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Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Minimizing the Pain.

whats that watch worthT' asked
Mr.. Kloce, pointing to one in the show
case. 'Ten dollars" replied the jew
eler. 'I'll take it." said the customer,
and after paying for it he went out
The next day he came round again.
This watch doesn't exactly suit me-"
he said. whats that one worth? ~
pointing to another.
Fifteen dollars"
"I'll take that instead of this one, il
sou don't mind"
Certainly"
A day or two later he came again.
How good watch have you got
for $25r he inquired.
."Well, $25 will get a pretty good
timepiece," said the jeweler, handing
one out. Here's one with a gold filled
case and full jeweled. The movement
is warranted"
"I'll take it."
He paid the difference, took the
watch and went away.
After the lapse of a few days he
made his appearance once more.
"Have you got a first class watch
with solid gold case that you can sell
for $50?" he said.
Eyes. Here it is"
"Well, I'll take it." said Mr. Kloce.
Here's the other watch and $25.
That's the one really wanted at first,
but hated to pay out all that money
at once"
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
The Old Time Pepper Mill.

A pepper mill is a piece Of silver not
often seen on tables nowadays. Eng
fish housekeepers, however, still use
the pepper mill, and American silver
smiths sometimes keep it to meet the
demands of old fashioned families who
prefer to grind their own pepper rather
than risk the chance of adulteration.
The pepper mill dates back to the time
when pepper was scarce commodity
and was always ground at the table
from the peppercorns. Pepper was so
valuable in those days that rents were
often paid in peppercorns, and the high
prices they brought were among the
incentives that induced explorers to
brave the dangers of the unknown
deep. If short passage could be dis
covered to the Indies, it was agreed by
all that wealth of pepper could be
easily brought to Europe.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
The yi.ibIe and 1ny,,,b,e,

The wisest Indian philosophy has
never boggled, like ours, over that silly
word supernatural" The Upanishad
says, what Is in the visible exists also
in the invisible, and what is in Brahms
world is also here" The ultimate, al
belt unreachable, is as real to the Ash
attic mind as rice, and in the Bhagavad-
Gita Arjuna is actually permitted to
behold the embodied infinite. Indeed
1t is rather this present existence which
India regards as the illusion, the maya.
To see the stars we must wait for
night, and to live we must die. Nor is
1t uninteresting to note in Hindoo clas-
sizes how these large and happy sereni-
ties of oriental view have softened per
sonifications of death.-Sir Edwin Ar
mold,
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Fiscalitis 4. Old.

Fiscalitis is disease that fourished
in England as far back as the four
teenth century, only the tax that was
then imposed upon foreign goods was a
broken head to the maker of them.
When Wat Tyler's people entered
Southwark in 1871 their anger was so
great against the Flemish weavers and
other workers that they made the pro-
nunciation of "bread and cheese" test
Of the honest home worker, and who
ever failed to pass It was deemed a
Fleming and put to death. A century
later Cade's Kentishmen had for one of
their cries, "The foreigners forestall
the market, and so Englishmen want
and starvep'
About 1856 England was called the
Asylum Christi, so many were the for
eign weavers, brewers, silk workers
and jewellers who settled there, and a
popular saying in Henry Wills reign,
''The French teach us how to make
hats and how to take them off," shows
the Importance Of foreign made goods
at that time.-London Standard.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Clock Plant.

The clock plant is native of Borneo,
and in that country even it is said to
be rare. The plant derives its name
from its peculiar habits, which are
known to but few who have not studied
1t from scientific standpoint The
plant has leaves of two sizes, one
Of which acts in the capacity of a
minute hand, which keeps moving I'M
til o'clock in the afternoon, and the
other keeps going until morning. The
larger leaves act as the hour hands.
Starting in a position when all the
leaves lie close to the stem, with the
points hanging down, they rise gradu-
ally until they turn toward the top,
and then they drop to their former po-
sttion. 1t takes the smaller leaves
about one minute to go through this
performance and the longer leaves just
about an hour.-Melbourne Times.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
The value of Politeness.

