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Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
THE HARDY GOAT.
It Can BE Made Valuable as Dairy
Animal

Il Can BE Made Valuable as a Dairy
Animal.
The usefulness of the goat in clearing
foul lands and the profitableness of the
animal for its hair, skin and even car
cass are becoming pretty well under
stood. But the goat is valuable as
dairy animal. If the COWS, for in
stance, are being used for supplying a
city milk trade, the keeping Of goats
for the home milk supply would be an
excellent policy. The goat will live
where COW would starve, and, while
1t, like every domestic animal, will do
best on good pasture, it will live and
yield milk on astonishingly little food.
The animal and its milk are almost
entirely exempt from disease. The
milk is more nutritious than that of the
COW and agrees with stomachs that
cows milk frequently offends. The
animal requires only the cheapest kind
of shelter, but it needs shelter from the
storms and in winter. If by reason of
drought soiling is necessary, leaves,
vegetable refuse, peelings of the apple
or potato, bread crusts or stale bread,
if they are sweet and clean, will be all
the feed that is needed.
All goats, however, will not eat the
same food, and the feeder will have to
study the appetites of the individual
animal. Frequent feeding and a va
riety of food in winter will be found
beneficial. Roots, oilmeal, oats, corn
(of the latter in the whole state the
goat is very fond, are proper feed, es-
pecially for the milking goat. Rock
salt is greatly relished. The flavor Of
goats milk cannot be distinguished
from that of cows milk if it is proper
ly cared for. From three to four pints
day is the average yield of good
mixer. The milk is so rich and of
such a character that in making pastry
II will take the place of eggs.-Epito-
mist
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
An Old saIt,s stnrie..

The captain Of the brig was much
disliked by his officers, and, being III
with yellow fever and likely to die, the
first lieutenant used to drill the ma
rines in the burial service on the deck
over the captains cabin by way of
cheering him up, the corporal giving
his orders in a loud voice thus: THE
corpse is now a-coming up the 'atch-
way. Reverse harmsw The skipper
ultimately recovered.
The commander Of certain gunboat
used to say that, having no doctor on
board, he mixed the medicines provid-
ed in chest into two bottles, and
whenever any Of his crew happened
to be sick he drew an imaginary line
across the mans stomach, and accord
ing as the pain was above or below
that line he gave him a dose out of No.
l or No. 2. He claimed that no man
ever came to him twice, which was
very 1kely.-"Hurrah For the Life Of
Sailor" by Vice Admiral Kennedy.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
Base Apathx.

Say, Thompson. did you ever notice
that 1 was brutally Indifferent to my
children"
Certainly not. You're quite the con-
trary, Holmes"
"Well, do look Hike q miscreant who
would be only too glad to abandon
them to the mercy of strangersT'
"Of course not. whatever put such
an idea into your headT'
Cor have the reputation of being
so selfish that would not disturb or
exert myself In the slightest to secure
their safety from the most desperate
dangerT
mo. indeed. Who's been accusing
you Of such thingsY"
"My WIFE,"
Your wife? WhyY'
why, little Johnny got himself lost
for a couple Of hours the other day,
and all I did was to notify the police,
hire every private detective In town
and rouse all the neighbors to help
hunt tor him."
Wasn't that enoughf
mo. She insists that am a brutal,
selfish miscreant and several other
things because I refused to do all she
wanted me to-
why, what more was possibleF
Make the governor order out the
militia to help hunt."-Harper's Bazar.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
TRICK OF AWOMAN SHARPER
She Found a Lace Handkerchief and
Quickly Turned 1t Into Cash.


