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Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
A KOREAN CINDERELLA.
The Quaint story of Peach Blossom
the Family Drudge.

The Quaint story of Peach Blossom,
the Family Drudge.
In Korea the people tell a Cinderella
story that is much more ancient than
that familiar to western people. The
key of the latter story is the slipper,
but not so theirs. Peach Blossom, the
Korean Cinderella's name, was the
family drudge. One day as the moth.
er was starting off with the favorite
daughter to a picnic she said to Peach
Blossom, You must not leave until
you have hulled a bagful of rice and
filled the broken crock with water"
While sitting there bemoaning her hard
lot she heard twittering and dut-
tering of wings. Looking up, she saw
flock of sparrows pecking the hulls
off the rice. Before recovering from
her surprise little imp jumped out
of the fireplace and so skillfully re-
paired the crock that but few min
utes of work was required to fill it
with water. Then she went to the pic
mic and had royal time.
On another occasion the mother said,
"You must stay until you have pulled
up all the weeds in the field" This
time cow came out of the forest and
ate up the woods in ten mouthfuls
Peach Blossom followed the cow into
the woods and was led to where there
was an abundance of ripe, luscious
fruit. Gathering large quantity. she
went to the fete and was the most vel
come guest. Her jealous sister asked
about it and. on being told. determined
she would get some of this fruit for
herself.
When the next gala day came the
sister stayed at home and let Peach
Blossom go. The COW came out of the
woods as before, and the sister follow
ed it through tangled brier and thorn
bushes, with the result that her face
was much scratched and her skin deep
beauty all gone.-EXchange
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Speed of Birds.

Frequently arguments arise as to the
speed with which wild birds fly, and
many men of science have sought to
determine something about it. Natu-
rally it is impossible to fix the record
made by such birds as grouse, quail and
snipe when they first arise, but it is
safe to say that they are not going one
half as fast as the luckless gunner
who misses them imagines. With the
migratory fowls of known fast flight
such as ducks and geese, something
more nearly accurate is known The
green winged teal is about the speediest
of them all. 1t does something like
ninety miles an hour as readily as a
sparrow dives into an inviting rain
spout. The canvasback is only tritle
slower, probably eighty-five miles being
its limit, while the black duck, mallard
and redhead fall below this, being
timed at about eighty miles. Still this
is plenty fast enough to insure lots of
misses unless the fellow with the gun
looks down the rib straight and pulls
the trigger at the right time.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
THE DESIRE FOR STORIES.
From the "Once Upon n Time" Stage
to 'That Reminds Me-"

10 ''Inat Hem1n0G Me-
Our earliest instinct is to ask for a
story, our latest to tell one unasked.
Human life is bounded at either end
by phrase; ''once upon time at one
end. that reminds me" at the other.
Above the first instinct we rise gradu-
ally, gradually declining to the second.
Not that the narrative sense ever dies
In us; only that in the plenitude of our
powers we are not satisfied with story
that is nothing more than q story. q
narrative for narration's sake.
The mind of child is all agape for
facts, for it is empty, and nothing is so
quickly filling, SO easily assimilable, as
dish of facts. Facts of fiction are
preferred by the child to actual facts
because they satisfy also its strong i'm
aginative sense. Its moral and intel
lectual senses are still in allegiance De-
duce from any story "a moral or an
idea, and the child runs away rudely.
There lies the difference between us
and it. Our moral and intellectual
senses are fiourishing, and by their
strength our imagination is proper
tOnately weakened. Grimm is not
enough for us. Our moral sense cries
aloud for Hans Andersen. Dumas
leaves us cold. Our mind needs Balzac
1t is not enough for us that once upon
time there were three princesses or
three musketeers who suffered or did
some queer things. We want those
triads to illustrate, to symbolic, to
mean something, to corroborate or up
set some theory that we have formed,
to quicken our mind and affect our
conduct.
Such are the prime needs of our ma
turity. Comes Time, moving away
with his scythe our intellectual and
moral curiosity; nor does he restore
to us our old imagination. He crops us
bare of all but experience. Things that
have happened-especially, old egoists
that we are, the things that have hap
pened to ourselves-are the only things
that rouse us from our lethargy.
"Anecdotage" is an ugly phrase. Sec
ond childhood" less harsh, is not less
exactly descriptive. For our last state.
the state where narrative is absolute
despot, was our first state too.-Max
Beerbohm in Saturday Review.
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WHY HE WASN'T PROMOTED
He watched the clock.

