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Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
Eccentricities In Palnces.

The Russian Empress Anne built a
great palace of ice and on occasions
when the fancy seized her punished
several of her dainty courtiers by COM
pelling them to pass the night in this
great chamber of state, where they
We're almost frozen to death.
The Car Paul, ancestor of the pres
ent emperor of Russia, constructed a
room formed entirely of huge mirrors,
where he spent hours walking to and
fro in full uniform-a singular taste
for the ugliest inan in Russia.
One Of the native princes of Java
cooled his palace by making a stream
fall in cascade over the gateway, and
the Indian despot Tippo Sahib placed
beside his dinner table life size fig
ure of a tiger devouring an English
officer, the roar of the beast and the
shrieks of the victim being initiated
by hidden machinery.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
Courtship In Caracas.

After the evening meal is finished
the padre" may go to his club or cafe,
while the ladies betake themselves to
the large, open bay window Lamps
are placed near them, and as you wan
der through the streets you plainly see
everywhere at the height of your own
eyes and quite near enough for a hand
shake long rows of these groups of wo-
men, now gayly and often brilliantly
dressed, thickly powdered and bedeck-
ed with the quaint old jewelry of the
country.
Then by and by young man ap-
pears In front of almost every window
and converses with those inside. In
most cases he is the suitor for the hand
Of one of the daughters of the house
Evening after evening he thus pays
his respects to her family, standing fol-
hours on the sidewalk, till the day ar
rives when the mother of his adored
one believes the fact of his courting
her daughter sufficiently advertised tc
the neighbors as well as to the com
munity at large. Then only the doors
of the house are thrown open to him.
Otto Won Gottberg in Harper's Maga
zine.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
"BALDY" MoNSON'S SCALP.
How 1t Was Won by <Lucaxy" Bald
win In a Faro Game.

Z
win In n Faro Game.
During the time that gambling Wes
in its glory on the Pacific coast" said
an old Californian, Lucky Baldwin
was easily the most daring clEance TAX
er of all the notable argonauts. Bald
win did some amazing stunts in that
day of all day and all night drinking,
when overmellow men, most of them
with riches so suddenly acquired that
they hadn't had time to stop and figure
on how much they possessed. tried to
outvie one another in tie capers they
cut with the Lady Fortune.
Zone night in the lare 6ftics Lucky
as he was then called, walked into the
famous old Alcatraz club on Kearney
street in San Francisco after having
been religiously stunning his bed for
about three days and nights running
and in that shape Lucky was, in those
days, ready for anything.
"a famous dealer in the Alcatraz
club-the biggest gambling establish
ment on the coast at the time-was
Badly Monson, so called because his
| poll was bare of hair as pat of butter
except for a tiny patch that remained
right on the crown of his head. 1t had
been cowlick, and, with consistent
| stubbOrnnesS, it had refused to go when
the rest Of 'Baldy's' hair had departed.
Baldwin strolled over to where
Badly MOnson was acting as lookout
for the faro game, preparatory to talk
ing hold of the box himself, and draw
ing MOnson's head down Lucky began
to count the hairs that the dealer had
left on the top Of his head.
How mai have you got leftT
Baldwin asked of Monson.
Eighteen of 'em an inch or more
long, the last time they were counted,
soberly replied Badly There may be
some trifling short ones besides in the
tuft, but they don't figure
Eighteen, eh?' said Lucky We'll,
it's just foolishness> to be packing
around only eighteen hairs. Turn me
the king, open, for $4,000, and if l win
your eighteen hairs go with the pot
how's thatF
"Baldy' glanced inquiringly at the
proprietor of the club, who Nas stand
ing by, and his employer gave him the
nod. Monson took the dealers chair
and began the deal. The king won
down near the middle of the box, and
the proprietor Of the club scrawled a
check for $4,000 on the Bank of Cali
fornia and handed it over to Baldwin.
Lucky shipped the eighteen hairs
off Badly NLonson's head with the
razor edged blade of his pocketknife,
had the housekeeper at his hotel tie
them up in tiny pink ribbon, with a
double bow to set them off, and ex-
hibited the tuft in the window of the
Scalp '"-Washington Post.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
BURIAL CUSTOMS.
The Various Methods Used In the
Disposal of the Dead.

