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Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
KITCHEN sUPERsTITloNs.
Why Most Cooks Always Stir Theil
Batter One Way Only

Why Most Cooks Always Stir Their
Batter One Way Only.
'Take good lump of fresh butter
ind roll it in -four, place it in lined
iaucepan with half pint Of good, rich
iream, stir it gently over a low fire, al
ways the same way, till it begins to
simmer"
This recipe for the making of melted
butter is quoted from an old fashioned
cookery book of a century ago, but the
direction to stir always the same
way is observed as religiously today
as 1t was then, and probably will be for
a thousand years to come.
All cooks of all nations stir not only
the same way, but also from east to
west, sure indication that the prac-
tice originated with sun worshipers.
Speaking of stirring brings to mind
that in most English households-coun-
try ones at least-the practice of the
whole family Joining to stir the Christ
mas plum pudding is still in vogue
There are many peculiar, old fash
ioned superstitions connected with
cooking.
For instance, in Scotland, when oat-
cakes are being baked, it is still Gus
tomary to break off a little piece and
throw it into the fire
At one time, whenever a baking was
made-which was perhaps once a
month only-a cake was made with
nine knobs on it. Each of the company
broke one off, and, throwing it behind
him, said, This give to thee; preserve
thou my Sheep" mentioning the name
of noxious animal-fox, wolf or eagle.
A roast pheasant is usually sent up
with the tail feathers. This practice is
a memorial of the days when a pea
cock was skinned before roasting and
when cooked was sewed into its plum
age again, its beak gilded and so served.
Tossing the pancake is another inter
esting food superstition. Formerly the
master of the house was always called
upon to toss the Shrove Tuesday pan
cake. Usually he did it so clumsily
that the contents of the pan found their
way to the floor, when a fine was de
manded by the cook. The custom is
still kept up at Westminster school
where pancake is tossed over the bal
and scrambled for The one who Sc
cures it is rewarded with a guinea
The origin of the cross on hot cross
buns is matter of dispute. There is
little doubt that cakes partly divided
into four quarters were made long be
fore the Christian era. At one time il
was believed that bread baked on Good
Friday would never grow moldy, and
piece of it grated was kept in every
house, being supposed to be sover
eign remedy for almost any kind OF
| ailment to which man is subject
In many parts of England it is con
sidered unlucky to. offer a mince pie tc
guest. 1t must be asked for.-Bostor
Journal.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
No Sense of Proportion.

The young man who had spent his
efforts for several years without re-
suit in studying art was talking with
his practical uncle, who had patiently
paid the bills.
"Of course" said the young artist,
'I know haven't made much of a go
of it, but don't think you ought to ad-
wise me to try something else. You
know it's best to put all your eggs in
one basket and watch that basket"
"Um! That may be, Charlie; but did
you ever think how foolish it is to put
so many baskets around one bantam
egg?-Youth's Companion.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
Ancient Reda.

In ancient times the beds we read
about were simply rugs, skins or thin
mattresses which could be rolled up
and carried away in the morning. At
night they were spread on the floor,
which in the better class of houses
was of tile or plaster, and as the shoes
were not worn in the house and the
feet were washed before entering a
room the floors were cleaner than
ours. After a time a sort of bench,
three feet wide, was built around two
or three sides of the room about a
foot above the floor and, covered with
a soft cushion, was used during the
day to sit or lounge on and as a sleep
ing place at night. The bench was
sometimes made like settee, movable
and of carved wood or ivory.-London
Standard.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
How climate Has changed.

In Switzerland a mean temperature
equal to that of north Africa at the
present time is shown by its fossil
flora to have prevailed during the mio-
Gene or middle tertiary epoch. An
thropoid apes lived in Germany and
France; fig and cinnamon trees -four
ished at Dantzic; in Greenland, up to
20 degrees of latitude, magnolias
bloomed and vines ripened their fruit
while in Spitzbergen and even in Grin
nell Land, within little more than 8
degrees of the pole, swamp expresses
and walnuts, cedars, lines, planes and
poplars grew freely, water lilies COW
cred over standing pools and irises
lifted their tall heads by the margins
of streams and rivers.-Edinburgh Re
view.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
A Trick With m Ege.

