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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-28

We shall continue doing business
at the old stand, opposite Post
Office, and have no excuse to Of
fer for the low prices we make on
pianos, since we do it
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
A Test of strength.

Tradition has immortalized one Adar.
gonna Of Grand Canary, who could
wrestle for two consecutive hours and
having been thrown undermost IN q
certain contest, got his antagonist be-
tween his legs and arms and squeezed
him 50 that his bones began to crack.
The native was subsequently sent as
prisoner to Spain, where be astuund-
ed the people by his performances
One day in Seville he was visited By 4
brawny youth Of La Mancha. who was
anxious to try bout with him. my
good friend" said Adargoma, ''as We
are going to wrestle together It ie only
reasonable that we should begin bk
drinking something"
A large bowl Of wine having been
brought, he took this In one hand and
continued to address his challenger: IL
with both your arms you can overpow.
er one Of mine so as to hinder me from
drinking every drop Of this wine we
will try our strength together; II not
you may return to your home" The
struggle took place, and Adargoma by
degrees drained the bowl In the coolest
manner without spilling drop Of the
wine. His one hand was more than a
match for the others two.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
A Lord Chancellor at Play.

1t is on record that the great seal of
Britain has twico been degraded to
kitchen uses. In 1884, when Lord
Brougham, then lord chancellor was
staying as a guest with the Duchess of
Bedford, some ladies of the house party
In frolic ventured to purloin the great
seal from the chancellors bedroom.
Trembling with anxiety, the great
man came downstairs to proclaim his
loss, but to his relief they told him of
their joke and challenger him to find
his treasure. Entering into the spirit
of their fun, he at last dragged the
emblem of his authority triumphantly
from the coal box.
Still in merry mood, he led the party
to the kitchen, where each lady made
a pancake, with the great seal for a
pan, pouring the batter between its
disks.
This mad prank created so much
amusement that Lord Brougham re-
peated it at Taymouth to give pleasure
to the Marchioness Of Breadalbane.-
London Answers.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
Countrie. n. Presents.

Cleopatra received Egypt as a pres
ent from Julius Caesar. Lucullus, Sui
la and Pompey each gave away half
dozen kingdoms. Antony gave the
little kingdom of JudRa to Herod. One
Of the excellent stories of the past is
that the Emperor Constantine gave
Rome and all Italy to Pope Sylvester,
who cured him of leprosy. King John,
called Lakeland, being excommunicat-
ed by Pope Innocent III, gave to that
pope and his successors the kingdom of
ireland and England. The deed reads,
"Not constrained with fear, but with
my full consent and the advice of my
barons, for the remission of my sins
against God and the church, resign
England and ireland to God, st. Peter,
st. Paul and our lord the Pope Inno-
cent, and to his successors in the apos-
tolic chair" Julius II. gave the estates
Of King Louis XII. to the Emperor
Maximilian Sixtus ", Gregory XIV.
and Clement VIII. were ready to make
a present of France to whomsoever
Philip II. would have chosen for the
husband of his daughter Clara Eu-
genia. Alexander VI. presented the
East and West Indies to Spain and
Portugal, which was like giving al
most all the earth.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
Why PeopIe stammer.

Stammering depends on a want Of
harmony between the action Of the
muscles Chiefly abdominaD which ex-
pei air through the larynx and that Of
the muscles which guard the oriflce
by which it escapes with that Of those
which modulate the sound to the form
Of speech. Over either of the groups
Of muscles by itself a stammerer may
have as much power as other people,
but he cannot harmoniously arrange
their conjoint action. Nervousness b
a frequent cause of stammering. Il b
possible that the defect in some In
stances may result from malformation
Of the parts about the back Of the
mouth. The fact that stammerins
people are able to sing their words
better than to speak them has been
usually explained on the supposition
that in singing the glottis is kept open
SO that there is less liability to spas
modic action.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
The Birch.

