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Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
TRIVIAL, YET POTENT.
Hhe Tyranny of the Small and the
HeIpIessness of Mankind.

A'he Tyranny of rhe Small and the
HeIpIessness of Mankind
The tyranny of littleness" Is the
"ruel despotism not of one master, but
of multitude of small ones. Witness
the ironclad sway which any sovereign
ruler Of the kitchen may WELD over a
helpless household. What happiness or
misery is bestowed lightly by one who
turns toaster or brews a pot of cof-
feel
We are all slaves to milliners and
tailors. The milkman holds us helpless
In his clutches. The chore man orders
us about. The maid of all work beck
ons, and we follow. We bow and
scrape before the naughty plumber.
We who would strike down mon
archs and measure swords with MIN
listers of finance, what sorry figures
we cut in the community if sighted by
the laundrymen! We scarce can hold
our own against surly railway por-
ter, and 1t is but by the courtesy of
Master Boots that we emerge from
our hotel apartment And who shall
stand before the overwhelming power
vested in an offended waiter, We
cannot even mount trolley car If the
conductor and motorman choose to ig-
more US.
The man who rules the Stock Ex-
change cannot rest at night because an
infants voice banishes dreams. He is
victim to the insect world. Who
will abolish the tyranny of flies and of
mosquitoes?
Behold the tyranny of horses. dogs
and cats, to which the great ma ajority
of mortals submit without a murmur.
What master is as exacting as tight
shoe or torturing collar? A parrot
or pet canary can sadly try mems
souls! Yes, things are in the saddle
and ride mankind"
Who will do justice to the tyranny
of the depraved inanimate taskmasters?
A diamond necklace changes the his
tory of empires. A courtier's cloak
may pave the way to royal favor. A
glove, handkerchief. a glass slipper,
what things to conjure with! Slaves
of the lamp! Slaves of the ringi
Ah, the supremacy of trivial things,
that one real tyranny to which we all
bow down! Is there no hope that we
may some day throw off the heavy
yoke? Well is it for us to mediate
upon this vital problem which touches
each so closely. And as we mediate
we may grow wise enough to break
some of the multitudinous shackels
that hold us spiritless and helpless in
the power of the arch tyrant, Little
Things. ."-Caroline Ticknor In Brandur
Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
JAPANESE REGALIA.
'scySI ic'rLicE,S without Which tn
Ewr"ror fou.j Not Rule.

'ScycI IwLicE,S without Which the
Err"ror rou.d Not Rule.
The lar'r"Sr r-yal cmblems consist
u; Il copper mirrur. symbolic of knowl-
'i;;r: Il steel swurd. symbolizing cour-
a.'''. and agate Jewels representing
mcrry The story of their origin was
tc'd thus by Il Jarancsr official:
The srn g"tld.:;s became angry with
II" rarih and Withdrew into a cave,
':';' -;il'.: everything into darkness.
Tie nh d"itf s could not induce her
I" ''':'lr "ul. so began to make a noise
q, Gt %r'..t rejoicing. which aroused
T. curiosity of the irate goddess. She
hnal!t c:tm' 10 the mouth of the cave
to l*arp tn rausa of the uproar and
w''* tGld th.;t taey had found a more
beautiful goddess than herself. The
sGn goddess came out then, demand
ing TO seq her rival. and the crafty del
ties held the mirror before her, which
drove all her Sulkiness away.
The sword was taken by Susenoo,
the brother of the sun goddess, from
the tail of an eight headed serpent
that had been annually devouring q
beautiful girl. Susenoo placed eight
great tubs of wine in his way and when
he was sleeping killed him and took
the sword as trophy.
The sword is kept in an apartment
near the imperial bedchamber and
called the Room of the Sword. The
jewels have also room to themselves,
and the mirror is in charge of a priest
ess. The regalia have the highest sig
nificance in the eyes of the people, and
1t is held that no emperor can possibly
rule without the three virtues which
they represent. He must, moreover,
hold the actual tokens, and in the i'm
perial code 1t is enjoined that on the
death of the sovereign his heir must
take possession of them.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
His Solemn Oath.