The disposal of the dead among civ
llized nations has usually consisted of
one of the following three ways:
Firstly, of closing up the body in earth
or stone; secondly, of burning the body
and committing to earth the ashes,
and, thirdly, the embalming of the
body. The earliest form of interment
Of which we have any account was
that of the paleolithic cave dwellers,
who buried their dead in natural grot-
toes and crevices in the rock similar to
those in which they had lived.
When we come to the later stone age
we find that the people throughout
Europe buried in chambered barrows
and CAIRNS. Next comes the bronze
age, with its changes, and among 9th
ers the burial of the dead. The cham
bered barrows passed away, and in
their places barrows were frequently
used without chambers, and cemeteries
of stone cists set in the ground were
largely employed. Frequently a nat
ural eminence Of sand or gravel was
the place assigned for burial, and
dTOuuu II were Circles Ol slduuluS
stones. During these prehistoric times
cremation was also practiced side by
side with the simple interments of the
people. In pagan times it was custom
ary, whether the dead were buried
with or without cremation, to put in
their graves such articles as urns or
vessels of clay, bronze, gold or glass,
clothing, personal ornaments, imple-
ments and weapons of warfare.
Cremation was largely abolished
when Christianity spread over the
country, and the irterment Of grave
goods was restricted to kings and
priests, who continued to be buried in
their royal and sacerdotal robes and
with their insignia of office.
Down to the tenth century cremation
was customary among the tribes locat-
ed along the Volga. Here also human
sacrifices in honor of the dead pre-
vailed. Records of eyewitnesses of the
horrible ceremonies have come down to
us. Charlemagne prohibited this usage
among the conquered Saxons under
pain of death. In India the living wild
ow was in many instances down to
1929 burned with the corpse Of her hus-
| band
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
Hold the Secret Of Life and Death.

Recent experiments conducted by most
eminent scientists, prove that light is a
great remedial agent it is essentially
Natures agent. 1t may be either sun
light or electric light, but it has a de-
c1ded effect IN helping nature to Danish
disease and restore health. Other scien-
titic men have proved that oxygen elec-
trifies the heart and can prolong life.
The people on this earth are susceptible
to some laws which govern plant life A
plant cannot be successfully grown in the
dark. A man is seldom healthy and strong
who lives in the dark Or in sunless rooms.
After all, Natures ways are found TO be
the best. Natures remedies are always
best for eradicating disease, and by this we
mean a medicine made of roots and herbs
They are assimilated in the stomach and
taken up by the blood and are, therefore,
the most potent means which can be en-
ployed for the regaining of lost health
DR.. R. V. Pierce, consulting physician to
the 1nvalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
at Buffalo, N. Y, in many years of extern
sive practice, found that he could pin his
faith to an Alternative extract of certain
plants and roots for the cure of all blood
diseases. This he called Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. Containing no
alcohol nor narcotics, entirely vegetable,
this Discovery" makes rich red blood and
isl powerful tissue builder, giving the tired
business man or woman renewed strength
and health. Rapidly growing schoolgirls
and boys often show impoverished blood
by the pimples OF boils which appear on
face or neck. To eradicate the poisons
from the blood, and feed the heart, lungs
and stomach on pure blood, nothing Is
so good as DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery.
Don't allow the dealer to insult your in
telligence by offering his own blood rem
edy to you instead of this well known
preparation Of Dr. Ris5aqll.. Ten chances
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
KEYS OF THE BASTILLE.

These Historic Relics of Old Paris
Owned by an American.
The keys which locked the great
gates of the Bastille at the time of its
fall have been in America for num-
ber of years. For nearly century
they remained in the possession of the
family of the Frenchman who took
them from the famous prison, though
they have recently come into the pos
session of an Englishman living in
Quebec.
When the mob stormed the prison on
July II, 1850, a Partisan, Carrier
Lechastel, is said to have been the
first to rush over the drawbrldge as it
fell. 1t was he, at any rate, who over
took fleeing jailer and took the keys
from him. The mob Immediately stuck
the keys on the end of spike, and an
immense throng paraded with them
through the streets. They were con-
sidered one of the most valuable tro-
phies of the revolution.
Lechastel kept the keys, and they
remained in his family until 1859.
when a descendant of the family emf
grated to America, taking them with
him. Eventually the keys were sold
to John Hamilton of ST. Louis, who
kept them for twenty-five years, ex-
hibiting them from time to time, when
they were sold to Canadian.
One of the keys was obtained in
France by General Lafayette and was
presented by him to George Washing
ton year or two before his death. 1t
hangs in the mansion at Mount Yer
non and has been seen by thousands of
visitors there.
The keys at present are very old and
rusty. The largest of them is twelve
inches long and is quite heavy. The
smallest is of fine workmanship, the
socket being shaped like the ace of
clubs, and is supposed to have belong
ed to the treasure rooms. This and an
other key measure six inches In length,
while the other two are about ten
inches and much Misunderstanding
Times.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
CURE FOR HICCOUGHS.
Simple Scientific Remedy That Gives
Immediate Relief.


