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The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

Count Boni De Castellane is report.
ID to be anxious to become President
Of France. We take 1t for granted
that he has no intention Of running ON
the labor ticket.
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

Grating has always been risky
business. particularly when accompa-
nied by lying. from the days Of Ana
nias and Sapphira down to the pres
ent time.
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

Nan Patterson's fame Is not Of the
lucrative sort. She was offered large
pay to go on the stage; at least, It
was reported that way: but the peo
pie didn't come out. Her career is not
fascinating.
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

one OF the diverting scientists sug'
seats that there should be laws max.
lng Il impossible for any but hand
some men md beautiful women tn
marry. Such law might be GOOD
thipk. II would cause great Fush
~ naazsiase itcenses:
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

DIR. Weir Mitchell says the presence
of cats has been known TO cause bad
dreams. And the dreamer is not sur.
prised at 1t either when he wakes and
hears the feline inferno going on in
the back yard.
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

Eight of the nine Carnegie medals
were awarded for rescues Of drowning
persons. Those who aspire to be rec
ognized as heroes should learn to
swim.
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

The Boston Globe wants to know
when the great American novel will
be written. Great James! Isn't Bos
ton going to write II?
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

AWhen did you last see your com
petitors!" was shouted to the At
lantic, and Mr.. Marshall shouted
back: .-OR Sandy Hook" In the
smperors cup race. ~ in the nrst
race for the America cup. there was
no second.
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

A Cincinnati man has married the
Princess Pickhofi. American heiresses
will regard 1t as unfortunate that he
muet remain plain "Mr."
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

Somebody in France has found out
how to make cloth out Of wood. Still.
the wooden overcoat has been heard
Of for ages.
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

The physicians who are treating .
16-yearAold boy in New York whose
brain 10 undeveloped are confident that
he will be cured within short time.
This ought to be encouraging to many
Young men In society.
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

The scientists have accomplished .
good deal. but they have not produced
IN onion with the fragrance Of . bed
Of mint.
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

II Robert Fulton had known Skip
per Barr he probably would not have
considered 1t worth while to invent
the steamboat.
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

The Boston Transcript IL offering
Good Advice to Graduates" For cold
flooded presumption this wins the
prize.
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

According to Henry Clews, there are
four men in this country who are
worth one thousand million dollars.
That is to say, they have one thou
sand million dollars.
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30
! DOLORES STAR
Ruha1sAea Wsskly:
oAasses ossH odHlss ~ pvss'r
poGA0n6. COLORADO.
T1sae' sAee ~ ysar.
Prsacs Henry Of Prussia thinks Of
coming TO America again Can you
blame him?

The man who denies that woman
spells angel" doesn't deserve the hap
piness of being married.
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

M. Alfred Austin says there arc no
yreat women poets. but saying
You're another!" II NO argument.
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

Princess Cecilia wore a train four
teen feet long when she was married.
but although there was large crowd
present everybody was careful not to
step on 1t.
The Dolores star., 1905-06-30

Two Of the Carnegie medal winners
were OF the fair sex. Can lady prop
srly be spoken Of ~ . ''hero"f
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
How to shoot a RattI.r

The writer once saw an Indian kJll
rattlesnake in a very peculiar man.
ner. The rattler was about ten feet
from the Indian, who was resting the
rifle on his knee, apparently taking aim.
Whenever he moved the weapon q
rev inches the snake would move
around and get exactly in line with II.
Then, to show how the thing was done
the Indian moved about the snake in a
circle, and the reptile moved as If its
tail, We're a pivot, always keeping its
head and body in line with the gun.
The Indian then agreed to bandage his
eyes and shoot the snake in the month
The writer bandaged the Indians
eyes, and, holding the gun by his side
at arms length, the latter pulled the
trigger, and the ball entered the snakes
mouth and passed the whole length of
its body.
How did you take aim?" was the
query.
The snake he take aim," was the
we nave raIKeu WIFI an uIu nunIer
on this proposition, and he claims that
a rattlesnake will always range direct
ly in line with gun or stick pointed at
it.-Exchange.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
Short Lived BacheIor.

