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Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
TWO MEN AND A MORAL.
An Incident That Supplies Consider
able Food For Thought.

An Incident That Supplies Consider
able Food For Thought.
These ought We to do and not to leave the
others undone.
A pale young man 1T down on a
bench in the park. He put torn bag
of tools under the bench.
A small, red faced man came behind
him. He stopped to steal the bag.
The pale man turned and said in a
slow, tired way: Drop that. 1t amt
worth stealing"
The ruddy man said, Not If you're
lookin'."
The pale man set the bag at his feet
and said:
"It's poor business you're in"
You don't look as If yours was any
better" He sat down. whats your
callin'?'
"I'm an ironworker; bridge work"
Don't look strong enough"
That's so. I'm just out of the hos
pital; got hurt three months ago."
I'm just out of hospital, too" he
grinned.
"What hospital?"
"Sing Sing"
what? Jail?"
Eyes; not bad in winter, either.
There's a society helps a fellow after
you quit that hospital. Gives you good
clothes too"
Clothes? Is that sol"
Gets you work.
"Work-good God! 1 wish they'd get
me some"
you amt bad enough. Go and grab
somethin'. Get a short sentence; first
crime. Come out and get looked after
by nice ladies'"
''My GodP'
Didn't they do nothin' for you when
you got out Of that hospital?"
mo! Why the devil should they? I'm
only an honest mechanic. Are you 60
in'P'
Eyes. I've got to go after that job.
It'll give me time to look about me.
Gosh, but you look bad! Goodby."
The ruddy man rose, looked back,
Jingled the few coins in his pocket, hes
itated and walked away whistling.
The pale man sat still on the bench,
staring down at the ragged bag of tools
at his feet.-Dr. Weir Mitchell in Cen
tury.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
LlNCOLN'S DISPATCHES.
Why Many of Them Were Date,
From the War Department..


From the War Department..
Surprise is often expressed by very
intelligent people that so large a pro-
portion Of President Lincoln's most i'm
portant kilograms and some of his let
ters are dated from the war depart
ment instead Of the executive mansion
and none of them from the navy, treas
ury or other administrative bureaus.
This is generally deemed a very singu-
lar fact, and from 1t writer's have
plausibly drawn the conclusion that
Lincoln personally likNlnl6lss cretary
Of war better than an = me other
cabinet officers. While this indeed ap-
pears to have been true, it does not nec-
essarily so follow. He certainly held
Mr.. Seward in high regard. yet he sell
dom went to the state department.
In the circumstances it was not at all
singular. The explanation is easy. War
was the business of that time, and Lin
coins eyes were always bent to the
army, especially when great military
events were impending. He habitually
haunted the adjacent war department
and army headquarters, where abode
General Halleck. his military adviser,
for news and views Head and heart
were strenuously concentrated on the
fight, wherever it might be. His fertile
brain saw, too, the critical points in the
game oftentimes far more clearly than
some of his so called "ablest generals"
He not only wished to know what was
going on in the field, but performed his
own part nobly. In the heat of action
or at crucial moments his orders, sug-
gestions and inquiries were fired of
spontaneously from wherever he might
be at the moment, and at such periods
he was generally "over at the war de-
partment" with Mr.. Stanton. That is
the chief reason why SO many Of his
dispatches are dated at that depart
ment and not because he perhaps held
Stanton in higher esteem than the seq
retary Of the navy or state or treasury
-Lippincott's Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
AN INCENSE PARTY.
Odd Etiquette of an Interesting jap.
Rnese Function.

