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Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
BATHING AND HEALTH.
Benefits to Be Derived From Cold
Water and Rubbing.

Benefits to Be Derived From Cold
Water and Rubbing.
A cold bath-we might as well get at
the straight Of the thing-is not really
a matter of cleanliness so much as
matter Of getting the skin Hvened up
and the capillaries and veins next to
the surface full of blood. Ice cold
water or scalding hot water will do
that, but tepid water-no, no!
The skin is almost exactly the same
kind of an excreting organ as the
alngs. The same products seep
through the pores as are carried off in
the breath, and the air purifies the
blood in the same way But the great
er part of the skin is smothered up in
clothes day and night. What the cold
water of the bath dissolves is matter
well away. And the rubbing dry is
pretty vigorous exercise if you want
to know. Any rubbing is bound to
push the blood along toward the heart
and help the circulation, because there
are valves in the veins which prevent
the blood from going in any other dt-
rection than toward the heart. What
ever loose fakes of outer cuticle are
rubbed off we needn't worry about;
plenty more where they came from.
The extra food the increased appetite
demands will make good that trifing
loss.-Eugene Wood in Everybody's
Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
LauRh.

Learn to laugh. A good laugh is bet
ter than medicine. Learn how to tell a
story. A well told story is as welcome
as sunbeam in a sickroom. Learn to
keep your own troubles to yourself.
The world is too busy to care for your
ills and sorrows. Learn to stop croak-
ing. If you cannot see any good in the
world keep the bad to yourself. Learn
to hide your pains and aches under a
pleasant smile. No one cares to hear
whether you have the earache, head
ache or rheumatism. Don't cry. Tears
do we'll enough in novels, but they are
out Of place in real life. Learn to meet
your friends with a smile. The good
humored man or woman is always well
come, but the dyspeptic or hypochon-
driac is not wanted anywhere and is a
nuisance as we'll
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
The One Thing Lacking.

Emperor William II. wrote poem
once which he submitted to a great lit
erary man who dined at the castle for
that purpose particularly. The critic
read 1t and found his dual duties in
conflict He had to advise an amateur
poet with an exceptional power for re-
senting hostile comment. He yielded
only a very little to the exigencies Of
the situation. '"This verse, your maj
esty," he began, Seems to require al
teration in certain respects" The au-
thor took the manuscript and conned
it thoughtfully; then his brow cleared.
"Why," he cried, as one seeing sud
den light, 81 have actually not signed
the poem! Give me a penv' And the
only fault he saw in the work was
forthwith remedied
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
A GIRLS NATURE.
Sittle Signs That, 1t Is Said, Reveal
Phases of Character.


Much of girls nature is betrayed
by the little act of brushing a speck
off a mans coat If she picks off the
thread or imaginary bit Of lint very
carefully between the thumb and fore
finger it is an indisputable sign that
she is a woman of very practical and
executive character.
On the other hand, If a girl should
brush the coat lapel of her fiance very
softly and tenderly with the second
and third finger of her hand in her en-
deavor to remove an invisible speck it
Is a sure sign that she is more senti-
mental than practical The man who
marries her will live in a continual at
mosphere of romance and bad house
keeping.
There is still another type of girl
who will brush the speck off q mans
coat with broad sweep Of the hand
in which all the fingers and thumb play
part. She is in all probability an
athletic girl who eXcels at tennis, golf
and the links and who will prove a
high spirited, strong minded woman
after marriage.
Then, again, the girl who puts
flower in a mans coat with her hand
held jauntily upturned from the wrist
and the flower held in the tips of her
fingers is sure to be something of a
coquette, while the maid who gives
you only the tips of her fingers when
she greets you in the drawing room or
public street is probably an ambitious
girl.-Chicago Journal.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
FRUIT MYSTERIES.
The Banana Is SeedIess, Though No
body Knows Why.