Old writer's In mentioning birch trees
seldom failed to say solemnly that they
were useful to grow branches with
which to give boys thrashings. Turner
regards the supply Of flexible, pendent
branches" for purposes of punishment
as the chief merit of the tree. Coles
also based his estimate of the birch
chiefly on its use in the supply Of rods
as instruments of punishment, for he
writes: "The civil uses whereun4O the
birch serveth are many, as for the pun
ishment of children, both at home and
at school; for 1t hath an admirable in
f1uence upon them to quiet them when
they are out Of order, and therefore
some call it makepeace." In ancient
Rome the fasces Of the lictors, with
which they cleared the way for magis-
trates, were formed with rods of birch,
and their influence was sufficient to in
sure rapid dispersion Of men assem-
bled where they would impede the
passage of the administrators of the
law. From that time to within COM
paratively recent period the birchen
rod was regarded as one Of the most
important deterrents Of Juvenile de-
pravity.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
Through women. Exes.

AS q finely dressed woman entered
the "L" train every other woman in
the car eyed her clothes closely.
There" said a man to his wife, who
was making a close inventory of the
new arrivals dress, that Is what
don't like about women. They display
such interest in other women's clothes.
You see it everywhere-in parlors, at
receptions and balls and in public con-
veyances You never see men acting
that way. am inclined to believe this
is owing to mems finer Judgment as to
what is proper. They know that to
take note of another's dress is the
height of bad manners, and they alb
stain from doing It,"
ut is very nice Of you, of course, to
praise your own sex so," said his wife,
"but your explanation is utterly wrong
The reason women notice one another's
clothes is that every woman is prac-
tically a dressmaker, and when she
sees dress she views 1t with the in
terest Of professional" York
Press.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01

well mouth, whence already there
came faint earthly smell, half sweet
ish, half repulsive. Some of the curl
GUS were for crowding the edges to
watch him, but wiser ones held them
back "Give him all the light and air
possible, poor fellow; he needs both,"
Squire Clark said. Young Alanson,
stripped and barefooted, sprang to the
edge of the curb. who'll follow me?"
he asked. "I'm going down, right be-
hind Billy; we may make a live chain
before it's too late"
"I'll follow And 1! And Ip' came
from all about. In little, the human
line was over the edge, creeping down,
down to the dangerous deeps, noisome
and cold. Billy heard 1t coming, and
shouted up:
''In time, thank God! hear moansr'
Then he gave great inarticulate cry.
There, clinging to the rough rock wall,
was Amy, five feet above the glimmer-
ing water, which Tapped something
dark and limp.
Here, you! Take her upr' he cried
hoarsely, outstanding his breath all he
might. He had come to the thick, dead
ly damp. Unless he was quick and
bold it would make an end of him, as
it had possibly already made an end
of poor, light hearted Jock. Clinging
fast with one hand, his feet well braced
across the well breadth, he swung Amy
up with the other into young Alan
sons hold. The others knew enough to
pass her on up and out. Drawing q
long, long breath, Billy leaped down
beside the insensible figure at the bob
tom, caught it up and began a desper-
ate ascent.
Hold hard, Billy! I'm coming to
help" young Alanson cried, setting his
feet firmly and bending until his head
was almost level with them. Thus h&
gripped Jocks collar and somewha.
eased the strain ON Billy. Both were,
however, so near to smothering their
tense muscles gave down. Lights
swan before their eyes; their heads
were bursting; the subtle heaviness in
chest and nostrils numbed them to the
bone. Alanson felt himself almost fall
ing when rope struck his hand, flung
with such force it almost drew blood.
Send up, Jock! Well pull you two
out safe" the men higher up cried to
them and then, when they saw their
plight, came down like Trojans to help.
1t was little short of q miracle that any
Of the three got out alive. But some
how, by the good Gods mercy, they
all came into reviving upper air. Jock
had the face of a dead man. At sight
of him Amy fell to sobbing "He-he
lifted me up and bade me cling" she
said brokenly, "but stayed on the bot
tom himself because there was not
room for two to hold in the crevice of
the wall"
'He won't die for it," Dr. Payne
said, looking up from his patient. Billy,
lying spent and white upon the grass,
beckoned Amy imperatively to him.
you must marry me-right off," he
said, patting her hand. after this 1
dare not trust you with yourself"
'Nor l." Amy said, nesting to him.
"You were horribly foolish to take such
risks for me, Billy. 1t is only by stay
ing with you I can make sure you will
never do it again"
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
The story of Toledo Cathedral.

