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Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
Npera Under DificuIties,

Signor Arditi tells the following story
In his autobiography: During my first
long stay in America our company was
announced for one night, during a ter
ribly cold winter, at Washington Shall
ever forget the bitter cold of that sea-
son? 1t was as though we had sudden
ly been transported to the arctic re-
gions, and the theater in which we had
our performance was as Inadequate to
cope with the frost as though we had
fixed up a summer tent for the purpose
Norma was the opera, and Grisi, in
stead of appearing in her traditional
white robe with flowing folds, was
compelled to come on the stage wear
ing a huge fur cloak in which she was
huddled up almost to her eyes The
house only really rose to the occasion
with loud bursts of laughter when
Mario made his entrance holding q
coachman's umbrella over his head
he, as Polio, being confronted by Nor
ma in their tragical meeting = under
which prosaic safeguards both artists
covered while singing their grand duo.
The roof of the theater had given way
under the weight of a heavy fall of
snow, and its coating of ice, melting
under the heat of the gas, was stream
ing down on the artists
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
An Innocent
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BY STILLETTA
Copyright, 1902,
By 7. C. Mcclure ID W NAG
lsOeOsOeOeOsOOeOeOeOeOeC

If there had not been a wedding at
s26 Granville avenue. there might not
have been one exactly two months lat
81 at 32o, just across the way
The wedding had been the finest that
the pretty southern town had seen for
many a day. Now that it was over
there was small brigade of caterers
and florists assistants scurrying about
packing up cut glass and candelabra
and showing camp chairs and portable
palms into prosaic carts. Alice Doro-
thy, fiattening her little nose against
the window pane in the house oppo-
site in her eagerness to see the very
last OF it, sighed regretfully.
Last night, for one brief, blissful mo-
ment, mamma had held her up to kiss
the bride in all her glory of veil aud
flowers and shimmeriES satin. Then
she had been hurried home with Hep
zy.
And this morning there was nothing
left of it all but few wilted chrysan-
themums scattered on the walk and a
trail of rice across the lawn. The beau
tiful dream had vanished; but, oh. how
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
Indians Have Hard Teeth.

"'I don't care for Indians as patients, .
said dentist the other day. mo; ii
isn't that they are Objectionable per
sonally; it is just because there is NO
money to be made out of them at regu-
lar rates. The hardness of an Indians
tooth is something to marvel at, and
if had many of them to treat should
be forced to have instruments of un-
usual strength made to order. The
ordinary kind won't stand the pressure
1 filed one cavity in a red mans tooth
the other day, and before got through
l had turned the edges of no less than
twenty drills. There isn't much money
in that sort of work, is there? And
talk about the Indians vaunted stoi
cism and imperviousness to pain! Why
that fellow yelled every time touched
himl I've had six-year-old children be
have better in the chair" ."-Philadel
phia Record.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
Ancient Ideas of Africa..

In medieval times Africa was an
unknown continent as we'll as Asia.
Until few years after the discovery
of Columbus no one had sailed around
1t, and it was quite generally thought,
as it had previously been thought in
regard to Asia, that the African conti-
nent extended on and on indefinitely
1t was supposed that far to the south
was the zone of heat, in which no hui
man being could live. This was by no
means an unreasonable inference to
the ancients. They knew that the far
ther they sailed to the north the colder
it grew and that in the extreme north
was a region of perpetual ice and snow.
They also knew that the farther they
sailed to the south the warmer it grew,
and what was more natural for them
to suppose that if they went far enough
in that direction they would come upon
lands that were parched and baked
and upon seas that boiled, where moth
ing could live but salamanders?
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
Sleep.

Sleep begins, in its first phase by a
state of distraction which brings on
states of absent mindedness accompa-
MED always by numerous and separate
hallucinations closely connected with
the length of the absent minded states.
Immediately afterward, in a second
phase, these states of distraction pass
into a very delicate motor disturbance,
due to the absence of parallelism in
the axes of the eyes or by the devia-
ton of their conjugate movements.
Then, in third and final phase, which
indicates the very near approach of
actual sleep, the vasomotor system
seems to conform to laws very differ
ent from those that regulate its mech
anism during waking hours.-Revue
Scientifque.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
He Could WELD an AK.