The Banana Is seedIess, Though No
body Knows Why.
The banana is seedless, or nearly so,
and has been for centuries, though
nobody knows why. 1t is propagated
by suckers and possibly had no seeds
when it was first found in its wild
state The banana is a modified berry.
Cutting the fruit through the middle
you will sometimes see a few little
brown spots, which are the rudimen-
tary seeds. Occasionally the banana
does actually produce a few seeds.
The pineapple is seedless, being prop
agated likewise from suckers and from
slips. The eggplant, which is fruit,
botanically speaking, is occasionally
seedless. This plant is able to pro-
duce developed fruit whether the bios
som is fertilized or not. Horticulture
lists are endeavoring at the same time
to rid fruit plants Of thorns. Some
oranges and lemons are very thorny-
for example, the high priced King
orange, which is the best of the man
darins. The first trees We're brought
to the United States from Cochin Chi
ma In Florida its thorniness has been
reduced by selecting buds from the
branches with the fewest thorns
Thorns are Objectionable because they
puncture the oranges and lemons
when the branches are blown about
by the wind. Efforts are being made
to get rid Of the thorns ON raspberry
and blackberry plants simply for con-
venience in picking the fruit. The
thorns are meant by nature to protect
the plant from animals. Cultivators
select those plants which happen to
be thornless or nearly so.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
OFFICE OF THE TAX COLLECTOR,
OF THE COUNTY OF AMADoR.

r.,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE
~ taxpayers of Amador county that l. II x
NORMAN, Tax-COllector of Amador county
dld on the 10th day of October. 1904 receive
from the County Auditor of Amador county the
original assessment books for the wear 1904
containing list of the persons assessed for
real and personal property. and the amount of
State and County taxes due thereon for said
year.
That said taxes are now due and payable to
me at my office in the court house. in the town
fornia.
That the taxes on all personal property se-
cured by real property, and one-half of the
taxes on all real property were due and payable
on the second Monday in October 1904 and will
| be delinquent on the last Monday in November
next thereafter, at O'Clock p. M, and that un-
less paid prior thereto, fifteen per cent will be
added TO the amount thereof and if said one
half be not paid before the last Monday in
April next at O'Clock p. m. an additional five
per cent Will be added thereto
That the remaining one-half of the taxes on
all real property will be payable on and after
the first Monday in January next. and will be
delinquent on the last Monday in April next
thereafter, at O'Clock p. M, and that unless
paid prior thereto, five per cent will be added
| to the amount thereof
Tnat all taxes may be paid at the time the
hrst 1nstallment, as herein provided is due
and payable.
First installment. one-half real estate and all
personal property, due October 10th, 1904
First lnStallment, one-half real estate and all
personal property, delinquent November 9th
| 1904, at O'Clock p: IN.
Second installment, one half real estate, due
| January End, 1905.
Second 1nstallment, one-half real estate de-
| linquent April 24th, 1905, at o'clock D. m
All the taxes may be paid in full at the time
| the first installment is due.
Taxes not paid according to law will be de-
nnquent and 10 per cent and per cent and
| other costs will be added thereto.
Positively no checks received for the pay
ment OF taxes.
T. K. NORMAN,
oc14 Tax Collector of Amador County
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
Gorgeous Japanese Robes.

In number the diaphanous robes
worn by a Japanese woman of high
rank of the eleventh or twelfth cen
tury were seldom less than twenty,
while on great occasions even more
might be necessary. Thus at a great
palace fete it is said that "some wore
as many as twenty-five suits, showing
glimpses Of purple, Of crimson, Of grass
green, of wild rose yellow and of sapan-
wood brown, their sleeves and skirts
decorated with golden designs, while
others, by subtle commingling of will
low sprays and cherry blossoms and
by embroidered patterns picked out
with gems, represented the poem Of
the jewels and the flowers"
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
THE HEART MUSCLES.
How They Do Their Work and Why
They Never Tire.

NOW 1hey DO Ine1r work ana why
They Never Tire.
1t is generally supposed that the
heart is an organ which never takes a
rest. But this is not so. The muscles
Of the heart are not necessarily work
ing. The heart contains four cham
bers-two upper, called the auricles, and
two lower, the ventricles In the beat
ing of the heart the auricles first con-
tract and force the blood into the ven
tricles; they then relax while the ven
tricles repeat the process. Then fol-
lows a pause, during which the heart
is perfectly at rest.
The contraction Of the auricles takes
one-flfth of the time between one beat
and the next, the contraction of the
ventricles two-ffths and the pause two
fifths, so that the heart is really rest
ing two-ifths of its time Sleep also
aids in relieving the muscles of the
heart, as it considerably diminishes
the rapidity Of its action
This alienation of rest and activity
endows the heart muscles with their
capacity for untiring work.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
A Kettle of Fish.

