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Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
AN EARTHLY TRINITY.
Health and Wealth Ought to Be
Linked With Happiness.

We are used tc feel, to put it crudely,
that folks who have health and money
ought to be happy. And so they should.
a sufficient income promotes comfort,
and that contributes to cheerfulness of
spirit, and to have health of course
means to feel well, and that is a long
step toward feeling good. But how far
do we have to look to find persons with
health to squander and more money
than they know how to spend making
strenuous efforts to attain happiness
and merely achieving impaired health?
If you have health and money you can
usually buy pleasure, but enjoyment is
different article, and even when you
have got enjoyment happiness may
still elude you. Pleasure pals and
sometimes demoralizes, enjoyment cas-
lily yields to weariness, but you don't
get tired Of being happy, and you may
be ever so tired and be happy still.
Happiness is a state of satisfaction.
One reason why it is so elusive may be
because we human creatures are
complication Of body, mind and spirit
and require for our complete satisfac-
ton particularly nice adjustment of
blessings and Of conduct. If we in
dulge the body too much the other two
partners become mutinous; If we over
cultivate the mind the body may break
down, and If we bestow all our atten-
ton on mind and body, the spirit, ig-
nored, takes a sure vengeance on us for
our neglect. 1t is so difficult so to
measure and direct our efforts as to
appease all the demands of our tripli-
cate natures that the simpler way Is
to regard happiness as a byproduct,
give over all direct attempts to acquire
a constant supply of 1t and simply ac-
cept however much of it may come
while we go about our business with
such intelligence as we can. We can
usually keep our bodies in fair repair
if we are not too lazy or too self indul-
gent. If we have to earn our livings
our minds and bodies, too, find occupa-
ton that is usually wholesome, and
the discipline of work, done, as it usual
ly is, for others as well as for our
selves, helps to satisfy the exactions of
the spirit.-Harper's Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
FANCIES OF STUDENTS.
The Young Medico who Thought He
Was Doomed to Paralysis.


"For the first year or two a man
studies medicine" said a young physi-
clan, "he has every disease he learns
about In my day we had a man
among us who felt sure he was going
to be paralyzed. He was healthy as
the next man, but that seemed to him
to make his disease more insidious He
used to sit with his legs crossed and
hit his knee to see If his reflexes were
all right. Every time he failed to hit
the right spot he would look down at
his motionless foot and say:
Boys, this is awful
HE used to stand up, put his heels
together and shut his eyes to see if
he'd stagger. And he always declared
he did, and then he'd look green around
the gills and sigh till even the fellow
who knew he had heart disease got
tired of it. Paralysis and nothing but
paralysis was on the mans mind, and
he reckoned on being stricken at any
time. When he was in his room he
wore a pair of slippers-the kind you
can walk into without STOPPING it
was his habit to leave things just wher-
ever he happened to step out of them.
One night when he shad gone to bed
somewhat the worses for the evenings
merriment two Of usswho roomed next
door stepped in and tackled his slippers
to the floor. About o'clock next morn
ing we were startled by a blood cur
ding yell from him. We rushed in.
There he stood, just as he had stepped
out of bed, his feet in his slippers. he
pointed to them with trembling fin
ger and then turned toward us a face
of utter despair.
Boys said he ,thickly, boys, look
at my feet. an't.move them. / can't
walk a step. Oh, Ford, it has come at
lastp London Tit Bits.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
Eoolins the Neighbors.

Terence O'Grady had only beensmar-
ried 4 week, but his bride was aIeady
making things lively in the little house
in Ballybuuion. He had been working
for three i;ours in his little garden
when Bridget came to the back door
and called out in strident tones:
Terence, me bhoy, come in to, tay,
toast and foive eggs"
Terence dropped his spade in,aston-
ishment and ran into the kitchen.
"Shure, Bridget, alannah, ye're only
coddin' me-" he said.
"Nay, Terence" replied Bridget, ''it's
not We, it's the naybors Orm coddin'r'-
London Telegraph.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
VIRTUE OF WATER.
Good Thing to Use In Keeping the
stomach Clean.


