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Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Best 'and-Worsf.

''Is this the best wurst you can send
me% asked the lady who walked into
the meat store with a package of that
edible in her hand.
Madam" answered the meat man,
at is the best wurst we have"
"Well, 1t is the worst wurst ever
saw"
81 am sorry to hear that. The best
can do is to try and send you some
better wurst from today's lot; but, as l
said, that is the best wurst we have
at present. 1 am sure, however, that
the wurst we are now making will not
be any worse than this, and 1t ought to
be better. assure you that as soon as
I get the wurst you shall have the best
of it. We never gave any one the
worst Of 1t SO long as we have been in
the wurst business, and you may be
sure that when we gsve you your wurst
it will be the best. for our worst wurst
is better wurst than the best wurst of
our competitors"
But the lady, whose eyes had taken
on stare Of glassiness, was seen to
throw up her hands and flee from the
place, for she was afraid the worst was
yet to come. Baltimore American.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Napoieon,s Temper.

A story is told Of a sudden rage into
which Napoleon 1. fell one day as he
was at dinner. He had scarce partaken
OF a mouthful when apparently some
inopportune thought or recollection
stung his brain to madness, and, reced-
Ing from the table without rising from
his chair-his small stature permitted
that-he uplifted his foot-dash went
the table, crash went the dinner, and
the emperor sprang up. intending to
pace the room. Quick as a flash his
waiter scratched a few magic symbols
on a bit Of paper, and the emperor's
check had grown more than double.
Napoleon appreciated the delicacy of
his attendant and said, THANK you,
my dear Dunand," with one of his in
imitable smiles. The hurricane had
blown over.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
THE GERMAN CAPITAL.
Berlin One of the CIeanest and Best
Kept Cities In Europe

According to consular reports, BeF-
lin, although a busy manufacturing
city, is one of the cleanest and best
kept in Europe. The smokeless condi-
ton of the Berlin atmosphere is as
cribed to three facts-the preponderant
use of coke and briquettes, which are
practically smokeless; the skillful sci
entific construction of boiler furnaces
and chimneys and, finally, the high
standard of skill that is taught and
enforced among firemen who stoke fur.
naces with coal for steam and manu-
featuring purposes. Before a man can
assume such a charge he must be
taught the theory and practice of eco
nomical, scientific firing, by which the
coal is distributed In such q manner
and quantity over the CRATE surface as
to secure the most perfect combustion
of its volatile elements The Silesian
coal used in Berlin in most large steam
plants and factories is rich in bitumen.
but would rank below many of the
bituminous Goals of the United States,
and yet the long. dense, trailing clouds
of smoke from mill and factory CHM
neys which are so familiar a sight to
many American cities are rarely seen
In that section of Germany, where the
indiscriminate shoveling of raw btu
minous coal into the steam and other
furnaces is considered an ignorant and
wasteful proceeding.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
A Curious Old Vessel,

A British army officer discovered
among some old manuscripts a draw
ing of man-of-war which was built
In 1900 for the japanese government
The vessel was of immense size, was
covered with sheets of iron and cop.
per and was provided with two rud.
ders.
Furthermore the manuscript in which
the drawing was wrapped says that
ut contained very ingenious appa-
ratus which was set in motion by two
dozen men, equipped with iron oars"
The vessel resembled a turtle in
shape and was armed with ten large
cannon.
The drawing is very exact, and ex-
perts say there is no doubt as to its
authenticity.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
His Portrait.

One of the members of a certain sub
urban Photographic society recently de-
livered lecture, illustrated by lantern
views.
Another member, thinking to have a
joke at the expense Of the lecturer,
slipped in among the slides a lantern
portrait of himself.
The joke would come in, of course, by
the portrait appearing on the screen
immediately after the lecturer had an
nOunced the appearing of something
quite different.
Fate and chance were unluckily
against the humorist, for when his por-
trait was presented the lecturer. with
out knowing what was on the screen,
gravely read from his list:
"The next slide, ladies and gentle
men, is the picture of a refractory DON
keyw
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
The rrrsn curse.