If you ever receive an invitation to a
Japanese incense party, accept it
promptly and thankfully. 1t has no
counterpart in our own social system
and Is as merry and pleasant an affair
as can be imagined. The people Of the
mikado's land have trained the nos
trils for generations the same as we
have trained the eye and ear, and they
display skill which at times is star
tling to q westerner. There is an odd
etiquette to be followed In these social
affairs. For the twenty-four hours
preceding the party each guest must
avoid the use Of anything which can
produce any odor whatever. Scented
soaps. perfumes, odorous foods and
even spices must be avoided. These
prevent the user from smelling accii-
rately and also interfere with the other
members Of the party.
When you dress, be careful to put on
sno garment that has been kept in the
neighborhood of camphor wood, tobac-
co. bouquets, dried blossoms or scented
powder. When you reach the house Of
your host, enter 1t as softly as you can
and as slowly as possible. This is to
prevent making a draft by the move
ment Of your own body. Be equally
leisurely in opening and closing doors,
as quick movement induces a sud-
den rush Of air. In the drawing room
the hostess burns series of incenses,
usually four or FIVE In number. Each
guest is allowed to take three shifts Of
each incense and must then jot down
its name and number upon a card.
Each of the four OR FIVE incenses is
burned two or three times, so that the
number Of cards will vary from eight
to fifteen. At the end the cards are
laid out on the table, and the hostess
reads the names Of the incenses en-
Cployed. which are checked off upon
the cards. The guest who has guessed
the largest number receives a pretty
prize. which is sometimes q silver or
bronze incense burner, statuette or
carving. Among the japanese the aver
age woman guesses correctly about six
times in ten, while with the American
women the ratio is three in ten.-New
York Post.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
HER LOST DIARY.
The Plaguy Thing Had All Her Dear
est Secrets Recorded Too.

The Plaguy Thing Had All Her Dear
est Secrets Recorded Too.
"Diaryw fairly shrieked the pretty
young lady, with flashing eyes, as she
walked down the avenue with a COM
panion. "DiaryI Don't you say diary
to me again. What do you know
about 1t, Kate"
Nothing, only that you told me that
you had commenced keeping a diary,
as usual, and supposed you had drop
ped it at the end Of month, as usual.
1 didn't mean to throw you into hys-
terics."
Kate, don't you ever breathe a word
of it. but I've lost that diary; dropped
1t somewhere on the street. And the
plaguy thing has all my dearest secrets
In it. | wrote just what thought too.
1t just sends me crazy. There it is in
black and white that Lillian looks like
a fright, that Hattie Is turning green
from jealousy, that Charley is Just too
sweet to live and that Fred hasn't
sense enough to talk more than three
minutes unless he rehearses in ad.
vance"
"Why don't you advertise and offer
a rewardT
Indeed, 1 won't. l never want to
see the thing again. If any one returns
1t, 1 shall declare that it's a forgery
from beginning to end. I'll never own
up the longest day i've"
What did you say about me, Edith p
"Oh, don't just remember, but some
thing nice. You can depend on that, for
you're my very dearest friend"
81 can help your memory. You wrote
that was the most ipquisittve little
mink in the city and that thought 1t
my special business to look after other
peoples business. Here's your diary.
You left 1t at our house. and Tommy
spelled out your estimate of me before
I knew what he was doing. Good after.
noon"
Then they looked at each other, both
began to cry, fell into each others arms
and in Ave minutes were criticising q
mutual friend.-Kansas City Independ.
ent
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
no save Tempers and collars.


'You button your collar the wrong
way" said the salesman as he was
selling neckwear to customer.
"How is that?'
"You have buttoned the right side
last. Now, when you go to take it off
you will have to tug at the end of the
collar and crumple 1t, because you
can't get proper hold of it, but if you
had the left end on top you could get
it off easily, then loosen the collar be-
hind, and the right end could be easily
detached. That's why men have so
much trouble taking off we'll laundered
collars. Remember to fasten the right
side first and then the left, and you
will save your collars and your tenn
per-"
81 never supposed there was a right
and a wrong way of putting on col
lars"
''Try both ways and you will see.''-
New York Times.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
Recommending Coal

A promoter Of recently discovered
coal mine in Rhode Island sent guam
tity of the material to Professor - of
New York university. Afterward be
asked for a certificate of its quality,
whereupon the professor wrote:
To Whom It May Concern:
This is to certify that have tried this
coal in my f1replaces. CRATES and stoves
for several weeks, and, having done so,
can confidently recommend to all my
friends that they hurry into the state of
Rhode Island on the day OF judgment, be-
Ing well satisfied that it will be last por-
ton Of the earth to burn.
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
HAVE WOMEN iNTuITioNY
One Writer Says They Have Never
shown 1t In Literature.

