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Amador ledger., 1902-11-14

A MANS BLUSHES.
He Will Fly the Red Signal More
Quickly Than a Woman

Quickly Than a Woman.
''If there is any one thing that makes
me want to get up and talk right out
in meeting it is to hear it said of
man that he bushes like woman"
said the social philosopher to a repre-
sentative of the New York Times.
How women ever gained the repu-
tation of having run up a corner in
bushes is beyond my comprehension.
The report does her q grave injustice,
for as matter of fact she not only has
no monopoly in bushes, but does not
make use of the share that properly
belongs to her There are some wo-
men, of course, who blush if you even
blink an eyelid in their direction, but
as general thing men blush much
more readily and more violently than
women.
''This Is not random statement that
l am making for the purpose of hear
ing myself talk, but a sober deduction
founded on careful observation. For
years have made it point to study
the sexes in -1oments of embarrass-
ment and the statistics 1 have jotted
down prove that in nine cases out of
ten the average man will fly the red
signal of distress much more quickly
than the average woman. This holds
good in all sorts of situations.
Crack a joke at a mans expense,
he bushes; ply him with awkward
questions, he bushes; subject him to
some humiliation or let some ludicrous
accident befall him in public, and he
straightway rivals the boiled lobster
In hue. A woman may redden slightly
under the same circumstances, but her
blush is diluted and perfunctory COM
pared with the brilliant, sunlit glow
that suffuses the countenance of man.
81 don't attempt to explain the phe-
Observation-Disclosures and moralists
may do that if they can-but merely
give the f,,s,.; fer what they are worth
in the hope that the next time a story
writer has crop of bushes to dispose
of he will ring few changes on the
old phrase that has done duty for gen.
erations and say of the heroine that
she 'bluShed like a man."
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
When jackson Dined,

While the dinner hour still clings to
the noontime among country people it
has advanced in the cities until now it
occurs at any time between noon and
midnight. And that reminds us, says
the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, of
one of the many stories about Colonel
Dayy Crockett. While he was q mem
Der of congress and was at his home in
Tennessee some one asked him about
the dinner hour in Washington. He
said the common people ate dinner at
IL. the next above them at 1, the mer-
chants at 2, the representatives at 8.
the senators at 4, members of the cabi-
net at 8 and the vice president at 8.
But when does the president diner
What! Old Hickory2" said Crockett,
anxious to fix time that would suit
his idea of Jacksons greatness. well,
he don't eat till next dayr'
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
Newpo,t,s Architecture.

The cottages of Newport afford a
strange commentary upon the con-
trasting tastes of the american ma
ton. Their heterogeneity were impos-
sible in race of settled culture, In a
race of common blood, in a country Of
limited extent. But the United States
is a nation of nations. Its people are
not Americans, but Englishmen and
Scotsmen, Frenchmen and Germans,
Italians and Spaniards of the third or
fourth or tenth generation, says the
Smart Set. Their taste in archtec-
ture is a taste that was born on the
sunny Mediterranean shore. in cozy
Normandy orchards, in classic Spain
and Italy, in baronial Scotland and
England. 1t is revealed in the cha
teaux, the castles, the villas. the log
gias of Newport. Seville and Wei
beck, Florence and Falaise, here stand
side by side on the same strip of grass,
separated only by grille from Venice
or Antwerp.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
A TRUE HERO.
One of the Kind That Gets Little
Recognition Here Below.

