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Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
The First Riding Lesson.

The pupil of good riding master is
usually disappointed at, not being al
lowed to do more in the first lesson.
He expects to mount the horse at once,
start of with trot and wind I'D with
canter. He is little annoyed upon
finding that the first lesson consists
almost wholly of oral instruction and a
great part Of it on foot at that. If
the master is conscientious he will not
permit the anxiety to be off and doing
to interfere with a proper understand
ing of the A B G Of the art. Should the
beginner apply at one Of the big riding
academies in New York for instruction
the first lesson will begin with the
leading by groom of horse, bridled
and saddled, into the center of the ring.
The riding master and the pupil take
their stand close by, and the former
begins to explain painstakingiy the va
rious parts of the saddle and bride
and their purposes. Before anything
further is attempted the pupil must
be sb1e to answer simple questions in
regard to the pommel and the cantle,
the curb and the snaff1e, and to know
the uses Of the two bits.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
wnen the Plague Res

Sir Walter Besant in one of his books
Aays Of the author of Robinson Cru
Soe' and journal Of the Plague"
"De Foe was born in the year 1861. His
father lived in Crpplegate, where, as
We know, he had a shop. The child,
therefore, was four years of age in the
plague year. A child Of four observes
a great deal and may remember a
great deal. De Foe says: When any
one bought joint Of meat he would not
take it out Of the butchers hand, but
took 1t of the hooks himself. On the
other hand, the butcher would not
touch the money, but put it into pot
full of vinegar which he kept for the
purpose This must surely have been
seen by the child and remembered. 1t
happened In his fathers shop before his
eyes"
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
why the Captain Wore whi.ker..

Captain Gibbons had habit of wear
ing chin whiskers. l had always
thought this was due to the fact that
they were more becoming, but learned
the reason to be otherwise 1t seems
that his chin and throat were SCARED,
and these scars are thus explained:
On one of the ships which he COM
manded there was q mutiny of the
crew one morning on the high seas,
which he promptly started to quell.
The sailors were too many for him,
however, as he was unarmed, and they
soon had him down on the deck, bound
and gagged with a long knife across
his mouth. 1t was this knife that pro-
duced the wounds whose scars the cap
tain carried the remainder of his life
concealed beneath his beard While
thus bound and gagged lady passen-
ger came to him and, cutting the bonds,
handed him a loaded revolver. With
this weapon he soon had his crew at
his feet, and the ringleaders were
placed in irons.-Lewiston Journal.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
She Preferred His Riva1.

A story is told of Lord Melbourne in
his character of premier asking the
young Queen Victoria whether there
was any individual for whom she felt
such preference that she would wish
to have him associated with her In the
cares Of sovereignty" The queen, a
little astonlshed, asked whether the
question was put by Lord Melbourne
in his character of q minister of the
crown, and he replied that under no
other circumstances would he have
presumed to address such question to
her majesty. Then" said the queen,
II must admit there Is one individual
for whom entertain decided prefer
ence, and that individual is the Duke
Of Wellington" The length of Lord
Melbourne's face may be imagined, the
duke being Of course his great political
adversary.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
Health Fad. on the Drain.

To get all sorts of health fads on the
brain is q disease in itself. 1t Is q very
prevalent disease too. With a few
foolish rules to observe, q whole lot of
hygfenic quirks to adjust to and a
schedule of superstitious sanitary no
tions diligently followed by day and
dreamed of by night, is a malady
which begins as a mental arrangement
and ends in a complete physical fizzle.
No room left for spontaneous life, no
place for free, joyous liberty. Not a
minutes space for rollicking disregard.
Everything fixed, every minute dis
posed Of, introspections without num-
Der. Forebodings, misgivings, hover
ing vaguely about the mind, like ffocks
of carrion crows. Such a life is not
worth living.-Medical Talk.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
Victorin we. Rxclnnixe.

When Queen Victoria visited any of
her subjects it was by no means a
matter of course that people staying in
the house should have the privilege of
sitting down at table with their august
fellow visitor. 1t was her majesty 8
custom not only to take with her TO the
house where she designed to "lie" (as
the old phrase was) for night or two
her own bed and bedding, carriages,
horses and servants Gncluding occa-
sionally her cook, but also to confine
herself at meals to the company of her
own suit, sometimes inviting her host
and hostess to join her at luncheon or
dinner
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
1t Was just Possible.