Place two V shaped wineglasses Of
the same size near the edge of a table.
In the right hand one put an egg, just
fitting the rim of the glass. Hold the
bases of the glasses firmly down, the
top rims touching each other. Now,
with a quick, sharp breath, blow upon
the line where the egg and the glass
meet. The egg will jump to the other
glass. With a little practice this can
be done every time. Be careful to
blow in line with the left hand glass,
or the egg will jump in the wrong di-
rection and land on the table with dis
astrous results.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
CHINESE CONTRASTS.
We bake bread; in China they steal

We bake bread; in China they steam
it.
We divide the day into twenty four
hours; they into twelve.
We locate intellect in the brain; they
locate it in the stomach.
Our calendar is based on solar time;
theirs is based on lunar time.
With US the seat of honor is on the
right; with them it is on the left.
Our given name precedes the sur
name; theirs follows the surname.
The needle of our compass points to
the north; theirs points to the south.
We have standard weights and meas
ures; their weights and measures differ
in each district.
Our children stand facing the teach
er to recite their lessons; theirs turn
their backs to the teacher.
Our watchmen quietly go their
rounds with a view to catching
thieves; theirs beat gongs and yell to
frighten them away.
We bury our dead few days after
their decease; they often keep theirs in
the house in heavy, sealed coffins for
years.-"China's Millions"
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
THE TRUE FISHERMAN.
He Enjoys Natures Beauties and Il
Not a Mere Butcher.

He Enjoys Natures Beauties and Is
Not a Mere Butcher.
The anglers art is but a pretext, or,
rather, the incentive to a ramble, and
not the sole object of the fisherman,
unless, alas, he belongs to that too
common variety, the man whose sole
object is his catch. Such a man fishes
with a worm, hides fingerlings in the
depth of his basket and photographs
his catch as a witness of his crimes.
lie is not a fisherman, but butcher.
yellow primrose on the rivers bank
is to him a primrose and nothing
more.
The true fisherman loves to catch
fish, to match his wits against the
weary trout but as he wanders from
pool to pool the songs of the birds
greet him restfully. Every turn in the
stream reveals a nook in which strange
element of the sport prevents the
scene from becoming monotonous The
element of chance, the uncertainty of
the catch, add the drop of tabasco
sauce which gives zest to the day And
the noontide meal by the brink of the
stream! When did a meal have more
delightful flavor? Delmonico never
served a trout like unto those we have
eaten by the banks Of a mountain
brook with the clear blue sky above,
the waving forest round about and
the murmuring stream at our feet.
The hour of contemplation comes
afterward, with the pipe of peace in
our hand instead Of the relinquished
rod. How far off the city seems! Are
there such things as corporations,
trusts, stocks, bonds, electric lights
that amaze the sight, harsh warnings
of trolley gongs, the rumble and grind
of the wheels and the brakes on the
elevated road which alright the ear?
The harshest note that breaks the still
ness here is the boom of the bittern in
the distant marsh.
Home to camp the fisherman goes,
taking a cast in this silent pool in
which the trout rose in the forenoon
to his cast, but missed the fly, or in
that dark hole deep under the bank
in which a vigilant eye may detect the
brown sides of trout with laZily wav
ing fins and tail, an old campaigner
not easily caught.-Dr. A. T. Bristow
in Worlds Work.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
NEWFOUNDLAND WREcKERs
The Bounty That Is Cleaned From q
Barren Shore.