One of the Kind That Gets Little
Recognition Here Below.
Did you ever know a hero real we'll?
| know at least one and quite intimate
ly. Who? 1 am afraid you would hard
ly recognize his name, and besides it
would not be just right to give it here.
He is only an old bachelor who works
in shop. He has been at one bench
for something like-well, from this you
may judge: When he began, he was
fresh from school. He lives in q little
frame house, with an absurd little
back yard hardly more than big enough
for the syringa bush and the ash bar
rel.
1.-THE first morning l started for the
shop" he once told me, 81 cut across
the back yard and climbed the fence.
l have been doing it ever since, and it
has been a long time" In the tiny
lawn is worn deep foOtpath The top
rail of the back fence is smoothly pol
ished. His feet wore the path His
hands polished the rail. And all these
years he has worked at the same
OCICA, lItc WOrh.
Not that he lacks intelligence or that
he never had an ambition. Intelligence
he most certainly has, no mean lore of
books and wide, generous grasp of
affairs and the drift of things. Ambi-
tfon he had, too, but that was before
his feet had worn a path across the
back yard. 1 am quite sure that he
once loved. In fact, 1 suspect that
know the one he loved, and that she
loved him. But he never married She
did, though she has been widowed for
dozen years.
But why, you ask, with intelligence
and ambition, did he stick to his
bench? In an upper room of his little
cottage is a window blind which is
never opened. Behind that blind, peer
ing out through the shutters with un-
recognizing gaze, sits one who bears
the outward form of manhood, yet
lacks manhood's mental qualities. The
one behind the blind is his brother.
Downstairs, puttering feebfy about and
speaking only in high, thin, querulous
tones, is wan and bent old woman
his mother. For the sake of these two
he has worn the path in the lawn; for
them he put away ambition; for them
he stified the love that once stirred
within him.
He is past middle age now, thin as to
hair, stopped as to shoulders. Yet is
there tenderness in his voice, a cheer
full sweetness in his smile, a patient
resignation in his pale blue eyes, that
make his manner of such mild gentle
ness as you might expect in saint.
From him comes never word of COM
plaint; about him is no trace of dis
appointment, no hint of bitterness.
And so, though few know his name
though he wears no glittering gauds,
though he goes his way unhampered
by pomp or circumstance and all un-
recognized by church or state, 1 can
not help but count him one of earth's
true heroes. Don't you?-Sewell Ford
in Brandur Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
A JUGGLER's TRICK.
Clever Feat of Illusion Performed by
an East Indian.

an East Indian.
The wonderful feats of East Indian
jugglers have formed the theme Of
many Il letter from travellers in the
orient, but none is more surprising than
that for which an old seadog vOuches.
While he was an officer on board a
p. and 0. steamship two natives came
aboard at Madras, he says. They were
a juggler and his assistant After they
had performed number of minor
feats and gathered quite a crowd
around them they called for a sack
and piece of sailcloth.
These having been provided, the
chief juggler made small tentlike
structure with the canvas and some
stools. He then placed his assistant
in the sack and allowed sailor to tie
the knot which bound him fast pris-
oner. This done, the chief carried the
sack into an open space, warning the
people to stand back some distance,
and then carried on an animated con-
versatiOn with his assistant. whose re-
plies could be distinctly heard coming
from the sack. Suddenly the chief
rushed forward, picked up the sack
and dumped it overheard, where, to
the horror of the passengers and crew,
it sank out of sight
Immediately the captain rushed for
ward and seized the man, under the
full belief that he had murdered his
companion, but the juggler only
smiled and, pointing to the canvas,
asked that it be raised. This was
done, and the supposed drowned man
was discovered squatting on the deck
So realistic had been the throwing
overheard, however, that it was some
time before the surprised passengers
could realize murder had not been
committed.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
Women In Paris Streets.

1t is quite feature of Paris to see
streams of open carriages, private and
hired, taking folks for an after dinner
drive along the grand boulevards,
which are thronged with promenaders
and groups of people sitting outside
cafes talking. Now and again a car
riage will stop to deposit its burden in
front of cafe and return later, either
to this or another to which its occu-
pants have migrated.
With her husband Frenchwoman
may go anywhere, and it is quite Gus
tomary for the very incest. French
women to take coffee in the open air
outside a cafe and make this a pleas
ant meeting place for friends.-Ex-
change
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
Church and Workmen.

It would be an eXaggeration to say
that all working people feel antago-
nistic toward the church. Their general
attitude is rather that of Indifference.
The thinking poor are well enough
aware that there is nothing unnatural
in the situation and that if the tables
were SO turned that world advantage
shifted to their side it would probably
remain unchanged. AT times their feel
ing, especially toward the clergy, is GU
riously sympathetic. Say" remarked
a labor leader of vivid mind to the
writer-"say, Pm awfully sorry for
ministers. Most Of them are real good
men. They know well enough what
Christ meant, and they'd like first rate
to preach if they dared. But, Lord,
how can they? They've got to draw
their salaries; they've got families to
support" All this quite without
touch of irony.-Vida D. Scudder In
Atlantic.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
Noah Left the Ark on AnriI 90

Saturday, April %, is the day marked
in all ancient calendars as being the
one upon which Noah and his family
quilted the ark after having withstood
the siege of the great deluge. The day
is marked in all ancient calendars, es-
pecially British, as egressus Noe de
area, the 18th Of March, the day upon
which Noah, his family and their great
floating collection Of natural history
specimens set sail, being designated in
the same class of early printed litera-
ture as introitus No@ in area, "the day
of Noah's entrance into the ark" Why
these days were chosen as the ones
upon which the supposed embarkation
and debarkation were made are enig-
mas which the antiquarians have not
yet solved.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
FORGING A FASHION.
How Hats Were Introduced to tn
South African SayaSes.