II don't understand" said Mrs.
Youngmother, "why it is that baby
won't go to sleep. Here I have been
sitting and singing to him for the last
hour, and yet he keeps crying and
seems just as wide awake as ever"
"Well," said her husband thoughtful
ly, Il don't know, of course, and per-
haps 1 am wrong, but it may be that
baby has a musical ear"
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
New Years In JRnan.

Most Of the people you meet on the
Japanese New arsday are carrying a
squashed salmon with a piece of paper
tied round its waist by paper string
which holds little gold paper kite.
That kite means that the thing is a
present and has not to be paid for.
Those who are not carrying crushed
salmon or taking up the street in CIV
ing correct New Years salutations are
playing battledoor and shuttlecock.
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The FickIe Fair Ones

Engagements are entered into far
more lightly and broken far more cas-
lily than used to be the case. when be-
trothal was as serious an affair as mar
riage. Now 1t is not unusual for q girl
to be engaged once or twice before she
is married, and people think none the
worse Of her. Young girls ways are
beginning to resemble those of nurse
maids, who walk out with a man, but
not always with view to matrimony.
Lady Geville in London Graphic.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
The Dangers of Fox Hunting.

Crowds ''go hunting" but few ride
to hounds, SO statistics are absolutely
useless. OF the thrusters, the ones who
come to grief least, are the sportsmen
who keep their eye ON the leading
hound and try to land on his tail every
time. The golden rule is: Throw your
heart over first, and then you and your
horse and the leading dog and the fox
are certain to be In the same field. 1t
is level money which of you gets killed
f1rst.-London Mail.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
Where Man and Dog niner

Pedigree in a dog makes him valu-
able, doesn't it?"
Certainly"
"Funny, isn't ito"
whats funny3"
"Why, it's my experience that pedi-
gree makes a man pretty darn near
worthless" Chicago Post.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08

SAFE DEPOSIT deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank of Amador County at the
small expense of 35 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 home institu-
tion. Send money away through the Bank OF
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over postoftice or express. Money sent
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 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 1t; can't be found and you are liza.
BILE to be robbed while alive,
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
Very Easy.

Don't you wish you were as smart
as Conan Doyle's detective?"
my dear SIR" replied the modern
detective, "if they'd let me plan the
crimes in the first place 1 could dis
cover the facts in ways quite as ex-
traordinary as those of any detective
that an author ever put into a book
Chicago Post.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
Few Prayera.

Yern-Now, if all men would vote as
they pray this would truly be happy
world. Den-But If that should ever
happen you wouldn't get the average
man to the polls once in ten years.
Catholic Standard.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
lone E-JACKSON
and surrounding towns.
Address F. L. CREASON, lone p. o.

DARAMOUNT is one of the handsomest
Il horses in the state and his breeding is of
the very best. Those who raise colts by this
beautiful young horse can consider themselves
fortunate A tougher, more hardy, or better
formed horse never lived. His sire ''Old Alta
mont" was the greatest sire of extreme speed
in his day. having seven in the 2:1O list. There
are but two or three of his sons in the State,
and Paramount quito classes them all in beauty
and breeding. Paramount's dam, Nancy, by
Engineer. son of the Great Electioneer. was a
beautiful mare with extreme speed but never
was raced,
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
A Grand SUCCESS.

Mrs. De Style-I've got ahead of Mrs.
De Fashion for the first time. Hus-
band-How? Mrs. De Style-At Mrs.
De Fashions last party two of the
guests tainted, but at my grand recep-
ton last night the crush was so great
that six of the ladies had to be carried
out, and one had to have a doctor.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
Mary's Choice.

Farmer Sawyer, what is your
daughter Mary going to be when she
finishes at college?"
"Waal, I kinder reckon she'll teach
school. She thinks she'd like the va
cations, "-Hafpeks Baxar.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
After the Honexmoon.

Anyhow, Jack, you cannot say that
I ran after you at the time of our mar
riage."
You never spoke a truer word, Ma
ria, but neither does the mousetrap
run after the mouse. yet it catches
it all the same"
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
One Sense Keen.

Rob-Say, Bob, loan me $780, will
you? Bob-Why, man. have you lost
your senses? Rob-Nope; at least not
my sense of touch.-Yale Record.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
Their Good oRces.

