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Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
Keep Accounts.

keeping accounts, simple in form,
plain, clear and easily understood,
showing amounts due to or from 9TH
ers, entering correctly the dates on
which money is paid out or received, is
the best plan to avoid disputes about
money matters and relieves the memo
ry of many unnecessary burdens. A
written record of q money transaction
has greater legal value in case of con-
troversy in court than any verbal state
ment.
The habit of keeping accounts in
duces economy in expenditure and in
spires the habit of saving up, besides
showing AT all times correct financial
condition. Housekeepers, mechanics
and all who handle money in the man.
agement of their personal affairs will
find it most profitable to form the hab-
it of keeping accounts.
Her BIessings. 80
When a man begins to count his
blessings, he can generally find plenty
to be thankful for, although sometimes
he may include things which might
not be regarded by other people as al
together joyous.
I'm thinking about the wonderful
progress the world has made and how
much we've got to be thankful for"
said Mrs. Matthews, rocking in her old
stuffed chair, with pair of knitting
needles. In her hands and a placid smile
on her face,
at is wonderful" admitted her niece.
Seems as If everything turned to
good. There's lightning, now. If It
hadn't been for that, never should
have had those fine rods on the house
and barn that make me feel so safe In
a thunderstorm. And there's smallpox.
If it hadn't been for that, we never
should have known the blessings of
vaccination, and if there hadn't been
nearsighted folks nobody would have
thought to invent magnifying glasses
and specs. 1 declare, there's a sight Of
things to be thankful for"
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.
BANK OF AMADOR COUNTY
Incorporated November, 1895
Capital Stock /: $4,000

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Alfonso Ginocchio, S. G. Spagnoli, John Strohm
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey of jackson.
Amador ledger., 1903-02-20

M. Born & Co., the largest tailoring
establishment in the world, guarantee
perfect fit and satisfaction. Their
agent, Redlick s, do not demand any
deposit when your order is given.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
CHILDREN.

The sleeping echoes of her quieS room
Are never walked by bursts ri childish
glee,
And up the polished staircase never come
Light gatherings of footsteps swift and
= free. q
Alone she sits and in the twilight gloom
Dreams happily of what shall never
be!
Sometimes her wistful fancy strews the
(Rich carpeted and neat) with broken
toys;
Paints finger prints on window glass and
door,
Hears echoes of shrill laughter and
rude noise;
All that a tired mother might deplore
Would seem to her starved heart as
priceless joys!
Till, from the world without, some sud-
den note
Of childish voices through her hearing
rings,
And sobs of anguish rise to her white
throat,
Round which no dimpled arm in mis-
chief clings;
Gone are the sweet dream-fancies, as
may float
From earth to heaven the flash of angel
wings.
And yet, no little empty crib is there
To mock ting mother arms, outstretch-
ed in vain,
She boards no shining tress of silken
hair,
No tiny grave where buried hopes lie
slain;
Only the deeper loss she has to bear
Upon whose heart no babe of hers has
lain.
louisville Courier-Journal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
In English Style.

Curious customs are started by the
French In the endeavor to be Ike the
English In some of their ways. For
Instance, among the middle classes,
when n special dinner is given in the
English style" the length of the din.
Ing table Is loaded with immense dish
es, their shape and form each indi-
eating their contents, In the same way
as the rounded cover Of a cheese dish.
In the form of n cheese. tells its own
story. One Of these dishes will be
butter colored, and rounded knobs. rep.
resentative Of plain boiled potatoes.
VIII ornament the cover; another Of
green and white will have raised cab
bage leaves running over, while vet
another Is all in ridges, indicative of a
bundle of asparagus. The wells of the
dishes themselves are all treated in the
same way, and the coloring, roughly
speaking, Is correct.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

writer, and at the age Of 16 founded a
paper Of his w in the New Jersey
town. In 1870 he became connected
with newspaper work in New York.
His assignment to cover the Beecher
trial in 1875 was the turning point in
his career. His particular assignment
was ''scenes and incidents in the trial
ROOM" His work attracted the atten-
ton Of Charles A. Dana, and Ralph
was loon a member Of the Sun staff.
Some Of the best work of his career
was performed while on this paper. He
wrote whole pages in the Sun describ-
ing the funeral Of General Grant,
Cleveland's first Inauguration, and
some Of the international yacht races.
For twenty years Ralph retained his
its legislative correspondent at Albany
for a time.
In 1884 he was sent to England by
a prominent New York publishing
house. Ten years later he went to
China during that country's war with
Japan, and described that struggle.
This short stay In China resulted in
the publication of "Alone in China"
His work took him into Russia, India
and the Black sea country. He also
reported the Turkish-Greek war, the
diamond jubilee of Victoria in 1897
and the coronation ceremonies of the
present Car. During the Boer war
he attached himself to the commands
of Lord Roberts and General Methuen,
and 1t Is said that his criticism of the
Beers was more bitter than that of any
London journalist. Last March Ralph
returned to this country.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

