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Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
WILD LIFE OBSERVATION.
Most of Us See Either More or Les
Than the Truth.

Most of Us See Either More or Less
Than the Truth.
Good observers are probably about as
rare as good poets. Accurate seeing,
an eye that takes in the whole truth
and nothing but the truth-how rare
indeed it is! So few persons know or
can tell exactly what they see; SO few
persons can draw a right inference
from an observed fact; so few persons
can keep from reading their own
thoughts and preconceptions into what
they see. Only q person with the scien-
tific habit Of mind can be trusted to
report things as they are. Most of us
in observing the wild life about us see
more or see less Of the truth. We see
less when our minds are dull or preoc-
cupied or blunted by want of interest.
This is true of most country people.
We see more when we read the lives Of
the wild creatures about us in the light
of our. human experience and impute
to the birds and beasts human motives
and methods. This is too often true Of
the eager city man or woman who sal
lies out into the country to study ma
ture.
The tendency to sentimentalize ma
ture has in our time largely taken the
place Of the old tendency to demonize
and spiritize. 1t is anthropomorphism
in another form, less fraught with evil
to us, but equally in the way Of a
clear understanding of the life about
us.-John Burroughs in Century
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
TOBACCO LEAVES.
The First Europeans Who Saw Them
Used For Smoking.

The First Europeans Who Saw Them
Used For Smoking.
The first Europeans who saw tobacco
smoked were two men whom Columbus
dispatched on an embassy immediate
ly after the discovery of the island of
Cuba. The names of these envoys,
worthy of memory by the smoker were
Roderigo de Jerez and Luis de Torres,
the latter a Christianized Jew of spe-
cial proficiency in Arabic and Hebrew.
Six days were allowed to these two
worthless in which to accomplish their
mission, but after penetrating inland
for some twelve leagues and stopping
at village Of thousand inhabitants
they rejoined Columbus on Nov. 6, 1892.
and recounted the several wonders
which had fallen under their notice.
1t was ON their way back to the
Spanish caravels, accompanied by
three natives, that they first saw smok-
ing practiced. Several of the aborigines
were making use of dried tobacco
leaves, which they formed into long
roll, lighted and put in their mouths,
swallowing and putting out the smoke.
These primitive and gigantic cigars the
natives called tabacos, a name since
transferred from its original application
to the plant itself.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
RUSSIAN WEDDINGS.
The Part the Brides Brother Plays
In the Ceremony.

The Part the Brides Brother Plays
In the Ceremony.
In no country in the world, says the
author Of "Wooings and Weddings In
Many Climes,' is the tie between broth
er and sister closer than 1t is in Rus
STA. The brother Is regarded as her
guardian equally with the father and
as her protector even more.
In many districts when the groom
comes to claim his bride her brother
places himself beside her and with a
stout stave or drawn sword prevents
the groom's approach. The twain Of
ten engage in much poetical barter, In
which the bride incites her brother to
extort a goodly price for herself, her
veil and her beauty.
Upon the wedding day the groom
comes to her parents house and claims
his bride. Then there is touching lit
tie bit of ceremony, one of those pretty
human comedies which are called emp
fy shows and FORMS" but are written
in warm, tender emotions.
The maiden kneels before her parents
and asks them to pardon her for any
and every offense toward them Of
which she may ever have been guilty.
They lift her up and kiss her; then they
together offer her bread and salt, which
signifies that while they live they will
not see her lack the necessaries of life.
When she leaves the house its door
is left open to signify that she may re-
turn when she will; that her girlhood's
home is still hers.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
THE LIBRARY.
1t Should BE, So to Speak, the Au-
thOr's Tool Chest.