II see they're advertising twenty-five
cent lunches. What do they give youH
can appetite for your dinner" r."-Ph{ls
adelphia Ledger.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
Not Guilty.

ITO what do you attribute your lon
gevity" asked the reporter.
MY which," queried the oldest in
habitant.
"Your longevity" repeated the re-
porter.
"Never had it. AS far as 1 can re-
member I amt never had such a COM
plant"
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08

Attractiveness of New Friends.
Edmonia- you do love ia make
new friends. Eustacia-Yes, they are
go much more polite than old ones
Detroit Free Press.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
when Woman IL Growing Ola.

When Woman Is Growing Olh.
When a woman gets so she doesn't
care about the size of her feet ana
turns her attention entirely to her
SOUL you can set it down that old ?.:'
Is creeping on.-Pendleton (Orel Guide
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08

OF all the evil spirits abroad in the
world insincerity is the most dangerous.
-Froude.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08

Chance is 2 word void Of sense. NqtM.
ing can exist without a cause.-Toi,
taire.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
Tnnfh

Teeth.
How strange it is that you tell a
horses age by the horses teeth, but
chickens age by your own!-TOwn
Topics.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
BANK Of AMADOR COUNTY
Incorporated November, 1895
Capital Stock 4: $4,000
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
SAFE DEpos1r-safe deposit boxes can be

Alfonso Ginocchio, S. G. Spagnoli ,lJohn Strohm
Frederick Eudoy and Alex Eudey of jackson.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
College of Notre Dame
MARYsviLLE, CALIFORNIA.

Boarding and Day School conducted by the Sis
The curriculum embraces all the branches of
solid English education. Preparatory and
advanced courses in art, language and music.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
DR. E. v. LONI6O

DR.. E. v. LoNI6o
From the Medical School of Florence utaly)
A graduate besides from the Medical Depart
ment University of the State of California,
and ex-Surgeon to the City Receiving HoSpi-
tai of San Francisco begS leave TO inform
you that he has opened his Office in the town
Of Jackson, kay'S building. formerly DIR. Rob
ertson's oifice. where all who call viii be an
swered day and night
General Surgery & Obstetrical attendance his
specialties. Telephone No. 467.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-08
For further information address

aplQti SISTER SUPERIOR.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-11
Thicker and Hickman.

Genealogical Editor Times Dlspntch: III
Dear Slr--ln3 the Times-Dispatch Of
Sunday, September 25th you have thu
Conway family and stippose that l1dwli
my my i records ! have that THOMAS Kick.
man married Martha, daughter Of Cap
$ tain Henry Thacker and Eltonhcad Con.
way, December 1s, 1853. WIS Eltonlead
Conway the daughter Of Edwin II 50.
\ ! would be greatly Obliged II you would
Scerning the Thacker and Hickman fam
+ lilies, and obllgc, In w. G.a
Conway article, II will be seen that I'll
tonheud Conway. born IN England 1C4G.
married 1862 Henry Tllacker Sheriff, Of
MlddlescX county, 1872. From this. II Is
pretty certain slie was daughter OF Ed
win Conway, the cmigrant We Will pub
.lisF something Of 1'hacker and Hickman
EIrY soon. s.L .i-lEHe.a snlR.atll .aas.l.a
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\ Ar1s-Perfesse sable and or, pale
enaraIlcd oounter.c changed, and three tall
bots apssant or collared aules. Crest
A talbot.pasant or, coIlared gules.
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Tontaine.

Genoa logical Editor, Times Dispatcf:
Dear sir,--Can; any of your readers
give INC any informa ton regnrt,lI,nng me
Susanna Fontalne. daughters Of Peter
lTontaine, Jr.? Also give me the names OF
q tho children and grandchildren OF James
5Tontaite, the 8cmigrant, and names Of
their husbands and wives.
a Washington. D. c.
or the Fontaine family. with coat Of
arms. was given In Tho Times Dispatch.
IL you read '",rhc History Of 4 Hugucnot
Family, Maury. 1t WILL give you
the above information and mucl, more of
interest concerning the family.
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ALLEN FANII L, Y.


