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Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
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Twice Declined.

The invitation list of the governor
general of Canada is made out strictly
in accordance with precedent, but is
pot kept up to date always, the aid
who has to send the invitations out
generally an Englishman or Scotch,
man, not always being au courant with
changes on the list.
The late Sir Antoine Dorion, chief
justice of Quebec, was once invited to
some function, as was proper, but Lady
Dorion, who was dead, was invited
likewise. Sir Antoine accepted for
himself, but declined for her ladyship
on the ground that she was in she
cemetery. The next year, however, the
same mistake was made; so the old
judge wrote back to the aid-de-camp
in waiting:
"Sir Antoine Dorion accepts, etc, but
her ladyship being still in st. Annes
cemetery Sir Antoine is compelled
again to decline the invitation for her.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
The Soldier. IDLE Time.

Military life is necessarily made up
largely of loafing. You cannot keep a
man continuously at drilling, marching
or any other branch of military train
ing for eight hours day and five or
six days week. You have to invent a
great many other jobs for him, even to
make pretense of keeping him occu-
pied. But these jobs are nearly all
"loafing' jobs, and when it is all done
the soldier has great many more idle
hours on his hands per diem than any
other man in the same rank of life.
do not know whether it is possible to
arrive at any remedy for this, but, if
1t is, the direction in which l should
look for the remedy would be to make
every soldier work at some other trade
for a certain number of hours each
day. The number of hours might be
shorter in the summer, when there is
more opportunity for training and mill
tary exercise, and longer in the winter.
If this were practicable, no doubt it
would make an enormous difference to
the value of the soldier as a citizen
when he leaves the ranks.-London
Truth.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
LONDON's CHRISTOPHER.
For Nearly Three and n Half Centu.
ries o Famous Landmark.


The golden grasshopper on the tower
of the Royal Exchange has been for
nearly three and a half centuries q
London landmark as familiar as the
cross on st. Pauls or the dragon on
Bow church steeple.
Sir Thomas Gresham, a royal agent
in three successive reigns, founded the
exchange in the reign of Elizabeth He
erected at his own expense q beautiful
structure in the Flemish style of archi-
lecture, with shops on the first floor. A
bell tower crowned by a huge grass
entrance. The bell in this tower sum-
moned the merchants at IL o'clock noon
and 6 o'clock evening. During the great
fire of 1866 the building was totally de-
stroyed. The statues of kings and
queens which ornamented the corridors
were precipitated into the enormous eel
lars and with them the tower and
grasshopper.
Gresham was Loyalty loved by the
metropolis, and his generous services
were not forgotten. From the noun
tain of debris the grasshopper was res
cued, and it was placed-a lofty vane
of gilt brass-above the new dome sup
ported by eight Corinthian columns,
and to this hour 1t swings to the points
of the compass, perpetuating the sign
and crest of the Gresham family. The
old clock in this tower had four dials
and chimed four times daily, ON Sunday,
the One Hundred and Fourth Psalm;
on Monday, "God Save the King" on
Tuesday, Waterloo March," on We'd
nesday, There's Nae Luck ABBOTT the
Hoose;" ON Thursday. "See, the Con
quering Hero Comes;" on Friday, Life
Let Us Cherish and on Saturday,
''Foot Guards March," In 1888 fire
again devastated the stately building,
beginning soon after 10 at night, and
by next morning the clock tower alone
was standing. 1t is significant that the
last air played by the chimes before
they went crashing through the tower
roof, crushing the entrance arch below,
was There's Nae Luck Aboot the
Hoose;;" then the eight bells ceased
their Changing.
The graSshopper was unharmed and
to this day remains, eleven feet Of
shimmering metal, looking down from
its perch l0S feet above the busy
streets, Julian King Colford in ST.
Nicholas,
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
APHORISMS.
irth cannot move a soul in agony. =