A popular comedian tells a story of
a waiter at London restaurant who
was sadly given to drink. A party of
young men determined to reform him,
and one day they read to him an imag-
mary paragraph from a paper relating
a terrible accident in which an inebri-
ate in blowing out candle was killed
by the flame igniting the alcoholic
fumes Of his breath. James pricked
up his ears at this and requested that
the paragraph might be read to him
again, which was done, to the evident
horror Of the poor man, who imme-
diately went in search of Bible.
Returning with this, he expressed a
desire to take a solemn oath upon it,
bemoaned the fact that he had been a
sorry tippler and was bringing himself
to ruin and then swore that never
again so long as he lived would he at
tempt to blow out a candle.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
TRANSPLANTED TREES.
Why They Frequently Remain Dor
mant q Whole Season.

why They Frequently Remain Dor
mant a Whole Season.
Certain kinds of trees frequently re-
main dormant all summer, following
spring transplanting. To Al apgas4
ances they are dead, and they go an
ey"sore to the owner till removed
ne writer of this has seen wistnyi-
as, horse chestnuts, ashes and tulip
trees remain perfectly dormant all
summer and come out safely into leaf
the following spring. 1t seems contra
ry to nature that trees should live
without the leaves, which we learn
are their lungs and essential for evap-
Grafton and assimilation of food in the
growing season.
Explanation Of this peculiar action
Is had by studying for a moment the
conditions that probably exist. The
roots of such trees have been dis
turbed and their feeding powers sud
denly checked. They are called upon
to support the tops as formerly, yet
their opportunity for the time being Is
gone. A struggle is going on. The tops
make feeble effort to put forth buds
and draw on the roots for nourishment
with poor success. The roots yield of
their stored food, but are too weak or
are not in a position to make new
feeding fibers. If the tops have not
been pruned, the drain is so much the
greater. Where leaves put forth, tran
spiration would be more than the trees
could stand, and they would gradual
ly die away.-Meehan's Monthly.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
Peach Stones.

Peach stones will make a quick, hot
fire and one that will last. One and
half or two buckets Of peach stones
will last as long as a bucket Of COAL
One has to be careful not to fill the
stove too full or there will likely be an
explosion similar to a gasoline explo-
sion. The proper way to keep the fire
going is to put in a shovelful at time
Peach stones thrown into damp Gel
lar" said one who has used them, "are
said to have peculiar effect on a per-
son. After the stones are In a cellar
for a time gases arise, and the fumes
will go to ones head and give the
same effect as if the distilled product
of the peach had been imbibed."-Bal-
timore Sun.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
THE HABIT OF LYING.
WaEs In Which Prevnrication May
Be DIV cIoped.

WaEs In Which Prevarication May
BE D~~ clOped.
How does one become a liar-that is
to say, how does the child discover a
lie and habitually make use of it?
We can admit that at the beginning
there is absolute sincerity The child
through all its first years neither lies
nor dissimulates. Its sentiments. it's
desires, translate themselS es Into words
and into acts. Its body is the constant
and perfect expression of its inmost
being. Such is the starting point-sin-
cerity, absolute transparency.
There Is multitude of little lies
tolerated which we treat as pardon
able. We tell the domestic to say we
are not at home when we are; we COM
pliment people to their faces and crit
icise them when they are gone; we say
we are happy to see some enc and di-
rectly after speak of having been an
noyed. No more is necessary. The ex-
ample has been given.
We lie to the child himself. We are
pressed by his many embarrassing
questions and in order to free ourselves
from the embarrassment reply with
what is frequently a falsehood. Some
fine day he discovers the truth, and the
evil is done. The gravest case is when
the child is taken as an accomplice in
lie or when his mother tells him,
Above all, do not tell this to your
papa" This is the ruin of all morality.
The third stage Is the first encounter
of the child with society, the first
shock with social life. The child who
tells all he knows, sees and hears, all
that he would better have left unsaid,
Is called the "enfant terrible" His
parents do not tell him to lie, but they
tell him it is not necessary to tell all
he thinks. This is extremely serious.
as 1t teaches the child that he cannot
show himself as he is This is the
revelation Of the lie obligatory. Above
all, among his comrades he quickly
learns to dissimulate, because If he is
naive-expresses all his joys, pains, de-
sires-they make sport of him; nay,
worse, they abuse his confidence; the
hopes, projects which he has confided
to them he some day sees used against
him.
Thus the impossibility of living with
out lying is revealed to him. Society
excuses certain forms Of lying which
are inspired by a feeling of politeness,
modesty, shame.
The child becomes a liar because all
the world about him lies. The distinc-
tion between the liar and the man of
sincerity is only relative. There are in
reality only two categories-those who
content themselves with the lies exact
ed by social life and those who have
habituated themselves to lying more
than society wishes, to lie because of
some personal interest.
An important cause in the develop
ment of lying in children is the en-
ployment Of excessive and i'll advised
punishments. The child who becomes
a liar is the one who lives in perpetual
terror Of reproaches, humiliation or
strokes. The lie for him is a supreme
resource.-Chicago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
A Hard Luck Tale With a sting.