ried Jane Moore. tN-ol. I, Extract q
Wills In North CarolinaD
John Allen, Will prdpated August. 17sc;
ard daughters, Martha and Catherine.
Hugh. Alien. OF Cowar county. July .,
liz; wife. Illizabeth:i sons, Joshua and
John; daughters. Elce. Mary and Sarah;
wife aud her brother, Joshua spives.
executors. II tEt3s I'D
Eieazers Alien, New Hanover county,
january Life: wife nephew, and n!eces
William. Daniel and Catherine I Willard.
children. Of Josiah Willard, Of BOSTON;
sister, Catherine Willlrd; mother wns
Sarah Trobb, Of @South Carolina; wife,
Sarah, sole eXecutrlx.
South Carolina: niece Mrs. sarah PRANK
land: niece, Mrs. Mary Jane Day; my
nlcces daughters of my sister. Moore
that Isl Mrs. Sarah Smith, Of Charleston,
South Caroln,a MS llarsston q same
Tenr my grand niece, Miss Rebecca
Day.: also Miss Susan 1lassell; grand
niece. Mary Hasscll: Mrs DIR. Rossctt,
Sr.. friend William Day,5Jamcs Murray
and. Henry Hyrne cXccutorsi in case or
substituted, and nephew, BENJAMIN Hvrnc,
William Bninficld. executor Of that part
Of my estate in South Carolina January
Andrew Allen. Newburn.8 October 49, 17c0.
Thomas Walton. son or John and Han
nah, in county OF Kent. Maryland: Grace
ter of Stephen Walton, OF Acconac coun-
ty, Va: wife of Priscilla, daughter of
Jacob Van Pelt, of Craven county, N. c.,
brother-in-llw Jb!ln Van Pelk. Jere-
miah Allen, lieutenant of militia. 17S2 III
S. c. tsee pages 135, 1876, 26S). The above
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Strange Friends.

There Is an odd combination Sf pets In
the Biddeford greenhouse OF Charles s.
Strout iii Il woodcock and a cat. They
live in perfect peace, the woodcock grow
Ing fat on the worms In tho rich earth
and the cat keeping the place free from
mice. enncbcck Journtl. VI Xxi alf S ss
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/. Dogs Death Watch.

y It was u dogs bark which drew the
attention OF a gentleman to the dead
body OF Duncan Davie. farmer, Woodhall,
.Dumfrlesshlrc, yesterday.
MI. Davic had gone out with the animal
to. look over his stock, and while doing
so he was taken III and died, with only
the faithful dog as witness.
4 The dog guarded the body of his dead
master for hours.--London Express.
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Annunicatn

abler
there doubt GueFcno in this gnyp Of the
young virgin most delicate and refined manner
that instant While Of prayer became me
presence angel OF the l.ord u,
through whose
md eyes his image Of the for
himself
he central figure sea1
painting which hangs the municipal building at Forll
uercinp SO and died in BOLOGNA in he
was one of the school bul
trying somebody eses style one lime Woua
another time he would pc Inc
influence Of some one the family Of He
ace brushald Pigments put not sohs ~
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HE Annuclation" appealed peculiarly early Christian
artists and more especially those the renaissance
period III ay in the fourteenth
~ Is, Perhaps subject az ed to tho finer
picturesque Qualities Of the painters mind
sesElFe harmony oil the
preston 1t strikes directly imagination the crucial and
mysterious moment in the life of the young woman of aee when
me angel GhpIlel appeared
tho she was TO become The mother Of the
moment traush with presclence motherhood
Of the virgin. tte y - ~
The subject not painting to II uerno when
40 began TO place his on canus in The early
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notes on the Allen family we have talseS
by permission frc,n a sketch Of '''The Al
len 1ta,nily.'ns given by Captain c. r.
Allen. OF Mexico Mo-. and extracts from
records OF wills in North Caroina, TO
which State some OF the Aliens moved to.
carly IN the 18th century. A full line OF
tho family would embrace n large volume.
E. G, NJ.
Editor Genealogical Column:
Dear Sir.--Will You kindly give mo the
addresses Of John M. French and 70. IT,.
~" both Of whom, wrote IN Genealog!-
In Virginia. some time ago, and obllge.
u. x I'.,' 4a8
5a East Ra,lfor,l VA
i1 (Mrs) u. r. T.'s" address was Rich
Inond Va; write to Mrs. james. II
French !, No 1a9 Howard Street, San An.
Also to Captain Mnrcellus French,
French family. s & S
Fudge
Editor Tlnes-Dispatch Genealogical COL
" umn: ts3 s. sGi t45s 5 4S, ST., II
a Please publish what you can OF the
Fudge family. The name was originally
"Fugee."' They fed from Germany dur,
tho Fudge coat of arns-they hailed
from Hanover, Germany, and brought
chests of money; the lands bought by
them are still owned By the Fudgcs. OF
Virginia.
+ ii, SUBSCRIBER.
Wo failc to find any arms for Fudge
family and can trace very little con-
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Sharper Than Sl1aketootl1.4