An Irish authority thus defines as
All expert the effects of a well deliv-
cred curse: The belief among the an
Gent Irish was that q curse once pro-
no,Eced must fall In some direction.
Ii it has been deserved by him on
whom it is pronounced, it will fall on
him sooner or later, but if it has not
then 1t will return upon the person who
pronounced it. They compare 1t to a
wedge with which a woodman cleaves
timber. If it has room to go, it will go
and cleave the wood, but If 1t has not
1t will fly out and strike the woodman
himself, who Is driving it, between the
eyes"
There are three affairs inside the
cashel at Innismurray. Ireland, built
square of rough loose stones and hav-
ing on the top of them number of
curious, round, smooth stones. These
have been used for cursing by turning
them, and the natives are very super
stitious about them.
One mode of averting the curse was
for the person against whom the stones
were turned to have a grave dug, to
cause himself to be laid In 1t and to
have three shovelfuls of earth cast over
him, the gravediggers at the same time
reciting rhymes.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Character In the Ears,

Though there may be counteracting
features and signs upon the face, ears
that are disproportionately large, fat
and red bespeak a coarseness of ma.
ture, sometimes sensuality and dissipa.
tion.
Ears that stand out from the head
like flaps are often seen on religious
men. but parsimony is apt to go with
them.
A long shaped but small ear lying
close to the head denotes refinement,
delicacy or perception, but also timidity
and sensitiveness. A thin, transparent
looking ear shows delicacy and poetic
feeling; a thick ear, the reverse. An
ear set rather low on the head denotes
good brain capacity; set high or on q
level with the eye, limited mental ca.
pacity is denoted.-American Queen.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Can You See Airs

If air cannot be seen, what is it that
we see quivering above field on hot
summer day or even above hot stove
in the house? That question has puz-
zled many head, both old and young.
The answer usually given is that it is
the heat, but heat cannot be seen, and
therefore it is not the heat.
The explanation of the phenomenon
is really quite simple, like all such
things, when we hear it. As a matter
Of fact, it is air that we see quivering,
but heat makes 1t visible. The CULVER
ing is caused by the upward passage,
close by each other, Of small currents
Of air of different temperatures in
which the rays of light are irregularly
refracted, and this makes the currents
visible
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Your husbands Crayat,.

To the woman who must buy her
husbands cravats 1 want to say q word
by way of advice-don't do it, says q
writer in the Haberdasher. If you
really must buy your husbands era
vats, do not try to get cravat so warm
that it will feel like mustard plaster
on his chest. That might be good for
his bronchial tubes, but it might en-
danger his chances of ultimate redemp-
ton. 1t would perhaps stave of throat
trouble, but it would be apt to produce
family trouble, which is a good deal
worse.
Let him pick out his own cravats,
and then he alone will be to blame for
them. He may not know much about
the harmony of colors, but he is not
likely, nevertheless, to pick out a era
vat that will hurt the eyes of the spec
tators like a limelight at a champion
ship glove contest. He may not know
what he wants, but he knows what he
does not want, and ten to one, if you
have seen something at the cravat
counter that you think is perfectly love
ly, that is it.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Father and Son.

What father can do, if he will, is to
make his own experience and knowl-
edge an ins parable part of the intel
lectual and spiritual equipment Of his
son. but he can do this only when he
cares SO much about it as to make It
daily hourly object of his life. says the
Cosmopolitan. So many fathers shirk
the undertaking; so many of them
stand aloof and let the precious years
go by, willing to give anything and
everything except themselves. The
first and great reward of course is the
one that comes when he sees the boy
upon the verge of manhood going out
into the world to face the Inevitable
dangers which confront the novice, for
the life of man differs from the life
Of n woman in this respect-that at
some time or other, sooner or later, the
time must come when he shall stand
alone. relying on his own strength to
conquer If he be sound and brave to
fall If he be weak and cowardly.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20

SAFE DEPOSIT-Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank of Amador County at the
small expense of 35 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 postof1ce 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.
They receive deposits from IS up. Commence
the new year by opening up bank account. A
man or woman with a bank account has a
financial standing. Don't bury your money
when you die ii can't be found and you are liza
BILE to be robbed while alive
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
,Iinnesota,s Nickname..