If those who are doubtful as to the
correct course to pursue in any given
situation will remember that even the
wrong thing is overlooked if one is but
absolutely polite in the doing of it. their
relief might be great
A gentleness of demeanor and cour-
teous response or question can never be
out of place. A man may wear bust
ness suit of clothes to an evening we'd
ding less noticeably than a truculeht
air of insolence. If he be perfectly we'll
bred as far as behavior goes, it matters
not so much what his outward garb,
although by an unwritten law of social
observance certain clothes are the cor
rect thing for certain occasions.
Politeness is never wrong Its prac-
tice goes nearly all the way toward the
goal of the right thing in the right
place. We hear of polite insoence. but
insolence is never polite, and it is never
under any circumstances polite to be
fnSOlent
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The Death Substitute.

Il had in my employ" says one of
the missionaries to China, "a very vaIu-
able Chinese servant, upon whom |
leaned with implicit confidence. One
day he came to me and said, 4 shall be
obliged to ask you to find somebody to
take my place, as in the course of a
few weeks am to be executed in place
of rich gentleman. who is to pay me
very literally for becoming his substi-
tute'
II asked what possible inducement
there could be to forfeit his life for any
amount of money. He replied: Il have
an aged father and mother, who are
very poor and unable to work, and the
money l am to receive will make them
comfortable as long as they live. l
think 1t is my duty to give up my life
to accomplish this"
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Successful Reminder.

A small church was sadly in need Of
repairs, and meeting was held with
view to raising funds for the purpose.
The minister having said that $500
would be needed, very wealthy and
singy member arose and said he would
give 81. Just as he sat down large
piece of plaster fell from the ceiling
and struck him on his head, whereupon
he jumped up hastily and said that he
had made a mistake, that he would
give $50. This was too much for an en-
thusiastic deacon present, who, forget
full of everything, called out fervently:
20 Lord, hit him again! Hit him
againF'-Mount Morris Qll) Index.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Damp Weather and Health,

The influence of damp weather upon
sensitive people is remarkable. If there
is a'sore spot anywhere it hurts more.
Latent weakness of any of the organs
is brought out by congestion and irreg-
ularity Of function. Suppressed coughs
start into activity and neuralgia nerves
speak out. Old chronic rheumatism re-
news its life, while corns are aggra-
waited. The pulse Is slow, the heart
weak, the blood vessels lack tone, the
muscles are fabby, the venous and
Emphatic systems become engorged.
The mind is languid and clouded.
There is general depression of vital
ity
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A TIRELESS WORKER.
The Marvellous Energy That Was 9
Part of MacauIay.

The Marvellous Energy That Was q
Part of Macaulay.
No life was ever lived at higher pres
sure than that of Macaulay. He was
not only 'like book in breeches," as
Sydney Smith said of him; he was also
like an intellectual steam engine. His
thirst for knowledge was only equaled
by his amazing capacity for retaining
knowledge and by his passionate inter-
est in all the aspects of life. 81 wish
l knew as much of anything as Ma
caulay knows of every ihing," said Mel
bourne, and, though the epigram may
have been intended as a gibe, it ap-
proXimated to the truth. To the aver
age dullard of the world it must have
seemed that this tempestuous man was
literally omniscient. He plunged into
Italian like a boy rejoicing in new
toy; he took up Spanish with an appe-
tite growing by what it fed OH, and
then he returned to Greek with joy
which he found indescribable. ~
amused himself in going to India by
learning German and mitigated the dis
tress of voyage across to Ireland by
committing Paradise LOST to mem
ory, claiming, doubtless with truth,
that if by any inconceivable mischance
the great epic were to be utterly de-
stroyed he could from the tablets of his
memory give it back to the world
London News.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
A PLAGlARlST.
The Sort of Thief That Charles
Reade Pronounced Himself,