The cathedral of Toledo is perhaps
the finest architectural glory that
Spain can boast The site was occupied
by at least three churches before the
erection of the present building, the
first one, according to popular legend,
having been erected during the life
time of the Virgin Mary and visited
by her. OF this church we know moth
Ing. The second was pulled down In
1892. The third was finished in 1885
and was occupied by the Moors for
many years as mosque. Afterward
1t was the cathedral of Spain, until in
the early part of the thirteenth century
Alfonso lX. had it pulled down and the
present one erected In its stead. 1t
is 4O4 feet long and 2O4 feet wide, is
built from material Quarried In the
neighborhoOd and is Of the purest
Gothic. 1t was designed by Pedro Pc
rez Diaz, who supervised its erec-
ton for nearly fifty years and conse-
Grated his life to 1t. During the five
cclturies after his death more than
150 architects were employed upon it,
and for 266 years the work was un-
interrupted.-S James Gazette
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
Confederate Coinage.

1t is Latter Of history that the
entire coinage of the Confederate
states consisted of four half dollar
pieces. The diverse side had god
dess Of liberty (same as United States
coins) in an arc of thirteen stars, in
her right hand shield of conventional
design with Liberty thereon and be-
low the date, 1861. On the reverse
side was an American shield beneath
a Liberty cap, the union containing
seven stars-representing the seven Sc
ceding states-the whole surrounded by
a wreath; at the left cotton in bloom,
at the right sugar cane. The legend
was Confederate States Of America" !"
In the exergue, Half Dol" The bor-
ders were milled and the edge was SER
rated.-New York Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
A Japanese Mimic.

A jolly little story Is told by con-
tributor to an English paper about a
curious faculty the Japanese have of
initiating animals. "I remember some
years ago." she says, being at Christ
mas Juvenile party when nephew of
the mikado was present The young
prince got himself up by means Of a
muff, sable mantle and boa for a
tail to look like some extraordinary
feline and then crawled into the room
where the Fslis domestica was enjoying
the hearth rug before the fire. There
was something 30 sinuous and lifelike
in his movements that the wretched
grimalkin almost few up the chimney
with terror"
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
Old Time Grave Robbers.

Under the laws of Draco, the most
severe code ever drawn up, all grave
robbers were put to death without
trial. The old Athenian laws put u
slave to death for disturbing a body
after interment, but in the case Of a
freeman a "confiscation of a moiety
of his possessions was the penalty.
Constantine decreed that woman
might obtain divorce if she could
prove that her husband had disturbed
the remains of the dead. At one time
Gin the time of the seventh and eighth
HenryS the English law held that "it
Is deemed unlawful to open a grave
for a second person, except for hus-
band or wife"
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
Tn. R..ort ni.dainfuI.

Ellen Terry, the famous English ac-
tress, in the kindness Of her heart once
took girl out Of the poorhOuse to train
as q servant. But she was altogether
hopeless and was continually breaking
plates, dishes and everything she laid
hands on, until Miss Terry thought that
in time she might break her, 80 she dis
missed her. But, not wishing the girl
to come to any harm, when she was go
ing away she asked her what she was
going to do for a living. "Oh," she
said disdainfully, "if the wust come to
the wust, 1 can go on the stage"
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
Vegetable. of Liberia.

The most common vegetables of Lii
IBERIA are the sweet potato, cassada,
yam and tania. The cassada is q root
varying in size from three to eight
inches in length and from three to
eight inches in circumference. When
1t Is cooked it tastes very much like a
fresh chestnut. This root is the vegeta-
BILE most extensively cultivated by the
natives and forms, with the rice, their
chief diet. The fecula of the cassada
is made from tapioca,
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
Stage Manners.

Stage managers still consider it nee
essary to keep the actors bustling about
the stage in a meaningless, unnatural
and distracting manner. In life | do
not speak three or four sentences to my
friend at one side of the room and then
with him elaborately cross the room be-
fore l continue my discourse. Why
should l do so on the stage?-London
Academy
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
The Color Violet.