DO bachelors die young? Do they
die earlier than married men?" asked q
single man. at would seem so. I was
just reading a report which seems to
argue strongly in favor of the matrimo-
NAL idea. The report shows that the
mortality among bachelors from the
age OF thirty to forty-five years is said
TO be y per cent, while among married
men of the same age it is IS per cent
For forty-one bachelors who attain the
age of forty years there are seventy
eight married men who attain the same
age. The difference is still more strik-
ing in persons of advanced age. At
sixty years of age there remain but
twenty-five bachelors for forty-eight
married men, at seventy years eleven
bachelors for twenty-seven married
men and at eighty years three bache-
iors for nine married men. These fig
ures seem to indicate that the hest
thing for man to do Is to get him a
wife and shake wearing cares of bach
ss sstofpR59e9dqo fp59e9sdqoreM VIZ Mffdp II live tptyy ne ,t:
Some bachelors are reasonably happy.
But all of them are not Get married.
That's the proper caper"-New Or
leans Times-Democrat
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
Our Congress.

When comparisons are made between
America and continental Europe we
can find much of which to be proud.
Our growth, our wealth, our industries,
our resources, our energy, all make
fiattering comparison with average Eu-
ropean conditions. But 1 believe in
making such comparisons there is no
one thing Of which we have the right
to be more proud than of the congress
of the United States. Better than any
continental parliament, it represents
the people. The one legislative body of
the world that is in any way compare
BILE to ours is the parliament of Great
Britain. In character, intellect, meth
DDS, dignity and in the truthfuIness
with which each represents the people
the British parliament and the United
States congress stand in a class quite
apart and above any Of the parliaments
of continental Europe.-Frank A. Van
derlip in Scribners.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
The Art of Drawn work.

Perf1lado, or drawn needlework, oc-
cupies the same place in Mexico as
lace does in Brussels. The city Of
Matamoros is the center of its pro
duction, and large quantities Of this
beautiful work are exported to the
United States. Women and girls are
employed in the manufacture, and
some Of it is very expensive, for
year may be required to make single
piece. The linen or silk is placed in a
frame, the threads are drawn out one
way, and with a needle and the finest
spool thread the design is worked
Perfilado is taught in the public
schools Among the articles made are
handkerchiefs, tablecloths, bedspreads
and covers for chairs or lounges. The
work Is hard and difficult, and the
earnings are on an average less than
a shilling day.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
A Formuln For Mnrriane.

The Frankfurter Zeitung has discov-
cred formula for marriage. Nothing
Is more certain, it says, than that this
formula is right. The question asked
is what age should a mans bride be?
The formula is: Let x be the mans
age. Then x+2+7=bride's age. For
example, man is "a; the half Of his
age is II; then II plus is "a. The
brides age should be "a For a man of
"a, therefore, the proper age for his
wife is "A. Take the man of 60. x=e0
.:2[30+7. The man of 60 must marry
a woman of 81. For the juvenile mar
riages of southern latitudes the formu-
la is equally valid. The hot blooded
Castilian, for example, of 1S wishes to
garry. The formula says x=1S+2@9++
ZIG. His wife should be 16 years old.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
Pen Picture of HUMAN.

In the life Of John Bunyan by W.
Eale White the author of Pilgrims
Progress" is described as follows: "He
appeared in countenance to be stern
and rough temper, but in conversation
mild and affable, not given to loquacity
or much discourse in company unless
some urgent occasion required it. He
never boasted of himself or his parts
He abhorred lying and swearing, being
Just in all that lay in his power to his
word, not seeming to revenge injuries,
loving to reconcile differences and
make friendship with all. He had q
sharp, quick eye, accompanied with an
excellent discerning of persons, being
of good judgment and quick wit. AS
for his person, he was tall of stature,
strong boned, though not corpulent,
somewhat of ruddy face, with spar
king eyes, wearing his hair ON his up
per lip after the old British fashion,
his hair reddish, but in his latter days
time had sprinkled it with gray. His
nose was well set, but not declining or
bending, and his mouth moderately
large, his forehead something high and
his habit always plain and modest"
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
The Hangman's stone

There is a large bowlder lying in a
field near Foremark, England, which is
known throughout Derbyshire as
''hangmans stone" The exposed por-
tion of the bowlder rises about six
feet above the surface Of the surround
ing field and has a narrow ditch or in
dentation running across the top. The
mark, so tradition says, was made in
this way: A sheep thief in the dead
Of night, while leaning against the
bowlder to rest, placed his booty above
on the fiat surface Of the stone. The
man had the sheep tied with a rope,
and in it's effort to escape the creature
slipped on the opposite side, and the
rope, catching under the thief's chin
choked him to death. The indentation
III the rock was made by the friction
Of the rope while the dying man was
engaged in an effort to extricate him
self.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
Redeem Your Past Failures