Literature is the final expression of
human thought. If women can lay
claim to special faculty of intuition,
why do they not manifest it in their
writings? Intuition, if 1t means any
thing, means the faculty that gets
down to the germ of actions and char
acteristics and focuses external traits
into a central verify recognizable to
the general public. Now, there are
more female writer's than male No
woman poet has ever written an in-
evitable line, line that flashes spon-
taneously out of the unknown and casts
an Illuminating light upon the abyss.
Woman has added practically nothing
to our stock of familiar quotations.
Take down your Bartlett or your an
thology, and you may be surprised to
find that from Mrs. Browning to Mrs.
Meynell women have never coined a
phrase which has passed into the COM
mon currency of speech. Mrs. Brown
ing has indeed written fine lines, but
nothing of hers can be said to have be-
come household word.
Nor has any woman novelist created
any character that is generally recog-
nized as typical. George Eliot has
come closest with her Tito Melema
and Mrs. Poyser. You would appeal
only to the educated few if you de-
scribed person as a Tito or Poyser.
But call a man a Don Quixote, a
Micawber, a Dogberry, a Falstaff, a
Colonel Newcome, a Bilfil, a Parson
Adams or Bob Acres, call a woman a
Mrs. Malaprop, Becky Sharp, Bea-
trice, a Diana Vernon, a Meg Merrilies,
and even the illiterate will mentally
classify the individual as you wish him
or her to be classified.
"Ah, but" you say, 'in real life wo-
men are the true intuitions. They size
up man or woman at glance.
They are never mistaken when they
trust to their instincts"
l can only testify to my own expert
ence. l have not found that women's
snap judgments Of character are i'm
bued with any special verify. They
form likes or dislihes quicker than a
man does because they are quicker on
the trigger Of conjecture. They can
only be one Of two things, right or
wrong. If time proves that they are
right, as they must be in so per cent Of
cases, the right guess is remembered
and treasured up by the slower minded
man as an extraordinary instance Of
intuition. The wrong guess is forgot
ten.-William S. Walsh in Era.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
Theology as He Understood IT,

Passengers in an uptown car one aft
ernoon last week were very much en-
tertained and amused by a discussion
Of things spiritual by two colored pas
sengers. AS the debate waxed warmer
the voices of the debaters grew louder
until what was said was plainly audi
BILE to all in the car. After each had
made a confession Of faith and given
his views Of the means whereby mortal
man could gain salvation one Of the
pair blurted out in a tone that implied
that all his hope for the next world
was embodied in the words:
''Well, sab, b'lieYe dat what's gwine
to be is sho'ly gwine to be-"
Huh" grunted his companion con-
temptuously, "den yo' b'lieves in pre-
Observation-Disclosures Sun.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
Outward and vi.ih1e sien..

Ambitious Young Woman-Tell me
honestly, do you think ever will make
great actress?
Experienced Manager-Not unless
you can subdus that bright and cheer
full smile. Haven't you learned by OBJ
serving the pictures of great actresses
that they all wear look of tragic and
profound gloom m?-Chicago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
The Useful Men.

Encourage the useful men in the
community. Don't start foolish and un.
truthful stories about them and dis
courage the work they are doing. If
you cannot do anything for the public
good yourself, don't discourage those
who are willing to give their time and
money toward developing the commu-
nifty in which you live.-Atchison
Globe.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
The Limit,

"And the railway company agrees to
settle by paying me $4,000. does itT'
said the man who had been injured.
"How much Of 1t do getr
"You get all Of it." said the lawyer,
"Rnd you pay me what you please. II
didn't take me five minutes to get a
settlement out Of them"
This, o reader, is no fancy sketch
There are limits to the imaginative
faculty Of the human mind.-Chicagc
Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
Diorenes and Dor..

Diogenes died from the bite of dog,
and his last request to the neighbors
was that they throw his body into the
alley for the dogs to eat, but they re-
fused to do SO and gave him a noble
funeral and erected monument in his
honor. upon which was carved the fig
ure Of dog. the symbol of his life
Chicago Record-Herald.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
Out of Place.