Minnesota has been designated as the
North Star State" of which express
sion two or three explanations have
been given-one ON account of its geo
graphical position, another that the
north star appears in its coat Of arms.
State" from the number of small lakes
within its limits, and the Gopher
State" because the early settlers
found these animals in such abundance
that they proved a serious nuisance.
Even a careful rider passing over a
plain where gophers abounded was in
danger of being thrown by his horse
accidentally stepping into a gopher
hole
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Summons.
In the Superior Court of the county of AmadC
State of California

In the Superior Court of the county of Amador
State of California.
Consolidated Volcano-Amador Hydraulic GOLD
Mining and Land Company, plaintiff VS. c. j
Decker. James Ward Hail. o. S. Arbuthnot
E. o. Arbuthnot, and G. j. Roote, defendants
Action brought in the Superior Court of the
county of Amador, State of California, and
the complaint filed in the office OF the clerk OF
said county of Amador.
John F. Davis, attorney for plaintiff
HNHE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CAL,
Il ifornia send greeting to C. j. Decker
James Ward Hall, U. S. Arbuthnot. f o. Ar
buthnot, and G. J. Roote, defendants:
You are hereby directed to appear and an
swer the complaint in an action entitled Us
above, brought against you in the Superior
Court of the county OF Amador, State of Cali
fornia, within ten days after the service on you
of this Summons-if served within this county
or within thirty days If served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that, unless the
defendants so appear and answer, the plain
tiffs will take judgment for any money or dam
ages demanded in the complaint as arising
upon contract, or will apply to the court for any
other relief demanded in the complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Su
perior Court of the county of Amador State Of
California, this Goth day of September. A. d
1902.
c. L. CULBERT, Clerk
I Seal of Super
ior Court. ! By J. R. HUBERTY,
dec5-2m Deputy Clerk
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Where Connecticut Got It's Name

1t might be imagined that Connecti-
cut is called the "land Of steady hab-
its" on account Of the exemplary con-
duct of its citizens. But it obtained
that title in different manner. A citi-
zen of that state explains the matter
thus: "In the early colonial times it
was the custom to provide every one
who assisted at dedication, church
building or barn raising with a hooker
of good Jamaica rum. These functions,
needless to say, were popular. When
the charter creating Connecticut q
crown colony arrived. there was, of
course, a celebration. The first govern
or, John Winthrop, refused to provide
rum and in his inaugural address de-
plored the custom of tippling, saying
it did not lead to steady habits There
upon the Nutmeg State had title to
hand down to posterity."-N York
Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Frank Census Returns.

British census returns are more in
formative than diverting, but the same
cannot be said of the Indian. The Pun
jab returns include professional crick-
eters under the heading Of Clowns
and Tumblers," regarding them appar.
emily in the same light as Mr.. Kipling
The Chenab has forty-six male, seven
female and sixty-seven dependent
plano tuners, and the inland state of
Nahan rejoices in the possession of 205
shipowners. In the schedule also ap-
pear 1T receivers of stolen goods
and 12G witches, wizards, COW poison.
ers, etc" There is a frankness about
these returns which is very engaging
London Express
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
A Deed of narkneas

He sits alone In a darkened room,
alone In the fading light. Why are
his brow so heavy with gloom and his
cheeks so deadly white? But though
his heart is faint with care, his cour-
age never fiinclles. His eyes are fixed
in CLASSY stare. What is it his firm
hand clinches? "a little courage" he
murmurs. Eyes, a little, and all Is
won" A choking gurgle, more or less,
a gasp and the deed Is done! Without
d shudder or eyelid wink-Ah! It
makes the heart recoil that he so quiet
ly, calmly drank a dose of castor OIL
London Tit-Bits
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
His Exact Age.

Asked his age in a court of Justice, a
Georgia darky replied.
swell, sub, ez ole ez de big white
oak tree on Marse Toms plantation"
"And how old may that be?" inquired
a lawyer.
''Well, sub, eff l makes no mistakes,
de white oak tree is de same age ez de
mill dam, en- de mill dam amt day
older dan de red barn, what come nigh
ter bein' burned up wen de stars felled!'
Atlanta Constitution.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Notice to Creditors.
ESTATE OF AcOsr1No cHIcH1zoLA, DEcEA

NOTICE is hereby given by the underSi gne1
IN executor of the last will and testament
of Agostino Chichizola, deceased, TO the credit
ors of and all persons having claims against
the said deceased, TO exhibit them, with the
necessary vouchers, within ten months after
the first publication OF this notice to the said
executor, at the law office of John F. Davis
Summit street, Jackson, Amador county
California, the same being the place for the
transaction of the business of said estate. in
said county of Amador.
Dated January %. 1908.
JULIUS CHICHIZOLA
Executor of the last will and te, :ement of
Agos tino Chichizola, deceased
John F. Davis, attorney for administrator
ia235t
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
ChanRed His Ticket.