He watched the clock.
He was always grumbling.
He was always behindhand. &
He asked too many questions.
His stock excuse was 'I forgot"
He wasn't ready for the next step.
He did not put his heart in his work.
He learned nothing from his blunders.
He chose his friends among his infe-
riors.
He was content to be a second rate
man.
He ruined his ability by half doing
things.
He never dared to act on his own
judgment.
He did not think it worth while to
learn how.
He thought it was clever to use coarse
and profane language.
He initiated the habits of men who
could stand more than he could.
He did not learn that the best part
Of his salary was not in his pay envel-
ope.-Success.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
THE DEATH CUP.
This Deadly Fungus Resembles Sew
eral Edible MushrOOms


Perhaps the most deadly of the poi
sonous fungi of our woods and fields
Is the fairly well known death cur
(Amanita phalIoides), particularly dan
gerOus from its resemblance to severa
of the edible mushrooms, though gath
ering fungi for the table should bt
undertaken by none save those thor
Oughly acquainted with the different
species, as 1t is altogether too easy fol
the ignorant enthusiast to make an er
ror which may prove fatal to his
friends.
The death cup referred to has q
round cap, white, yellowish or green
ish in color, and the stem hasa swollen
base, surrounded by an envelope, O.
veil, of white filmy substance, which
parts as the stalk extends upward
This stalk is pithy when young. but
hollow at maturity, and the gills of the
cap, which in the meadow mushrooms
are pink or brown, are white in the
deadly variety, as are also the spores
which can be plainly seen,if the car
is laid, gills downward, on piece OF
colored paper for a few hoalrs. The
swollen, or bulbous, base is distin.
gushing characteristic, and NO fungus
of that appearance should be gathered
for cooking. One of the liabilities is
that these caps may be broken of
without due observance of its base
which is often covered with earth OF
dead grasses, hence not distinguished
from some of the lepiotas, which, how.
ever, are never surrounded with the
filmy veil of the death cup.
The poisonous property of this fungus
is largely the same as that.found in the
venom of rattlesnake and also in
cholera and diphtheria, and so far sci
ence is unable to produce any satisfac-
tory antidote, atropine, the stomach
pump and oil purgatives being about
the only ources.-Waslringto Post.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Elephants and Mice.

An elephant is usually afraid of any
small animal to which it is unaccus-
toned. A dog or cat, and sometimes
even a mouse, will cause him annoy
ance, especially if 1t runs between the
animals legs. The noise of a mouse
running through the hay will often
cause an elephant to become excited,
but have never known or heard of a
mouse getting on an elephants trunk.
The terrors of the mouse to a larger
animal is an old story, and many fool
ish superstitions have arisen from it
st. Nicholas.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
A BOWERY INCIDENT.
The Invited Guest Who Was Called
Before the Feast.

The Invited Guest Who Was Called
Before the Feast.
The missionary had finished his talk
to the crowd of derelicts in a Bowery
mission and went around the room to
shake them by the hand. There was
one man sitting on bench whose face
was so utterly loathsome that the mis-
sionary's gorge rose in his throat, and
he was compelled to pass him by. The
mans dulled eye marked the look of
disgust, and in a tone of mingled de-
lection and resentment he cried out:
"Say, mister, why don't you shake
hands wild mer
The young missionary turned, con-
science stricken, looked into the sin
SCARED features and grasped the mans
hand.
Really, brother, you must forgive
me-" he stammered. IL couldn't help
it when saw you-your face. But Til
make amends. You muststake dinner
with me tomorrow night"
The broken man glanced at his rags
In confusion, blushed like u girl and
gasped:
"Wot! Nc take dinner wild you! Me
go to your house! Mel"
Eyes, mean it. I'll come tomorrow
night and get you"
True to his word, the missionary pre-
sented himself at the lodging house
the next evening and inquired for the
man. A corpse was lying on the table,
a handkerchief spread over its face.
The clerk jerked his thumb in the di-
rection of the body.
"That's Wilson," he said. HE had
fixed himself up and was waitin' for
you; dropped dead half an hour ago.
New York Press.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
OUR FIRST REPUBLIC,
1t Was Not the United States, but the
Louisiana Republic.