You may say that you have failed too
often, that there is no use in trying,
that it is impossible for you to sue
ceed and that you have fallen too Of
ten even to attempt to get on your feet
again. Nonsensel There is no failure
for man whose spirit is unconquered.
No matter how late the hour or how
many and repeated his failures sue
cess is still possible. The evolution
of Scrooge, the miser, in the closing
years of his life, from hard, narrow,
heartless money grubber, whose soul
was imprisoned in his shining heap
of boarded gold, to a generous, genial
lover of his kind, is no mere myth
of Dickens brain. Time and again, in
the history Of our daily lives, chron-
tcled in our newspapers, recorded in
biographies or exhibited before our
eyes, we see men and women redeem
ing past failures, rising up out of the
stupor of encouragement and boldly
turning face forward once more.-O.
s. Marden in Success
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
The Reporter Succeeded.

In New York on one occasion a re-
porter made several vain attempts to
see ]. Pierpont Morgan, both at his Of
flee and his residence. Finally his op-
portunity came. He was interviewing
another financier and incidentally came
into possession of the latter's card. He
kept it; then, going to Morgan's resi-
dence, he sent in his own card in COM
pany with that Of the f1nancier The
ruse was successful, and he was shown
into Morgan's presence. When the re-
porter had stated his reason for the
call the financier said: do you know,
young man, that at least ten reporters
have tried to see me today with ref
erence to this question? 1 have de-
clined to see any Of them" The re-
porter smiled and replied, Eyes, sir, 1
know that, for 1 was the whole ten"
He got his interview.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
Flattery and FIatterers.

eve sometimes fancy we hate fat
terry, when in truth it is the manner
of it we dislike" said La Rochefou-
cauld. Stripped of its cynicism, the
saying comes to this-that while praise
is eternally pleasant there are fash
ions in f1attery, and those fashions
change very completely. Flattery is
innocent or despicable, not according
to whether or not it oversteps the linn
its of the accurate, but whether or not
it proceeds from an interested or a dis
interested motive.
There are moments when true state
ment of honorif1c fact made for the
selfish purpose of the speaker may be
gross fiattery, while an exaggerated
speech may be justified by its good in
tention. The real question is not what
was said, but why it was said. That
is the only test by which we can divide
the contemplate from the harmless
kind. Surely there is less of the worse
sort than there was, or do we but fiat
ter ourselves ?-London Spectator
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
A Restricted Essay.

The puzzle department of London
Truth called for a competition in ac-
counts of a round of golf containing
no letter "a or Gu" Here is a good
specimen from the many replies re-
ceived:
Il know nothing of golf Some peo-
pie do, or pretend to. However, 1 visit
the links, for 1 like to look on. Slow
work, yet good for the liver They hit
some kind of sphere into holes ON the
green, then seek for it. Some find it in
them, some do not. Men who win grin
Men who lose bless everybody, soto
voce being too polite to do so before
people. Women who lose despise the
she winners. Their verdict is, Ill
dressed Objects 'wizened things no
chicken Men do differently, for when
finished they drink together in good
fellowship, then mizzle-to dine, not
reDlne"
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
Half a Fnce Missing.

at is not an uncommon thing" says
a man who has hunted in central Afri-
ca, '"to meet native with half of his
face missing, and when you ask him
how 1t happened he will tell you that a
hyena snapped at him while he was
asleep. 1t is marvellous how they re-
cover from such wounds, as the teeth
of the animal must be poisonous, and
the natives have no antiseptics and a
very crude way of treating wounds.
When FISH, as the natives call it,
comes round the camp bowling, the
boys shout all sorts of vile names at
it. But very often the animal makes
no noise whatever, and not till next
morning is the loss of something dis
covered"
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
The Fifteenth Century camb1.,

In the time of King Henry ". of
England the smart set" managed to
play bridge or its equivalent without
shocking the susceptibilities of those
who think it wrong to play for money.
The fifteenth century gambler, accord
Ing to one historian, played at cards
FOR counters, nails and points in every
house more for pastime than for gain"
"Everie scholar or petyte Qittle one)
that plates for money is to be ex-
PEELED" ordains a grammar school
charter Of the period. One of the du-
ties of hospital sisters was "to make
dilygentt searche amonge the poore for
.ards or dice''
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
TheyWere Harmless.

