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Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Culture and Riches.

If one-tenth as much attention were
devoted to the fools among the middle
and working classes as is devoted to
the fool sons of the rich, we should be
in danger Of believing with Carlyle
that the people are mostly FOOLS" It
is true that the culture of the suddenly
rich is cruder and narrower than the
culture of those who have had genera
tions Of wealth and leisure, but culture
is relative. The culture of the most
cultured classes in the old world is the
result Of large wealth possessed for
generations. Culture is q matter Of
growth, but it never grows in poverty.
The cheapness of the culture of the
very rich in this country as compared
with that of the aristocracy of old
countries is simply the difference be-
tween youth and age, difference OF
experience. There is a comparative
cheapness in the culture, bearing and
manners Of the people of the west
as compared with those of the east,
and for the same reason. The aristoc-
racy of the south and of New England
have a refinement quite unlike that Of
the newly made rich in New York and
Chicago and the west. They have been
longer in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Maya
zine
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
OBSOLETE TERMS.
Some Big Words That Have Bees
Consigned to Oblivion


The number of obsolete words that
are to be found in q complete diction-
ary of the English language is consid-
erably larger than the people have any
idea of. The following letter, written
by an alleged poet to an editor who
had treated his poetry with derision.
furnishes some idea of them:
''Sir-You have behaved like an i'm
petiginous scrogle : like those who,
envious Of any moral celsitude, carry
their unglicity to the height of creating
symposically the fecund words which
my polymathic genius uses with uber-
ity to abligate the tongues of the weet-
less! Sir, you have crassly parodied
my own pet words, though they were
trangrams!
Il will not coascervate reproaches.
will oduce a veil over the atramental
tngratitude which has chamfered even
my indiscerpdble heart. I am silent
on the focillation which my coadju-
vancy must have given when 1 offered
to become your fantor and adminicle.
| will not speak of the lippitude, the
oblepsy you have shown in exacerbat-
ing me. one whose genius you should
have approached with mental discal-
ceation. So 1 tell you, without super
vacaneous words, nothing will render
ignoscible your conduct to me.
II warn you that 1 would vellicate
your nose If thought that any moral
diarthrosis thereby could be performed
If thought should not impignorate
my reputation. Go, photographic scro-
gle, hand with your Grass, inquinate
fantorsl Draw oblectations from the
thought if you can of having synchron-
ically lost the existimation of the great
est poet since Milton"
And yet all these words are to be
found in the dictionary.-Tit-B
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Fortunes IN Picture Frames.

Some splendid picture frames may be
seen every year at the Royal academy
exhibition, but the finest and cOstlieSt
frame ever made for picture was that
which incloses the Virgin and Child"
In Milan cathedral 1t is made of ham,
mered gold, with an inner molding Of
iapis lazuli. The corners of this valu-
able frame have hearts designed in
large pearls and precious stones. Some
idea of its value may be gained when
it is stated that the frame is eight feet
long and six feet wide. Its estimated
worth is f25,000. One of the pictures
in the Vatican at Rome Is in q frame
studded with jewels. The picture is
a valuable one, but the frame nearly
equals the value of the painting.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Evolution of the Bed.

Bedstead originally meant 'the bed
place." The truckle bed was the first
advance on the bench, and then the
tester suspended from the roof. Then
came in the Arabian bed-a name per
haps derived from the crusades. The
four poster came from Austria in the
fifteenth century. The late Queen Vic
toria always carried her bedstead about
with her, and SO did the mobiles in the
middle ages. The coverlid or counter
point, whence comes counterpane, was
often splendidly embroidered. Yet the
beds at this time were often only sacks
OF straw. Feather beds came from
France in the fourteenth century, but
straw was in general use long after
Blankets Of wool were not introduced
by Blanket of Bristol, who made them,
for the word, in the sense Of coarse
woolen fabric, existed before.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Highland Makeshifts,

A few years ago accommodations in
the highlands of Scotland were very
primitive. 1t is related that the young
Duchess of Gordon, on inquiring how
the late duchess managed to entertain so
much company at Kfnrara, where there
seemed no room, was told by the butler
that for weeks at a time he had slept
ON the top Of the kitchen dresser. a
niece and two other young ladies were
known to have slept in the duchess
bedroom, which probably was not large,
for they were sent out to wash in the
neighboring brook. Miss Macdonell of
Glengarry, who told this, said also that
there was a waterfall near Ochtertyre
which the late Sir William Murray and
his brothers used as their shower bath.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Shaving the bridegroom.