An entertaining story is told of a
railway manager in Wales whose iden-
tity was not known to the ticket col
lector of an outlying station. He was
walking through the station door when
the collector surprised him with a re-
quest for his ticket.
'My face is my ticket" he said, with
much pleasantly.
"Oh," said the collector, my orders
are to punch all ticketsp'
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Plant Roots

1t is from the rootlets or small fibers
of tree or plant that its subsistence
Is obtained, and in the performance of
Its duty nature has given these deli
cate, tender parts wonderful strength
and persistence when exerted within
rules. In their search for food supply
they will sometimes even penetrate
soft rock to reach favored spots.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
A Story of Robespierre.

The story is told of Robespierre that
at one time, when at the height of his
power, a lady called upon him, be-
seeching him to spare her husbands
life. He scornsully refused. AS she
turned away she happened to tread
upon the paw of his pet dog. He
turned upon her and asked, Madam,
have you no humanity?"
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Value of CapftaI.

Once upon a time two utter bank
rupts were considering ways and
means of getting needed money.
II know how we can make &c." said
one.
"How~ asked the other.
"Raise dollar note to ten by placing
cipher after the one"
"Where will we raise the dollar?'
Then the scheme failed for want Of
capital.
Moral.-The great financial difficulty
is in raising the first dollar.-New York
Herald.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Teaching Him n Lesson

Thompson-Did your wife scold YOU
when you went home so late last
night2
Johnson--You don't know what it is
to have wife who was once a school
teacher. She simply made me write a
hundred times on a slate, 81 must be
home by 10 o'clock"
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20

Mammal was surprised and shocked
by the coldness with which you greet
nd Miss Boersum when she called.
Ethel-Yes, mamma, but 1 made up
for 1t later.
Mamma-Did you?
Ethel-Yes, indeed. You should have
seen how cordially bade her good
y."-Philadelphia Press.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
TransnligratiOn,

$50 dey convicted dat feller dat was
swinging a high society bluff so as to
lift jewelry," said Plodding Pete.
YES" answered Meandering Mike.
"He's got his prison clothes on now.
Dey've changed him from a social lion
into zebra. Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
The Higher All,

The Higher Allegiance to Pymen.
A st. Louis man disregarded a sum-
mons to serve on jury because his
marriage to a st. Louis woman had
been set for the same hour. He
thought he knew which court order to
Obey.-Richmond Times.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
short on Comfort.

ut must be great comfort to you to
own such splendid furniture"
Comfort Say, there isn't but one
comfortable chair in the whole lot, and
my wife invariably wants to sit in
that" "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
A Sensitive Patient

DR.. Emdee-Feet go to sleep That
shows your circulation is bad.
Dditor-That's all you Quacks know
I suppose if my corns ached that would
show that advertising patronage was
falling off.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Gambling Defined.

Charley, DEAR" said young Mrs.
Torkins, 81 hope you will promise me
never to gamble"
What is your idea of gamblingY
Betting your money and losing it."
was the prompt reply. - Washington
Star.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Bunkoed AraiD

'T don't think much of this museum -
said Jinks. why, they amt got no
skull of Napoleon Bonaparte, and the
one was in up to New York has two"
Baltimore American.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
AcQuiesced.

TIN innocent, and l can prove it If
you will give me time" whined the old
offender
Three years." said the judge.-Bal-
timore American.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20

When those we like play it, it Is a
violin, but when those we dislike be-
gun to finger it it is fiddle.-Atchison
Globe
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20

Falsehoods may be stated under i'm
preston thai they are truths, but lying
Is characterized by the intention to de-
eeive,
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
RRNenGe.

Small Boy-Give me large bottle Of
the worst medicine you've got in your
store.
Druggist-Whats the matter?
"Well, I've been left all alone with
grandma, ard she's suddenly been TAX
en- sick. and I'm going to get even with
herp'-Life.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Keeps It to Himself.