Andres De Villiers, Boer, was the
person who first introduced hats among
the South African natives, says the
Hatters' Gazette, and profit, not phi
lan;hropy, was his motive. One morn
Ing many years ago he CHANGED in Port
Elizabeth to come across a consign-
ment of damaged hats offered for a
mere song. He bought the whole lot,
packed them away in his wagon and
started for Kaffirland
When he reached Tembuland, he un-
loaded his stocf. opened his kegs of liQ-
uor, without which no trade was made
i'll those days, and began business But
he found his venture likely to prove an
Improbable one. The natives did not
want hats. They wanted blankets and
beads and looking glasses and above
all liquor, but they looked askance at
hats. Then a bright idea came to An
dries. He wanted to introduce those
hats. He did introduce them. His sim
pie expedient was to refuse to sell any
thing to Katfir unless he bought q
hat too. The Kaffirs wanted his goods,
so they bought the hats
When Katfir buys anything, he
feels bound TO make use of 1t. The na-
tives therefore donned their head gear
and returned to their kraals Now ap-
peared the brilllancy of the traders
idea. Fashion rules the world. 1t is as
strong in Africa as in America, and
when those who had stayed at home
saw the travellers return in all the glo-
ry of this strange covering they felt
behindhand and old fashioned. Their
desire to possess the latest thing in
hats became intense They paid An
dries visit, and his stock no longer
hung heavy upon his hands. The hats
were soon sold.
This happened some time ago, and
now every trading store keeps a supply
of hats constantly on hand. They are
said to be manufactured expressly for
the natives, and no one who glances at
the show will doubt it.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
Who Told the Fibf

The bell rang, and the occupier Of
the apartment started to the window
to see who the visitor might be. To
his annoyance he saw a persistent
creditor who had evidently called
again for payment of his long out
standing account. The impecunious
one instantly called to his youthful
son and said:
Tommy, go to the door at once. l
don't want to see that man. Tell him
Pm not at home"
"Oh, papa, 1 thought you never told
fibs," remarked Tommy.
Il don't, my boy. It's you that's 60
ing to tell one. Now run off."-New
York Times.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
He WOuIdn,t Sulit.

The tramp in the green goggles stood
before the door.
"Yes," said the housewife kindly;
you can have good meal if you split
that wood"
Madam" said the tramp in a pre-
else grammatical manner, 81 was born
and raised in Boston But stop, shall
/ tell you the sad, sad story of my
Mfe?"
"Yes, yes"
when youth in Boston, I was dis
Inherited for splitting an infinitive, and
since then (his voice broke have
vowed never to split anything, not
even the woodr
"Sick i'm, Tiger Baltimore Herald.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
Instincts That Lead to Death.

Professor Mivart proved that there
are instincts" that lead to death by
falling to adapt themselves to change
Of circumstances. Migratory quail by
thousands perish in the deserts Of
northern Africa, where their ancestors
used to find comfortable winter re-
sort, abounding with forests and even
with grainfields, If we shall credit
Pliny's account of the Numidian coast
lands. The forests are gone, but myri-
ads of quail still follow in the same
route at the risk of starvation.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
His case Nor So Bad After A1l

"Ah, it's sad old world" sighed the
man who had been cheated out of $50.
"Yes," assented his neighbor. "One
of my horses got his head fast in the
hayrack last night and broke his neck
1 was offered 5000 for him less than
month ago."
"Pshaw! That's too bad. Looks as
though it was going to brighten up,
doesn't 1tT' And he went on his way
whistling cheerfully.-Chicago Record
Herald.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
Pulling Out the Pegs,

Susie, aged four, had been out in the
country on visit. On her return she
urged her mother to let her keep
COW.
"But, SUSIE" said the mother, there
is no one here to take care of the COW
and milk it."
ooh, yes. I'll do that, mamma"
"Can you milk COW? How do yoa
do it?"
"Oh, L know how. I'll just pull the
pegs out like the man does."-Lippin-
colts.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
No Consolation For Cracked China.