The shaving of the bridegroom on his
wedding day is Bulgarian custom
which, handed down from pre-Chris-
tan days, is still observed with due
formality, especially in country dis
tricts. While the barber is at his
task a dancing crowd of young folks
surrounds him and the bridegroom.
As the latter's hair is cut the snippings
are carefully collected by some of the
girls for preservation in one of the
brides chests. The barber, when his
work is done, receives a small white
linen cloth as a present and also a
trifling sum of money from each person
there. Then the bridegroom kisses the
hands of the girls, washes his face and
dons his wedding. dress, which must
first be carefully weighed three times
by one of the boys.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
The BRIDAL Veil

The origin Of the bridal veil is a dis
puted question that will probably never
be settled. Some see in it nothing
more than a milliner's substitute for
the usual flowing tresses which half
concealed and half revealed a brides
beauty as she knelt at the altar This
opinion is countenanced by the fact
that Elizabeth Stuart was not thought
to require an artificial veil, as nature
had given her an aff1uence of hair.
Others see its origin in the veil Of the
Hebrews marriage ceremony or the
yellow 'fiammeum" of old Roman
brides
A third source is the old "care CLOTH
of the Anglo-Saxons, square vestment
held over both bride and bridegroom
till they received the nuptial benedic-
ton. So runs the use of the church of
Sarum and the Hereford missal.
Lastly, it has been held to be merely
an amplification of the Golf which medi-
8val brides wore between the garland
and their hair. Margaret Tudor wore
this under her coronet on her marriage
to the king of Scotland.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
curiositles of Cut Glass.

The process of glass cutting requires
great skill and care. A design is first
lightly copied on the glass, and the
cutters take it in hand. A fine stream
OF sand and water falls continuously
on a rapidly revolving steel wheel. To
this the glass is applied, and the cut
ting is really accomplished by the fric-
ton which the sand sets up. Then an
other workman with another steel
wheel and plain water brings the cut
ting up to a sharper edge. A third
workman with soft wooden tool takes
on the cloudiness caused by the fric-
ton of the steel, fourth polishes the
glass, fifth with preparation of OK
1de Of tin gives TO it that iridescent
luster which makes US value cut glass
so highly.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
A FAMOUS PERFUME.
Delicious Altar of Roses Is Chiefly
Made In Bulgaria.

Delicious Altar of Roses Is Chiefly
Made In Bulgaria.
The far famed otto Tor altar of roses
Is chiefly made in Bulgaria. Kasanlik
Is the center of the rose growing coun-
try. Red roses only are used in max
Ing the perfume, but white roses, which
grow more freely, form the hedges OF
the fields.
The trees, which grow to a great
height, are separated by paths nine
feet in width to allow the oxen and
plow to pass. The perfume is obtained
not only from the petals, but also from
the stalks and leaves. These give a
peculiar scent, which adds greatly to
the delicacy of the perfume of the
petals.
October, April and June are the
months for planting branches of the
old trees. Wedding, pruning and digging
are necessary for three years. when
they are full grown and repay the labor
spent upon them by bearing for twenty
years.
The discovery of the delicious altar
was quite an accident and took place
three centuries ago. The Persian Prin-
cess Nour Djihan was strolling through
the splendid galleries of her palace
with her betrothed Ghe Mongolian
Prince Djihanguyr) and noticed in the
rosewater basins about the passages
an ugly, yellowish oil floating on the
surface. Orders were instantly given
to remove the unsightly fluid, when il
was discovered the perfume was also
removed. Thus the virtue of the essen
tial oil was found out, which is still
called in Persia "Attar Djihan."
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
voRAcIoUs CANARlEs.
Appetite of a Bird Much Greater
Than Average Mans.