1t was not new hard luck tale to
the man to whom it was told. The
young man, neatly dressed and dapper
looking, was not out of work, had not
lost his purse, was not poverty strick-
en- at all, but he had come down from
Rye to go over to Newark and in
changing his clothes had forgotten to
transfer his pocketbook to the trousers
he put on.
81 hate to ask the favor of stran-
GER" the young man said, "but really
it would save me much embarrassment
if you could let me have a couple Ct
dollars until tomorrow"
Indeed can't do it." said the man,
for he believed not word of the tale,
and he left the disconsolate youth at
the postoff1ce and, meeting a friend,
invited him to luncheon and told him
of his gentleman beggar."
When the waiter handed him check,
the two had agreed that the story was
highly improbable, but moment later
the doubling man gave a start.
'By Jovep he exclaimed. 1--WE left
my pocketbook in my other trousersg'
New York Times.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
A QUEER EXPERIENCE.
&t Made One Man a Believer In the
Supernatural.

St Made One Man a Believer In the
Supernatural.
II want to tell you a very queer ex-
perience l had" said the colonel. "It
borders so much on the superstitious
1t throws me somewhat In doubt as to
whether l believe in the supernatural
You all know what fondness have
for driving, and the more spirited the
horses are the better feel to put them
on their mettle. Well, a few summers
ago l bought a pair of high strung,
itrongly built bay horses and began to
drive them. One Sunday morning
carefully hooked them to my surrey.
personally saw that every strap was
well hooked, the chains carefully ad-
justed and, in fact, every precaution
taken to have them so harnessed that
there could be nothing to fret them.
II drove up St Charles avenue to
Washington, out Washington to the
railroad crossing, back again to st.
Charles avenue and then up to Car
rollton until opposite the old Carroll
ton gardens and there stopped to rest
under tree. We had moved at a
pretty good pace, the weather was
warm, and believed that little rest
would do the horses good. 1 forgot to
tell you that 1 had in the rear seat of
the surrey my wife and daughters.
I'VE stopped just under a tree, on
the side of the neutral ground, and
there waited. Just then a party of
about twenty bicyclists came In sight,
coming up the avenue. As they passed
us my horses reared and made one
plunge. l had the reins in my hand,
and the ladies' were seated in the sur
rey. What made me do it l do not
know, nor can l account for 1t, but I
let go the reins and the horses ran
away-ran away, mind you, from the
surrey unhitched. The surrey remained
perfectly still for a moment and then
by its own momentum slowly slid
down to the sidewalk. We all got out
without the slightest anxiety what
ever. 1t was perfectly astounding.
1--WE made a careful examination Of
the straps, the hooks, the chains, the
pole and there was nothing broken,
nothing strained, nothing bent-in fact,
it was just as If some unseen spirits
had carefully unlocked the horses and
let them go. The horses were brought
back in about two hours. We again
made a careful examination Of the
harness, and assure you the entire
outfit was In perfect condition
ing broken, nothing hurt or damaged
whatever. Now, how can you account
for that? 1 am not inclined to believe
in the supernatural, but at times when
think over this incident l do not
know what to beheve."-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
FLAG LANGUAGE.

The black flag is a sign of piracy.
To "strike the flag" is to lower the
colorS in submission.
Dipping the flag is lowering it slight
ly and hoisting it again to salute a YES
sci or fort.
The yellow flag shows a vessel to be
in quarantine or is a sign of a conta-
gious disease.
A flag of truce" is a white flag dis
played to an enemy to indicate a desire
for parley or consultation.
The red flag in our service is a mark
of danger and shows a vessel to be re-
ceiving or discharging her powder.
A flag at half mast means mourning.
Fishing and other vessels return with
the flag at half mast to announce the
loss or death of some of their crew.
Flags are used as the symbol of rank
and command, the officers using them
being called flag officers" Such flags
are square to distinguish them from
other banners.
The white flag is a sign of peace
After battle parties from both sides
often go out to the field to rescue the
wounded or bury the dead under the
protection of the white flag.
If the president of the United States
goes aboard, the American flag is car
ried in the bow of his barge or hoisted
at the mast Of the vessel on board of
which he is.-New Education.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
But Not With the Line.