the bounty That Is Cleaned From q
Barren Shore.
In bygone times it was the practice
of the Newfoundland coast folk to ap-
propriate everything they secured, but
this lawlessness had to be sternly re-
pressed. Now the unwritten rule Is
that they get half their hand" or SO
per cent, as salvage. In portable and
valuable articles, such as silverware,
there is still a strong temptation to
keep the whole, but the punishment is
severe. Champagne, liquors, cabin
stores and the like have also a trick
of disappearing, and In the poorest
fishers cottage you will come upon
rare china, dainty napery, silverware
of price and wines to tempt an cpl
cure. The salvors are reckless and un.
thinking, and as they gather in hun
dreds every man pre-empts what he
can. In the rush there is much de-
stroyed. When the Herder was lost
in 1882 they burned whalebone worth
$4,000 ton to save leather costing
20 cents a pound. In the Emmeline
wreck of 1900 they trampled crates of
costly glassware to get at four cases
of French prayer books valued at %
cents apiece. On one occasion two
salvors had got ashore a piano and
were adopting the Solomon-like expe-
dent Of saving it in half when a
shrewder chum bought it from them
for a bottle of whisky looted from the
captains cabin. When the Grasbrook
went ashore in 1890 every man on the
shore provided himself with a German
concertina, of which instruments Of
torture she had a large consignment,
and to secure them packages of much
more costly freight were thrown over
board. When the Orion, from Balti-
more for Copenhagen, struck the back
of Cape Race and went to pieces she
had a large consignment of bicycles
on board, and they were auctioned in
st. Johns and disposed of all over the
island The Abbeymore's lading in
1898 included some cases of splendid
English rifles for Canada, and these
are now to be seen adorning every
fishers cottage along the shore.-P. T.
McGrath in McClure's.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
Her objection.

"Don't you think you are taking the
wrong stand when you say you do not
wish your son to marry, Mrs. Will
loughby?" asked an intimate friend.
Don't you know it is natural and best
for a young man to marry and that he
will not think any the less of his moth
er because he has a wife?"
"Oh, it isn't that" protested Mrs.
Willoughby. 81 don't mind his marry
ing on general principles, but 1 don't
want to be called the old Mrs. Will
loughby.' New York Press
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
The Great Porcelain rover.

In 1430 A. D., after nineteen years of
ceaseless labor and an expenditure of
about 100000, the Chinese govern
ment finished the wonderful porcelain
tower at Nankin, which stood for near
ly four and a quarter centuries, until
1866, the most marvellous building ever
erected by human hands. 1t was of
octagonal form, 260 feet in height, with
nine stories, each having a cornice and
a gallery without.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
when the barber was a wit.

In original literature the barber is
great figure, and Arabian tales are
full of him. In Italy and Spain he was
often the brightest man in town, and
his shop was headquarters for wit
and intrigue. Jasamin became famous
as poet in southern France and re-
cited his verses with razor, scissors,
brush and comical gestures as he dress
ed the hair and beard of fine ladies and
gentlemen in his shop. He had a great
run, made money, hived fame, and
Smiles made book about him.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
eExecutiye Ability

"But then, of course, he has execu-
tive ability" we said conclusively.
Executive abilityw repeated our ac-
quaintance. What do you mean by
that?"
"Why, the quality Of holding subor-
dinates responsible for failures and
taking credit to ourselves for their sue
cesses," we responded.
Which we considered rather clever
for studied impromptu. - New York
Herald.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
Her Advantage.

"Oh, dearp' said little Harold's
mother, who was somewhat rheumatic.
'T seem to ache all over"
WELL" said her sweet child, I'm
sorry, but not as sorry as I'd be for
father If he felt that way"
"Why would you feel more sorry for
your father, lover
"'Cause they'd be such lot more of
him to ache. Chicago Record-Herald.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
Cholly,s Repartee.

"Cholly is so clevah at weparteew
exclaimed Clarence.
isn't hep said Reginald. whats
his latestr
"a gweat, howwid bwute said to
him, You are the biggest fool in this
state And Cholly answered wight off,
I don't agwee with your" "-Cincinnah
Commercial Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
A Mystery Explained.

IT don't understand" said the igno-
ramus at the academy. "why they al
ways put the bafdheaded men up in
the front row."
"That's easy" butted in the usher.
"They put 'em up there so they'll be
near the lies."-Boston Herald
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
Prejudice.

Judge-Do you solemnly swear to
tell the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth?
Witness-I do.
Judge-What is your occupationf
Witness--I was employed in the
weather bureau.
Judge-You are Philadel-
phia Telegraph.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
Awake.

Sharp-Why, almost lost money on
the goods sold to you. How much
do you think made on the order?
Byer About twenty-five times as
much.
Sharp-Twenty-five times as much
as what?
Byer-As you were going to say you
Philadelphia Ledger.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
Mad and Rad.

Kind Hearted Citizen-Tut, tut, tut!
Don't worry over it, little boy. You
didn't break your pitcher, and there's
no use, you know, in crying over split
milk.
Little Boy-Do talk as if was cry
in, mister? Resumes his violent Ian
guage.)-Chicago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
Bad Literature.