LOu1Blana ttepuDI1C.
The first republic in this hemisphere
to succeed in compelling recognition OF
Its independence was, of course, the re-
public whose proud capital is Washing
ton. But there was an earlier one
which died soon after its birth, of
which little or nothing is said in our
American histories.
When France, in 1764, ceded Louisi-
ana to Spain, the subjects of King
Louis XIV. objected to the transfer
without their consent. The local gov
ernment submitted the question to the
council, which, under the lead of Mich
olas Chauvin de Lafreniere, rose in re-
volt. Lafreniere called q convention
of the people at New Orleans, while the
new Spanish governor was on his way
to the colony. and the convention Sc
lected delegate to go to Paris to dis
suade the French king from his course.
Louis XIV, however, rebuffed the dele
gate and sent back word that the peo-
pie must recognize the authority of
Spain.
- was thSh tLit thC pCOplC VI 14OllSl-
ana resolved on radical course. On
the night of Oct. %, 176S. the rebels
took possession of the French forts and
the gates of the town in the name of
the republic of Louisiana. The old
French governor offered no resistance,
while the new Spanish governor took
refuge on ship and sailed for Havana.
On Oct. 2, 176S, the council at New
Orleans adopted formal declaration
of independence, officially named it.
self the republic of Louisiana, elected
Lefreniere protector" and prepared a
written constitution. This interesting
government lasted from October, 176S,
to July, 1769, when a Spanish squadron
of twenty-four vessels, with an army Of
1900 men, arrived at New Orleans
The new republican state was destroy
ed and five republican leaders, includ-
Ing Lafreniere, were put to death.
Then all the republics official papers,
including its declaration of independ-
ence and constitution, were burned III
the public square.-Springfeld Repub-
lican.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Embarrassing.

The Squire's Pretty Daughter (exam-
lining the village schooD-Now, chill
dren, can you tell me what a miracle
is?
The children looked at one another,
but remained silent.
"Can no one answer this question:
the new curate asked, who was stand
ing behind the squire's daughter.
A little girl was suddenly struck
with a brilliant idea. She held up her
hand excitedly.
swell, Nellief" the squire's daughter
asked, smiling approvingly.
"Please, miss" the small child re-
piled breathlessly, mother says twill
be a miracle if you don't marry the
new curate. e."-London Globe.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Definite Information,

"How much are these Scotch fan
nels, please" asked a woman in one Of
the large department stores one day
last week.
''This lady will show them to you,"
airily replied the clerk, indicating with
an Indifferent nod a girl about three
feet distant.
But" persisted the woman, 81 don't
want to buy now. 1 simply want to
know how much they are"
"Oh, different prices and up" was
the nonchalant answer. New York
Times.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
An Odd Collection.

An entertainer who visited the Fill
Islands and gave his performance be-
fore the natives had the following re-
ceipts for one night: Four sucking pigs,
500 cocoanuts, 1000 of common class
of moonstone collected on the beach,
10 pearls, % model canoes, 200 yards
of native cloth, AZ Fiji costumes, 5
whales teeth, hundreds of sharks
teeth, one or two cart loads of beauti-
full coral, war implements. such as
spears, knobsticks and knives. native
mats and pillows and grog bowls.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
A Lazy Man.

On hot summers day gentleman
who was waiting for his train at one
of our country stations asked porter
who was lying on one of the seats
where the station master lived, and the
porter, not moving, lazily pointed to
the house with his foot
The gentleman. very much struck at
the mans laziness. said, eff you can
show me lazier action than that. my
good man, I'll give you two and six
pence"
The porter, not moving an inch, re-
piled. put it in my pocket guv'nor."-
London News.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12

SAFE DEPOSIT-Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank of Amador County at the
small expense of IS cents q month, thereby Sc
curing you against any possible loss from fire
or otherwise. Don't overlook this opportunity
of protecting your valusbles.
SAVE MONEY-Patronize a 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 any thing to
deposit money in the Bank of Amador County.
They receive deposits from s5 up. Commence
the new year by opening up bank account. A
man or woman with a bank account has a
financial standing. Don't bury your money; :;
when you die it can't be found and you are la
BILE to be robbed while alive
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
ReCORniZed 1t.