Queer and racy are the tales told Of
the skill of the Maine shipbuilders in
the use of the ADJ and broadax. One
old time yarn is of a carpenter who ap
piled very drunk at shipyard for en-
ployment. In order to have a little fun
with him the foreman set him to give a
proof of his skill by hewing out a
wooden bolt with no chOpping block
but stone The carpenter accomplish
ed his difficult task without marring
the keen edge of the broadax and
showed the foreman a neatly made
bolt. Then he brought the ak down
with a terrific blow that shattered its
edge upon the stone. II can hew fust
rate on your chopping block" he hic-
coughed, "but I'll be blamed if I can
make the ak stick in it when I git
through" The story runs that the
foreman lost no time in employing
such a workman.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
Having Her Way,

There's nothing the matter with this
carpet, my DEAR" remarked Niggard
to his wife, who was cleaning house
and said she couldn't make the place
look nice unless there was new floor
covering to the front room. "All it
needs is good beating" he continued.
After beating merry tattoo on the
carpet with a stick out in the back
yard for half an hour, Niggard, with
an exultant expression on his face,
called to his wife:
"Come here, my dear. See, it looks
Just as good as new one."
'T don't see how you can say such
a thing" replied his wife, with tears in
her eyes. "It's just as faded as it ever
was and you've only made more holes
in It."
'Do you mean to say don't know
how to shake a carpetT demanded
Nggard, his vanity touched.
II do" replied his better half in a
tone that left no doubt what the result
would be. you are going to shake
that old carpet for a new one."-NeH
York Times
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
A Gentleman,

What is it to be a gentleman? Is it
to have lofty aims, to lead pure life,
to keep your honor virgin, to have the
esteem of your fellow citizens and the
love of your fireside, to bear good for
tune meekly, to suffer evil with con-
stancy, and through evil and good to
maintain truth always? Show me the
happy man whose life exhibits these
qualities, and him we will salute as
gentleman, whatever his rank may be.
Show me the prince who possesses
them, and he may be sure of our love
and loyaIty-Thackeray
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
How the Patent once Was Saved.

When in the war of 1912 the British,
who had taken Washington, trained
their guns upon the patent Office, DR..
Thornton, throwing himself directly
before the guns, cried:
Are you Englishmen or Gotbs and
Vandals2 This is the patent office-a
depository of the ingenuity and inven-
tons of the American nation, in which
the whole civilized world is interested.
Would you destroy it? Then let the
charge pass through my body"
And the building was spared. Twen-
ty-four years afterward, however, it
was destroyed by fire, together with
everything in 1t.
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she longed to have wedding of her
very own! Mamma had gone out, but
perhaps Hepzy would talk to her about
it again.
Hepzy, the good natured, was in the
upper room making beds. Alice Doro-
thy sped upstairs as fast as her dimin-
utive legs would carry her.
"Oh, HepZy," she burst out, her
bright face rosy with running and ar
dent interest, won't mamma let US
have wedding some time too?'
"Bress yo' heart, honey, dar couldn't
be no weddin' 'thout a bride nohowp'
But, Hepzy, mamma could be that.
She's more prettier n Miss Edit"
HepZy's fat sides began to heave as
she pftted a pillow into its proper ro-
tundity, her black palm silhouetted
against its snowy, beruf1ed covering.
81 don reckon, chile, yo' maw's much
notion O marryin' ag'in, seein' she's
he'd one crar 'scape."
whats a cfar 'scape, Hepzy"
"Lawd bress de chile! 1t amt nuthin'
dat consuns one livin' soul but hu'self.
honey. An howsomever dar amt nevah
bin no weddin' 'thout a brid' groom,
shuah's yo' bawn, liz GAL"
"a bwidegoom?"
"Yaas, chile; suttin' shuah-de pus-
son wot stan mex de bride an hol' hui
bokay while she am a-fas'nen of hui
Club"
Alice Dorothy was silent for a brief
instant in the face of this unlocked for
obstacle. Then, with a thoughtful
pucker on the little forehead, "P'raps
we could get one. Hepzy."
''Now yo is off'n de trac', liz gal
Oar amt no gittin' bout it. He JUS
come. an come hisself till by an by he
leabe off a-comin' an teks de bride off
to his own residumps."
"Oh," explained the perplexed little
questioner, with a dimpling smile of
illumination, Mr.. DonaP comes nearly
every day. P'raps he would be tn
bwidegoomr'
"Fo' heaben's sake, chile, wot am de
mattah wifi yo' sawsh dat yo' nav
done tie so scrumptious fore she done
gone out? It's a-draggin' on de flo
lax monkeys tailP'
The little girl laughed gleefully at
the picture. Hepzy had successfully
turned the drift of conversation, which,
as she declared to Marin Smith that
afternoon with numerous fat chuckles,
she felt "'bleeged to do, fo' de Dressed
chile was gittin' too pussonal."
Mamma and Alice Dorothy had been
swinging to and fro in the big rocker
for a long time that evening. When
the little girl. nesting closer, had asked
in her sweet, lisping fashion if they
couldn't have wedding some time like
Miss Edits, an did she fink that Mr..
DonaP would come, too, cause Hep
zy said there couldn't be none 'thout a
bwidegoom, mamma had kissed her
quickly on the mouth and told her
never, never to say anything like that
again.
"And mammals little girl must be
very quiet, too, when-anybody calls,
because''-with a half sigh-"mamma's s
afraid that-Mr. Donald doesn't like
little girls"
The front door bell rang sharply. A
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
Sentiment versus Fact.