No Consolation For Cracked China.
How many housekeepers there are
that can sympathize with the old Vir-
ginia lady who said to her friend on
finding treasured old cup cracked by
a careless maid, 81 know of nothing to
compare with the affiiction of losing
a handsome piece of old china" Sure
ly," said the friend, 'it is not so bad
as losing ones children" Eyes, it is,
for when your children die you do
have the consolation Of religion. you
know"
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
Fixing the Blame,

Mr.. Snow was seen holding the week
ly paper as far away as he could get
it and working his head from side to
side, with squinted eyes. "Soho! Your
sights begun to fail We at last" said
the visitor bluntly. "Well, faint sur
prising at your age"
Mr.. Snow glared. "My eyesight's all
rightr' he roared. ''The only trouble is
my pesky arm isn't long enoughv'-
Youths Companion.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
A Serinns Matter

$50 he's trying to live on other peo-
Pies brains," said the publisher indig-
nantly.
whats the trouble? Has some one
been stealing the ideas from your
booksf'
II suppose so. But that's a minor
matter. They're trying to coax away
the man who writes my advertise
ments."- Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
nraidens Sold hx Anctio.

A singular custom obtains to this day
In some Of the towns on the lower
Rhine-namely, that of selling" maid
ems at public auction. For nearly four
centuries on Easter Monday-auction
day-the town crier or clerk of St.
Gcar has called all the young people
together and to the highest bidder sold
the privilege of dancing with the cho-
sen girl, and her only, during the entire
year. The fees are put into the public
poor box.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
His Conscience.

First Bohemian Ito second ditto)-I
can't for the life Of me think why you
wasted all that time haggling with
that tailor chap and beating him down
when you know, old chap, you won't
be able to pay him at all.
Second Bohemian-Ah, that's It'll I
have Q conscience, ! want the poor
chap to lose AZ little as possible!-
PunGf.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
A,tronomy Before Cbrist.

About 500 B. G. Anaxagoras of Ionia
was born. When he ''grew up in wis
DOM" he was the first to teach the
lunar eclipses and to give his follow
ers rules whereby they could distin-
guish planets from fixed stars. He
was punished for declaring that the
sun was not god.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
A Long Green One.

"Bribem's interested in that bill you
voted for" said the first councilman.
Sure" replied the other. "Don't
you suppose 1 know that?"
Did he ask you personally to vote
for it?"
"WelEer-he just handed me a
note."-Kennebec Journal.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14

SAFE DEPOSIT-Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank OF Amador County at the
small expense of IS cents a month, thereby Sc
curing you against any possible loss from fire
or otherwise. Don't overlook this opportunity
of protecting your valuables.
SAVE MONEY-Patronize q home institu-
tion. Send money away through the Bank of
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over postoff1ce or express. Money sent
parts OF the world We have the latest quota
tions on foreign exchange
SAVE MONEY-It doesn't cost anything to
deposit money in the Bank OF Amador County.
the new year by opening up bank account. A
man or woman with bank account has q
financial standing. Don't bury your money I;
when you die it can't be found and you are liza
BILE TO be robbed while alive
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
A Rec Line.

The directness of the bees fight is
proverbial. The shortest distance be-
tween any two given points is called a
bee line. Many observers think that the
immense eyes with which the insect is
furnished greatly assist, if they do not
entirely account for, the arrowy
straightness Of its passage through the
air
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
Fame.

"When grow up" remarked Bobby
Toughmuscles, II am going to be the
peoples choice"
"Pugilist or PRESIDENT asked Tom
my Sharpboy. CINCINNATI Commercial
Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14

There is no crime. All crime is igno-
rance. It's remedy is education Free.
dom.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
The ResponsibiIitx,

Anxious Father-Do the best you can
for him, doctor. That is all can ask.
If it is the will Of Providence
Surgeon-Don't try to place the re-
sponsibility on Providence in this caas
Mr.. McJones. You bought the toy pis-
tol for the boy yourself.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
valuable Prediction.

Doctor, do you remember three
months ago that you predicted posi-
lively that would be dead man III
six weeksT"
"Why, yes, ~
"Well, I've got a friend in the next
room who is Respondent about himself
Just tell him there is no hope for him.
will you "-New York Herald.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
Her Observation.

do you believe that monkeys can
talk like human beingsT
mo-" answered Miss Cayenne, "but
have known human beings who could
chatter like monkeys" - Washington
Star.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
Repudiates 1t.

where did that child get her man
nersT"
mot from my side Of the house."
'Why notf'
Because she hasn't any," Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
His Art.