Appetite or a b1rd Much Greater
Than Average Mans.
When an old fashioned hostess
urges her guests to eat, after the con-
ventional manner of showing hospi-
tality and remarks, 'tWhy, you haven't
the appetite Of a bird" she really
speaks the truth, though she does not
intend to.
The average man, If he had bird 8
appetite, would devour from thirty to
thirty -one pounds Of food day, which
would be q tax on the larder of his
hostess
Recent experiments have proved that
the average bird manages to eat about
one-fifth of his own weight daily with
ease, if he can get so much food, and
in wild state, though the bird has to
hunt for his daily provender, he is eat
ing large part Of the time during the
DAY and manages to get his full ra-
tions.
The smaller the bird the more vora-
cious seems to be its appetite and its
power of absorption.
A German scientist recently kept
canary under observation for month.
The little creature weighed only six
teen grams, but in the course of the
month it managed to eat 512 grams
weight of food-that is, about thirty
two times its own weight. The bird
must therefore have eaten its own
weight in food every day.
An ordinary man with a canary's ap-
petite would consume $50 pounds of
food day.
But the canary is an extreme case.
| The ordinary bird, in good health, will
be satisfied with one-fifth Of its weight
day by way of food.-Answers.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
His Satanic Majesty.

During the American Revolutionary
war the colonists had great trouble
with women who were determined roy
alists. "The SEX" wrote the rebellious
governor Of New Jersey, "are mis-
tresses Of infinite craft and subtlety,
and I never read of a great politician
who did not employ petticoats to ac-
complish' his designs. Certain it is that
the greatest politician on record q
mean the deyiD applied himself to a
female agent to involve mankind in sin
and RUM
Dean Pigou tells in his book of anec-
dotes the story of the little girl who
was much upset by a maiden aunt and
posted in hole in the garden a letter
in these terms:
Dear Mr.. Satan-Will you kindly come
and take away Aunt Jane? She is a very
fussy person and does worry me SO.
Yours affectionately, ALICE.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Very Absentminded.

The celebrated German historian
Theodor Mommsen was the most alb
sentminded Of men. Once while going
from Berlin to Charlottenburg, a half
hours journey, the trolley car in which
he rode went off the track. The rest of
the passengers took another car and
went ahead, and the stranded vehicle
was abandoned till help could be found.
Mommsen remained reading his book.
An hour or two later the sound of
jacks, levers, derricks, ETC., aroused
him. Rising from his seat, he went to
the door and, with the most complete
unconcern imaginable, remarked, 81
suppose we have come to standstillp
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29

SAFE DEPOSIT-Ssfe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank of Amador County at the
small expense of IS cents 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 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 IAmador County.
They receive deposits from s. up. Commence
the new year by opening up bank account. A
man or woman with a bank account has q
financial standing. Don't bury your money !;
when you die 1t can't be found and you are lia-
BILE to be robbed while alive
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Creases In drawings.

Creases in drawings, engravings, ETC.,
may be leveled out by following these
instructions: Fasten the engraving OF
drawing by drawing pins on a board,
face downward, on sheet of paper; on
the back place another sheet of paper
which retains very slight quantity of
moisture. Over this place flannel OF
blotting paper, and, taking a hot iron,
pass it carefully over the part where
the creases have been made until they
disappear and then submit the draw
ings or engravings to pressure between
printers glazed boards.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
The Polite Germans.

We Germans are not only the most
polite, but also the most ceremonious
people in the world. Without ceremony
it Is not possible for us to present a
friend, to take seat in a restaurant OF
to drink or even to utter single word.
Consequently people like the British,
which ignores and utterly disregards
these customs, must appear to us herd
of lubbers.- Zeitung.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Flag Poles.

With proper care flag pole ought to
last a great many years in spite of the
incessant exposure to the elements. Of
course the best preservative of wood is
paint, and a man who has a flagstaff
which has cost him a good sum of
money should see that 1t is painted at
least once every twelve months. Flag
poles generally rot at the bottom first
and then have to be taken down to pre-
vent them from falling Of their own
weight.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
A Compliment.

Mrs. Hersey was unhappy over the
stern severity of her new photographs
"Norah," she said to her pretty wait
ress, do you think this photograph
looks like me?
Norah's warm Irish heart came to the
rescue. 'Shure, Mrs. Hersey, dear
she replied quickly, eff you looked like
that would 1 ever have two afternoons
a week Y'-Christian Register.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Not His Exnerience

Mrs. Henpeck-Let me see, is it ''big-
amist" or "polygamist?'
Mr.. Henpeck-What are you talking
about?
Mrs. Henpeck-Why, a man who has
one wife too many is a "bigamist, /"
isn't he?
Mr.. Henpeck-Not necessarily.-Phil-
adelphia Press
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Pnna did Tnn.