You are young, dear. l might have
known that love would not fill your life
now. When you are as old as l am
you will know that it is all that really
matters, besides working and doing
ones duty. 1 will give my consent to
your going, for all l live for is to make
you happy"
Jessie Joined the company and was
acting a small part in a pretty, uncul-
tivated voice. She dressed with half a
dozen other girls who smoked and
used slang, and in the guise of friendli-
ness made her up" to distort the
beauty Of her dark, brooding face. She
learned the disciplinary value Of the
stage, and she learned the real hideous-
ness of ~selfishness. But she told Jack
nom of this.
One season passed-two-she was
soon to begin her third. She was get
ting on, but slowly. One evening she
was moved by one of those impulses
that seem to come from without rather
than within, to run home and pay Jack
a visit. The rehearsals were over There
was no reason why she should not go
home for a week. She would surprise
him.
She drove out from town in the early
morning. The mist wells were rising
from the hill tops, melted by the burn
ing kisses Of the sun. The evergreen
forests on the hillsides were so cool,
the great walls Of earth so restful. She
wondered why she was not afraid they
would tOpple upon her now. Was it
that she was beginning to yearn for
what they typiied-strength and fidel-
ity, the greatest and best things in life?
The little house had been done up,
she noticed as she drove up, and Jack
had coaXed the rose vines quite to the
roof by now.
The door was open. There was no fear
of tramps in that region, and she peered
right into the house. Some one was STIR
ring within, but he was too absorbed
to note her soft footballs.
Her old blue skirt hung upon the
wall, and her husband, looking older
and sadder, but still with that vast
strength of patience in his face, stood
looking at it.
She wrote the rest to her one friend in
the company.
Il walked over quietly and stood be-
side him. He was still so busy look
ing at that foolish skirt that he didn't
know l was there. But after a while
he turned toward me, and when he saw
me the look that came into his eyes
made nj cry.
We'll, I've resigned. When l saw
poor old Jack worshiping that blue
skirt of mine that l had thrown away
as worthless l made up my mind that
there are only a few things that are
really worth living for, and stage life
isn't II of them, and the companion
ship of n stanch, splendid soul like
Jack Is. And so I've left and I'm going
to wait and work with Jack for the bet
ter days that know are coming.
HE is getting on in his profession
and the-did l call them better
the other days are nearer. But | Won
der If they will be better, the days when
Jack and are rich, and so many people
will know us and make demands upon
our time, and 80 separate us after a
manner? We were both wondering to-
day, but we are going to enjoy the time
before that, and meanwhile that old
blue skirt still hangs upon the wall.
Jack insists upon II. He calls It his
'restorer.' New York News.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
The Art OF Canning Fruit.

The art Of canning fruit in large
quantities has reached a stage little
dreamed of by our grandparents 25 and
90 years ago. The best example OF
this advance is found in the Monopole
brand of fruits and vegetables. The
fruits are delicious and sweet and re-
tain all their natural flavor. The vege-
tables taste almost exactly as though
they were direct from the garden.
They are packed under a beautiful blue
label. First class dealers handle them.
Wadhams & Kerr Bros, Portland,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
$40 A BARGAINS.
Great Accumulation of Second Hand and
Slightly Used Pianos and Organs
Being Disposed of by Eilers Piano
House for Almost Nothing.