Quickly Turned 1t Into Cash.
81 lost a So lace handkerchief today,
but learned one Of the tricks Of the
light fingered people in Chicago" re-
marked North Side woman as she
came back from a shopping excursion.
"Was it worth S3?" asked her hus-
band
Hardly, but It's interesting. 1
bought lace handkerchief, and as 1
walked to the car l stopped to buy a
newspaper. had my purse in my
hand and number of things, Of course,
and l laid the parcel containing the
handkerchief and the check for it down
on the corner of fruit stand near by.
After l got to the car thought Of my
package. l hurried back, and the
package wasn't there.
Where is the little package l left
here? asked the Italian vender
"'Zatta litt' paper
eyes
Other lady took IT.
II wanted that handkerchief espe-
cially to give to friend for birthday
present. | went to the store again and
picked out another handkerchief
az am sorry the first one didn't suit
you,' the clerk said.
Why, lost itv replied in aston
ishment.
"'You don't say sop said the clerk.
Why, about ten minutes ago a nice
looking woman came in here with that
handkerchief, and we took it back and
refunded the money. She said that
you were her niece and that you were
out shopping together. You decided
the handkerchief was not just what
you wanted, and she came back to re-
turn it. We gave her ticket for the
$3 and she cashed It. t.'"-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
Watch Springs.

The watch carried by the average
man is composed of 90 pieces, and its
manufacture embraces more than 1000
distinct and separate operations.
Hairspring wire weighs --one-twen-
tieth of grain to the inch. One mile
of wire weighs less than half pound.
The balance gives five vibrations
every second, 800 every minute, $4,000
every hour, $4,000 every day and 49,
680,000 every year.
The value of springs when finished
and placed in watches is enormous in
proportion to the material from which
they are made. A ton of steel made
up into hairsprihgs when in watches
is worth more than 121a times the
value of the same weight in pure
gold.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
A stnrx of Cuiher.nn.

In the Fifty-first congress, when
Speaker Reed first gained the title Of
'czar" by his arbitrary decisions, Judge
Culberson was one Of his strongest
supporters, although he gave the speak
er no public Endorsement for political
reasons. One afternoon while the Dem
ocrats were in terrible tumult over 8
decision Of the speaker and the pro-
ceedings Of the house were very near
riot 81 Thunderstorm came up. When
the confusion was highest, a binding
flash of lightning and terrible crash
of natures artillery startled every soul
on the floor and caused a profound ST.
Ience. Judge Culberson, like every
body else, was deeply moved, but was
the first to recover. HThat was GOO
Almighty, sir, calling this house 10 Or
der" he exclaimed in an impressive
tone, addressing the speaker. Then,
turning to his colleagues, he said, "Now
let US proceed to business like men"
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
His Own Tran.

There is young man in the pension
Office who is buying a house on the
installment plan at q town somewhere
between this city and Baltimore, and
his dear little wife lives out there. It
is his wont to come in early of morn
ing and to go out again on the $50
train when his days work is done 4
few days ago he met an old friend from
Chicago, and, yielding to the entreaties
of that old friend, he decided TO spend
the evening in town. He was so afraid
wife would feel hurt if she knew that
he had deliberately planned an even
ing's good time without counting her
in that he manfuHy resolved to deceive
her. Accordingly as he came away
from the office he went to telegraph
Office and sent this message to her:
"Unavoidably detained. Missed $50
train. VIII be out later"
1t was a great deal later when he
reached his happy home. Wife met
him at the door, and there was look
in her eye that every married man
learns to know and .instinctively to
dread
did you get my message precious"
he asked as he kissed her tenderly,
holding his breath meanwhile as pre-
cautionary measure.
"Yes, DEAR" she made answer, and
when q woman calls her husband
dear" that way you can cut loose from
the weather bureau and prognosticate
few things on your own hook. Eyes,
dear. received your message. Here
it isl
There it was, sure enough. 1t was
marked as plain as plain could be,
Received at 4:23." He hadn't thought
of that.-Washingt Post.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
A Gallant Clergyman.

1t is said that the Rev. Sydney Smith
could be gallant as well as witty on oc-
casion.
"Oh, Mr.. Smith, l cannot bring this
flower to perfection" said a young
lady to him once as she showed him
about her conservatory.
Whereupon he took her by the hand
and said, "Then let me bring perfec-
ton to the flower
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
IN THE STORM.