An attack Of hiccoughs brings its vie
tim less sympathy perhaps than almost
any other ailment, the main reason be-
ing that, except in very rare sases, 1t
is not attended with fatal results and
that In most cases 1t attacks otherwise
healthy persons. Still, 1t is one of the
most annoying and most obstinate of
difficulties. While the effort to cure 1t
is being made it generally disappears,
yet 1t resists the most Vigorous effort
of the will to control its vagaries.
hiccough is q quick, involuntary,
inspiratory movement of the dia-
phragm, brought suddenly to stop
tbs. The muscles that control these
two portions of the human anatomy
are incessant workers. They wait on
every breath without being guided by
the will and even work while we sleep.
While they do their duty life passes,
tranquil, calm and pacific, but if from
any cause disturbing element enters
into their bailiwick they rebel, are be-
yond the control of the will and, hav-
ing no guide, as it were, run away, and,
like any runaway, have no care for the
damage done: The effort to remove
the disturber is the cause of the hic-
cough, and the following method of
treatment arrests these muscles in their
wild escapade, brings them back to
their duties, and, like the patient serv-
ants they are, they resume their work
and life becomes as placid as before:
First, expel all the air from your
lungs very, very quickly. The portion
of the body they attend to is, as it
were, collapsed, and now commences
the next and concluding part of the
cure.
Second, commence to fill your lungs
with air, but do so very slowly, but
steadily. Fucker your mouth, and if
possible leave an opening of your lips
no larger than pin, and through this
inhale the air. Fill your lungs, raise
your arms and throw out your chest,
and when you are full these muscles
resume their regular duties and the
hiccoughs are gone.-Brooklyn Eagle
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
VIRGINIA COURTESY.
By It's Operation Mr.. CuIpepper Came
Into His own.


1t is the story of polite and polished
Virginia gentleman and his landlady,
also polite, polished and Virginian.
1t rained on day not long ago, and
when Mr.. Culpepper looked for his
umbrella in the terra Gotta tile in the
hall it was not there. Mr. Culpepper
was far too courteous to say that some
body had taken it. He didn't even say
it was gone. He merely looked at the
terra Gotta tile and cherished regrets.
1t was raining, and he had no umbrel-
la. The courteous landlady came upon
him and OWNED his trouble.
Haven't you any umbrellaT' she
asked. "Oh, that's too badl You
mustn't think OF going out without
one. Just wait moment till get you
mine."
Mr.. Culpepper protested, but when
Virginian meets Virginian courtesy is
bound to prevail in the end. The land
lady went upstairs and presently re-
turned with an umbrella.
'"There," said she. '9Take it. shan't
need it today, and you are perfectly
welcome to it, perfectly welcome"
And the grateful Mr.. Culpepper
stepped out and unrolled an umbrella
which was the very oae he had lost.
Courteous Virginia gentleman, courte-
GUS Virginia landlady, and you needn't
ask me how the umbrella came to
change owners, for 1 don't know. Mel
ther does Mr.. Culpepper-Washing
Doc
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
A Thrilling Story.

A good story is told of a suffering
plebe at Annapolis who was accosted
by an upper class man and ordered to
tell him story and to tell it quick"
The plebe started in as rapidly as his
excited state. of mind would permit
about as follows: "I-I-I-I-was WV
walking down the road a-a-a l-l-little
while ago-n-n-n-n met-met- met n-up-
per class man, n-n-n-n; he w-w-was
dandy f-fellow, n-n-n-n he slapped me
on the b-b-back an said, Hello, old
manp n-n-n I was $3.50 excited an
LIppy I'LL fell dead
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

DEFAhTMENI OF THE INTERIUR.
Land Office at Sacramento, CAL Dee /, 1903
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN following named settler has filed notice of
his intention to make final proof in support of
fore r. Webb, u. S. Commissioner at
jackson, Amador Co., California, on Saturday,
January 10th, 1904, viz: Giovanni Rossi, OF
Amador Co., Cal, upon IL. A. No. 7041 for the
E1& of NW14 and VIZ of NB4 of Section 10, r
N, r, l3 E., NJ. d. NJ
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz: Guiliermo Depauli, of Vol.
cano, Cal, P. O.; Severino Juliani Of Volcano,
Cal, p. O.; Paulo Scapula, of Volcano, Cal
dat JOHN F, ARMSTRONG, Register.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
Family Dissensions.