Mirth cannot move a soul in agony
Shakespeare.
Candor is the rarest virtue of socia-
bility.-Sternau.
No circumstances can repair defect
of character.-Emerson
Cheerfulpess is an offshoot of good
ness and of wisdom.-Boyee
Bad men excuse their faults; good
men will leave them.-Johnson.
There are plenty of acquaintance in
the world, but very few real friends
j. +. Davis.
Charity and personal force are the
only investments worth anything. -
Walt Whitman.
1t is generally more profitable to reck-
on up our defects than to boast of our
attainments.-Carly
a man cannot have an idea of per
fection in another which he was never
sensible of in himself.-Steele
Gratitude is the fairest blossom
which springs from the soul, and the
heart of man knoweth none more fra
grant,-Hosea Ballou.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Walking For Malaria.

Obstinate cases of malaria that have
withstood the ocean voyages. mountain
heights and quinine dosing are said to
have been conquered by systematic and
continued walking. What the malarial
p. lent wants most to do is to sit in
doors, nurse his aches and pains or to
lie down and doze. Advocates of the
walking cure maintain that fresh air Is
an antidote not only to the malaria it
self, but to the blues, which usually
accompanies 1t. Their advice to the
sufferer is to dress up warmly if the
weather is damp or rainy and go out to
walk. Wear flannel next to the skin,
stout shoes and simple hat. If it is
warm, dress lightly, but carry a wrap
to throw around the shoulders against
drafts and too rapid cooling Off When
one comes to think of it, there are few
maladies on earth that fresh air and
moderate exercise are not good for.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
LETTER FROM ALASKA.
Rampant, ALASKA, Dec. IS, 1908.
Dear LEDGER

RAMPART, ALASKA, Dec. lS, 1913.
Dear Ledger
1t is just half past two. I have
lighted the lamp, put the canvas
blinds on the outside of the windows
to keep the frost from accumulat-
ing on the glass and destroying the
view during the four hours of day
light, which is all we get during the
holiday season. The weather is
simply grand. Since the cold snap
in November, when we had taste
of AZ degrees below zero, it has
ranged from 5 degrees below to IS
degrees above, very little wind aud
no heavy snowstorms. The town is
quiet, but the numerous dog teams
and sleighs, drawn by from one to
four horses, hauling machinery and
supplies to the creeks, prove that
the country is by no means dead.
Several hydraulic plants will be put
in operation next summer, which
will probably revolutionize the work
ing of ground about here. Hydraul-
icing can only be done four months
in the year, but ground is worked
by hand all the year round, the pay
dirt being piled up during the winter
and washed when warm weather
comes. At present most of the min
ing is done by hand, a shaft being
sunk to bedrock and the pay dirt
hoisted by a bucket and windlass,
after being thawed either by piling
wood against the face of the drift
and burning it, or by steam forced
through pipes from a boiler above
ground There are no fabulously
rich claims in this region, but man
who has less than two thousand dol
lars for seasons work, after pay
ing all expenses, feels that he must
look for richer place next year.
Many, however, do not make ex-
penses, and it is this eager uncer-
tainty that makes one of the chief
charms of life on mining frontier
Laborers get S. a day and board.
Supplies here are not as high as one
would expect. Flour is 10c pound,
sugar 12Ic, butter in air tight cans,
$1.25 for 2 lbs, potatoes 10c a
pound, a drink or cigar 25c, meals
in restaurants $1.00, lodging $100.
Reports from the Tanana district,
160 miles from here, ontinue to get
better, and it is the general belief
that it will rank with Dawson and
Nome when developed. At present
it costs 25c pound to get supplies
hauled there from Rampant or Circle
City. The Alaska Central r. r.
now under construction from Cooks
Inlet to Atwood, in the center of the
Tanana district, will open up the
whole interior of Alaska, and make
it possible to work thousands of
claims at profit, that are now idle
on account of the high prices of sup
plies and labor. G. H. G.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Poisonou. and Harmless. Snakes.