Ny child, your hero may not be,
IN truth, hero all the time;
Remember, it mast chance that he
Shall still have rugged sleeps to climb.
Don't place him on too high plane
In fancy, then he will not fall
In your esteem and may attain
To some -hing noble after all.
Ny boy, don think your sweetheart bears
halo on herzgolden hair;
4 crown of purity she wears,
And you must help to keep it there.
But she will have her trying moods
And be not always kind and sweet;
These are lifes nerving interludes-
Sad pitfalls for unwary feet.
You both are FAR from perfect yet,
And quarrels will, UNHAPPY, come;
Both may be wrong: SO don't forget,
In anger's blind delirium,
That sweet concessions each must make
And tender promises renew
Or else a loving heart may break
And sorrow come to dwell with you.
-Pearson's Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20

consequence OF self abuse and excess produc-
ing the following symptoms: Sallow counte-
nance, dark spots under the eyes, pain In the
head. ringing in the ears, loss OF confidence,
of the heart, weakness Of the limbs and back.
loss OF memory, pimples on the face, coughs,
consumption, etc.
DIR. GtBBON has practiced In San Francisco
over 81 years, and those troubled should not
fail to consult him and receive the benefit of
his great skill and experience The doctor
cures when others fail. Try him. Cures guar
anteed. Persons cured at home. Charges reas-
onabie. Call or write
DIR. J. F. GIBBoN, 625 Kesrney street, San
Francisco Cal
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
silva AND DEW.
The Fearful Devil of the Hindoo,
and His Principal Wife.

The Fearful Devil of the Hindoos
and His Principal Wife.
silva is both typical of destruction
and of reproduction. But the latter at
tribute was doubtless a later addition
to the sum of his qualities. The orig
inal conception Of this deity was that
Of a power delighting in destruction,
in the achievement of physical evil and
wrong and in hurling death and devas-
tation upon the people and their land.
He is represented in the sacred books
of the Hindoos as ''the terrible destroy
er," "the one who delights in the de-
struction of men," But In all this there
is no whisper as yet of any moral quail
tiles of evil. The conception is entirely
one Of physical power, used with the
utmost malevolence and injustice
against men.
Along with his principal wife, who
is variously called Devi, Durga, Una
and Kali, he is portrayed as the incar-
nation Of physical evil, wrong, injus-
tice or misfortune. In the "Puranas"
silva is described as wandering about
surrounded by ghosts and goblins, In
ebriated, naked and with disheveled
hair, covered with the ashes of a fu-
neral pile, ornamented with human
skulls and bohes, sometimes laughing
and sometimes crying. Devi, his con-
sort, is represented with hideous and
a terrible countenance streaming with
blood, encircled with snakes, hung
round with skulls and human heads
and in all respects resembling a fury
rather than goddess. The only pleas
ure which silva and Devi feel is when
their affairs are drenched with blood,
which, Of course, could not be shed
without the destruction of some form
Of Hfe.-Westminster Review.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
Washington Church Kodak FIends.

Washington Church Kodak FIends.
'The story that a Washington wom-
an sent notices to the ministers of the
capital Of the opening of her summer
home with the request that they be
read from the pulpit may be libel, al
though l have been told that it is a
fact said a man who has been in
Washington for several months, "but
I'll tell you what have seen there
men and women carrying kodaks into
their pews on Sunday. No; not to take
snap shot Of the minister, but the
Washington kodak fiend stops on his
way to church to make shots, and after
the service he fingers on his way home
to do likewise. There is no other place
In the country where the kodak f1end is
50 insatiate as he is in the capital."-
New York Sun.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
Able to Hear 1t.