Philanthropist-You say bad litera-
ture brought you here? What made
you read it?
Convict didn't wrote it. l wuz
q poet an had ter steal ter keep from
starvin' Judge.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
Two Effects.

ri never send out story for publica
don," said Dullpath, the realist, with
out first having slept over it."
81 don't believe I've ever read one of
them either without doing the same
thing" returned Hawley.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
The Annual
Income

For life that you would like
to leave your wife, and the
amount in cash you would like
to have returned to you, if you
survive the period of limited
payments-give these facts
and the ages of both, in writing
for terms on this contract,
devised and introduced by
The Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York.
This Company ranks
Ffrst-Iu Age.
Fiyst-In Assets.
Fiyst-In Amount Paid Policy-hoiders.
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF NEW YoRK,
RICHARD A. MccURDY, President.
stanly Forbes, Manager : San Francisco
California ie19
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
Sweet Content.

Blobbs-Sillicus is very proud of his
lineage, isn't he?
Slobbs-Yes; he would rather have
ancestry than make a name for him
self.-Philadelphia Record.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
Evil,

Good is positive. Evil is merely
privative, not absolute. 1t is like cold,
which is the privation Of heat. All
evil is so much death or nonentity.-
Emerson.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
Not Used to 1t.

Hostess-I wonder why your little
brother seems so restless and uncom-
Portable?
Little Ethel think it's cause his
hands is clean.-Stray Stories.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
All One to Him.

Look, papa! The duke has brough
his coronet."
'Tell him to go ahead and play it.
don't mind the noise."-Life.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14

People would be more willing to take
their whipping if the fact could be.
concealed that they were getting one
Atchison Globe. i
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14

There are more fools than sages, and
among sages there is more folly than
wisdom
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
A Poor Bargainer.

Ethel offered Ferdy penny for
his thoughts.
Edith-Well, I'll never let you do any
shopping for me!-Puck.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
TO THE UNFORTUNATE
DIR. GIBBoN
JACKSON, CAL.

This old reliable and
themost successful spe-
cialist in San Francis
co costillcontinues to cure
all Sexual and Seminal
DiSeaseS,such as Chen
oFrhe9, elect. Structure,
Syphilis in al It's forms
Skin Diseases, Nervous
Dc b ilitS, Impotency,
Seminal Weakness, and
i nnE II AInnhAnl Aha
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14

SAFE DEPOSIT--Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank of Amador County at the
small expense of So 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 home institu-
tion. Send money away through the Bank of
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over postoffice or express. Money sent
to all parts of the United States and also all
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 hy opening up bank account. A
man or woman with bank account has "a
financial standing. Don't bury your money
when you die it can't be found and you are liza
BILE to be robbed while alive
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14

consequence of self abuae and excess prodGc-
nance dark spots under the eyes, pain in The
head. ringing in the ears, loss of confiden"e
dtitdence IN apl'roacI'il:S strangers ralpitation
rf the haart weakness ~ tho limbs and back,
loss OF memory pimpies on the face cousi :
consumption, etc
DIR. GtBBON has practiced in San Francisco
over do Years and those troubled should not
fail Ia consul; him ard receive the benefit of
his great skill! and experience The doctor
artecd Persons cured at home. Charges reas-
enable. Call or wri.e.
DIR. ] + GIBSON sas Kearney street. sau
Francisco Cal.
Amador ledger., 1903-08-14
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :

Alfonso Ginocchio, S. G. Spagnoli, John Strohm,
Frederick Eudey and alex Eudey of Jackson
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-07-23

The Oregon Weekly Journal, a Demo-
cratic newspaper. 16 pages. full OF news
all Of it! 81 a year tc any address. The
Journal p. o. Box III. Portland, Or.
The Oregon Semi-Weekly Journal. a
Democratic newspaper. ever fair and al
ways free: 1s4 copies in one year for only
si.5O to any address. The Journal, p.
o. Box l21s Portland. Or.
Oregon Daily Journal. a Democratic
daily newspaper, eight to 20 pages. 81 a
year; 81 for six months. The Journal Is
a newspaper. Send in your subscription.
Interest your neighbor in The Journal.
Address The Journal, Box 121. Portland.
Or.
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ARLINGTON.