House for Almost Nothing.
This is an extraordinary opportunity.
The variety of makes is immense.
Uprights and squares, the finest pianos
made, many but slightly used, that
have been turned in to us as part pay
ment on new instruments. Every n
thoroughly renovated and in perfect
condition. AS a result of our immense
holiday and club sales, the accomula-
ton has become so great we must dis
pose of them to make room for the large
shipments of new pianos o coming
in. 1t is cheaper to sell the old instru-
ments at a sacrifice than pay rental for
additional warehouse room. We are
therefore making prices that will prove
a snap to any one who wants a standard
piano for their children to learn to
play on. Every one will be found in
perfect tune and beautiful in appear
ance, having been thoroughly polished
and restored.
Emerson, upright, in very handsome
case, slightly used, but practically new,
1925 co.; Fisher upright, in perfect
condition, $4,000; Ludwig, in ex-
cellent tone, $165, 90; A. 2. Chase,
$24e 90; Singer, in perfect condition,
$l95.00; Sideways for $685.. 90, $4,000
and $500, according to age and con
dition, but all in good order; Brakett,
$500; Hardman, $500; Mccain
mon, $500; Marshall & Travsr, fine
action, $4,000 Hallett & Davis. $I5. 90;
Kranich & Bach, $4,000; Marshall &
Wendell, $68. 90; Gale, a fine little
instrument, $25. 90; Ernest Gabler,
5000; Emerson, $65. 90; Mixsell,
$4,000; Marshall & Wendell, $500;
j. P. Hale, $685. 90. Terms $1,000 to
$50 down, and monthly payments
s4.00 and $500.
Organs.
Chicago Cottage, as good as new,
$4,000; one handsome Mason & Ham,
lin, with large mirror and hig htop,
for $4,000; n of the celebrated A. II.
Whitneys, $41.00; fancy cased Pack
ard, $4,000; Crown, guaranteed for 10
years, $52 90: the great Western Cot
tage, $45.O 90; Smith-American, very fine,
$500; another Kimball, used two
years, $40. 90; an Estey, good as new,
$4,000. The payments on these organs
are only $500 down and $500 a
month.
These are only partial lists. II you
are interested in securing one of these
bargains write us for complete list and
any further particulars you may desire.
The opportunity is a rare one, you are
certain to get much more out of any
n Of these pianos than the price would
indicate. The finest, of course, will
go first, 80 if you want to get the best
in this sale, you will need to see or
write us at once Eilers Piano House,
the great Western piano dealers, Wash
ington street, corner Park, Portland,
Oregon. Other large houses San Fran
cisco, Spokane and Sacramento.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
The Blue Skirt

ESSIE GALE was ambitious, i'm.
all moderately so.
" Jack Gale was ambitious, too,
but ~temperately so.
1t was because of the varying de-
grees Of their ambition that this story
came about.
Jessie could sing. Jack could not. He
could only listen with a rare apprecia-
ton and adore this particular singer
beyond all bounds of her deserts. For
Jack was as gifted in the rare art Of
loving truly as Jessie was In the art
Of singing. Rather more, l should say.
All this had much to do with the blue
skirt, for it was these psychologist
conditions that brought about the Incl
dent of the blue skirt.
Jack had always ext~ravagantly adj
mired the gown of which the blue skirt
was a component part. He had told
rather fretfully that 1t was ''such a
simple little affair."" Pale blue cham
bray, made with a blouse effect and
trimmed with ruffles edged with mar
row torchon. So a woman would have
described 1t, but to sturdy, honest, low
ing Jack 1t was a blue cloud flecked
with white, from which the black eyes
and curling black hair, the red lips and
creamy skin Of his wife cleaned forth
brilliantly.
Jack never forgot the day she tossed
1t aside.
I'll never wear that old thing
again." she said. Il do hate to wear
things when they've grown shabby"
There was a little tremor Of sensi-
tiveness In Jacks face as the words
struck cruelty upon his ear, but he
made a manful effort to suppress it.
His Income was small, but he was do
ing his best to increase 1t, and the in
come was sure to come If 1t was n bit
slow. He had told Jessie so often and
had explained that there was some dis
position to keep the young engineers
down.
The older fellows naturally want to
keep the best POSITIONS" he said. ''Try
to he patient, Jessie. l am doing my
best, dear"
And Jessie was silent. She had the
interpretive nature that matches
heavy-lidded eyes, habitually cast
down. And the habits of silence and
introspection were growing.
1t was on the evening of the day that
Jessie said she had thrown away .'the
old blue dress" that the great change
came.
Jessie heard that a theatrical mana
ger was reorganizing a company for n
season of comic opera. \ neighbor has
told her he needed girls for the com.
pany-"girls with looks. and with
voices, II possible. but looks always"
And Jessie had been to town and been
engaged and had come back and told
Jack.
She was a little frightened by his
strange silence.
II did II to help you along-becous,
the money will help us both" she said
In defense. Then she burst out into n
storm against the manner of their llfe
IL hate the solitude here" she said.
Sometimes feel afraid of tho hills
II seems as though they will fall over
me and crush me. And the silence here
Is awful. | want to hear human voices
| want to hear people laugh and sing
| want color aud movement and sound
instead of these walls ofSgreen making
n living tomb for us"
Jack had talked with her very zen.
ty' and she had answered every nreu.
ment with a bitter protest. He answer.
ed her sadly then:
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
Two Brands OF Familiarity.

Your face seems very familiar to
me-" remarked the man with the red
necktie as he slapped the stranger ON
the back.
Indeed" replied the stranger. "Now,
IT'S your manner that seems familiar
to me."-Philadelphia Record.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

through many lands
and figured as a
%chronicler in many
epoch = m q k | n e
events. At the age
of - Ralph, who
was born in New
York in 1858, en-
tered the compos-
ing room of the
Red Bank On. j.
Standard to learn
printing. He soon
developed into a
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
Basket Making In Germany,

Basket making employs half a mil.
lion persons in Germany, where the
wages range from eighteen shillings to
s2 weekly for skilled workers.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
And One Of Them Went Wrong.