That the advance preparation of
speeches will not always conform to
circumstances was made evident dur
ing a flag raising at public school.
The young orator had been speaking
for several minutes when he advanced
to the front of the platform, raised his
hand with a dramatic gesture to the
flag on the staff above him and shouted:
"See yon flag throwing Its protecting
folds to the breeze of freedomr'
1t was a pretty sentiment, but the
"breeze" didn't bear out the picture.
The flag, to which all eyes were imme
diately turned, hung as limp as if it
had been dipped in water.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
Grievances.

Every day in the year the average
man has a grievance. On the last day
in the year he has probably forgotten
the other 364.
Three hundred and sixty-flve days in
the year he has poured his particular
grievance into the ears of some poor
devil who has troubles of his own.
What's the use of it?
Don't kick. Let the other fellow do
the kicking-and give him cause.
Don't bluff. Some day fate is going
to deal you a good hand.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
Localizing Her Emotion..

Our minister during a call sang one
of those touching, simple melodies
which Edith is SO fond of hearing. She
was very attentive, gazing on his face
with her bright, wondering eyes. As
the song continued tears began to glis-
ten beneath the lids and glide down
her dimpled cheeks. After few min
utes' silence he asked:
Edith, how do you like it2'
ooh, very much, Mr.. Webb; but ii
hurts my Little Chronicle.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
Her Troubles.

Single Man Ito himself)-I am sure
that darling little angel loves me. She
takes me into her confidence and tells
me all her troubles.
Same Man (some years later)-Con-
found it all! From morning till night
and night till morning when I'm at
home I hear nothing but tales about
the servants, the butcher, the butler,
the baker, the candlestick maker and
all the rest of 'em.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
An Eye For Business.

81 am afraid the nobleman who is to
become your son-in-law has not much
talent for business"
81 don't know" answered Mr.. Cum
rox. eff he can manage to get as good
prices for other merchandise as he
does for a title I'll trust him to take
his chances in business. San Fran
cisco1Wasp.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
Two Views of IT

''What do you think of married lifeY
asked the henpecked man, addressing
the youthful bridegroom.
'Bliss is no name for it," said the
young husband enthusiastically
"You are right said the henpecked
one glOomily. "BIiss is no name for t.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
over His Patients Head.

When the doctor, who forgot what
kind Of medicine his patient was tax
ing, asked, "Was it fluid medicament
1 prescribed for you the last timer the
puzzled German patient answered:
81 don't know vot id vos. You said
1 shud take fife drobs dree dimes a day
in water. New York Press.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
Pi.toI wor,e IMAM svord,


Damocles was viewing the suspended
sword.
at doesn't seem to trouble you," OBJ
served Dionysius.
NO" returned his guest. 'Now, if
it was only a pistol you didn't know
was loaded
Weakened by the mere thought, he
hastily turned to the butter for
strength.-New York Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
Mending.