There Is a certain physiological diff
ference between the poisonous and
harmless snakes which exists very
plainly in their manner of dentition.
All snakes are objects of aversion and
dread to mankind, so much so that to
be bitten by snake has at times been
SO fearful to the victim as to have pro-
duced death although the snake was
harmless. Such Is the instructive dread
with which these reptiles are thought
of that it may be desirable to have
some easy mode of distinguishing the
one kind from the other. This distin-
gushing characteristic is afforded by
the teeth. In all poisonous snakes
there are only two rows of teeth, the
fang or fangs being arranged either
within the two rows or outside Of them.
The harmless snakes have four distinct
rows of teeth, and when the bite shows
this kind of wound and not any single
deeper or larger puncture there need
be no apprehension.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12

! the people there differ from our
inhabitants, can only be guessed by
comparison with animal nature on this
small sphere of ours. More important
to us is a knowledge of ourselves.
vKNow THYsELF" was an old Greek
thought. How to take care of ones
own body is not so simple as some think;
the human mechanism is a wonderful
thing and requires watching.
One man who has done more to teach
the American people how to care for their
bodies than almost any other, is DR. r. V.
Pierce, of Buffalo N. Y, the Author of the
uCommon Sense Medical Adviser" He
says 1t is not the quantity of the food
eaten which produces strength and health
(for some people can keep strong on very
meagre Diet, but it is how much food is
absorbed and assimilated by the blood and
carried to nourish every organ of the body.
It is therefore, vitality necessary for the
BODY that the stomach be in healthy
state If disease of the stomach, or what is
called stomach trouble" prevents proper
nutrition then the heart liver, lungs, and
kidneys do not get proper food-they are
not fed on rich red blood, and in conse-
quence, begin to show signs of distress.
Outwardly these signs may be pimples
and eruptions on skin, pale face, sleepless
nights, tired, languid feelings, or, by reason
of the nerves not being fed on pure blood,
they become starved, and we receive
Rheumatism, too, is blood disease. Afier
years of practice and study DR.. Pierce
found that an Alternative Extract, which he
named uDr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery," made from the extracts of several
plants, invariably produced a tonic effect
upon the system 1t helped the process of
absorption of the healthy elements in the
IL e
the blood, as we'll as eliminated the poisons
from the system.
Business is business. No time for head
aches. Constipation causes them. Doct 0r
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure them by cue,
ing the cause, Laxative and mild,
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
CURED BY SARCASM.
Lesson In the Use of Simple Terms
In Letter Writing.


A few months ago the son of rail-
way director was through his fathers
influence given a position Of some i'm
portance on large railway. He was
fresh from Cambridge, and in the Or
ders which he from time to time issued
to the men under him always made use
of the longest, most unusual words.
This habit led to some rather expen-
sive blunders, and, the matter coming
before the general manager, he wrote
the young official the following letter:
I'm promulgating your esoteric cogl-
tations and in articulating your super
hcial sentimentalities aud amicable phil
osophical or psychological observations
beware of platitudinous ponderosity.
Let your conversational communication
possess clarified conciseness, a COM
pacted comprehensibleness, a coales-
cent consistency and a concatenated
cogency. Eschew all conglomeration of
hatulent garrulity, jejune babblement
and asinine affectation. Let your ex-
temporaneous descantings and unpre-
meditated expatiation have intelligibil-
ity and veracious vivacity, without rho
domontade or thrasonical bombast.
Sedulously avoid all polysyllabic pro-
fundity, ventriloquial verbosity and
vaniloquent vapidity. Shun double ell
tendre, prurient Jocosity and pestifer-
Gus profanity, obscurant or apparent.
In other words, talk plainly, briefly,
naturally, sensibly, purely and truth
fully. Don't put on airs; say what you
mean; mean what you say, and don't
use big words"
The young official took the gentle
hint and changed his style.-London
Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
The Snecfrnacane

Originally the spectroscope was ap-
piled only to chemistry, and in that
limited field proved itself an invalu-
able aid in accurate analysis. By hold
ing in Bunsen flame platinum wire
moistened by contact with the skin the
presence of few grains of salt swal-
lowed few minutes previously can be
detected with the spectroscope. In
deed, so wonderfully refined is the
work of the spectroscope chemist that
he can discover in substance the pres
ence of one three-millionth of a grain
of metal.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
CAUSES OF COLDS.
One of the Most Common of Them IL
Eating Too Much.