Dissension in families often arises
from a lack of mutual consideration
among the members Of the family. The
"soft answer that turneth away wrath"
is forgotten for the hasty reply, the un-
kind retort, that kindle the fire of ill
feeling. Love does not linger in the
home where rudeness shows Its unlove-
ly qualities. 1t chooses to dwell in the
home where the spirit of unselfishness,
of self control, of thoughtfulness and
of charitableness makes the atmos-
phere sweet. The woman who is quick
to take offense is not like her of whom
Holy Scripture says, "Her ways are
ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
are peace" Happy homes depend on
happy hearts. Home is distiRaalilzHiI1
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
To Get Rid of Rats

After all other remedies fail, there
still remains a way of getting rid of
rats, and that is by depriving them Of
water. They can live for a very long
time without food and when hard
pressed will not hesitate to eat each
other, but no rat can go twenty four
hours without drink. Therefore if ev-
cry possible means of obtaining water
is taken from the rats they will desert
the vicinity.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
I1Ok2
2,099

Here we have the problem and the re-
suit. We know that we cannot say
two from one So we borrow one and
say two from eleven and we get the
result nine We pay back promptly,
for instead Of saying two from two
leaves nothing we say three from
Twelve leaves nine But by what au-
thority do we say this2 When did we
discover that this method would give
us correct mathematical results? That's
what l would like to know. Here we
have one Of the problems which the
doctrine of evolution may deal with.
suppose some old fellow in the long
ago found that it was necessary to de-
wise Il method of meeting this math-
ematical emergency. so he hit upon
the idea of borrowing from one row Of
figures and paying back to the next,
and SO met and conquered a very seri-
GUS difficulty. The idea originated with
some one, and to that some one we owe
something Mathematics would be a
meaningless science without this con-
venient plan, just as other things would
be useless but for the clever inventions
Of men who have gone before There is
the thing, for instance, which stands
for nothing, the naught, that round
symbol 0. 1t has history. We know
how they calculated before it came into
existence. But will not tell you about
1t now. was speaking about the bor-
rowing habit in mathematics, and that
is enough to think about at one time.
Do you know how and when it origi-
atedP-New Orleans Times Democrat.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
Really Antique.

An excellent plaster of paris cast
may be seen in one of the Egyptian
galleries of the British museum of the
famous sycamore statuette known as
the "Sheikh-el-Beled," or "Village
Sheikh." The original dates from 5000
B. G. and is still in perfect condition,
although it is the oldest known speci-
men of wood carving. 1t represents an
overseer of the workmen engaged in
building the pyramids close to Sakka-
rao, where it was discovered
Npws
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
CIaddagh Wedding Rings.

The Claddagh wedding rings are alb
solutely different from the ordinary
plain gold finger band which cynic
once declared to be "the sign manual
Of a mans impertinence and wom-
ans folly" Those used by that pic
turesque colony, the Claddagh fisher
folk, are In the form Of two clasped
hands holding heart. 1t is a quaint,
pretty and symbolical design, and, odd
ly enough, the very old specimens are
thought to be the most valuable.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
UnchangeabIe.

'I'd like to exchange this said y
woman who the other day entered a
retail bookstore
The clerk unwrapped the bundle and
glanced at its contents.
'I'm sorry, madam" he said, but
we can't do it,
"Why not" she cried. you've al
ways exchanged books for me hereto
FORE"
II know" replied the clerk politely,
but firmly, "but we can't change this.
It's The Leopard's Spots "-Philadel-
phia Press
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
The Birds Of Paradise.

Probably no famous bird has a small
er habitat than the bird of paradise,
whose beautiful feathers are so highly
priaed in the millinery trade No one
knows why the varieties of this beauti-
full bird are confined to the island of
New Guinea and the neighboring coasts
of Australia. There are many other
islands not far away where the condi-
tions would seem to be equally favor
able to their existence, but they are not
found among them.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
killing sharks Inv E,ectric,tv

In the British navy the engineers
have curious way of killing sharks.
They seal up a dynamite cartridge in
an empty can and put the can inside
lump of pork. The pork is thrown
overheard on a wire which has been
connected with an electric battery
When the shark takes the bait, the
engineer presses button, which ex-
plodes the cartridge and kills the fish.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
Looking Under the Hat.