The habits of people in general do
not seem so bad when one considers
the average individuals limitations as
to knowledge and thought. The fact is
that most people don't know, don't
think and hence don't care. Let them
read more science, think more sensibly
and act more seriously, then their hab-
Its will be more satisfactory.
The alimentary receptacle, the stom-
ach or vat in which foods and liquids
are received and mixed, is habitually
converted by many persons into a
chemical retort for all sorts Of drugs
md remedies with the view of reach
fng and relieving the ills of the various
organs of the body, from dandruff to
cOrns. The writer believes that he can
give no more and better reasons for
his confidence in the therapeutic value
Of remedies than most other physi-
clans, but he wishes to emphasize here
the transcendent element Of common
sense i'll their administration. Before
and above all things, however, what is
wanted is a clean castro intestinal ca
nal, and his claim is that water prop
erly used is the best agent to effect that
cleansing. On par with this canal in
Importance are the eliminative tissues
and organs of the system--the kidneys,
mucous membrane and skin. What
therapeutic agent properly used is bet
ter than water? After all the assimila-
tive and eliminative organs and It's
sues have been thoroughly rinsed with
pure, soft water then, if 1t be still nee
essary to administer a chemical agent,
one may be selected that will, with
these organs and tissues in better con-
dition, work wonders. If you are so
foolish as to allow yourself to become
foul from head to foot, cleanse your
self with water before resorting to
chemical aids.-Health.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
Possibly So.

Eyes, children" said Uncle Henry;
1.-The fishes in the sea go in schools"
"In swimming schools?" asked the
smart nephew, who was planning to
enter Yarvale.
Most of 'em," replied Uncle Henry.
But the sea horses go to riding
schools, and the starfishes go to astro-
nomical schools, and the seal goes to a
law school, and the swordfish goes to a
military school and the sawfish to a
manual training school,"
"And where does the lobster goT'
asked the smart nephew.
"He doesn't go anywhere. He stays
at home and practices his college YELL"
Judge
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
GETTING TO SLEEP.
Some Points About the Art of Woo
ing Peaceful SIumber.

Ing Peaceful Slumber.
All conditions must be favorable to
sleep. The bedroom should be quiet,
dark and airy. In winter it is better to
have the window away up than to shut
it so that a knife edged draft shall chill
an exposed shoulder. The temperature
of the bed should be agreeable. Getting
to sleep when the feet are cold is as
slow a job as getting to sleep when
hungry. A hot water bottle in one case
and piece of bread and butter in the
other will help things. leave it to you
to decide which Is for which. A-Warm
bed in winter is easily got, but a cool
bed in summer is not so simple propo-
sition. However, sheet made of straw
mating interposed between the regular
sheet and the mattress will be found to
mitigate sensibly the horrors of hot
night. 1t preserves the sOftness and
springiness of the bed and yet is pleas
antly cool, without being too cool Per
sonally 1 find that sleep comes soonest
when have no pillows ut all.
The next thing is to relax utterly.
Remember that the corner of the jaw is
the citadel of tension. While that is
clinched no sleep can come. But most
important of all is the disposition of the
mind SO that sleep can come. The rea-
son why we fail in this is the same as
the reason why we fail in other things.
We do not very genuinely want to sue
ceed. As we lie stretched out after a
busy day, there are so many thoughts
that we want to chase after that We
drop the notion of sleep, though we
know that tomorrow is another day on
which we can think. 1t is all very well
to say Dismiss these thoughts" How
to dismiss them is the problem that
each must solve.-Harvey Sutherland
in Everybody's Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
THERMOMETER DEGREES.
The Scale Invented by Newton and
Amplifed by Fahrenheit.