In her book on the poet Whittier,
Mrs. Clafin relates the following anec-
dote: An old Quaker friend visited Mr..
Whittier. He was bachelor, and when
the hour for retiring came he was
shown to his room. Soon after he was
heard calling from the top of the stairs
in an excited tone: 81 think thee hast
made a mistake, Friend Whittier.
find female garments in my roomp At
which Friend Whittier replied: "Thee'd
better go to bed. The female garments
won't hurt thee"
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
Onions as weather Prophets.

One of the rites performed by the
French peasants on New Years eve is
the forecasting Of the weather for the
coming year by means of onions.
When the bells ring for midnight
mass they scoop out the middles Of
twelve onions, set them in row on
the kitchen table, fill them with salt
and name them for the months of the
year. Then when they return from
mass they examine the condition Of the
salt. If 1t has melted in any Of the
months" those months will be rainy;
if the salt remains dry, it indicates
drought; if half melted, the first fort
night of the month will be wet
The peasants have such implicit faith
in this means of foretelling the wealth
er that they plant their crops In accord
ance with the prophecy of the onions.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
Long md Short Letters.

Sherwin Cody in his Training
Course In Correct English. Business
Correspondence and Advertisement
Writing" lays down some rules as to
the length of business letters. He
says:
'Write a long letter to-
"a farmer
"a woman.
"a customer who has asked you a
question
"a customer who is angry and needs
quieting down and will be made only
more angry if you seem to slight him.
"a man who is interested, but must
be convinced before he will buy your
goods.
write a short letter to-
"a busy business man.
"An Indifferent man on whom you
want to make sharp impression.
"a person who has written you about
trivial matter for which he cares lit
tie
"a man who wants only a record or
piece of information.
"a person who needs only the slight
est reminder of something he has for
gotten or overlooked"
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
Superstitious ParneII.

Miss Charlotte Mccarthy, daughter
of Justin Mccarthy, told curious
story Of Charles Stewart Parnell zone
evening" says she, "Parnell was talk
ing to me at the coffee stage of dinner
and 1, gazing at him with rapture, was
vaguely stirring mine and going to
drink it when he said: You must not
drink that You have stirred it the
wrong way, and it would be unlucky.
Get another cup What struck me as
strange in this was not his being su-
perstitious one who knew him
at all knew that-but his extraordinary
power Of observation
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03

Apropos of knee breeches a CORE
spondent of the London Express quotes
an anecdote from Captain Gronow's
"Recollections'' which puts the whole
case in nutshell. The baillie de fer
rette was always dressed in knee
breeches, with a cooked hat and
court sword, the slender proportions
Of which greatly resembled those Of
his legs. "Do tell me, my dear bail
lie" said Montrond one day, "have you
got three legs or three swords2" Soon
after which, we should imagine, the
baillie went home.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
The Woman of Kentucky,

The Kentucky woman is simply the
Venus of Milo in warm healthy flesh,
with grace in all her motions and when
in love heaven in her eye. She has the
American capacity to adapt herself to
fresh conditions. Her nerves have not
been set on an edge by Atlantic east
winds, and she has a broad and SYM
pathetic nature.-London Truth.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
The Edge of a ,vindstorm.

A curious example of how sharply
the edge Of windstorm may be de-
fined is reported by the captain of a
bark. When off Valparaiso, the cap
tain says, whirlwind came along and
passed over the stern Of the vessel. A
great sea accompanied the wind, and
every sail and movable thing on the
after part of the ship was carried
away. The forward part of the vessel
was untouched by the storm, which
passed away in the distance, leaving a
train of foam in its wake.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
He Didn't Laugh.

Little Johnny-That young man who
comes to see you must be pretty poor
company. He hasn't any sense Of hu-
NOR. Sister-Why do you think so?
Little JOHNNY told him all about the
funny way you rush about and bang
the doors when you get in a temper,
and he didn't laugh a bit.-Smith's
Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
In Snite Of the Song.