"Oh, Mr.. Growelle," gushed Mics
Nupson, "how did you ever learn to
paint such beautiful pictures?"
ST asked a man once" replied the art
LIST, "and he told me how."-Indianapc-
Liz News.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14

Every one should occasionally say
"Whoaw to himself Because his
friends do not say it does not indicate
that he doesn't need it.-Atchison
Globe.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
NJ. E. Church Services

Preaching every Sunday at II a. m. and 1880
p. m. Sunday school, p. m; Senior Epworth
League, AS p. m; Midweek Prayer meetings,
Thursday, 7:30 p. m.
Rev. G. II. Van Vliet, pastor.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
A Striking Similarity.

Bachley-Why is a woman like time?
Benedict-Because she never fails to
get her man in the end.
Bachley-No; because she reveals all
things.-Exchange.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
Tact.

"What do you suppose is the secret
ef Miss BANDS social success?"
"She always remembers exactly what
to forget."-1ndianapolis News.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14

An orange tree in full bearing has
been known 10 produce $4,000 oranges.
a lemon tree, 5000 lemons.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14

Right is more beautiful than private
affection and is compatible with uni
versal wisdom,
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14

In writing a letter the great genius is
the one who remembers what should
be left out-Exchange.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14

PIONEER FLOUR always has been
and still is the best.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
JACKSON, CAL.

niSTRTBUTING AGENTS FOR j. F. MAR
~ tell Cognac, Moet & Chaudon White Seal
and Private Cuvee Champagne; Morgan Bros
Puerto de Santa Maria Sherries: Royal Wine
Company, Oporto, Port Wines; Dubois Freres,
Bordeaux Clarets and Sauternes; CANADIAN
CLUB WHISKY, Hiram Walker Sons, Linn
tied. Walkerville, Ontario, Canada; John de
Kuyper g. Zoon, Rotterdam, Gin; Gilks Kuem-
mel, from A. Gilka Berlin; Barthloomay
Brewery Company, Rochester, N. Y, Knicker-
booker Beer; Dogshead Brand of Guinness
Stout and Bass Ale bottled by Read Bros,
London); Cantrell s. Cochrane, Belfast, Ginger
Ale; Naglee Brandy; Reimported American
Whiskies.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14

ITO FRINTERS.-A COMPLETE OUTFIT
j. for a Seven or Eight Column Paper, in
cluding Washington Hand Press, body and dis
play type, rules leads. etc. Will be sold cheap
for cash.
Also one Mustang Mailer, and Mailing Out
fit; good as new. Address, Ledger ofice Jack
son, Cal.
Amador ledger., 1902-11-14
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS
BANK OF AMADOR COUNTY
Incorporated November, 1895
Capital Stock $4,000
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Alfonso Ginocchio, S. G. Spsgnoli, John Strohm,
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey OF jackson.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-29
MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York. May 2S-Today's stock mar
ket offers small subject for comment l.;
was strictly an affair of room trading.
Outside orders were insignificant. Tho
news Of the day. which was slight exert
ed only Il nominal influence. The fac
that the rise OF something over a point
in Reading was accompanied by rumOrS
that developments were impending en-
couraging a hope of the settlement Of the
coal strike had very little weight. as
many Wall street offices had dispatches
from the mining region reporting the
prospects unchanged. The buying of St.
Paul was just as little accepted in
dicating any important development in
the crop situation, although the weathC:
map was favorable and the sharp reaction
in the grain markets offered some cor
rOboration. There was some demand for
the soft coal carriers on the ground that
the shortage Of anthracite enhances the
demand for soft coal substitute. The
speculative realizing in Canadian Pacific
continued and removed the stimulating
effect of the recent rise in that stock un-
on the market. The feeling of disap-
pointmcnt over the lack of definite peace
announcement by the British cabinet had
some slight reflection al the opening here.
\ sharp break in the London market for
raw copper helped to keep back AmalGa-
mated. \ good part of the advances were
lost on room profit taking and the mar
kct closed lifelcss and heavy. The mar
kct for bonds was duh ana steady. To-
tai sales, par value. Sl,9l0M0. United
States bonds were all unchanged on the
last call.