The Sort of a Thief That Charles
Reade Pronounced Himself.
The novelists who aspire toward alb
solute originality Of plot might think
once in awhile of the sources from
which certain masters drew their in
spiration and of the calmness with
which those great workers picked up
whatever would serve them at their
trade. Charles Reade depended on the
newspapers as the living record of life
as it is. One day in the week he de-
voted to his scrapbooks. Passing events
seemed to him of vital Importance, and
the result Of his collating appeared in
novels whose purpose told
In Never Too Late to Mend" he ex-
posed the cruelties practiced in the
prisons before the reform was success
full; In Hard Cash. he attacked the
abuses Of private lunatic asylums; In
Put Yourself In His Place" he opened
on trade unions. He was q modern cru
sader. One day he found in newspa-
per certain structures on this manner
OF work. His rage was instant and yio-
lent.
Plagiarism he roared, crushing the
paper. "Of course am a plagiarist.
Shakespeare was plagiarist Moliere
was plagiarist. We all plagiarize-al
except those idiots who are too asinine
to profit by the works of their supe-
riors. Surely every blockhead out Of
lunatic asylum Except those idiots
must know that since Homer's time all
authors have parodied his incidents
and paraphrased his sentiments. Mo-
liere took his own where he found it.
The thief of all thieves was the War
wickshire thief who stole right and
left from everybody. But then, he
found things lead and left them gold
That's the sort of thief am."-Youths
Companion.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Expert Sandwich Cutters.

Men who cut sandwiches must have
just as much knack and experience in
the business as men who open oysters
on the river boats,' said a New York
man who on one occasion supplied 75,-
600 sandwiches at two days notice.
1T took seven men to do that job in
the time allowed" he said "and they
hadn't any time to spare at that.
paid them by the hundred, the man
who did the most work getting the
most pay. When they were all through,
there weren't enough scraps of bread
and meat to fill tin pail That is the
secret of cutting sandwiches-to avoid
waste"
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
why an Aliass

One afternoon, when the Duke of
Edinburgh and Sir Arthur Sullivan
having finished a duet, were sitting
down TO homely "dish of tea pro
vided by Mrs. Sullivan, the composers
mother, it suddenly occurred to her to
start the subject of family names and
titles, which puzzled the good lady con-
siderably.
"Sir," she said, "your family name is
Guelph"
my dear mother" began Arthur.
But it is, isn't it?' she persisted.
Certainly" replied the duke, much
amused. What's the matter with it,
Mrs. SullivanP
'Oh, nothing" returned the excellent
old lady musingly. "Only l can't un-
derstand why you don't call yourself
by your proper name"
Arthur wanted to explain to her. but
the duke would not allow him to-
There's nothing to be ashamed of in
the name of Guelph, Mrs. Sullivan" he
said gravely.
That's exactly what l say" persist
ed Arthur's mother; nothing what
ever as far as know, and, that being
SO, why you should not call yourself by
it 1 can't understand IF. G. Bur
nand's Records and "Reminiscences"
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
New and Old Wonders.


The seven world wonders of antiquity
were:
The pyramids, Babylon's gardens,
Mausolus' tomb, the temple of Diana,
the colossus of Rhodes, Jupiter's statue
by Phidias and the Pharos of Egypt,
or, as some substitute, the palace of
Cyrus.
The seven wonders of the middle
ages were:
The coliseum of Rome, the catacombs
Of Alexandria, the greatwall of China,
Stonehenge, the leaning tower of Pisa,
the porcelain tower of Nankin and the
mosque of St Sophia at Constantinople.
The seven wonders of the new world
are:
Niagara falls, the Mammoth cave,
Old Faithful, the tireless geyser in
Yellowstone park; the big trees (se-
quoia) Of California, the Grand canyon
of the Colorado, the great fresh water
lakes and the Great Salt lake.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
St. Martin and the Dictionary.

st. Martin when he divided his cape
with a naked beggar at the gate of
Amiens gave also two words to the
English language. The oratory in which
this torn cape was preserved as a sa-
cred banner acquired the name of "cha-
pelle' (from the French "chaNe'D, the
custodian being termed chaplain" and
thus our English words Chapel and
chaplain" are derived Westminster
Gazette.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
The Sn1f SuaEo

There is a snake belonging to the
small family causide, inhabiting Afri-
ca, that is said to have the power of
ejectfng its venom to a short distance.
This snake is called by the Dutch
Beers "spuw slang" or spit snake.
When this snake erects its teeth the
pressure of the maxillary bone on the
gland causes the venom to flow in
drops, and it may be quite possible that
by discharging air from its mouth the
poison may be blown some distance.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
W WEEDS