1t is well known that Joseph Medill
of the Chicago Tribune was somewhat
deaf, although his ability at times to
hear what was said in an ordinary tone
of voice was frequently remarked.
1t Is related Of him that he dropped
into the business department of the Of
fee one day to make an inquiry about
something that had occurred to him,
and young man who had been in his
employ only few months undertook
in loud tone Of voice to enlighten him.
what did you say" asked Mr.. Me-
dill, putting his hand to his ear.
The young man repeated the question
in still louder voice.
Il can't hear you," said the editor.
"Oh, chase yourself around the block,
you old granny muttered the impa-
tient employee Just above his breath.
II am not an old granny" said Mr..
Medill, turning away, land shall not
chase myself around the block"
The fresh young man made imme-
diate arrangements to say goodby to
his job, but the great editor probably
thought that the lesson he had received
was sufficient and did not disturb him.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
A Big Difference.

Kendrick (Who for two months has
been studying French)-Say, Sutton,
can write good letter in French
now.
Sutton-Hm! Is that so? Well, you
may be able to write good letter in
French, but 1 don't believe you can
write a letter in good French.-Boston
Transcript
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
Kind of Her.

May-The girls were all crazy tc
know whether you are engaged.
Marion-But you didn't tell them, did
you?
May-Oh, no! said that when the
time came you wanted to announce 1t
yourself.-Detroit Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
Peculiar PrubIeu,

Subtract 45 from 45 and have 45 left.
1t can be done, strange to say. Here
is the method: Put down the numerals
1 to in a row in reverse order; under
meath place the same numerals in regu-
lar order. The sum of the figures in
each row is 45; subtract the lower row
from the upper
1857 654321 1=45
1884 567e p=A5
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
An ObIiging Tradesmnn,

Mrs. Youngwife-I want five pounds
of sugar, please.
Dealer-Yes, ma'am. Shall we send
it for you?
Mrs. Youngwife-No, I'll take it with
me if it isn't too heavy.
Dealer-I'll make it as light as pos
sible for you, ma'am.-Philadelphia
Press.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
An I-nre1iahIs Aaane-

'I suppose you lay a great deal of
stress on the adage Money talks r"
said the man who gets fsmiliarly face,
tious.
"No, sir" said Senator Sorghum. IF
you had observed as many inyestga-
tions as 1 have, you'd know th;t the
SUCCESS of pecuniary enterprise fire.
quently depends on the ability to keep
perfectly still. ll."-Washipgton Star.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20

The hardworking laborers and coolies
seen everywhere in Japan wear only a
narrow loin scarf and straw sandals.
In cold and rainy weather they wear a
macintosh Of loose straw over their
shoulders and Q mammoth rude hat.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
EXPLAINED.

NAV, what's de difference between
er politician and er statesman?
"Well, honey, a mushrooms good
amt it?
Eyes, 'um.'
"And toadstool is pizen, amt it?"
"Yes, 'um.'
And dey bof look alike?
Eyes, 'um."
"Des same difference from a states
man to politician. Brooklyn Life.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
What a Knight of the Garter Wears.

w nat hhIB OF tnc UdfteE "edrns
A Knight Of the Garter dressed In
the .regalia is an imposing sight. He
wears blue velvet mantle with a star
embroidered on the left breast. His
trunk hose, stockings and shoes are
white, his hood and surcoat crimson.
The garter, of dark blue velvet edged
with gold and bearing the motto, "Honi
soft qui NAL Y pense" C'Shame to him
who thinks Ill Of it'), also in gold, is
buckled about the left leg below the
knee. The heavy golden collar consists
of &c pieces, each In tire form Of gar
ter, bearing the motto, and from it
hangs the George" a badge which
represents st. George on horseback en-
countering the dragon. The '1esser
George" is smaller badge attached to
a blue ribbon worn over the left shoul-
der. The star Of the order consists of
eight points, within which is the cross
Of st. George encircled by the garter.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
Charges.

Your lawyer made some pretty Sc
we're charges against the other fellow,
didn't he?
! "Y-e-eS, but you ought to see how he
charged meF-GreeR Bag,
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
Two Critics.