You seldom will find brainy man
with a round head. The head that
contains lots of brains either is very
long from front to back or else ir-
regular. You can learn something of
mans mental ability by the hat he
wears. If his head is so bumpy that
1t seems as If he never could get hat
to fit him he probably is a genius or
crack-a-jack in some particular line.
If his head is long from front to back
he is clear thinker and smart as a
whip. So if your hat costs more mon
ey than your friends hat does and
you are harder to fit be consoled by
considering that your brain is worth
more.-New York Press.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.


Land ONCE at Sacramento Cal. Dec. I, 1909.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN following named settler has filed notice of
his intention to make final proof in support of
his claim, and that said proof will be made be-
fore r. Webb, U. S. Commissioner at
Jackson, California, on Saturday, January 9th
1904, viz: John w. Kirk, of Amador Co., Cal,
upon H. A, No. o752 for the NE14 of Section IA,
T. 5. N, r. II E., M D; NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land viz: J. w. Joses, of lone, Cal,
P. o.; c. H. Henderson, of lone, Cal, P. Q.
Joseph Dufrene. of Ranlett, Cal, p. o.; John
TonZi, of lone, Cal P. D.
JOHN F. ARMSTRONG,
dee4et Register
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Land Office at Sacramento Cal, Dec. l, 1903.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN following named settler has filed notice of
his intention to make final proof in support of
his claim, and that said proof will be made
before r. Webb, U. S. Commissioner at
jackson, Cal, on Saturday, January 9th, 1901,
viz: John Toni of Amador Co, Cal, upon Ii.
A. No. 67s4 for the 81 of SE1f, SEA of SW4 OF
section II, and NEl4 OF NW4 of section l3, t.
8 N, r. IA E., NJ. DIN.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous>residence upon and cultivation
of said land-5Viz: Chas. Henderson, of lone,
Cal, P. o. John w. Kirk, OF lone Cal, T. o..
Edward rSreilich, of Drytown, Cal, p. O.. Henry
&C., Oh, of ytown, Cal. P. o.
~ JOHN 3. ARMSTRONG. Register
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
Very Pathetic.

"What can be more pathetic" said
the sentimental woman, than a man
who has loved and lost"
'Well," replied the man of expe-
rience, "a fellow who has bet on a
sure thing and lost cuts quite a figure
in the pathetic line" e."-Chicago Record
Herald.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
Quite az Satinfactorx

II want to ask you something,
Gracie," said the beautiful heiress.
What is 1t, Duckie?" the duke in
quired.
Would you object If should request
the minister to omit the word obey
from the service when we are mar
riedT"
Certainly not. He can just make it
+. love, honor and supply" Chicago
Record Herald
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
And Then Not Do 1t.

MANY people are entirely too hasty.
A man ought to think two or three
minutes before he opens his mouth at
ALL"
"It altogether depends. He ought to
think two or three years before he
opens his mouth to sing."-Philadel-
phia Ledger
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
LnchrxmaI AmeIioration.

"Poor thing! Did she take her hus
bands death much to hearth
"Why, she's prostrated with grief
She can't see a soul except the dress
maker."-Town Topics.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01

When man Is determined to rise in
the world, 1t is better not to interfere
with him too much. If his purpose Is
right. he will be dangerous wrestler.
-Schoclmaster.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
His Nomination.

Politician - Congratulations. Sarah.
I've been nominated.
Sarah with delight-Honestly?
PoiTician-What difference does that
Uake !-Detroit Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
Willing to Waive That.

Miss Angeline," began the poor but
proud young man, "if were in a posi-
ton to ask you to be my wife,
Good gracious, Mr.. Throgsonr' she
exclaimed. "In a position? The idea!
Do you think would want you to get
down on your neesF-Exchange
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
achnnIhnY nafinitinns

These are two schoolboy definitions
illustrated by sentences:
"Frantic means wild; picked some
frantic flowers"
Athletic, strong; the vinegar was
too athletic to use."-Little Chronicle.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-01
Useless Telling.

"You can always tell an English
man." said the Briton proudly
"Of course you can," replied the Yam
lee, "but it doesn't do any good, be-
cause he thinks he knows it all"-Phil-
.,>rvIviiia Lssa.ze-