Consumption is a human
weed fourishing best in weak
lungs. Like other weeds it's
easily destroyed while young +;
when old, sometimes i'm
possible.
Strengthen the lungs as you
Hould weak land and the
weeds will disappear.
The best lung fertilizer is
5cott's Emulsion. Salt pork
IS good too, but it is very hard
10 digest.
The time to treat consump-
ton is when you begin trying
to hide it from yourself.
Others see it, you won't.
Don't wait until you can't
deceive yourself any longer.
begln with the first thought
to take SCOTS Emulsion. If
it isn't really consumption so
much the better; you will soon
forget it and be better for the
treatment. If it is consump-
ton you can't expect to be
cured at once, but if you will
begin in time and will be
rigidly regular in your treat
ment you will win.
SCOTS Emulsion, fresh air,
rest all you can, eat all you
can, that's the treatment and
that's the best treatment.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Men In PetticOats.

1t will probably be matter Of sur
prise to the general reader to learn
that the petticoat was first worn ex-
clusively by men. In the reign of King
Henry VII. the dress of the English
was so fantastic and absurd that it was
difficult to distinguish one sex from the
other. In the inventory of Henry v.
appears "petticoat of red damask,
with open sleeves" There is no men
ton of woman's petticoat before the
Tudor period.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
A Bornean weapop.

The Bornean mandau, or "head tax
err" Is a modification of the Burmese
dab. 1t is a heavy, thick bladed cut
lass, from twenty to thirty inches long,
and the edge is ground from the right
side only, the left side being forged
slightly concave. The blade is also
slightly curved to the right, so that the
cutting action Of the weapon is like
that Of an enormous gouge. Only two
strokes can be dealt with the mandau-
from right to left downward and left to
right upward.-Chambers' Journal.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Notice of Assessment.

DEL MONTE MINING AND MILLING COMPANY,
Location of principal place of business, Jack
son. Amador county, California.
Location OF works, Railroad Flat Mining Dis
trtct, CalaveraS county, California.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AT A
~ regular meeting of the Board of Directors
held on the 4th day of January, A d. 1901 an
assessment of ten cents Q0c) per share was
levied upon the subscribed capital stock of the
corporation, payable Immediately in United
States coin, to the Secretary of the said Com
pany at his office in the Spagnoli building in
Jackson, Amador county, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the Sth day of February 1904
will be declared delinquent, and advertised fol
sale at public auction, and unless payment is
made before, will be sold on Monday, the 29tt
day of February. 1904, to pay the delinquent
assessment, together with the cost of advertis
ing and expenses of sale.
By order of the Board of Directors
GEO. 1. WRIGHT, Secretary.
Office in the Spagnoli Building, Jackson,
Amador county, California, 1aa
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Old md Good.

Many young men fail in life because
they don't know chance when they
have it and only know what is lost
when it Is too late. These youngsters
who want to be masters over the men
who are educating them, and to whom
they owe the inspiration of their lives,
all wind up by being slaves. One les
son for all leaders-learn to obey till
you are able to command. This is old
and od.-Schoolmaster.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Real Work.

"I've just been reading Gladstone's
life and the work he did. He gov
erned the nation, wrote several books,
studied two languages, saw hundred
people day and answered all his mail,
besides sitting up all night reading
Homer"
'That's nothing. Have you ever fol-
lowed a bride around for two weeks
before her wedding
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
stagnation Is Death.

The sun would be consumed by it's
own ardor if it did not shine. Nature
knows nothing of boarding. The sun
gives away its gold without ostenta.
tion. The ocean gives it's vapors to the
clouds, the clouds return them to the
earth, the rivers to the sea. There is g
constant exchange between lungs and
leaves. Stagnation is death. Give to
get; get to give.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
At the Opera.

"Why do you insist on sitting near
the bass drum and cymbals at grand
opera performance"
Il don't mind telling you as an old
friend" answered Mr. Cumrox. Its
the only way 1 can make sure of not
lisgracing mother and the girls by
staying asleep through the entire per-
formance. ."-Washington Star
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
The Celtic Affirmative.