''This," smiled the fond young wife
os she passed a plate of dessert to her
husband, " is cottage pudding. l made
it myself"
The man tasted of it.
I'D have known 1t was cottage pud-
ding" he asserted.
"You would?" she asked, delighted.
Eyes. can taste the plaster and the
wall paper. What did you do with the
shingles and the bricks Of the Chin
ney ?"-Judge.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
A synonym.

"Being a printer, Mr.. DASH" said
the hotel proprietor, maybe you can
advise me. want to get a sign paint
ed, Writing Room Free to Our Pa
trons,' or something like that"
81 don't like patrons" said Mr..
Dash.
mo? Maybe that doesn't sound just
right. What would you suggestY"
"'Victims.' '"-Philadelphia Ledger.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
A Judge of Human Nature.

Doctor, tell me honestly whether
my health is improving or not"
my dear sir, you're getting on ia
mously-famously."
"You are not speaking the truth, doc
tor, but l can tell without your assist
ance whether am getting better or
not"
"How can you judgeT
"By the behavior of my heirs."-
Paris Gaulois.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
The Sweet Girls,

Kittie-Paul told me last evening l
was the prettiest girl he ever saw.
Bessie-Oh, that's nothing. He said
the same to me last year.
Kittie-I know, dear, but his taste
may have improved since then, you
know.-Boston Transcript.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Your Wife

can be provided with an annual
income for life, in event of your
death, at less cost than you can
make the same provision for your
children.
The low rate makes very attrac-
tive this form of contract, devised
and introduced by The Mutual
Life Insurance Company of New
York.
On August 1900 young business man Of New Ysst ,ost
out Policy No 10064 in favor Of his villa He paA tAsss
premiums OF f6 40 and in September le1 he died Ths
Company at once paid his widow u 900 and will continue
pay her that amount annually as long she ves.
In writing for terms, state the
amount of annual income you would
like to provide for your wife, the
amount of cash you would like
returned and give the ages of both.
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF New York,
RICHARD A. McCURDY, President.
St My Forbes, Manager San Francisco
California. iel9
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Milking ChiIIs usefnI

Mrs. Newwed-My husband has the
chills and fever, but they come in
handy.
Mrs. Oldwed-How so?
Mrs. Observation-Disclosures he has Il
chill put rattle in his hand, and it
amuses the baby.-Chicago Journal
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
His own Experience.

MANY a man would give a great
deal for your opportunities" said the
earnestly ambitious man.
"Of course" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. II had to give great deal for
'em myself" lf"-Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
SOLAR NOTION.
The Little We Know About Where
the Sun Is Going.

Can we find out anything about the
motions of our solar system? The old
astronomer, before the invention of
spectroscopic methods, could attack
the problem only by a consideration of
certain stellar motions. It has been
found that these motions are not alto
gether casual in character, as we
should expect, but there is a tendency
TO a grouping of the mot&ns-an ar
rangement other than fortuitous 1t
appears that the individual stars form
ing the so called consultations on the
sky are slowly closing up near a GER
tain point of the heavens and as SLOW
ly opening out near q point diametric-
ally opposite. This is just what we
should expect if the solar system is ap-
preaching the point where the stars
are opening out. The phenomenon has
been compared to what we see when a
regiment of soldiers marches toward
us. AT first there is visible a confused
mass of men only, but as distance di-
minishes the ranks open out until each
individual becomes at last plainly visi-
BILE.
In this way it has been possible to de-
termine approximately the position on
the sky of the "apeX'' of solar motion,
or that point toward which our solar
system is at present travelling. 1t is in
the constellation Hercules. We are
obliged to assume that our path is for
the moment a straight line. But we
&1a4
when James Bradley commenced the
first star catalogue of modern precision,
about 1850, and which will end long
after present generations of men have
passed away. So mighty is the orbit
in question that many centuries must
come and go as moments before we can
hope to detect the orbits curvature.
We are like travellers in the famous
'corkscrew'' tunnel of the st. Gothard
railway. Trains enter on a low level
and after going around a huge curve
cut in the mountain emerge from the
tunnel again on higher level and at Il
point almost directly above the ell
trance. Passengers while in the dark
tunnel often amuse themselves by
watching the needle of a pocket COM
pass, which makes a complete revolu-
ton during the passage. But without
the compass they could not know wheth-
er the train was moving on a straight
or curved track, and SO we passengers
of the solar system, too, cannot know
by observation whether our great cos
mic track is straight or curved until,
like the compass, the astronomers in
struments shall tell us the truth-Har-
old JacObv. Phi. D.. in Harper's Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Refined.