The invariable cause Of colds comes
from within, not without. No one takes
cold when in vigorous state of health,
with pure blood coursing through the
body, and there is no good reason why
any one in ordinary health should have
a cold. 1t may come from insufficient
exercise, breathing of foul air, want of
wholesome food, excess of food, lack Of
bathing. etc, but always from some
violation of the plain laws of health.
There can be no more prolific cause
of colds than highly seasoned foods as
well as frequent eating. These give no
time for the digestive organs to rest
and incite an increased flow of the di-
gestive secretions. Thus larger quanti-
ties of nourishment are absorbed than
can be properly utilized, and the result
Is an obstruction, commonly called a
'cold," which Is simply an effort of the
system to expel the useless material
Properly speaking, it is self poisoning,
due to an incapability of the organism
to regulate and compensate for the dis
turbance.
A deficient supply of pure air to the
lungs is not only a strong predisposing
cause of colds, but a prolific source of
much graver conditions. Pure air and
exercise are necessary to prepare the
system for the assimilation of nutri-
ment, for without them there can be no
vigorous health. The oxygen of the
air we breathe regulates the appetite
as well as the nutriment that is built
up in the system.
The safest and best way to avoid
colds is to sleep in a room with the
windows wide open and to remain out
of doors every day, no matter what
may be the weather, for at least two
hours, preferably with some kind of
exercise, if no more than walking One
should not sit down to rest while the
feet are wet or the clothing damp. A
person may go with the clothing wet
through to the skin all day if he but
keeps moving. Exercise keeps up the
circulation and prevents taking cold
The physiologic care of colds is the
prevention of the occurrence. The per-
son who does not carry around an over
supply of alimentation in his system
and furthermore secures a purified cir
culation by strict, sanitary cleanliness,
thus placing himself in a positive con-
dition, is immune to colds. A starving
man cannot take cold.
A careful diet would exclude the use
of all narcotics and all food that is not
thoroughly appropriated. An overfed
person is worse off than one who is un-
derfed, because the overfed body is
taxed to dispose Of what cannot be ap-
propriated and, when not properly dis
posed of, remains only to be an element
of danger.-Science of Health.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Catbirds and Black Snake.

A writer in the Scientific American
says: Il witnessed a pair of catbirds
making bold defense against a black
snake bent on devouring the contents
of their nests. AT first the snake was
inclined to disregard the distressed
birds as they fought to drive it away,
but the blows of their wings and bills
became so annoying that the thief had
to seek refuge in flight On reaching
the roots of the tree, from which the
river had washed the dirt, the snake
started to climb, only to be driven be-
meath them and then out to an old
stump, under which the baffied and
beaten reptile took refuge"
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Another Name For Ii.

The veterinary made a critical ex-
animation of the ailing steer.
Here and there, wherever the demar-
cation of bone was visible, he at
tempted to pinch the skin.
But it would not work.
what is the matter with it?" asked
the owner of the steer.
"He has what would be called con
servatism' in a man. But as he is only
a dumb brute we say he is .hidebound.'
Baltimore American.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
PROFIT