Grocer-What have you been doing in
the cellar so long?
Grocer's APPRENTICE have been
cleaning out the sirup measure. 1t was
so choked up that it didn't hold more'n
half quart.
Grocer-Oh, that's what you've been
doing2 Well, you take your hat and go
home and tell your father to put you
into the tract distributing business.
You amt fitted for the grocery trade
London Answers.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
A Help to Early Rising.

Miikman-You're up unusually early
this morning, Johnny.
Johnny (without looking up from his
dime noyel)-Yeh. Nom sent me to
bed last night just as Pretty Pete was
about 10 gesspe the lovely Maiden
hiladAphia HEess.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
DfacouraRinH.

Jester-Poor old Skinfint has his
troubiesI
Jimson-Whatl Why, he's making
barrels and barrels of money.
Jester-I know, but the price Of bar
Fels has gone up.-Boston Post.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
She Did.

"Auntie, Charles Gass proposed to
me last night"
''The impudent fellowl Somebody
ought to sit down on him."
'Why, auntie, I rather think some
body did."-Baltimor News.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
Lucky For the Ancesto,.

"It's a great thing to have a ne line
of ancestors"
Doubtless it is. and it mighty
good thing, too. that so g Of these fine
lines of AT res a. could I look into the
future ane SEE their descendants."-
Chicago Post
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
Had a. Hanee

Mother-Do you think that young
man has saved anythingf
Daughter-Undoubtedly, ma. He says
he has never loved before.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
N. z. Church Services.

Preaching every Sunday at II a. m and $50
p. m. Sunday school, p. m; Senior EpSorth
League, 6:45 p. m; Midweek Prayer meetings,
Thursday, 1850 pm.
Rev, g, q. Van ylist, pastor.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27

Gossip is unfair. 1t is more persistent
about man under suspicion than it is
about a man well known to be tough
Atchison Globe.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27

When you find yourself hating a man
as much after meal as you did be-
fore, it is time to call halt.-Atchison
Globe.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
WHEN LIFE'S AT STAKE

The most timid man will take any
chance of escape. The slender rope
dropped down the precipice, the SLIP
perry log over the abyss, anything that
offers chance of life, is eagerly snatch
ed at. The end the man seeks is safety.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27

Some people seem to think they have
% prove they have mind by speaking
Y. f.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27

medcine m1 ineG hinder %ou ron tTvinqp pIsuP Sa
has cured thousands of suffering men
and women?
uonly for DR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery 1 think would be in my grave to-day
writes Mr. Moses Miles, of Hilllard Uinta Co,
Wyoming III had asthma so bad could not
sleep at night and was compelled to give up
work. 1t affected my lungs 50 that equghed
all the time, both day and night. My friends
all thought had consumption. My wife had
taken DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and It
had helped her so much she insisted on my Try
ing his Golden Medical Discovery which I
did. have taken four bottles and am now q
we'll man, weighing IsS pounds, thanks to Or.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery"
The sole motive for substitution is to
permit the dealer to make the little more
profit paid by the sale of less meritorious
medicines. He gains; you lose.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27

He cares nothing
for the means to
that end.
There are thou
sands of men and
women whose
lives are at stake,
who are hindered
from accepting
the one means of
safety by foolish
prejudice.
Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical
Discovery has
been the means OF
restoring health
to many men and
women whose hol-
low cough, bleed
ing lungs, ema-
citation and weak
ness seemed to
warrant the state
ment of local ply
sicians-vThere is
no cure possible. 4"
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27

A hopeless man is deserted by hin,-
pelf, and he who deserts himself Is sooA
ieserted by his friends.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
Church Notice.

st. Augustine's Mission, room situat-
ed on Court street. Services as follows:
Every 1st and Sd Sunday, services at
II a. m. Every I'd and 4th Sunday,
services at 1880 p. m. Sunday school
every Sunday at p. m. The Young
Peoples Society of Spiritual Growth
will meet every Sunday, at $50 p. m
If WILLIAM TUSoN, Rector.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27

RS. LEWIS q THORNTON
14O Geary street, San Francisco.
ktice Limited to Chronic and Complicated
Diseases.
Only Hot-Air Well on the Pacific Coast.
|rs % to IL A. NJ, to p. NJ. Evenings and
Sundays by appointment.
Consultation and Examination Free
Telephone: Red 1902.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27
The Appropriate Vehicle.