Mix-I noticed your wife sitting by
the window sewing this morning.
thought you told me yesterday she was
iii.
Dix-So she was, but today she's on
the mend.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31

SAFE DEPOSIT.-Safe deposit boxes ca
rented from the Bank of Amador County at
small expense Of IS cents month, thereby
curing you against any possible loss from
or otherwise. Don't overlook this opportu1
OF protecting your valuables.
SAVE MONEY-Patronize home inst
tion. Send money away through the Ban
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent
upward over pos toffice or express. Money
parts of the world. We have the latest gu
tions on foreign exchange.
SAVE MONEY-It doesn't cost nythin
deposit money in the Bank of Amador Cou
They receive deposits from s. up. CONNIE
the new year by opening up bank account
man or woman with bank account ha
financial standing. Don't bury your moi
when you die it can't be found and you are
BILE to be robbed while alive.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
Quite Capable,
: frank man.

Hes a remarkably frank man."
Glow so?'
".Why, the heiress asked him if he
was sure he could take care of her
when he proposed, and he said he was
sure he could If he had her money to
do 1t with."-Chicago Post.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31

messenger had come to say that Mrs
Nelson had Just received word that her
son had been killed and would Mrs.
Cranston come over for awhile until
her sister could get there
Alice Dorothy had a tiny scheme
tucked away in her active little brain.
She was pleased when mamma had
turned on the lights and told her she
might "sit up awhile in the big rocker.
1t was very still in the house after
mamma had gone, and the small eye
lids dropped heavily Then the bell
rang again, and the half closed eyes
flew wide open as their owner gave a
quick little breath.
Yes, she was sure he would comel
There he stood looking down at the
round, frizzly head. He was saying
something about finding her alone He
was big and broad shouldered, and his
eyes were smiling at her.
The child gazed at him very seriously
and very critically for a moment, and
then the dimples broke.
Il fought p'raps you'd come" she
".
You were looking for me, then?'
"Yes. 1 wanted t. ask If you'd be
th' bwidegoom at our wedding an
stan by the cuttings wifi tn bu'ful
bwider
Whose wedding, Alice Dorothy
Yours?' There was a note of eager
curiosity in the questioning voice.
Eyes; mine an mammals. Hepzy
says we mus have a bwidegoom like
Miss Edit had, an I fought p'raps
you'd be it!'
He lifted the child in his arms and
sat down in the roomy rocker.
Alice Dorothy nestled close to him
confidingly. He was not smiling now,
but the child's quick instinct told her
that he could be relied upon. She liked
Mr.. Donald very much.
can my mamma she fought we
could never have a bu'ful wedding
cause p'raps you don't like little gulls,
an it made her sorry to fink bout
that"
"Did she say that, little oneT'
mo, she din't say it; she on'y Wis
pered."
Mr.. Donald sat up very straight He
seemed to forget that Alice Dorothy
was there.
1t was very uncomfortable sitting
like that. And what did he mean
when he kissed her hair so suddenly
and called her little "angel of light
and said that he understood now-it
was quite clear-and he hoped they
would all be very happy yet.
And now he was holding her tight in
his arms, his brown cheek close to her
soft pink one, rocking slowly to and
fro. In spite of everything the drowsy
eyelids would drop over the happy,
sleepy eyes.
can it will-be-th' mos bu'fulest
wedding-an' Mr.. Donap-you do like
little gulls-'splain toto mamma.
please, so she-w-oo-n't be-sorry-
an -
The man and the child were very
quiet now. One had slipped away in
to dreamland and the other was fash
ioning fine dream of his own.
When Alice Dorothy awoke, she was
in her own little bed, and mamma was
bending over her, her face hidden in
the child's silky curls.
'The bwidegoom taxed care of me,
mamma, an'-an' '"-sleepily-"di he
'splain t you-'bout- -gullsp'
Eyes, darling; he has explained.
and''-
Alice Dorothy did not hear the rest.
Mammals voice was too soft or too far
away; but two months later, lacking
one day, she had wedding of her
very own.
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borrowed PIumes.