He had fished up the stream and
down the stream and used flies, paste,
worms and every other form of bait
that the ingenuity of man could de-
wise, but without result, and as he
wended his way homeward at the
close of the day his temper was high
and his fish basket empty. Still, there
was no occasion to publish the latter
fact to the whole world, so when he
met friend by the way the following
dialogue ensued:
Been fishingr
"Yes."
Had good days sport%
"Yes."
what did you catch?"
''The 6:30."-Answers.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
Wen Posted.

That the next best thing to knowing
the law is knowing where to find it
was illustrated once when Judge SIM
con q. Baldwin of the Yale Law
school in an examination on corpora
tions asked his class question which
was extremely difficult. A certain
complex state of facts was given, and
the question ended with: "a client
comes to you and states the above
case. What would you advise him to
do?"
The best answer handed in was: '1
would advise him to come around at
10 O'Clock the next morning. In the
meantime l would look it up."
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
Didn't Want Too Much.

A Lone Star State man tells the fol-
lowing story of a negro baptizing in
Texas:
An old negro preacher did the hon
ors, and the candidate for baptism was
coal black negro woman. The preach
er led his victim far out into the stream.
where she could be thoroughly i'm
mersed, and at the auspicious moment
he cried in loud voice:
BE stiddy, sister, be stiddy, and
you'll cum up whitah den snowP
"Oh, parson," she exclaimed, "dat's
askin' too much; a cream colouh'Il
do!'-New York Times.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
The .rBasin~ of an App1e.

One end Of the apple bears the name
of basin" and contains the remnants
of the blossom-sometimes called the
eye of the fruit This part Of the apple
is deep in some varieties and shallow
and open in others. This is the weak
est point in the whole apple as con-
Germs the question Of the keeping quail
1ty Of the fruit. If the basin is shallow
and the canal to the core firmly closed,
there is much less likelihood of the
fruit decaying than when it is deep,
and the evident opening connects the
center Of the fruit with the surface,
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
THE BEST DAY OF xLi..

vwo Reasons Why Sunday Always
Appeals to the Children.
On weekday mornings father had
gone to work when you came down
stairs. but on Sunday mornings when
you awoke trifie earlier. If anything
"Fatherw
Silence.
"Fatherr a little louder.
Then sleepy YES"
I'VE want to get up."
1T isn't time yet. You children 60 to
Sleep"
You waited. Then
Father. is 1t time yet?'
No. You children lie still"
SO you and Lizbeth, wideawake,
whispered together, and then, to while
away the time while father slept, you
played Indian, which required two lit
tie yells from you to begin with (when
the Indian You arrived in your war
spainO and two big yells from Lizbeth
to end with (when the Paleface She
was being scalped).
Then father said it was mo use,"
anu uOlAcI tOOh ndnQ. you were
quiet after that, but it was yawny ly-
ing there with the sun so high. You
listened. Not sound came from IA
ther and mothers room. You rose eau
tiously, you and Lizbeth, in your little
bare feet. You stole softly across tho
floor. The door was a crack open, SO
you peeked in, your face even with the
knob and Lizbeth's just below. And
then at one and the same instant you
both said boo" and grinned, and the
harder you grinned the harder father
tried not to laugh, which was a sign
that you could scramble into bed with
him. you on one side and Lizbeth on
the other. cuddling down close while
mother went to see about breakfast
IT was very strange, but while it had
been SO har,l to browse In your own
bed the moment you were in fathers
You did not want to get up at all. In
decd, 1t WAS father who wanted to get
up first. ai't! it was you who cried that
il was not tine
Week days were always best for most
thii.rs. but for two reasons Sunday
Was 81" hes; day of all One reason
was Sunday dinner The other was ia
ther -Uarprr'S Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
March of Refinement.

Now that 1 think of it," remarked
the passenger with the skullcap, there
used to be a little place on this line
they called Kiss Station, but it must
be something else now. 1 haven't
heard the conductor call it out"
Were pretty close to 1t, l think"
replied the passenger with the goatee.
But it isn't Kiss Station any more.
They've changed the name. but re-
tained the idea. It's now
Happy Junction. bawled out the
conductor as the train slackened its
speed for the next stop.-Chicago Trib-
une.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
The Advance In Paper Making.