1t is said that of all colors violet is
the one most stimulating to the eye
coats and that the electric light, and
more especially that given out by the
large lamps used in many public places,
is rich in violet rays. 1t is claimed vio-
let dresses and draperies are responsi-
BILE for many eye ceases" and for not
few of the skin troubles about which
the dermatologist is frequently con-
suited.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
Black Stallion by the great Altamont
$500, will make the season
of 1904 at
lone JACKSON
and surrounding towns.
Address F. L. CREASON, lone p. o.

PARAMOUNT is one of the handsomest
4 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 2:10 list. There
are but two or three of his sons in the State,
and Paramount out 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., 1904-04-01

SAFE DEPOSIT.-Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank of Amador County at the
small expense Of 35 cents a month, thereby Sc
curing you against any possible loss from fire
or otherwise. Don't overlook this opportunity
of protecting your valuables.
SAVE MONEY-Patronize home institu-
tion. Send money away through the Bank Of
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over postoffice or express. Money sent
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.
the new year by opening up bank account. A
man or woman with bank account has a
financial standing. Don't bury your money !;
when you die it can't be found and you are lia-
BILE to be robbed while alive,
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
Man the Slave,

1t has taken ages of repression to
bring the husband and father to his
present condition of abject slavery to
the wife and mother. He Is the victim
of process that began in the garden
Of Eden and gives no promise of end
ing until he is called to the reward
that awaits the humble on the other
and brighter shore.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
Putting Words In Her Mouth.

Il declare" said Bella sweetly, your
thoughts run exactly In unison with
mine, Augustus. ! had those very
words in my mouth"
Yes, and I saw him put 'em there,
too," said little Tommy, who had seen
the kissing going on.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
An Investigator,

"4es, our boy has shown remark
able talent for music. He wants to
get ut the very source Of 1t, as it were" !"
What proof have you Of this?"
why, he Knocked in the heads Of
three drums in as many days."-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01

Backed up by over a third of a
century of remarkable and uni
form cures, a record such as no
other remedy for the diseases
and weaknesses peculiar to
women ever attained, the pro-
prietors and makers Of Doctor
Pieree's Favorite Prescription
now feel fully warranted in Of
ferino to pay $500 in legal
money of the United States for
any case of Leucorrhea, Female
Weakness, Prolapsus or Falling
of Womb, which they cannot
cure. All they ask is a fair and
reasonable trial of their means
of cure. All correspondence
held sacredly confidential.
If you require medical advice
don't fall to write Doctor r. v.
Pierce who will give you the
best advice possible. Address
Buffalo, N. Y.
Or. > Plerce's Pleasant Pellets
are a ladies' laxative. No other
medicine equals them for gen.
tleness and thorouqhness.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
Expects to Return,

$50 she has started on life jour-
ney into matrimony, has sheT'
well, 1 guess it is only an excursion
trip."-Brooklyn Life.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01

We earn our life by labor, and then,
II we spend as the gods design, we
spend our life in love.-Henry Har-
land.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01

The oyster at it's best is inferior as .
toothsome delicacy to the succuleul
chm.-Providence Journal.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
College of Notre Dame
MARYsVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

Boarding and Day School conducted by the Sis
ters of Notre Dame (Namur). Founded in 1856
The curriculum embraces all the branches of
solid English education. Preparatory and
advanced courses in art, language and music.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01
BANK Of AMADOR COUNTY
Incorporated November, 1895
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Alfonso Ginocchio, S. G Spagnoli ,IJohn Strohm
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey of Jackson.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01

For further information address
ap10ti SISTER SUPERIOR
Amador ledger., 1904-04-01

MINE SIGNALS, printed on cloth, and in
M conformity with the provisions Of the Cali
tornia law, for sale at the Ledger ONCE,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-30

Now that Senator German has given our that he does not want the presiden~ tial nomination, and has come out in favor of Judge Parker, it would seem that nothing stands in the way of the latter's nomination. A good many people seem restive under the omission of Judge Parker to exploit his views on public questions, says an exchange. They say they would like to know what the judge believes in. They are anxious to ascertain if he is the man for the hour, etc. Well,swhat can he do? He is on the bench-rlot in 8 posi- ton where he must consider and dis cuss the troubles of the body polite. For him to speak now would pat him in the position of an office seeker-a man bidding for the democratic nomi- nation for the presidency. Perhaps there ought to be present satisfaction with the knowledge that he is demo- clat, and has been before the people as democrat. He has good deal of association with the man whose sim pie platform. I am 8 democrat" used to have great deal of popularity. If he is all right in the general line of democracy, he ought to be able to get himself in line on current issues. Any how, We can wait.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-30
ERRORS OF COLOR-BLIND.