Amplifed by Fahrenheit.
Why shculd the freezing point be
marked 81 degrees and the boiling
point 212 degrees on the Fahrenheit
thermometer scale? Most students
know that Its inventor divided the
degrees instead of the simpler 100 de-
grees used in the Oentigrade system,
but few understand how this number
came to be chosen. A writer thus ex-
plains the matter:
The thermometer was really invented
by Sir Isaac Newton. He started his
scale with the heat of the human body
md used as his instrument glass tube
filled with linseed oil. The lowest fig
ure on the scale was the freezing pDint
and the highest point boiling water.
The starting point of this scale, as
mentioned, was the heat of the human
body, which he called by the round
number IL, as the duodecimal system
was then in common use He divided
the space between the freezing point
and the temperature of the body into
II points and stated that the boiling
point of water would be about 80, as
the temperature must be nearly three
times that of the human body.
When Fahrenheit took up thejsubject
a few years later he used the Newton
instrument, but, finding the scale not
fine enough, divided each degree into
two parts and so made the measure
between the freezing and boiling points
"a parts instead of 12 Fahrenheit then
discovered that he could obtain a low
er degree of cold than freezing, and,
taking mixture of ice and salt for a
starting point, he counted "a points up
to body heat. By this measurement he
obtained 8 for the freezing point and
53 for the boiling point His scale now
read: Zero, freezing, 8; body heat, "a
and boiling water, 80. 1t will be no.
ticed that this scale is identically that
of Newton's, only starting lower and
having the numbers doubled.
1t was with this scale that Fahren-
heit worked for long time, but final
ly, finding the temperature divisions
sum tOO idlSc uc QlNIueu SdCu
into four parts. Multiplying the num-
bers just given by four the thermome-
ter scale now in use results
The chance choice of Newton of the
figure II to represent the body heat
determined the present thermometer
scale, even as the yard, foot and inch
measures originally came from meas
ures of parts of the human body, and
as the width of a railroad carriage was
determined by the track, which in
turn was determined by the width be-
tween the cart wheels necessary to
bear load which could comfortably
be drawn by a mule.-American In
ventor.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
What Fell Out.

"The next time my wife asks me to
bring home a fashion paper" growled
the baidheaded man, "Tll tie it up tight
before | leave the office.
'I've been married twenty years, but
everybody takes me for bachelor.
That's where the rub comes in about
this fashion paper. My wife asked me
to bring one home last night, and
bought the thing at news stand on
the l. station. OF course 1 didn't look
at it. When I reached my station
had to walk the whole length of the
car to get out, and just before 1 reached
the door boy came after me, touched
me on the arm and handed to me q big
sheet of white paper all marked over
with black lines.
81 beg your PARDON he said. but
you dropped this
'Then everybody in the car laughed.
The thing was labeled Mothers Friend
and it was one of those paper patterns
for things to go over corsets. New
York Press.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
Origin of the HANSON.

The hanson was the invention of 10
seph Hanson, the architect of the Bir-
mingham town hall. But the two
wheeled cab which he patented in 1884
little resembles the vehicle which now
bears his name. It had square, sedan
chair shaped body hung between two
wheels nearly eight feet high. The
drivers seat was in front, as also was
the door. The fare entered the cab be-
tween the wheel and shaft. The mod
ern hanson was adapted from this
original by Messrs. Gillet and Chap
man. 1t is a peculiarly English vehi-
Gle, and no foreign nation has ever
compassed the dogged courage of the
Briton who can sit calmly inside it
London Chronicle.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
An Irish1Ausyver.

The London Chronicle tells story
of an incident in a Donegal village
showing the friendly Irish habit Of
giving pleasing answer in preference
to the bald truth. 81 want some pep
permint lozenges," said the Saxon Wis
itor, coming straight to the point.
"Sure We do" smiled the Irish shop
man, keeping off it. How much are
theyr" pursued the Saxon as the man
did not move. "And isn't it two ounces
q penny they aref" answered the Irish
man, still without moving. well,
have you got anyf" persisted his GUS
toner impatiently. "Sure, not any at
allp' said the Irishman, coming reluc-
family to the point, with his sweetest
smile of all.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
whistler and DisraeIi.

Whistler once came very near to
painting portrait of Disraeli. He had
the commission. He went down to the
country where Disraeli was, but the
great man did not manage to get into
the mood. Whistler went away disap-
pointed, and shortly afterward took
place a meeting in Whitehall which
was the occasion of well known sto-
~. Disraeli put his arm in Whistler's
for little way on the street, bringing
from the artist the exclamation, "If
only my creditors could seev'
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
Care of the Cat.