When Ulman Stromer long ago estab-
lished paper making in Germany, he
had no foresight of the important posi-
ton paper was destined to assume in
the civilization of man. In Stromer's
time paper was rare material, little
used and only to be found in the offices
Of the learned, of scribes and of officers
The supply Of Germany and of all
northern Europe was brought from
Italy and Spain-most of it from the
factories of Fabriano, in Italy, where
paper mills existed in the twelfth cen
trry, while a lively paper industry
feurished in Spain, with its principle
seat at San Felipe, in Valencia. as early
as 1150.
The paper making art was introduced
into both of these lands by the Arabs,
who learned it in Samarcand and
spread it through Europe. 1t was intro
dTced into Samarcand in 751 by Chi
rese prisoners from their country,
where 1t had been carried on from ex-
trsnely ancient times.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
Milk as n Food.

Milk as a food is perfect one for
the very young infant only. In adult
life It is often of service and may save
life, but it does not afford all the mate
rials required for nutrition. Moreover,
it yields what is not required-a large
percentage Of lime. The latest re-
searches show that this Is not so great
ly ON account of the quantity of lime
contained in the milk as because the
salts are in form peculiarly adapted
for retention in the system.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
A BLOW Mt Science

"And the voltaic current" continued
the lecturer, "was the discovery Of
Volta, and its development is a COM
paratively recent achievement of sci
ence."
A still, small individual hoisted him.
self to chair in the rear of the hall.
Hold on there, professor! What
about the earlier discoveries of Noah?"
Il don't understand you, SIR
''Then brush up! Didn't Noah make
the arc light on Mount Ararat r-Bal-
timore News.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
The Millennium.

Little Dot-I know something nv
teacher doesn't know.
Mamma-IndeedI What is that?
Il know when the world is coming
to an end and she doesn't asked
her and she said she didn't know"
"Oh. well, who told you?"
Uncle John. He said the world
would come to an end when children
stopped asking questions that nobody
could answer"
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
As It Really Wa.

Lay on, Macduffp cried Macbeth.
Macduff was motionless.
"What'l be the matter moor" said
Macbeth. "Dinna We ken that's the
cueP
i was ma sure" said Macduff,
whether We were just recht in yer
grammar. 1 thought ye meant lie on
an that l wadna stand. but it's all
recht noo."
And the conflict began.-Toledo Bee.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
Her Biggest Catch.

The Mutual Friend Ito athletic wo-
man)-Now. Mrs. Stebbins, what was
the largest fish you ever caught?
Mrs. Stebbins-It weighed 40 pounds,
but | don't remember its name.
Mr.. Stebbins (feelingly)-I do; it was
John Stebbins.-Colorado Springs Ga
zette.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
Notice of Meeting.

To the members of the Amador County Miners
Association.
DLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT MEETING OF
l. the Amador County Miners Association
Will be held at the Electric Power House; SUIT
ter Creek, on Wednesday next, November 12th,
at o'clock p. m, for the purpose of electing
officers for the ensuing year and appointing
delegates to the Convention Of the California
Miners Association which meets in San Fran
cisco on November Goth. A large attendance of
members and those qualified TO become mem
bers is earnestly requested.
J. +. PARKS
President
JAMES E. DYE,
Secretary. now
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
QufcIx Eramoffan.

hear your brother is an assistant
bookkeeper."
Yes, indeed. And, do you know, he
proved himself SO clever that they've
passed him over the first and second
assistantships and made him third as
sistant right off."-New York World.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
Proud.

Il want you to understand, sir,
that my pride forbids me to accept
anything from you after marry your
daughter"
How are you going to liver
"Well, 1 thought you might make
some kind of a settlement before
hand."-Life.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
The Good Time Coming.

Jerry" said Fleharty, ''phwat is the
m'anin' Of this worrud 'millinniumr
ut names that glad time a-comin',"
said Jerry, "whin livery man will be
his own boss an shtuck on his job
Indianapolis News.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05
Recently Acquired.

Tom-By George, old man, that's a
stunning girl who just bowed to you.
Who is she?
Jack-My sister.
Tom-Your sister! Since when?
Jack - Since last night. - Chicago
News.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-05

G. II. McKenney, the lone tailor,
makes monthly trips to Jackson, and
brings with him 500 of the latest and
most up-to-date samples in season. 1t
will pay you to examine his samples
before placing your order. He has the
best lot of spring and summer suitings
in Amador county. jly18-tf