"Are you fond Of music?" asked q
stranger of the young man at the con-
cert, who was applauding vigorously
after a pretty girl had sung song in
a very painful way.
"Not particularly" replied the young
man frankly, "but am extremely fond
of the musician"
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
Married Angels,

A domestic wife is merely woman.
When we marry for love we don't mar
ry woman. We marry an angel, a
celestial, ethereal being with wings
and a halo. AS you value your happi-
ness never remove the wings and halo.
Arthur Law.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
Out of Harms Way.

"What the deuce are you doing on
the top of that tree, Mike? Don't you
know that it's being cut DOWN. Mike
Yes, your honor. The last tonne ye
had tree cut down it fell on top Of
me, and, begorra, OIL be safe this
toirne!-London Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
Eight Arrows In the Air at Once.

There is a purely Indian exploit
which is recognized as a test Of fast
shooting" says Mr. Ernest Thompson
Seton in Country Life In America In
this the honor is allowed the archer
who can have six arrows in the air at
once and the high honor for seven.
The Indian record is eight, but not
many Indians have made it."
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
The Cruelty of Pate de Foie Gra..

The Cruelty of Pate de Foie Gras.
To eat pate de fois gras Is luxury,
but to prepare the delicacy for the table
Is prolonged torture-for the goose The
Humanitarian league of England has
issued pamphlet on the subject. I'VE
behold" says an eyewitness, 'innu-
merable geese in this torture chamber,
bound fast to the table. They lie on
their backs as if crucified. We watch
ed how the women pressed some new
victims against the tables so that the
hinder parts should hang over the
edge" Two months of torture for the
goose are considered necessary before
its liver is sufficiently diseased to be
marketable. The fowls are fed to re-
pletion with salted maize, and by this
means the liver is increased to the alb
normal weight Of two or even three
pounds. Strassburg and Toulouse are
the chief places of manufacture and
the trade amounts to several hundred
thousand dollars annually.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
WHY 1t Is Pleasant,

'Old Hunks is one of the crankiest
and most disagreeable men ever met,
but they say he has delightful home"
"Well, it's true. He spends three
fourths Of his time away from it,
Exchange.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
Five Cents Per Copy.
Michael Angelo. wo-L

Michael Angelo relied almost entirely
upon form-the form of the figure and
OF the draperies. He told Pope Julian
H., when the latter requested him to
paint the ceiling of the Sistine chanel
at Rome, that he was not painter
but a sculptor; yet, after he had shut
himself up for four years-from 1908
to 1512-and the scaffold was removed
result had been achieved which is
without parallel in the world. Very
wonderful is the work which Michael
Angelo spread over this vast area of
10000 square feet The fact that
there are 343 principal figures. many
Of colossal size, besides a great num-
Der of others introduced for decora-
tive effect, and that the creator of this
vast scheme was only thirty-three
when he began his work-all this is
marvellous, prodigious, and yet not so
marvellous as the variety Of expression
In the figures of which jeremiah is on
ly one figure in small side arch
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
A Great COMPOSER.

Ethel-Who was that man you just
bowed to? Penelope-That was Dob
son, the great composer. Ethel--A
composer, did you say? Penelope-He g
manufactures soothing sirup.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
Friends and Foes.

Dear to me is the friend, yet can
make even my very foe do me a
friends part. My friend shows me
what can do; my foe teaches me what
l should do.-Schiller.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03

NEW MAP OF AMADOR COUNTY, correct
IN ed up to August, 1904, with townsite map of
each town, now ready Price, mounted and col
ored, $40 each. The map shows occupied and
unoccupied lands, mineral patents, township
and school district boundaries, location of
schoolhouses, etc. For sale only at the Ledger
office. The number is limited. Apply at once.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
Signs.

Gayboy-I guess my wife expects
callers today. What makes you think
SOP "Ehe began the day by making
the house unfit for any one to live In"
Life.
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
A. H. KUHLMAN
Contractor and Builder

Will do work in any part of
AmadOr County. If you want
to build, send note to jackson
Postoffice and I will call on you.
Estimates furnished without cost
on any kind of building. Will
make plans and specifications for
you, mar2tf
Amador ledger., 1905-02-03
Hnr VfRW-

She-There is no excuse for man
dancing badly. He-But If he cannot
dance otherwise? She-Oh, that mere
ly would be an excuse for not dancing
at all.-New York Press.