Don't feed meat to cats when they
are kittens; it gives them fits. Don't
give them cold milk; just lukewarm is
the right temperature. Don't give them
chunks of raw meat; cook it little
and cut it up rather small. Don't for
get to have a dish Of fresh, clean water
convenient for them; cats suffer often
for cool drinks. Don't, if you buy meat
for them, "iver and alwis'' buy liver, as
they get tired of it, and it is not the
healthiest diet in the world. Don't for
get that bit of fresh, fish is welcome.
Good Housekeeping.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
"My Sons" "

said great business man, care n
partners and they need all Il
strength and courage l can gil
them" and he forthwith paid for
$1,000, 900 policy in The MutI
Life Insurance Company of Nd
York Not without the most cal
full investigation, however, exter
ing over six months. He was cd
vinced by just such facts as led Il
President of a National Rank
New York to make the curious al
,sslh4f+e#d ,ssl4f+ provision in his will, whil
is contained in ga Bankers Will
Write for it and also fef-tl
account of the 81, 900, 600 polid
"The Largest Annual Premiums
This Company ranks
FfySt-In Assets
Fi,Sf-In Amount Paid Policy.holdi
FrSf-In Age.
The MUTUAL LIFE INsURANd
COMPANY OF New York.
RICHARD A. McCURDY, President.
st My Forbes, Manager - San Franci
California. jej
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
Tn. Iniuries Emumerated.

Casey-Shure, they do be tellin' me
that big Moike Monohan wor knocked
down be an autymobike Yesterday. Wor
there any bones broke, 1 dunno2
Conley-Troth an there wor. The
owner av the divil wagon got his nose
broke, the chawfer got his jaw broke,
an Big Moike broke the siconds knuc-
kle av his roight f1sht-Puck.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
Ono or the Other

Gee whiz," exclaimed the nervy
caller, 81 haven't another match, and
my cigarette has gone outP'
"Well," replied the polite young wo-
man, who could stand it no longer,
"you would have had to If it hadn't
Catholic Standard and Times.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
Spain Brought Us Horses.

The Spaniards were the first to bring
horses to this continent, though the
paleontologists tell us that the rocks
abound with fossils which show that
equidm were numerous all over Amer
lea in the eocene period. 1t is singu-
lar fact, however, that there were no
horses in America when the first Euro
peans came hither.-John Gilmer Speed
in Century.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
Her Fear.

Maud-What makes you so awfulIy
nervous, dear?
Clara-Why, Fred is to have an inter-
view with papa this afternoon.
"Oh! And you are afraid your father
will not give his consentr'
mo; I'm afraid Fred won't show up"
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
A Mathematician

"Father," said the little boy, what
is mathematician"
ga mathematician, my son, is man
who can calculate the distance be-
tween the most remote stars and who
Is liable to be f1imfammed in changing
q two dollar bill" ll."-Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
What She Meant.

"She told me-" said the young man
who had consulted a fortune teller,
"that I was born to command"
"Well, wellp exclaimed Henpeck.
"She means then that you will never
De married. d."-EXchange.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
Sarcastic.

"Would you marry Chinaman| he
asked.
"Oh, DEAR" the girl, who is sarcastic,
replied, <"this Is SO sudden! But l al
ways supposed you merely looked like
one."-Chicago Record-Herald.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
The Test.

Mrs. Mugs horrid Mrs. Frllls
told Mrs. Nextdoor that 1 was regu
lar cat What do you think Of that?
Mr., Muggs-I think she never saw
you in the same room with a mouse
Answers.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
No Short Answers From Her

NO ShOrt Answers From Her.
"What was that Spillink said-that
his wife had never given him short
answer2"
"Well, it amounted to that. She de-
clines to use postal cards in writing to
him-"-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
About the Size Of It.

"Aunt Amyr'
eyes, Ethel"
"What is a confessionr'
"Gossiping about yourself, my dear" I"
Puck.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13

Light itself is a great corrective. A
thousand wrongs and abuses that are
grown in darkness disappear like owls
and bats before the light Of day.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13

A lazy man can never know the joy
Of a we'll earned rest.-Atchison Globe.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13

How many friends have you towhom
you can truthfully say, "You never of
tended mep-Atchison Globe.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
The Gallant Judge.