"This is my son Frederick, Mr.. Eos
dick" said Mr.. Chambers proudly, in
trodncing his five-year-old boy to his
caller.
"Well, Frederick" said the caller,
"do you obey your mammaT
eyes, SIR" replied Frederick prompt
ly, "and 80 does papa"
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Her Cultivated Taste.

"How is your daughter getting on
with her music?'
Every WE'LL" answered Mr.. Cumrox.
''She has got along SO far that when
1 ask her to play anything I like she
looks naughty and says, The ideaP y
Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Feeding ON souls.

A certain minister applied to his
church for an increase of salary.
''Salaryr' cried one of the members.
Salary! Why, I thought you worked
for SOULS"
"And SO 1 do," meekly replied the i'm
pecunious minister, ::'but 1 cannot eat
souls, and, if I could, it would take a
good many souls the size of yours to
make G decent meal.''
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
An Unreasonable Fellow.

"Oh, it's no fun being engaged to
him." she said bitterly.
''Why noti" asked her dearest friend
"Why, when you stir up little quar-
rel just to drive away the ennuf he
takes it seriously and keeps you wor-
ried for fear you've really lost him.
Chicago Post.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
The Minister.

First Scot-What sort of meenister
hae ye gotten, Geordie?
Second Scot-We seldom get CLINT
D him. Six days O. tn week he's en-
vees'ble, and on the seventh he's in
comprehens' s'ble.-London Mail.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
A Line of Action.

"You see," said the young lawyer,
my client is accused of bigamy, and
he's guilty; so 1 hardly know how to
defend him.
"Why, that's easy" said the old law
yer. defend him on the ground of
insanity and get few henpecked hus-
bands on the ury."-Puck.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Invitations,

Archie-See how am run after. All
these are invitations.
Friend-Good graciousl All invita-
ti6ns3 Invitations to what?
Archie-To call and settle accounts.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
wretch.

George, did you ever love any other
woman as well as you love me?"
"Oh, yes, my dear; several of them"
Indeed! Why didn't you marry one
of them instead of me?"
"Well, 1 suppose I'll be asking myself
that question, too, some day."-Chicago
Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Cause For Worry.

she-why do you look so worried,
BERTHE? Did papa object?
Bertie-No. But he said: ITS all.
right. You'll soon find out it's useless
to object when Nell is set on anything"
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Uncertain.

He-Was that you kissed in the
conservatory last night?
about what time was itr"-Life.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
The Natural Part.

"She seems to be a natural fiirt," he
said
''Naturalp the woman impatiently
replied. There's nothing natural
about her but the framework. Chi.
ca9o Record Herald.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Saving Himself Trouble.

She-1 saw you, sir, with that horrid
widow, and shall send back your
presents at once.
He-Don't send them to me-send
lhem to the widow.-Town Topics.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29

An economical way of disposing OF
stale bread is by eating it. 1t saves
DOCTORS bills.-Detroft Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29

He who wishes to secure the good Of
others has already secured his own.-
Copfucfus.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Out of Harms Way,

He-Why does this theater have it's
orchestra concealed?
She-Why? Just wait until you hear
1t play.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
The Real Thing.

Sportsman-Any good hunting in this
part of the country?
Native-Lots of it.
Sportsman-What kind of game?
Native-No game at ALL Just hunt
ing.-Illustrated Bits.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29

consequence Of self abuse and excess produc-
ing the following symptoms: Sallow counte-
nance dark spots under the eyes, pain in the
head, ringing in the ears, loss Of confidence,
diffdence In approaching strangers, palpitation
loss of memory, pimples on the face, coughs,
consumption ETC.
DIR. GIBBON has practiced in San Francisco
over 40years, and those troubled should not
fail to consult him and receive the benefit Of
his great skill and experience. The doctor
cures when others fail TRY him. Cures guar.
anteed Persons cured at home. Charges reas-
enable. Call or write.
DIR. J. F. GIBBoN, $50 Kearney street, San
Francisco. Cal.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
TO THE UNFORTUNATE
DIR. GIBBoN