1t Should BE, So to Speak, the Au-
thOr's Tool Chest.
In the gradual growth of every stu
dents library he may or may not con-
tinue to admit literary friends and adj
visers, but he will be sure sooner or
later to send for a man with q tool
chest. Sooner or later every nook and
corner will be filled with books, every
window will be more or less darkened,
and added shelves must be devised.
He may find 1t hard to achieve just
the arrangement he wants, but he will
find 1t hardest of all to meet squarely
that inevitable inquiry of the puzzled
carpenter as he looks about him, Have
you actually read all these books?"
The expected reply is: "Tob be sure. How
can you doubt it?" Yet if you asked
him in turn, "Have you actually used
every tool in your tool chest?" you
would very likely be told: Not one
half as yet, at least this season. / have
the others by me to use as | need
them" Now, if this reply can be fairly
made in a simple, well defined, dis
tinctly limited occupation like that of
a joiner, how much more inevitable it
is in pursuit which covers the whole
range Of thought and all the facts in
the universe! The library is the au-
thor's tool chest. He must learn as he
grows older to take what he wants and
to leave the rest.-Thomas Wentworth
Higginson in Atlantic.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
A MONKEYS JOKE.
1t Gave Him a Good Dinner, While
1t Startled the Cook.

1t Gave Him a Good Dinner, While
1t Startled the Cook.
l remember in description of In
dia or Ceylon some forty years ago a
story of an Englishman who had a
monkey. Looking out of his window
one day, he saw his cook getting a
fowl ready for boiling, while the mon
key lay on the ground shamming
death, and party of crows stood at a
little distance divided between the de-
sire for the kitchen offal and the fear
of the possibly shamming monkey.
One crow more adventurous than the
rest came within the magic distance
and was instantly in the clutch of the
monkey. At the same moment the
cook, having finished trussing the fowl,
put it into the pot and went away.
The monkey plucked his crow as he
had just seen the cook pluck the fowl,
took the fowl out of the pot, put the
crow In and retired with his exchange.
When the cook came back and saw the
fowl left preparing for his masters
luncheon turned black he was, as may
be supposed, struck black with terror
at this manifest Intervention of the
evil one.-London Spectator.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
MOUNTAINS IN JAPAN.
They Rival In Panorama the Scenery
OF Switzerland.

They Rival In Panorama the Scenery
of Switzerland.
On every side of us, from our feet
to the golden distance far away, the
world stretched mountains, peak upon
peak as thick as junks in Chinese
harbor and range beyond range mex
haustible. No sounds of mortal life
came up inside the rock. while the
river, gentian blue, wound silent in
transparent pools below. The pano-
rama in Japan on a splendid summer
day is impossible {, describe to an
English reader who has not been in
the east, for such one will read be-
tween the lines the local color in which
he was bred instead of the wholly diff
ferent atmosphere that heightens the
charm of the picture there, the bril-
liant luminous air which invests our
eye with telescope power and brings
the whole landscape to our feet, while
a soft suspicion of silky haze seems
to float a halo round each foliage hid
den hill. Switzerland, too, is a noun
tain world, but small compared with
this, the entire content from Inns
bruck to Geneva only one-fourth the
length of this single island of Japan,
thousand miles Of continuous ro-
nance. And the quality Of the sun
shine is what separates by very wide
gulf a summers day in these latitudes
from one in more northerly Europe
Ernest Foxwell in Cornhill.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
PATRIOTISM OF ANTS.
The Insects Always willing to Die
For Their Commune.


For Their Commune.
Many times and in many ways the
devotion of ants to their commune has
been tested. The rule is well nigh in.
variable of instant and absolute self
abnegation and surrender of personal
ease and appetite, life and limb to the
public welfare. The posting of senti-
nels at gateways is customary, and
they are apt to know rst the ap-
proach of danger. With heads and
lquivering antenn@ protruded from the
opening, these city watchmen not only
dispatch within news of threatening
peril, but rush out with utter abandon
to face the foe. With ants patriotism
is not second nature;" 1t is instinc-
tive, inborn, seemingly as strong In the
callow antling as in the veteran brave.
1t must be confessed, however, that
it is rigidly exclusive. Racial catho-
licity Is not an emmetorian virtue.
Ants are without that elastic hospital
ity which embraces and assimilates all
foreigners. Even the slave makers
hold their domestic auxiliaries strictly
distinct.
1t may be due to overmastering pa
triotism that one fails to discover indi-
vidual benevolence In ants. Friend
ships and personal affection in the lin
tied and specialized sense familiar
among domestic animals are as yet un-
known. And thus 1t is with other So
ctal insects=H. @. McCook In Har.
per's Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
Burns as a Musician.