AS my "Bed Of Ferns" large study
from nature on Saranac lake, says w.
J. Stillman In The Atlantic, was the
first thing in which l had attempted
to Introduce a human interest in the
landscape l was naturally inclined to
consider it my most important work,
and was dismayed when Ruskin
came to see me and in a tone of ex-
treme disgust said. pointing to the
dead deer and man: What do you put
that stuff In for? Take 1t out; it
stinksr'
My reverence for Ruskin's opinions
was such that made no hesitation In
painting out the central motive Of the
picture, for which both subject and
effect Of light had been selected. IN
fortunately I habitually used copaI
varuish as a medium. When Rossetti
called again, he asked me, with a look
of dismay, what / had done to my pic
ture. explained to him that on Rus
kin's advice 1 had painted out the fig
ures, and exclaiming, "You have spoil
ed your picture" he walked out Of the
room in rage.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20

The metal in the big bell of Moscow
weighs nearly 200 tons and is valued
Mt several thousand pounds
The great popular maIadies, throat,
nasal and bronchial catarrh, are quite
unknown in Spitzbergen.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
Agreed.

The Mistress-Bridget you must stay
until get another girl.
Bridget-That was my intenshun,
anyway. 1 want her to know the
koind oY a woman ye are!-Harper'
BaZar
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20

If a census Of the colored people we're
to be taken, we would find that there
are few black Smiths among them
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
8 6 40 7bs 2=kb

The sum of the third row Of figures
is also 45. Thus you have taken As
from 40 and have As as remainder.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20

Solomon was the wisest of men. He
knew enough to cut his copy up into
short paragraphs. In that way he sue
ceeded in getting his writings read
Boston Transcript.
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20

The greatest troubles in life .ars
those which do not happen
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
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Skin Diseases, Nervous
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Amador ledger., 1900-07-20

Practices in every court on the western hemi-
cages. Makes loans and collections. Am the red
headed, scar faced, freckle begriIne5 legal Ma
poleon Of the slope and always in the saddle. Ac-
tive as the wild, untamed feline. Fierce as lion
and gentle as dove.
'AND WITH GOOD ADVICE MAKE WAR"
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
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For century raising
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Amador ledger., 1900-07-20

The occupants of a balloon a mile
high command q radius of SO miles. /
Amador ledger., 1900-07-20
A Hustler
LAWYER

This is the letterhead of an Iowa law
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-03-15

Gen. Buffers final success in relieving
Ladysmith is moral rather than a mill
tary gain. Considered merely as a mill
tary advantage, the release of Gen. White
and his small army has cost about as
much as it is worth. While it sets free
this starving and plucky remnant of the
original army of occupation in Natal, it
also releases similar force of Beers
from siege duty. The honors are even
in that respect. The British have lost
about 1000 men in the four months
fighting for the relief of Ladysmth, not
including the 1000 or more who fell or
were captured in the battles that pre-
ceded the siege The town itself is
worthless as a strategic point, except for
its railway connections. Its loss Is no
great blow to the Beers.
The relief of Ladysmth and the with
drawal Of the Beers from Colesberg and
jamestown mark the beginning of the
fourth stage of the campaign in South
Africa. The first stage opened with the
advance of the Beers into Natal and Cape
Colony, about the middle of October. The
object was to drive the British from the
coal districts of Natal, to gain possession
of the railroads extending inio the Free
State and the Transvaal by way of
Laing's Mex and Van Reenen's Pass, TO
prevent the use of the railroads in north
ern Cape Colony, and to promote a ris-
ing among the Cape Colony Dutch
In two weeks the British were driven
from northern Natal. and We're besieged
in Ladysmith; in less time the British
force in the west had been penned up in
Kimberley and Mafeking. and the Beers
held all the roads in northern Cape Col
ony leading to the Orange river crossings.
The second stage of the campaign open
ed about Nov. 20, with the REINFORCED
and reorganized British army advancing
in four columns. Gen. Methuen moved