS out Of
sight in the water beneath the trailing
boUrhs.
Don't you try that" the man with tho
rifle says sharply.
He is speaking 10 one OF the two young
rren in the water who is TRYING to over
turn the skin with his shoulder
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17

And. the manager said. IL people have
a real sentiment ON the subject the ashes
can always be With them. II j. not like
the grave. which one seldom visits and
which is only too often allowed To fall int,
neglect
We went back % the discussion Of prices
poor person could be adequately buried
for So. lac said. The usual nice funeral
with hesrse and four carriages. costs
$500. and from that the prices run on up
into the thousands 10Y automobile funerals
and al sorts 81 shCw and display The
price Of graves varies from So 10 So anu
for plots from So as his, as YOU wish 70
go. Collins cost from 81 % and -,ssketS
from sS5 up into the hundreds
felt by this time tha' my bvaiu was
hIIed with an enormous amount 80 grew
somely practical facts 81 7 thanked my in
formsnt and went away.
ON my way along IS street ! Dad &C
casiOn To- step ia To- s,e some one in a
firm which has large dealings with the
wealthy. 7 mentioned my recent expert
ence. and the man 20 whom was ,alking
told me Of man who had recently died.
leaving his estate In very bad shape There
was only ssse in cash Set-st-dJlg. End every
penny "f this none was spent ou the
funeral leaving the dead mans mother
absolutely destitute
went on downtown 20 81. George
Church. I'm East 10th street. to talk furthe~
on the same subject with the rector, the
Rev. Hugh BiTckhead
Dr.. Birckhead said ne disspproved O.
SNOWY funerals. lie thought that SO was
enough To spend ON the funeral Of a poor
person. and he likewise said be thought
The rich should set an example for the
poor In simplicity and he mentioned the
simple. quiet funeral % the late Mrs. Jay.
u believe in some sacrifice IN such cases
ON the part ~ the living" he said We
are always bstte- for the sacyidces We
tdalc. But I don't beiiev~ in 600 lcrGc q
burden beinS assumed. When a funeral
approaches ostentat'en its entire spirit -
un-Christian in the slogidclton ~ jhpt
v MICH is merely mortal shat Vl:ch : im7
mortal Is forgotten. and the spirits free
dom from slfferius j. lost sight Of in a
grieving over that which Is merely mate
rial" With the Uuscyupul5usacss 81 un-
dertaSers he had had Little personal ex-
perience.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17
The Req. Dr.. Barren De-
cToreS He Does III and
They Sfoy Cured, Too.

Attention. - slaves ~ drink. who are
accustomed to pay a tribute TO King Alco-
hoi. There is hope Tor you, The steady
sippler and the occasional drinker can re-
soice because there Is a sure cure for them.
according TO the statement - member 81
the New York clergy. This cure l. not
found IN drugs. nor is II found in hot
springs and Kelley institutes; but IL IS
found in a hypnotic eve and I'm d mental
SUGGESTION.
H,pnotlsm as = cure FOR alcoholism is
not theory but fact. according 10 the
experiments made by the Rev Dr. Loring
W B3atten. rector 81 81. Marks Protestant
Eplscopal Church, at 30. 252 East nth
street. I'm the course OF The last two years
lie has been So successful in curing cases
o. alcoholism that. he says. great part OF
his future work VIII be- in reclaim!ns
drunkards by hyTnotism. Dr. Baten has
been experimenting for long tirae with
ps9cho-t therapeutic treatment for inebil-
ates and he says that he has evolved
method which H. iufalhb!e. Some cases
may take longer time and ie more diff
cult 20 care than others but among ih5
discharged patients there are no back
slders
Tribune reporter found Ia. Batten
busy man in his study al the church rec
tory. Hosts Of patients 40 there every
DAY 10 seek his treatment. and among those
who seek relief from the evil habit can he
reckoned the professional mn and the la
borer. The rich and the poor, men and
women.
Is hvpnotism = sure cure for The drunk
ard" was the first question the reporter
asked OF Dr. Batten.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17
PRISON FOR PoACHERS.

-Four sheets N your skYplane Tor you.
sons" he continues. using the seronautic
slang Of the day 10 express -four years in
prison" Got YOU red-hsnded hunting gov
eminent hippopOtamus. An you can't even
shoot straight That's what these new
tangled sutcmatics do for craftsmanship.
The prisoners are handcuffed and laid in
the bottom OF the skin. and the place whe-e
he dead hippopotsmUs lies is marked with
buo. bearing the sign o. the United States
Game Sergice-the track Of = grizzly bear
IN rcd on a white ground. An hour later
the tuo Young men are in the lookup OF
The Bison, one 81 the paddleNheel rive
heats Of the Game Service. which lies
moorcd 20 p tree few miles below.
NeKt day the Bison herself picks up
tire bcoy ~ The dead appropriateness.
which has hosted overnight. one 81
the aeruplsnes is moved to make room
for on The after deck. The aero
planes have been found excellent FOR
dsv scouting. but the craft are sin too
NOISY 20 allow them TO steal on poachers
UNA wares. The hippopotamus is cut up.
The meat is stored in the refrigerating
room and as the Bison makes her Way
hack down the bayou she leaves a trail Of
terrifying odor from the fat. which is try