A well known oculist, who has an office on West Seventh street, whil g discussing some of the various defects of the human eye which are not no ticeabla to the ordinary observer, had this to say about color-blind people:
 s'The world must be curious place to color blind people. of whom there are forty males and three females to every 1000 persons. Some are blue yellow blind, and everything seems either red, green or gray to them; others are red green blind, and all things appear to them to be yellow, blue or gray of various shades and others. again, perceive no distinction Of color at tall, but the whole world wears an unchangfng aspect of dull gray.
 ITO these last visit to a picture gallery would reveal merely collec- tion of engra wings or photographs. But the two former have the compensa- tion of seeing their own two colors much more brightly than ordinary people.
 'sThe color blind do extraordinary things at times. An officer of the navy went one day to buy material for q coat vest and trousers. He bought blue coat and red trousers, believing them of the same color. A British admiral painted a landscape and was very proud of his perform ance, but he made the tree red think ing it was the sa me color as green When he purchased g pair Of trousers he chose green ones. srspecting them to be brown.
 'An archtect's pupil. being direct- Cd to CODY tho picture of a brown house, naa6a t',e house oreen, the sky scarlet and the roses blue.
 "A postof7ice clark was always short in his accounts because he could not distin@uish the difTerent colored stamps Ard sedate Quaker has been known to buy q green coat for n1msolf ana a rrd gown for his wife. th1nE1no th"y wore hoth brown.
 TIT yo9' saa nlan in the street with prepo~tero'ls display of colors char itahlv ha'iave him to be ono of the color blind
 Jrst why the eyes of women are less defective in the matter of dis f1n@Uishfng co'crs than those of q man Is ore of the thinos in nature tha+ is, uneSrla1ned. T1re cons4n11c+io,, fs tho same. vet tho wonan's superiority in marrh1n" crlors has always boon ra- 'o"n'7cd, aven where man basshad +he anVanFa"H of Ion" e~nnr;nnce. ''-Cin- clnnau Commercial Tribune.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-30
SOUVENIR PORTRAIT or popu PLUS x

"lIn next Sundays New york r.o''o VIII be nresen+e1 portrait of tone P1"s x. This will be 2 sena ro+ a sheet beautifully paintar. and in everv way suitable for framing. Jt is inc nrst nortraft painted of Hfs Holiness, ahu' nesides it's value from an art standpofnt. is ncoon1panied with mes sag ge to Americans rom the Pone fhroHeh the Sunday World. Among inc ofher features will he a ,psee of Faster girls by well known artists. and the most hear+ifu1 Plaster brides: an Interview hv Proxv-something new in which Kate Caraw and Senator Shoot figure: New York churches and their Easter decorations: the loss of Fxnlorer Hubbard in the wilds of Labrador: the great Flood firht. de- scrfbed by Holm L. Sullivan: Mrs As tors new S2OO0O gymnasium: sen aationaI book on divorce, &c., &c. AAs
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-30
NEwFouNpLANp FLouRlsHiNo.
Budget Shows Surplus of $ET ,OOO.
 Trade IMcreascs.

Budget Shows Surplus of $ST ,OOO.
 Trade Increases.
 ST. JOHNS, N. F., March 30.--In the legislature Hon. k. M. Jackman, minister Of finance, presented the bud get, which shows that for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, there was a surplus of 57,0oo and that for the fis- cal year ending June 80 next there probably will be a surplus of $SO,00O. Tn addition the colony has cash re- serve of S38O.ooo available for emer- gencles.
 The colony's foreign trade has in- creased nearly 40 per cent during the past five years, and the revenues ex- ceed anything in the previous history of Newfoundland. The conditions are so favorable that the government, be- sides abolishing the duties on -four, molasses and kerosene, equa1iEg the sum of $1So,o00 a year, proposes to spend the surplus on harbor and road Improvements.
 The finance minister touched briefly but adversely on the question of fed eration with Canada, which is now agitating the Canadian press.