"She seems to be q stickler for doing
everything appropriately"
"1 should say 50. She always does
her marketing in basket phaeton."-
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27

Something special Sure thing. The
Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean and this
paper $3.50 for one year. Ask us what
] it means.
Amador ledger., 1902-06-27

Subscribe for the Ledger. Only $3.50
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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-11

give wondering. wistful expression,
youthful as we'll: Dat the .hin-lipped
girl. who is always 4 self-centered
creature can never teach her lips this
uiCk.
Woman who are much given 20 fads
and sudden friendships always show
the middle of the upper lip strength
ell cd TO Little point. Beautiful
mouths. this pessimistic man believes
are rarer tkan formerly; while among
women the intellectual, mouth is fire.
quently noted. and ,tLching the ques-
ton of the kissaDle mouth. he asserts
il is a temptation seldom brought in
cues why. 1t IS moisture and softness
Cf the AIR thai sive the rose leaf ten
Gcrness and color % perfect lips that
arc usuall; warmly pink and smooth
IS satin.
Fc: beauty Of lip ard fair shape of
Mouth. however. Jhis masculine OBJ
:cIver Awards tee palm 10 Irish won-
en-. whose lips. he holds. arc modelled
on a classic pattern and are a tint
Venus might Philadelphia In
cuirere.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-10-11
Leaves Society FOR Charity.

Mrs. John v. Glenn. one Of the mosi
popular OF Bai5imorn'S young matrons
in society. has decided TO forego ali
social pleasures the coming season
Pnd devote her time exclusively to tie
comforts OF the poor and the advance
ment OF the Social settlement plans.
which have proved so beneficial 10
the uafortunate5 in the tenement
house and other poo: districts.
Mrs. Glonn White touring the CONT
uent OF Europe The past summer. made
n study of this kind d charity. Before
her marriage Mrs. Glenn was Miss Ma
Wilcox Brown. laughter OF Mr. and
and Mrs. J. Wilcox Brown. she was enc
III the founders OF the Locust Pcin. So
cIal settlement. ana has always been
interested in the work. Her wedding
was one of the nosj interesting ones CT
last spring. Mr.. Glenn is son OF the
tate WilEens Glenn. and is also inter-
tsted in the Social settlement u.ooo-
elton. Mrs. Glcnns friends will en-
tfavor 10 induce her to give I'D the
Idea of living ar Locust Point. a. they
say she can be just as interested in the
work while living ia n more fashiona-
BILE section as she can b. wholly ex-
Jluding herself II is not her inten-
iion to build handsome residence on
the Poilt. but instead, she will tax.
ONE house there, in keeping with the
ueighborhocd OF the settlement
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Knick- naeks of Eress.

In the knica-hnaclis of dress there
ere some novelties. Nine Rojane has
made blue bordeIed hlndkerchiafs The
mode. Chine glace rUf.es mingled
roses are often worn in the country
now or chilly evenings with low
dresses. Cuderclothing is being made
In light cClored silks. and profusely
trimmed with lace Wash-leather
gloves are found 10 be almost more
useful than any other kind. with no
buttons at all. made to slip on the
land. The more :sossamer the even
ing wraps the n.ore fashionable they
seem TO be. and veTT pretty kind has
foundation OF chiffon covered all
over with arabesquc designs in ap-
p.iques Of silk; they are charming in
pink. blue. light yellow and peach col
CT. Some of the three-quarter coats
for evening wear are made of soft
satin. With overlapping t0c..s from tn
hon to the throat
Wcmen who are clever will never
ignore the virtues CT lace shawls:
whether IN black or white they are
now invaluable; they drape into pratty
evening gowns. and they are corning
To ne WORE once more scarfwiee or
fashioned into pclerinos. In the hands
OF clever drossnaker they are worth
their weight il gold.
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Corn New York No. ,. zoe; Phia-
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per brl, 5Oca65c; Bccts. native. per
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ioz. 25c0i0c; Elephants. native. per
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