"Some folks IDEAS" said Uncle
Eben. "is jes' like an ostrich's feathers
Dey doesn' mount to muffin in partick-
Ter till dey gets into de possession Of
somebody else" e."-Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
Working Well.

The Querist-What do you think Of
the doctrine of the survival of the fit
test?
The Egotist-It is all right so far.
am still alive.-Kansas City Journal.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
Fisherman,s Luck.

$50 you think justice should be rep
resented with. rod and reelF" Eyes,
Of course! The big fish most always
get away."-Puck
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
College of Notre Dame

MARYSVllLE, CALIFORNIA.
Boarding and Day School conducted by the Sis
ters OF Notre Dame (Namurl. Founded in 1855
The curriculum embraces all the branches of
solid English education. Preparatory and
advanced courses in art language and music
For further information address
ap10-tf SISTER SUPERIOR.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Alfonso Ginocchio, S. G. Spagnoli, John Stro
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey of Jacks
Amador ledger., 1903-07-31
TO THE UNFORTUNATE
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Amador ledger., 1903-07-31

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
RE M0VAL NOTICE.

Moore & Handley Hardware company have moved their offices to their new i've story building corner Avenue A and Twentieth street, just one block south of their old stand, and are rapidly trans ferring their stock of goods to their two buildings. Having to move before their buildings were entirely ready to receive the goods requires more time than other wise would have been needed These build ings have been arranged to incorporate every advantage suggested by twenty years experience, looking to the rapid execution of orders and serving their trade better than ever before.
 They will be delighted to have per- sonal call from any and all of their friends at their offices on Twentieth street. cor ner Avenue A. 10-3-sat-su-wed-1w
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
Giving Away a Trade Secret.

From the Toledo Blade.
 The catch of cod on the Newfoundland banks is decreasing every year, yet the amount of Homeless cod' sent out from Gloucester increases rapidly. This appar- ent paradox is explained by the fact that homeless cod' is not prepared from cod fish. but from pollock. The pollock aver ages of greater weight than the cod, and it's flesh is winter and sweeter. Whats in name, anyway?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04

five hundred-a thousand names of folks who have traded here-are trading here. Pick out few of 'em-all of en1 If you find ONE among em displeased- if you find ONE among 'em who is not e1ated with the goods bought here or the treatment received here, then we will not ask your patronage.
 Satisfaction free with every purchase.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
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CHANGE OF QUARTERS.

The Carolina Portland Ce- ment Company, the "Mart of the South" for Portland, Rosendale and MAGNOLIA Clements, Lime, Plaster, Wall and Finish HIGH GRADE FIRE BRICK, and other building material, for the convenience of concentrat- ing their business, will move from their old stand, 22O9 Morris avenue, to their new quarters, on Avenue A, op- posite l7th St. Your patron age is solicited, with a guar antee of prompt delivery.
 Bell phone 557, Peoples 630.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
Aristocratic Poverty.

From the New York Times.
 "Oh. you poor man, Here are some pennies for you. Don't spend them fool ishly."
 No lady. I'll use 'em ter buy gasoline for me automobile"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-04
SCHOOL OF EXPRESSION STUDIO
 Chapter House, Church of Advent.

Under the direct supervision of Mrs. Lois B. Tolley. consisting of Vocal Ex- pression, Harmonic Gymnastics. Vocal In- depreciation of Shakespeare's Dramas. Special training to overcome stammering and other impediments of speech.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-04-13
BUCKEYE
OPTICIANS

COLUMBUS. o.. Apfu ia.-1'he as.
somblY room OF the Nell house was
Allied this morning at the opening of
the convention of the ohio Optical
society. During the day papers were
READ ana dtHruHHiuuH held ou such
subjects az optical ethics. the rcffae-
ilunlHiH 81 the future and the value
81 organization,
Tho nifiesfa in charge ~ tho CON
vruilau are. President. john g.. III
rfhnrdt. Dayton, Vice president -
h'rln. Cincinnati. secretary. Edwin
L. Ionea HanduHkyi treasurer. l.
Dock uaH4 Toledo.