A very large number of Burns i'm
mortal songs were written to match
music that was already popular. Speak
ing Of such composition, he says him
self. ITO sough the tune over and
over is the readiest way to catch the
inspiration and raise the bard into
that glorious enthusiasm so strongly
characteristic Of our Scotch poetry"
On another occasion he refused to
write for an unfamiliar air, saying
that until he was master Of tune he
never could compose for it. A recent
writer has shown that Burns was far
more Of practical musician than is
generally supposed. He was familiar
with hundreds of Scottish national
airs, and his letters to his publishers
often contained precise instructions on
purely musical details.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
SAILORS AND DRINK.
Odd Devices For Obtaining IntOxf-
cants on Board Ship,
Ticket holders will please
come at once.

cant9 on board snip,
Sailors have more originality, more
resourcefulness and more ingenuity In
securing things to get drunk with than
any other class Of human beings They
are never at a loss to find some substi-
tute for whisky and brandy when such
conventional intoxicants are not to be
had. The shellac carried upon men-of
war for vanishing purposes is such a
common beverage among thirsty jack
tars that it has to be kept under lock
and key and used under guard. Jalap
is put In the alcohol of liquid compass
es to keep the thirsty from draining
them. Cologne is quite a treat In a
pinch, and the story Is told of sur
geon on one of our old warships who,
being a good deal Of naturalist, was
at loss to account for the decay Of
some snakes, lizards and other speci-
mems he had preserved In Jars Of alco-
hol until investigation showed that
water had been substituted for the liq-
uid in the Jars and the alcohol con-
sumed by some stealthy sailors. ] re-
cali the case of a vessel where the
ships cook reported the steady deple-
ton of his stock Of yeast, and the mas
ter-at-arms as steadily reported cases
of mysterious intoxication In the crew,
the ship being far from land at the
time. Again investigation was resort
ed to, resulting IN the discovery that
the jackies had been pilfering the
yeast, which they subjected to treat
ment yielding them satisfactory In
toxtcating liquor.-San Francisco Town
Talk
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
Names ne Animals.

The names for the camel are vari-
GUS. but the oldest seems to be gam
al, or the beast with the hump"
which has been thought to be loan
word from Semitic speech, but which
has no true Semitic derivation. An
other loan word is the name alb, or
hab, for the elephant, which occurs
in Tamil, in Sanskrit, in Egyptian and
In Semitic speech. but which was prob
ably invented in or near India. The
names for the horse are all very vari-
GUS, agreeing only in their derivation
from roots meaning ito run" or ito
be speedy" The tanning of the horse
seems only to have occurred in time
of early civilization, long after the
separation of the various Asiatic
stOcks.-Scottish Review.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
Consumption

The only kind of consump-
ton to fear is neglected
consumption"
People are learning that con-
umption is a durable disease.
It is neglected consumption
that is so often incurable.
At the faintest suspicion of
consumption get a bottle of
SCOTS Emulsion and begin
regular doses.
The use of SCOTS Emulsion
at once, has, in thousands Of
cases, turned the balance in
favor of health.
Neglected consumption does
not exist where SCOTS Emul-
sion is.
Prompt use of SCOTS Emul-
sion checks the disease while it
can be checked.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT BOVINE, Chemists.
4os-4Is Pearl Street, New York
soc. and tr.ooi all druggists.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
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.

DARAMOUNT 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 2:1O 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
beautiful mare with extreme speed but never
was raced,
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
Shorthand Pioneer.

That the ancients were thoroughly
conversant with shorthand Is an I'M
disputed fact. 1t subsequently became
a lost art until revived or rediscovered
toward the end of the sixteenth cen
tury. At this time there lived William
Lawrence, who died in 1921 and was
buried in the cloister of Westminster
abbey. There the visitor may read his
epitaph, which includes the following
lines:
Shorthand he wrote; his flower in prime
did fade,
And hasty death short hand of him hath
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
Consecrating church Bells.