Adam was lucky in another way.
He had no friends to come around
telling him how he ought to bring up
his boys.-Chicago Record Herald,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
Gardens for Schools.

Every rural school in Sweden pos.
sesses a garden in which the scholars
receive practical instruction In horti.
culture.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
Painting.

When a persen %faints, place in a fat
position and apply camphcr or ammo
mia to nostrils and loosen clothing.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

Mothers will find Mrs. Wlnsiow's Sootb.
ing Syrup the best remedy to use tor their
children during the teething period.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

EET@ Permanently Cured so hts or neryousneu
1880 after frat iay's useof DR.. kline's Great Nerys
2estorer. Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treat
ise. DE. II. -. KLINE. LTD. g3l ArchSt Philadelphia, Pa
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
WAS A NOTED WRITER.

Death of Julian Ralph, Who Saw
Service in Many Lands.
Julian Ralph, who died in New York
recently, was a noted a and special
correspondent, who had Travelled
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
Sailed Bathers.

Gathers in the Dead sea on leaving
the water have their skin instantly
covered with a thin layer of salt.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

miar to need description. These are the dapasons-the foundation of the
instrument. There are others n which the aerial vibrations are caused by
the trembling of a tongue of metal which covers a narrow aperture in tn
pipe and emHs the imprisoned air in puhs under pressure of the bellows.
This is the beating reed" and its prototype in the playland Of the country
boy is the stalk of the pumpkin or squash trimmed of it's leaf (but so as to
leave the small end cosed and provided with two lateral Sits producing a
tongue which vibrates in the mouth of the blower and causes the
green tube to utter a raucous note delightful to TIT ar OF the rustic must
clan. Then there are other pipes in which a metal tongue vibrates freely
through a slot, accomplishing what rigid lip and striking reed accomplish,
but producing musical speech of a different quality from either. This is the
reed" and sc far as the records go it's primitive home a China
Montreal Star. o
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

1. Mouth Organ from Tangier. 2. Heem.
3. From Burmah. A.. From Borneo.
5. From Burmah.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20

81 is written dow in the Book of Funny
i. Stories, Real and Alleged" that a plous
old lady of Scotch Presbyterian antece-
uents, hearing a church organ for the hrst
time, gave it as her opinion that it was a
pretty box of whistles, but an awful way OF
worshiping the Lord. Many a true thing is
said in jest, and many an apt characterize
ton is hidden under the disguise of frivolity.
So here. An organ is a box of Whistles; all
that is needed to make the description COM
plete is to add that the whistles are Of many
kinds and are sounded by mechanical means
instead of the breath of the player. What is
beyond that is detail and elaboration. There
are pipes in which the imprisoned air is set
to vibrating so as to generate a tone by a jet
blown into the end so that it impinges upon a
sharp lip at an orifice near by. Those pipes
have their prototypes in the toy whistles
which boys make by carefully withdrawing
the bark from sections of willow or alder
= - cIt
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-03-20
Knew All About II.

For forty years Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption has cured coughs and colds. At
druggists. Price % cents.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-25
FINANCIAL GOSSIP,

New York: Waldorf crowd offering st. Paul
New York to Whalon. Case & Co.: There is
slight shrinkage will probably take place during
the day, but we. do not look for any serious
New York to L. r. .Sowle& & Sons: Money bro
ts kers take a somewhat more conservative view of
general One Of the largest money brokers' said
festenday t that he does not expect interest rates
considerably. A feature Of transactions in the
loan r'a crowd yesterday was the scarcity of bank
Half million gold. goes to Buenos Aires to-
tern railroad gives no nsg oay to the
holders Of the 81 100000 incomes ':B' issue The
poson of tbe and the financial
Company has eooSo Of Common enansf' and 5000
of Of weh entitled to
hive received 4 per cent each the. last two years.
Waldorf gossip to Watson Although the con
of support by substantial interests are features
OF the stock market, which dscourages outside
buying. conservative sentiment is bullish. the
short interest is growing and it is felt that any
favorable news would cause decided rebound III
prices. The old Waldorf crowd which was fac
her, is now. divided. and there indications
that some Of Its conspicuous members are buy
s fcd on the the them 5a
there are too many bears, that since September
stocks have had a sever drop. that the crop out
look is a strong bull factor Aand that while the
| market may be- hammered down couple of
points further it will then be purchase. He
thinks such a decline would nearly exhaust the
selling movement. On the other hand, H. G.
We'll, also prominent member of the Waldorf
party. still leans to short side. This operator
takes position that the two most vital things al
present are the Union Pacific injunction suit
and the Northern Securities case. He argues
that the outcome Of. the first suit is bound t.
have far-reechihg effects and that if 1t is il
favor of the complainants it will result in mate
rally lower prices ,f '.'" -, '' a..