The man with untold wealth" is the
one who lodges the tax assessor.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20

consequence of self abuse and excess produd
ing the following symptoms: Sallow countd
head, ringing in the ears, loss Of confidencd
d1ffidence in approaching strangers, palpitatio|
OF the heart, weakness Of the limbs and bacI
consumption, etc.
DIR. GIBBON has practiced in San Francisc|
over 40 years, and those troubled should NO
fail to consult him and receive the benefit n
his great skill and experience. The doctc1
cures when others fail. Try him. Cures gual
anteed. Persons cured at home. Charges rea5
enable. Call or write.
DIR. J. F, GIBRoN, go Kearney street, Sal
Francisco, Cal.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Quick Relief.

Mrs. Trubbles-Doctor, can you do
anything for my husband?
Doctor-What is the matter?
Mrs. Trubbles-Worrying about mon
ey.
Doctor-Oh, can relieve him of that
all right.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Ruin In Crossed Legs.

"Uncross your legs" said doctor.
"Oh, nor said his son. Whats the
use of being so polite all the timer"
"My boy" the father answered, 'it is
not on account Of mere rule of eti-
quette that 1 tell you to uncross your
legs, but 1t is because leg crossing is
an injurious thing, thing as baleful to
the health as kissing or as microbes.
when you cross your legs, you fit
the knee cap of the upper limb into the
cavity under the knee of the lower one
In the cavity that you thus compress
there are the two important exterior
and interior popliteal nerves and a
number of glands and blood vessels.
Compressio2 does not act well on these
organs. 1t benumbs them and weak
ems and emaciates them. You feel the
injury In a numbness of the whole leg.
The leg goes to sleep.
Keep on with the habit, and your
legs weaken. They become thin; they
lose their shapeliness. 1t is only such
men and women and children as never
cross their legs who have strong and
supple and beautiful limbs" s."-Philadel-
phia Record.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
NJ. E. Church Services

Preaching every Sunday at IL a. m and 7:3C
p. m. Sunday school, p. m; Senior Epworth
League, AS p. m; Midweek Prayer meetings
Thursday. 7:3O pm.
Rev. G. Fl. Van Vliet pastor
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Speeding the Parting,

Zola's la Debacle" appeared stimuli.
In nine languages.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
ZOLA'S EARLY TRIALS.
Times When the Budding Author
Was Plunged In Misery.

Young Zola had kicked his heels for
several years in ministerial anterooms
but all to no effect. Gambetta, to pre-
vent Zola perishing of want, gave him
the subprefecture of Castle Sarrasin
But for want of money he had to stop
on the way, and for so long a time
that NJ. de Freycinet slipped into the
place. Zola during the period dealt
with in LA Debacle" was in the south
of France. How he then lived l can
not imagine. After things settled down
In Paris in 1871 he had fallen into the
blacklist misery, and with a beautiful
young wife. Her mother was no Ion
ger able to share her domicile and
board, such as they were with them.
Zola sometimes had to take the wool
out of the mattress of his bed and sell
it. He escaped from death by famine
owing to letter of introduction from
a doctor who attended his mother to
Hachette, the great publisher. The
latter employed him at salary of 60
francs a month to tie up books in par
GELS and address them. But he rather
liked Zola and, divining in him first
rate stuff. engaged him to write for the
papers those puffs known as reclames
for books the firm had brought out.
Noticing his punctuality and his re-
serve with other young men, Hachette
promoted Zola still higher by making
him his private secretary. He was
then an uncouth, shy, Ill dressed, man.
nerless, squat little fellow, but he evi-
IDENTIFY had tidy wife, who paid great
attention to the furnishing up of his
clothes and to his shirts. - London
Truth
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
TO THE UNFORTUNATE
DIR. GIBBoN

This old reliable an
themost successful sp,
cfalist in San Francis
CO costillcontinues to cur
all Sexual and Semins
Diseases, such as Ghol
orrhea, ,Gleet, Strictur,
Syphilis in allits form
Skin Diseases, Nervou
De bility. Impotency
Seminal Weakness, an
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20

Old Judge whiskey. Try it, and yor
will want no other.