The custom of consecrating church
bells was once common to nearly all
denominations. but 1t is now confined
principally to the Roman Catholics.
The old form was to wash the bell with
holy water, anoint 1t with oil and mark
it with the sign Of the cross. and to
some extent this form is still used. At
the time Of the reformation in England
the prejudice against Roman Catholic
ceremonies was so strong that instead
of being blessed new bells were occa-
sionally turned up and filed with
punch, which then was drunk by the
participants in the occasion.-London
Chronicle.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
An Penxn TELLS n

Pepys tells in his diary that in the
reign of King Charles II. customer
bargaining with a London merchant
for claret hired confederate to 'thun-
der (Which he had the art of doing
upon a deal board and to rain and
hail-that is, make the noise of-so as
to give them a pretense of undervalu-
ing their merchants wines, by saying
this thunder would spoil and turn
them, which was so reasonable to the
merchant that he did abate 2 pistols
per tun for the wine in belief of that"
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
An Oversight.

"Why does Mrs. Clubwoman look so
sadP'
"The worlds injustice to woman has
just struck her forcibly again."
How was thatT
"She happened to think that Martha
Washington isn't called the mother of
her country Cincinnati Times-Star.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
Tennx.on and Browning.

AS the world knows, Robert Brown
ing and Tennyson were always the
best of friends, and there was never a
shade of rivalry on either side. A mu-
tual friend once asked Browning
whether he did not think that Ten
nyson's ballad of 1.-THE Revenge" ewed
its inspiration to his own ballad of
"Herve Riel." NO" he answered;
"Tennyson's inspiration is all his
own"
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
The BiushinG Girl.

You may know If a girl likes you by
the way she behaves when you meet
her. Don't be taken In by the mere
fact that she changes color. Girls do
that from thousand different causes,
and there is no reason why she should
be In love with you merely because
she blushes.-Health.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
Soft md softer.

How beautifully soft it isv' he mur-
INJURED, laying his hand on her glorious
white arm.
How less beautiful, but, oh, so
much softerp she tenderly replied, lay
ing her jeweled hand on the top Of his
venerable head,
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
Addendum.

Kwoter-He thinks he's still youth
ful. Well, you know the old saying,
There's no fool like an old fool"
Newitt-Yes, and when an old fool
dyes his whiskers there's nobody fooled
but the old Philadelphia Press
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
Her Vacation.

Tess-Why, Miss Uppisch's grand
mother was merely a servant girl,
wasn't shef Jess-Oh, no. indeedl Miss
Upptsch says she was a household
specialist. Philadelphia Press.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
He Knew the Distance.

Asked how far off he thought heaven
was, the old colored brother replied,
Hit amt no furder dan I kin fly eff I
got faith enough ter git de wings en- de
devil don't set fire ter 'em on de wayp
Constitution.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
The Mistress Wa. Forrtvinr

A Boston man tells of a colored maid
who came home about two hours later
than she ought and burst out to her
mistress:
"Oh, missus, rs got 'ligion; rs got
'ligion"
'Yery WELL" said the mistress; 'T'n
forgive you this time, but don't let it
happen in.'-Boston Record.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
So Many Like Him.

81 see dat ole Brer Thomas Is still
growlin' ut de world"
what de matter wild him nowT'
"Set his mind on gittin' a dollar, an
somebody give him 30 cents" ."-Atlants
Constitution.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29

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 q home institu-
ton. Send money away through the Bank of
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over postoffice or express Money sent
to all parts OF the United States and also all
parts OF the world We have the latest quota
tions on foreign exchange.
SAVE MONEY-It doesn't cost anything to
deposit money in the Bank of Amador County
They receive deposits from IS up. Commence
the new year by opening up bank account. A
nan or woman with a bank account has a
financial standing. Don't bury your money; /;
wher vou die 1t can't be found and you are lia-
bis " pc robbed while alive,
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
THE MARRIAGE QUESTION.