Magistrate-Next case! Who've we
got now?
Constable - Joseph Biggins, alias
ASlxofoc
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13

consequence of self abuse and excess produ
ing the following symptoms: Sallow count
nance dark spots under the eyes, pain in IL
head, ringing in the ears, loss of confidence
d1fhdence in approaching strangers, palpitatio
loss of memory, pimples on the face, coughi
consumption, etc.
DIR. GIBBON has practiced in San Francisc
over 40 years. and those troubled should NJ
fail to consult him and receive the benefit
his great skill and experience. The doctC
cures when others fail. Try him Cures qua
anteed. Persons cured at home. Charges rea
enable. Call or write.
DIR. ]. F. GIBBoN, go Kearney street, Sa
Francisco. Cal.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13

rented from the Bank of Amador County at
small expense of 35 cents u month, thereby
curing you against any possible loss from
or otherwise. Don't overlook this opportun
of protecting your valuables.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13

Magistrate-Ladies first. Wen have
Alice Skates take the estand.-Philadel-
phia Ledger
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13

SAVE MONEY-Patronize a home inst
ton. Send money away through the Banl
AmadOr County; you will save 10 per cent
upward over poStOf1ce or express. Money S
TO all parts OF the United States and also
parts of the world. We have the latest quo
tions on foreign exchange.
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
TO THE UNFORTUNATE
DIR. GIBBoN

This old reliable an
themost successful Sp|
cialist in San Franci|
co stillcontinues to cul
all Sexual and Semin|
Diseases, such as GhoI
orrhea, Gleet, Strictur|
Syphilis in allits form
Skin Diseases, NervoJ
De bility, Impotenc!
Seminal Weakness, an
L nOC Af Manhood ~
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13

SAVE MONEY-It doesn't cost anything
deposit money in the Bank of Amador Coun1
They receive deposits from s. up Comme1
the new year by opening up bank account.
man or woman with a bank account has
financial standing. Don't bury your mOnd
when you die it can't be found and you are \
BILE TO be robbed while alive
Amador ledger., 1903-11-13
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Alfonso Ginocchio, S. G. Spagnoli John Stro
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey of Jacks,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26

lowance Estate of Nathaniel Mckay: an
swer filed. Estate of Mary J. Halves; petit
ton for probate of will fled Estate OF
John H. Devote; cause referred to register
of wills as special auditor. Estate of Ro-
land F. Cromeln; remuneration of the
Hackensack Trust Company as executor.
Estate of Sarah E. Blundon; inventory filed.
In re Florence l.. Taylor; account passed.
Estate of Sarah e. Bradley; order granting
letters of administration to Mary Louise
McGlue; bond, $3.50. Estate of Nathaniel
Mckay; caveat filed. Estate of Rosa M.
Nourse; inventory filed. Estate of Jennie
M. Crummel; proof of publication and in
ventory filed. Estate of Ann E. Coates;
order of publication. Estate of William H.
Dorsey; inventory filed. Estate of William
w. Whitmore; will admitted to probate as
to real estate. Estate of Julia +. Heyl; in
ventory filed. Estate of Julia Hanson YER
dict sustaining will. In re Marie A. Sny-
dor ct al; petition for appointment as
guardian filed,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-26
NEW FERRY BOAT ASSURED,
Washington-Alexandria Service to B
Resumed Within a Month.

Should the plans of the owners Of the
old ferry line between this city and Alex
andria succeed there will be steamer on
the ferry route before the middle of next
month, and the service will be made eff
fcient Mr.. Bert G. Faulhaber of New
York, who has the interests of the own
erS of the old line in charge, was in the
city yesterday, and stated positively to
Star reporter that he had at last succeeded
in securing a double-end ferry boat for
the route, and would have her here as soon
as she can be made ready for service. The
steamer, Mr.. Fauhaber says, is a double
end boat which has recently gone out of
service from one of the New York ferries.
The boat is about the size of the Column
bia, and will make the run to Alexandria
in less than half an hour. She has been
chartered for three months, with the privi-
lege of purchase at the end of that time.
Before being brought here the steamer is to
be placed in dry dock by her owners, and
is to have some repair work done to her
hull.
The burned steamer Columbia will within
the next week or ten days be taken to
a shipyard, either in Baltimore or New
York, and will be rebuilt quickly as pos
sible. When completed she will be re-
turned to the route here If the chartered
boat shall prove meanwhile to be salts
factory she will be purchased and kept on
the route; If not. a new boat will be built
on the lines of the Columbia.
1t seems to be pretty well assured that
ferry service will be resumed between
Washington and Alexandria within the
next three weeks.
The negotiations which were pending be-
tween Mr.. Faulhaber of the old line and
representatives of the new ferry company
for the purchase Of the interests of the
old company here and in Alexandria are
off it is stated, and 1t is further stated the
new ferry company will now organize and
prepare for business.