The phrase "a kettle of fish," mean
ing an awkward ENHANCEMENT, most
probably has no connection with our
word kettle a vessel in which water
is boiled. 1t has been with much rea-
son derived from the word "kiddle,"
French "quidel," stake fence set in
a stream for catching fish. Inspector
Walpole reminds us that this kfdellus
net, or kiddle, was mentioned in Mag
ma Charta and in other early statutes.
London Standard.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
HOBO cT:W.
Culinary Triumph hat Is Dear to
the Tramp.

the Tramp.
The professional hobo generally tray-
els and operates alone, but if upon ar
irving at some large town or city he
happens to meet other congenial men,
bers of his profession a pooling of in
terests is sometimes undertaken, q ho-
bo camp set up, and the town is sys-
tematically worked. The spot or a
camp usually chosen is in the outskirts
on some wooded tract not too far from
the railroad. Here the profits are di-
vided and the different territories al
lotted. At nightfall all congregate to
this point with the spoils and supplies,
and over the ''hobo stew" incidents of
the day are discussed. "Hobo stew" Is
a triumph Of culinary art that these
gentry have a particular weakness for.
A large iron pot is purchased, begged
or stolen and half filled with water.
Into this are thrown pieces Of beef,
pork, chicken (from some robbed hen
roost), bread, potatoes, carrots, onions
and, in fact, everything edible that has
been or can be secured. When the sa-
worry mess is sufficiently boiled it is
eaten with much gusto by the tramp.
These camps are never kept in exist
ence long, however, because the hobo
realizes that the danger of detection
and roundup is an ever present one
when a large number remain long to-
gether in any one camp. Professional
tramps, like the birds, have regular mi
gratory seasons. From April to Sep
tember this tide of immigration is to-
ward the northern and eastern states
and the region of the middle west.
From November on through the win
ter his peregrinations take him south,
southwest and to the southern Pacific
coast.-Pilgrim.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
Sacred Mountains In JaDan

Travellers in Japan are astonished to
find the grandest shrines throughout
the land situated on the tops Of high,
precipitous mountains. This is because
every mountain in that country is dedi-
Gated to some deity who is believed to
be its guardian. These temple grounds
are covered with the oldest and largest
forest trees, and to the eyes Of the peo-
pie below the effect of the clouds which
hover around the peak has originated
the belief that the gods hold the power
over the clouds to give or withhold
rain.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
The Joy of Life.

The true joy of life is the being used
for a purpose recognized by yourself
as a mighty one, the being thoroughly
worn out before you are thrown on the
scrap heap, the being a force Of nature
instead Of feverish, selfish little clod
Of ailments and grievances, complain
ing that the world will not devote it.
self to making you happy. - Bernard
Shaw.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
Serenity nf Temner

One sign of mental health is serenity
of temper and a self control that en-
ables US to bear with equanimity and
unruf1ed temper the petty trials and
jars Of life. especially those arising
from contact with scolding, irascible,
irritating folk. It is well to remember
at such times that these unfortunates
are their own worst enemies, and
cultivation Of the art Of not hearing
will help us very much. It is a very
useful art all through life and well
worth some trouble to acquire.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06

SAFE DEPOSIT---Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank of Amador County at the
small expense of 80 cents a month"; thereby Sc
curing you against any possible loss from fire
or otherwise. Don't overlook this opportunity
of protecting your valuables.
SAVE MONEY-Patronize home institu-
tion Send money away through the Bank of
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over postofice or express. Money sent
parts OF the world. We have the latest quota
tions on foreign exchange.
SAVE MONEY-It doesn't cost anything to
deposit money in the Bank of Amador County.
They receive deposits from IS up Commence
man or woman with bank account has a
financial standing. Don't bury your money :;
when you die it can't be found and you are liza
BILE to be robbed while alive.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
Fathers and Sons.