Mrs. Nuritch-I think I'll take this
bracelet. Are you sure it's made of re.
fined gold?
Jeweler-Oh, yes.
Mrs. Nuritch-Because I do detest
anything that isn't refined.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12

Work is the soup, fame the entree,
fortune the roast and oblivion the des-
sert Of most lives. There is no cordial.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
A Natural Misrepresentation.

"You say the audience laughed when
you recited Marco Bozzaris' in Cbica-
go?"
YES" answered Mr. Stormington
Barnes. "You see, when came to the
lines beginning Strike! the people
thought it was a local allusion."-
Washington STAR
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
The Serious Part of It.

Actor-Hurry, or We'll miss the train
Actress-I can't find my diamonds OF
my purse.
"Oh, we'll, never mind"
eyes, but the purse had $40 in it,
New York Weekly
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12

The defects Of the mind, like those Of
Of the face, grow worse as we grow
-Rochefoucauld.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12

For everything you have missed you
have gained something else.-Emerson.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Never Weary of the Hearinr.

Il overheard him telling her a story
last night which know she has heard
fifty times before, but she didn't stop
him.
"She is long suffering, surely"
"Oh, 1 don't know. He told her she
was the prettiest girl he had ever
Been."-Cincinnati Times-Star.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Alfonso Ginocchio, S. G. Spagnoli, John Strohm,
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey of Jackson.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
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, ,Gleet, Structure,
Syphilis in all its forms
Skin Diseases, Nervous
De bility. Impotency,
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12

consequence of self abuse and excess produc-
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head, ringing in the ears, loss OF confidence,
difhdence in approaching strangers, palpitation
OF the heart, weakness Of the limbs and back,
consumption ETC.
DIR. GIBBON has practiced in San Francisco
over 4Oyears, 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, 500 Kearney street, San
Francisco. Cal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17
Ss BY II. A. McCurdy,
Real Estate Auctioneer.
Late Residence Of |, Borohlers,
ESD, tuesday, April 18Th, al s
P. NJ, No. 3o7 South .I Fourth
Street, Candles Hill.

BY direction of the owner, who has re-
moved. and who Is DESTROYS OF dtsposins
of the property. even at sncrlhce raj ner
than to rent the same, I will offer for sa u.
on the premises, at the time stated. the
above very DESIRABLE RESI- DENllAL
PROPERTY above mentioned Tie bulid-
ing Is three story brick, and contains
every modern convenience and comfort.
such az tiled halls ana patn, the latter
fitted with the most expensive sanitary
arrangements; inlaid floors In parlors ana
dining rooms. walls of most OF the rooms
and staIrways handsomely frescocd, sta-
itonary wardrobes and stands, electric
lights, etc., etc. In fact. no expense wal
spared to make the property complete IN
every detail. and few. If any, residences IN
the city can compare with the interior
finish. There is Immediately N the rear q
but separated by an alley. a TWO-STORY
MODERN BRICK STABLE, with ample
accommoda uon for several horses and
carriages. Although the owner has spent
a. very large amount on the property, he
does not expect fancy price. andEthose
in search of a flrst-class. property can at I
tend sale with the assurance that great
bargain can be had. To properly appre.
ciate this property. { must be seen. and
the auctioneer will be pleased to inspec
same with any one wishing to make ex-
amination before the sale, and It Is we'll
worth the While Of any one 70 do So See
him: you will not regret It.
TERMS--Will be very liberal and an
nouncsd at time OF sale. Most of the pur-
chase price can remain on. the property,
Possession IMMEDIATELY.
apl 13-tds q, a. M1uRDf.5E