Sharper Than S1aketoota.
ooh, you darllnggI am so glad to hear
of your happiness What did Mr.. Dick
son say when he proposed 2. " He said he
had loved mic from the very nrst."55"l
should never have suspected that; he Is
such Il youns-looking man" Town and
Country. KS
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vance for your kindness IN tho matter,
Very truly.

BsGs, IA.
The nan,cs of Hciskell was once very
familiar in Virginia, but OF late has dis;
appeared. II any Of our genealogical
the above query 1t will be appreciated.
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.Heiskcll,

Dear sir,-Can8 you give me any inior-
Rel a p dod es
II. bought properly in Fredericksburg in
1883 and 1856, but do not know when he
moved there nor. where he came from.
nor who were his parents. He married
Margaret Hampton ono dntc) and died
some time between 1902 and 1sl7 or 1879.
Both he and his wife were buried IN St.
Georges church yard, In fredericksburg,
VA, with&no date of his death, ana
after that the family scattered. some
moving to- New York. Any information
epeflvs s hgI nkm v @9a
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earning hem. 50 far. Can anyone en-
Tighten I1. c. NJ


Editor Genealogical Column:,
y Dear Sir,--Please publish what you can
OF the tHlliam family The iinIne IS some
times spelt "Gillumn and Gillian. JAS.
Bourne, of Taylorsville, Ky, can furnish
data back to s1741. No doubt Mr.. NJ M.
Gillian. of yotr city,. could furnish iin-
portant Information Give coat OF rms,
ana oblgc, SUBSCRIBED II
HI b:2 Covington, Va.
There are (or we're. some years ago.
many Gilums or Gi!lams III ~ lbemarle
county and other parts of Virginia, . but
we Gnu find no arms attnched 70 ~, them;
If either or the parties above will send
a rms and details they willAbe cheerfully
published. The Madison arms have not
yet been given.
i sF Walden. III
Editor Of Tho Times Dispatch I,
Dear Sir,-Pease be Kind enough to
trace tho family lineage of John Wnlden
G.orD of England. He. settled in Caro- caro-
line county, Va. some time n the eight
zenith century. Publish It in Sundays pa
per for the benefit Of. his descendants who
live in this city. Thanking YOU III ad-i
vance or3your kind favor, beg 70 re-
main, 3d. .. V.SW.
Certainly, Stust as soon us the lineage
can be looked up. So far we fai! TO ilnd
pt.ms FOR. Walden. Can any resde E, tyr
iiish them 2 y8.,iS l1.s Nj.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-15
Electricity in Steel Making.

SCleHtiltcF <AIileT1Cdn.1t
In any summary of the causes OF our
success in steel manufacture, great
stress must be laid upon the earlyrand
multiplied adoption of electricity as
motive power in the thousand and one
uses to which it has lent itself so ad =.
mirably. Among other applications
that come to mind, there are: the
overhead travelling crane; the electric
charging machine that picks up a box
containing a ton of mixture. thrusts it
into the furnace, ernpties and with
draws it; the electric conveyeT; the
electric eonveyer; the electric elevator
for loading the blast furnaces; the
electric buggies that Receive the heated
ingot after it has been lifted from the
soaking pits and runs 1t down to the
mill. electric machines for pushing
the blooms in at one end Of the fur
mace. and electric tongs for gripping
them and pulling them out at the other
end. These are a few OF the uses Of
electricity, to say nothing OF pneumat-
ic and hydraulic power, that. conformity
with similar exhibitions of ingenuity.
forethought, and administrative skill
in mine. ship. and railroad, have en-
abled our manufacturers to sell three
pounds of steel for two cents. while
paying the highest wages in the wOrld
to labor and returning the princeliest
of fortunes to capital.