Observers are struck with the CANA
raderie carried to the verge of equali-
ty which obtains between fathers and
their schoolboy sons, so that their mu-
tual companionship is source of un-
feigned pleasure to both and should
prove safeguard against many evils
In the future. This is essentially a
modern development and stands to the
credit Of the fathers of the present
aay.-London Spectator
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
Shams and Realities.

The good man quietly discharges his
duty and shuns ostentation; the vain
man considers every deed lost that is
not publicly displayed. The one is in
tent upon realities, the other upon
semblance; the one aims to be good,
the other to appear so.-Robert Hall.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
neeeneratinr Luxnrx.

The luxury which is now regarded
as necessity is one Of the evils which
are undoubtedly tending toward the de-
generation of all classes Of English So
ciety.-Hospital
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
Condolences.

All confidence is dangerous if it is not
entire. we ought on most occasions to
speak all or conceal all. We have al
ready too much disclosed our secrets
to man from whom we think any one
single circumstance is to be conceal
ed.-Bruyere.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
Force Of Habit

Miss Antique-Why have you always
remained single7 Oldbach = Simply
from force of habit, 1 suppose. You
know-you know 1 was born that way.
Philadelphia Record
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
MRIannhOlY.

Hook-Bjones is the most melancholy
fellow / know. Nye-That's quite
true. He proposed to a girl once by
asking her how she would like to be
his widow.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
Far From If

Young Widow Ito partner at baD-
MIR. Crogart, I've made a wager Of a
pound Of chocolate that you are a sin
gle man. Mr.. Crogan-Ye've lost,
ma'am. I'm wan av thriplets. Chicago
Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06

Education is needed not only to help
Us to do our work. 1t is also needed to
help us to enjoy our leisure.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06

You will never find time for anything.
II you want time you must take it.
Buxton.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06

To equal predecessor one must
haYe twice his worth.-Balthasar Gra-
cian.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
KNIGHT & CO.
FoundrysMachine Shop
Sutter Creek. Cal.

BUILDERS OF WATER WHEELS OF
ID latest and most approved patterns, and
all kinds of sheet iron pipe. Every description
of mining and milling machinery made at the
shortest notice. We desire to call the attention
of blacksmiths and other workers in iron to the
fact that we keep constantly on hand large
and complete stock of bar, refined and Norway
iron, gas pipe, gas fittings, ETC., which we will
sell at the LOWEST CASH PRICES.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06

consequence of self abuse and excess produc-
ing the following symptoms: Sallow counte-
head, ringing in the ears, loss of confidence,
diffidence in approaching strangers, palpitation
of the heart, weakness of the limbs and back
loss OF memory, pfmples on the face, coughs,
consumption, etc.
DIR. GIBBON has practiced in San Francisco
over 40 years, and those troubled should not
fail to consult him and receive the benefit Of
his great skill and experience. The doctor
cures when others fail. Try him. Cures guar
anteed. Persons cured at home. Charges reas-
enable. Call or write.
DIR. ]. F. GIBBoN, 500 Kearney street, San
Francisco, Cal.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
TO THE UNFORTUNATE
DIR. GIBBON

This old reliable and
themost successful spe-
cialiSt in San Francis
cOstillcontinues to cure
all Sexual and Seminal
Diseases,such Us Ghon-
Orrhea, ,Gleet, Structure,
Syphilis in all it's forms
Skin Diseases, Nervous
De bility, Impotency,
Seminal Weakness, and
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Alfonso Ginocchio, S. G. Spagnoli John Strohm
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey of jackson.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-08-21
BRONCO BUSTING AND
U. 5. CAVALRY DRILLS
ARE ASSURED ATTRACTIONS AT
THE TWENTY-FIFTH TERRI
TORIAL FAIR,