This old reliable and
themoSt successful spe-
cialist in San Francis
CO ostillcontinues to cure
all Sexual and Seminal
Diseases,su as Ghon-
orrhea, elect, Structure,
Syphilis in all its forms
Skin Diseases, Nervous
De bility, Impotency,
Seminal Weakness, and
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
BANK OF AMADOR COUNTY
Incorporated November, 1895

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Alfonso Ginocchio S. G. Spagnoli, John Strohm
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey of jackson
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-01
Aumurol1s department.
The Maids Evasive Answer.

Strange as it may seem. there is
public man in this city who Is blessed
or cursed with a tender conscience
that worries him in small matters as
we'll as in great. Among the things
that he cannot justify to himself is the
bidding a servant to say that he is not
at home when in reality he is inside
his house. At the same time he is not
able to receive the many visitors VINO
call upon him, and his only resource
was to give instructions that polite eN-
cuses should be given. Upon one oc-
casion such instructions were given 10
a maid, an Irish girl gifted with the
readiness and good wit of her nation.
"Then I'm to be saying, sir. that
you're not at home?" the maid in
quired.
mo. Mary, no." was the reply: that
would not be true. If any one should
ask for me, you must just put him OF
give him some evasive answer, you
know"
"rn do it, sir. never fear" was the
maids reply. mary Was DIS Sooo q" iiN-
word.
That afternoon a person of import
ance made his appearance. and was
duly sent away. The faithful maid re-
ported the circumstance to her en-
ployer
What did you do, Mary?" inquir-
ed the latter with some trepidation.
"Oh, I just put him off, sir, as you
told me. I gave him an evasiVS an
swer."
Yes, but what did you say to him."
"Oh,. sure, he aXed me if the boss
was home, and I axed him, Was his
grandmother a monkey" "-Phlladel-
phia Telegraph.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-01
POISON EASY TO OBTAIN.
Even the DeadIiest, Cyanide Of Po
tassium.

when you read Of mysterious pol
soning cases." said a Washington lady
you always wonder how on earth the
people ever manage to get hold OF the
deadly drugs. OF course, there are
great many common poisons that you
can buy easily enough in most places
if you give your name. and address, and
don't ask for too large quantity, but
the swift and deadly sort are supposed
to be out Of the reach Of the average
person. Some of them aren't though.
I had an opportunity only last summer
to get enough of the deadliest drug
know about to kill regiment, and
nobody would ever have guessed how
I came by it. It was at a little resort
not far from Washington, and three or
four of us went to have tintype pic
lures made. The tintype gallery was
a little shed, and the photographer,
or timer, or whatever you may call
him, had no assistant. He took the
picture, disappeared with it for few
minutes into his dark room, and then
came out, the sheet of tin in one hand
and a round wooden box, nearly the
size of collar box, in the other hand.
He set the box down on a table, got
out some bottles and proceeded to dry
and varnish the picture over q small
oil stove. l didn't see him take any
thing out of the box. and as 1t had no
cover, l could see that it was half
filled with a coarse, white powder.
lis that salt?' 1 asked.
mo said the timer, quite as II II
was nothing more dangerous than SALT
it's cyanide Of potassium
Il almost tainted at that. Why, II
I'd just dipped finger into that box
could have brought out enough of the
stuff under a finger nail to kill myself,
or anybody else. If I'd just prodded 1t
carelessly with a hairpin I could have
gone away with sure death concealed
in my pompadour. Of course, 1 didn't
do anything of the kind, and I've had
cold shivers every time I've thought OF
that poison lying around that way. 1t
occurs to me that people who write de-
tective stories ought to make note of
that tin-type gallery. Can't you see
the villain dropping his glove careless
ly into that box and going away loaded
down with material for forty murders?
Can't you see him-suppose he hap
pened to be waiter-poking one thumb
into the box when everybodys back
was turned? An ordinary thumb in
ones soup is bad enough, but think of
Il cyanide thumb that nobody but the
detective in the last chapter would ever
suspect. The idea might be worked up,
think, and The Mystery of Thumb
would be smashing title. Washing
ton Post.