In the speech Of SO highly developed
a people as the Celts there is no equiva-
lent to "yes." Thus it happens that
you shall never hear an Irish waiter
pronounce the shibboleth "yessir" of
his English confrere, for he invariably
expresses an affirmative by some such
phrase as II shall, sir" at is, sir."-
Blackwood's Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Assessment Notice.
SOUTH EUREKA MINING COMPANY.

SOUTH EUREKA MINING COMPANY.
Location Of principal place of business, San
Francisco, California. Location of works, Sut-
ter Creek, Amador county, California.
NOTICE is hereby given that at q meeting oi
IN the Board Of Directors, held on the 22d day
of December, 1908, an assessment (No 39) OF
Two (2) Cents per share was levied upoE the
capital stock of the corporation, payable imme
diately in United States gold coin, to the Sec
retary, at the office of the company, 407-40e
Montgomery street, San Francisco California
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the 1st day of February, 1901
will be delinquent and advertised for sale al
public auction and unless payment is made
before will be sold on Tuesday, the 23d day OF
February. 1904, to pay the delinquent assess
ment, together with the cost of advertising and
expenses of sale.
BY order of the Board of Directors
S. B. GRACIER, Secretary
Office-407-409 Montgomery street, San Fran
cisco, California. ia1-td
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A FrfnnA

A friend whom you have been gain
ing during your whole life you ought
not to be displeased with in a moment.
A stone is many years becoming
ruby. Take care that you do not de-
stroy it in an instant against another
stone.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Tranufnrmafinn.

An English farmer had number Of
guests to dinner and was about to help
them to some rabbit when he discov-
cred that the dish was cold. Calling
the servant, he exclaimed, Here,
Mary, take this rabbit out and 'eat it
and bring it back a little 'otterp
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
0PleaSanf.N

Nohead (as he prepares to take his
leave)-I can assure you, Miss Nicer,
the time has passed very pleasantly
this evening.
Miss Nicer (absently)-Yes; it is q
pleasure to know it has passed
Scraps.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Freedom.

We talk largely of freedom, and yet
the widest freedom we may enjoy in
this world is not a whit greater pro-
portionately than that enjoyed by a
white rabbit in wire fenced city lot
back yard.-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Happily Married.

when may a woman be said to be
happily marriedr
'Not until she has had the pleasure
of refusing several men, ."-Detroit Free
Press.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
The Kiss,

An American humorist once said that
"the only way to define kiss is to take
one" Oliver Wendell Holmes called
kiss the twenty-seventh letter of the
alphabet-"the love labial which It
takes two to speak plainly
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29

Everybody knows the phrase "All
the world loves a lover" but very
few people know that Emerson said it
and that he said it in a slightly differ
ent way-"All mankind love a lover"
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Curi0aitY-

Lets go out an see what's burn.
in'," said Pat to Mike at the theater.
"What dye meanT
"Those two men behind us said they
were goin' to the r."-Detroit Free
Press.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
Indication of Interest.

Teacher is interested in you, pa"
"How SOFA
"Why, today, after she told me sever
times to sit down and behave myself
she said she wondered what sort of 8
father I had."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29

In every family there is genius who
can't prove his genius. Their kind
doesn't count-Atchison Globe.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
His Class,

Ethel-So Edith has finally caught
the nobleman she was trying to hook?
Marjory-Yes, she said in her last let
ter that he belongs to the landed gen
try.-Yale Record
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29

1t cannot be too often repeated, "ro
hnovate is not to reform."-Burke.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29

The miser Is as much in want of that
which he has as of that which he has
not.-Syrus.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
SQueIched.

Mr.. Elder-There is something l want
10 say to you, Bessie-er-that is. Miss
Kuteley.
Miss Kuteley-Call me Bessie if you
wish.
Mr.. Elder oh, may L?
Miss Kuteley-Of course; all old gen
tlemen call me Bessie.-Exchange
Amador ledger., 1904-01-29
College of Notre Dame
MARYSVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

Boarding and Day School conducted by the Sis
ters of Notre Dame (Nemur) Founded in 1855
The curriculum embraces all the branches of
solid English education. Preparatory and
advanced courses in art, language and music.
For further information address
ap1Qu SISTER SUPERIOR.