Married, at The Dalles, July 10, J. W.
Brown and Mrs. L. Scale, both of Arl-
ingtoR.
The new drug store is almost COM
pleted and the telephone man is putting
the central in.
H.C. Mason was over from Golden
dale during the week.
Miss Carlisle is assisting in the P. o.
this week.
Harvest is on in full blast and hands
Ss scarce aa usual.
Qnite lot of 1908 wheat has been
delivered at BIalock already.
Jeweler Shanks has been under the
weather for few days.
Chas. Morris returned from Yakima
Friday but failed TO bs married which
was a relief to few.
D. 0'Conner was in from Emerald
ranch Monday. lie has fine crop vi
hay and expects to fatten about 200
head of beef this Winter.
E. W. Daggett was up from Blalock
Sunday.
Busey & Hursh are making four trips
each week to Blalock and SchuttleE
with their butcher wagon.
W West was in from the Greek Mon.
day.
Z. Van Shock has opened the Hale
restaurant at the old stand.
Two run-a-wsys this week but no
damage done.
C. G. Clark was mp from Blalock af-
ter hay press Monday.
Frank Lewis was in looking for hands
Sunday.
G.. W. Collins and daughter were in
from the Junction Houee Monday.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-07-23
INEL UENTZAL LAMIGRA-
TON AGENT.

President Roosevelt has been
talking SO much about his Western
"trip, and the wonders it disclosed
. him, that many people Of prom
luence who would not otherwise
have done so are contemplating a
tour of the real great West, includ-
ing The Pacific Coast. Such tours,
it is reported, are contemplated by
Siguor Des Planches, the Italian
Ambassador; Baron Won Sternburg
the German Ambassador; NJ. Juss-
Grand, the French Ambassador;
rFs-n1r 0jeda, the Spanish Minister;
Lang Chen-tung,the Chinese Min
lister, and others of high rank and
repute. So the Presidents trip
may be of substantial benefit to the
Far West, for the tours of such
men as these will be followed by
those of many less distinguished
but influential people.
The President already knows
more about the West than most
Western men do themselves, but
his tour was a constant revelation
% him, and he could not restrain
his enthusiasm about the West on
MS return to Washington; and
when he speaks mnltitudes listen
and and are more or less inhuenc-
Cd; 80 that his trip and subsequent
.alk is likely to result in a very
sarge increase in the westward
tourist travel. And the people
;hu5 enlightened about or interest
ed in the West will not all be mere
tourists either; many of them will
De honeseekers and will become
settlers. The Presidents tour was
an incidel t 1T will be beneficial
= the West, in ludlng this portion
4 i Telegram.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-07-23

President Roosevelt should feel
encouraged. The people are CIV
ing heed to his advice in a manner
that is truly wonderful. Since his
sentiments on she subject of large
families have been made public
even Grover Cleveland has become
the daddy offs tine big boy.
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Brutality Tortured.

4 ease came 10 light thai tor persistent
ssa ummercihl tEtaVs has perhaps
never bren eoualstl. Jne GclObick, al
C.sEusa, CSht., writes; "For Is years !
ptRsnred iusntFerable pain tram Rheu'
mRtism aud nothing relieved me though
tried everything kHown. came across
Electric Bitters and it's the greatest
mpah.ine ON earth Tor that trouble. A few
boitEes of il completely relieved aud
cured me-" Just as Soo,i for Liver and
Kidney troubles and general debility.
Onl, soc. Salts faction guaranteed By
Condon Pharmacy.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-07-23

Bryan is still after Cleveland
but he can't hurt him any more.
Time was when it is possible the
Nebraskan had Grover almost con-
vineed that he cut but little ice
but since the advent of that boy at
Buzzard's Bay the fat man is more
than ever of the opinion that he is
1T.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-07-23

Finest straw berries AMI ice cream at
Little's confectionery and ice erea m
psTlor.
All repairing except hall soling done
Absolutely Free on shoes sold by us. o.
W. Propst & Co.
Ask those who have used Avanerious
Carbolineum, It is good for 100 purpos-
-es. Clarke & Frazer.
When in need Of fence posts give the
Lost Valley Lumber Co. a call. They
have 10000 tirst-class FIR and tamaracR
posts for sale. II