The professor who announced that clove
and romance die out with the sound of the
wedding bells" was the first to start the
ball rolling. 1t would seem brave woman
who marries with this echo in her ears yet
we have not heard that there were fewer
marriages during the year. There are un-
happy married lives, but a large PERCENTAGE
of these unhappy homes are due to the i'll
ness of the wife, mother or daughter
During long period of practice, Doctor
entirely of roots and herbs, without the use
of alcohol, cured ninety-eight per cent. of
such cases. After using this remedy for
many years in his private practice he put
1t up in a form that can be had at any store
where medicines are handled
Backed up by over third of a century of
remarkable and uniform cures, record
such as no other =emedy for the diseases
and weaknesses peculiar to women ever
attained, the proprietors and makers of DR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription now feel
fully warranted in offering to pay $500 in
legal money of the United States, for any
case of Leucorrhea, Female Weakness, Pro-
lapsus, or Falling of Womb which they can.
not cure. All they ask is fair and reason
able trial of their means of cure.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures
headache, backache, nervousness, Sleep
lessness and other consequences of wo1il-
anly disease. rFavorite Prescription r
makes weak women strong and sick WON.
en- well. Accept no substitute for the
medicine which works wonders for weak
women.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29

Education has many good results, but
none that is more sure than the sense
Of power and self reliance with which
It invests its possessor.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29

We earn our life by labor, and then,
If we spend as the gods design, we
spend our life in love.-Henry Har.
land.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
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., 1904-04-29

For further information address
apiat SISTER SUPERIOR.
Amador ledger., 1904-04-29
BANK OF AMADOR COUNTY
Incorporated November, 1895
Capital Stock ;! $4,000
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Alfonso Ginocchio, S. G. Spagnoli, John Strohm
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey Of Jackson.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08
That Throbbing Headache.

Would quickly leave you If you used
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
of sufferers have proved their match
less merit for sick and nervous head
aches. They make pure blood and
build up your health. Only Is cents,
money back If not cured. Sold by q.
81. Bateman, druggist.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08
SHOES.

SHOES.
Ladies, Dress Shoes, ..Yici and Patent Tip
price o226 . pair, new. el.86
Ladies', Drese Shoes Vici, plain, price 226
and ESQ : pair, Observation-Disclosures. el.ee
Ladies' Dress Shoes, price e1.75 and el.85 4
lteaks uOW....... - ................. -V1.4j
Ladies Calf Skin Shoes, price sl.s5 pair,
/. .vlszo
Mems Shoes, s different styles, price s225 Z
pSAAs INV. ....'.......... ....... .0l.06
Boys Shoes, price e2.16 and s2.25 Z pair,
uOW. ....... .......... .......... Vl.63
Boys Shoes, price el.75 pair, now. 81. So
% per cent. discount on all Ladies' and
Chfldrens' Feltand Wool Lined Shoes.
% per cent. discount on all Mems Felt and
Wool Lined Shoes.
One lot Of Ladies' and Childrens' Shoes,
choice Sl,29 . pair.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08

~ -5-5
Have = few Ladies' Dress Skirts and Elan
mel Shirt Waists-will sell ct 33s discount.
Ladies' Black sateen Petticoats at big re-
|duction.
rs per cent. discount on al Ladies' and
|Chfldrens' Cloaks Jackets.
30 per cent. discount on all Ladies' Under
wear.
20 per cent. discount on all Mems Under
wear.
Mems Heavy Sheep Skin Lined Duck Coats,
}ptlce v4.1O now. .............. NIB
Mems Extra Heavy Sheep Skin Lined Duck
Goats, price $3.50 now. ...:........... .36.2s
Mems Covert Coats, price $3.50 now. q. 81
Mems Duck Coats, price $50, now. .sl.s7
Boys Duck Coats, price e2.2b now. sl.5e
Mems Buck Coats, price s2.25, now s1.5s.
The French Elexibone Corset, Straight
$kT0nt ............:=... ................ sc
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-08
For Sale By F. Greenland, cooperstown. n. D.
Driven to Desperation.

Living at an out Of the way place,
remote from civilization, family is
often driven to desperation in case Of
accident, resulting in Burns, Cuts,
Wounds, Ulcers, etc. Lay in a supply
Of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It's the
best on earth. 25c at Bateman's drug
store.