The matter of feed is of
tremendous Importance to the
farmer, Wrong feeding is
loss. Right feeding is profit.
The up-to-date farmer knows
what to feed his COWS to get
the most milk, his pigs to get
the most pork, his hens to
get the most eggs. Science.
But how about the children?
Are they fed according to
science, a bone food if bones
are soft and undeveloped, a
flesh and muscle food if they
are thin and weak and a blood
food if there is anemia?
SCOTS Emulsion is a mixed
food; the Cod Liver Oil in it
makes flesh, blood and muscle,
the Lime and Soda make bone
and brain. 1t is the standard
scientific food for delicate
children,
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Land Office at Sacramento. Cal, Jan. p, 1904.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN following named settler has filed notice of
his intention to make final proof in support of
his claim, and that said proof will be made be-
fore R. Webb, U. S. Commissioner, at
Jackson, California, on Saturday. March 18th,
1904, viz: David R. Clifford of Amador Co.,
California, upon H. A. No. 7629, for the NE4 of
NE14, N19 of SE14 of NE4 of Section 81 and
VIZ Of NW4 of Section 81, T. Z. N, R. l3 E., NJ.
d. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz: w. A. Peyton, of Defender,
Cal, p. o.; B. H. Smith, of Defender, Cal. p.
O.; G Ludekens, of Defender Cal, z. O.; b. c.
Smith, of Defender, Cal. z. o.
JOHN F. ARMSTRONG,
jan-29-6t Register.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
His Economical Way.

'My husband has strange ideas of
economy"
How is that?"
"Why, he seems to think he saves
money by drinking so much at the club
that he has no appetite for breakfast"
Chicago Post.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
POatnuntial.

He (whose wife has been reading
some Of his old love letters to herr
What is the use of keeping all those
old things?
She-Lest we forget-lest we forget.
Brooklyn Life.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Didn't See Them.

How did your nephew's wedding
pass off"
"Just splendid"
Were there any contretemps?"
Il don't think so. 1 didn't see any.
You see, we had the church thoroughly
cleaned up before the wedding took
place. ."-CleYeland Plain Dealer.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12

Mrs. Noorich-That pictures one of
the old masters.
Norah (the new maid)-Well, it can't
5e of any value, ma'am, or sure he'd
'av' taken it wild him whin he moved
Harper's Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
For Good.

Maud understand you are about
TO lose the young pastor that has been
preaching for you the last year or two?
MabelEYes. He's going to be mar
ded next week.-Chicago Tribune
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Their Haste.

Their marriage was a hasty affair,
l understand"
Yes, indeed. They told the minister
to hurry, as they had engaged a cab
man by the ur."-Judge.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12

Plain sewing wanted at the sewing
school of Miss Guerra, near California
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Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Always Gets the Last Word,

"Say, pa" queried little Billy Bloc
bumper, whats an echoT
"An echo, my son." replied the old
man, with sigh long drawn out, 'fs
the only thing that can f1imflam a wo
man out Of the last word. ."-Lyre.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12

Power is fretful thing and hath its
wings always spread for fiight-WaI-
lace.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12

Custom may lead a man into many
errors, but 1t justifles none.-Fielding.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12

Politeness is like an air cushion
there's nothing in it, but it eases the
Joints nderfully.-Gannett.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Expert Testimony

ITO settle a bet" said the visitor,
how long can a man go without
food?"
"Ask the man over there" said the
snake editor.
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12
Har Tdao of II

mo; he's a poet" - Philadelphia
Amador ledger., 1904-02-12

as he the editor who answers ques-
The San Francisco call., 1904-09-13

LOMITA PARK-On line OF san Mateo cleo
tric cars: AS minutes from 9th ard Market
SITS: outside the fog belt and just beyond
where the 5. p. Co.'S bay shore "cutoh
will join the main line; second subdivision
now being offered. 5o-foot lots from 500 up;
terms. first two subdivisions only SO down
and SO month. sewer and water pipes in
front OF every lot. pure artesian well water.
half the lots in subdivision No. I were sold
IN two weeks. exceptional opportunity
10 secure a lot in this Desirable section on
easy terms: take the electric cars and gee
of at LOMITA PARK; maps sent on appii-
cation.
SELBY. RODGERS & CO.
Tel Main s73. 11a California 50.