Close upon the return of Secretary
Sellers from a successful trip to the
Navajo reservation, where he secured
a bunch of Reds for the fair, comes
a letter from President w. II. Greer,
who has been in the southern part of
the territory at Apache Tejo, the head
quarters ranch of the Victoria Land
a. Cattle company, saying that all
arrangements had been made to have
Two cars OF the worst outlaws the
southern ranges will produce in the
way of horses, sem to the fair, with
a bevy of cowboys to handle them.
This assures broncho busting OF the
right kind.
To make complete the wild west at
fractions of the fair comes a fatter-
ing letter from Lieutenant ], H. Lewis
OF Fort Wingate. In his letter, Mr..
Lewis says that he has received or
ders from General McClasky to take
a company Of cavalry to the fair, and
that in complying with these orders
he would arrive here about September
II, with Troop H of the Fifth cavalry,
and ninety horses.
The fair association Is to furnish a
site for the camp, fire wood and
water. This site will probably be on
the commons in the rear of w. w.
Strong's new residence on West Rail-
road avenue, where it has formerly
been located. The Indians will pitch
their tepees near the tents of the
soldiers. The location is just one
half block from the car line, and con
venient to the city.
Things are rounding up beautifully
for a big fair.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-08-21
TITLE ESTABLISHED
TO ATRISCO GRANT
Original Grantees Will Get
Tract Containing Over
S2,72S Acres
WILL BE PARTITlONED AT ONCE

The general land office at Washing
ton, d. c., has just handed down a
final decision in the famous town of
Atrisco grant suit, which has been in
the courts since 1885. BY the de-
cision just rendered the title to the
town of Atrisco grant, comprising
81, 72S 72-100 acres, is restored to the
original grantees, most of whom are
now dead.
There was great rejoicing in Ran
chos de Atrisco yesterday when the
news was received, and a big meeting
was held, at which ID. j. Metzgar read
the official document ordering the res
toration of the immense tract to the
original owners. Other speeches were
made and resolutions drawn up ex-
pressing the qualification of the peo-
pie, which resolutions will be sen to
Washington.
Today the document was placed on
file in the probate clerks office at the
court house. 1t is expected that the
district court will soon take up the
matter of partitioning this vast grant
among the many descendants of the
original grantees.
The present trustees of the grant
are as follows: Manuel Antonio Jar
amillo, president: Joe de la Luz, sec
rotary; David J. Metzgar, Severe San
chez, Policarpio Armijo and Luz
Armijo.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-08-21
HARVEY HOUSE FOR WILLIAMS

Ford Harvey, son of Fred Harvey,
who established the Harvey system Of
eating houses along the Santa Fe rail
road, spent yesterday in Albuquerque,
and left last night for the west. Mr..
Harvey was met at the Alvarado by
superintendent Steen and Jacobson,
and Architect Williams, of San Diego,
Cal. who is drawing plans for an
eating house to replace the one de-
stroyed by fire at Ash Fork. The Ash
Fork building was discussed at a meet
ing of the Harvey officials in Mr..
STEMS office in the lodge building in
front of the hotel, but the most i'm
portant subject to come up for con-
sideration was the proposed new hotel
at Williams, the junction of the main
line with the Grand Canyon road.
This hotel will not be a large one,
but one sufficiently large to take care
of the Grand Canyon travel will be
built, and will be furnished and con.
Quoted up to the standard of other
houses on the system.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-08-21
New York Stock Letter.
(By private wire to Levy Bros

by private wire 10 Levy BroS.)
New York, Aug. 19.-The market
has had a superficial advance during
the last fortnight and prices are now
so near the high records that it would
not be surprising to see some reac-
~tionery movement set in. Such a
movement would make the speculative
position much healthier in every way
and thereby greatly rebound to the
future stability of the market. This
Is the only element of weakness which
We see in the general situation and
outlook at the moment. In conse-
quence we believe greater caution
should be executed against overload
ing with too much stock and over
straining the market. It would be bet
ter in our judgment, at least, to Sc
cure a portion of profits and to wait
for developments. Much is depend
ent upon a continuance of easy money
on the settlement of the Russo-Jap-
anese war in addition TO the assur-
ance Of bountiful crops in order to re-
alize the predictions which are now
so general of ultimately higher prices
and a boom in general business this
fall.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-08-21
THE CASINO

"A Pretty Persian with its odd and
ridiculous but elaborate costumes, its
unique stage settings and witty dia-
logue, with enchanting musical num-
bers, held a big audience s|pellbound
last night at the Casino. Although it
was the first trial OF the company
with the operetta, it started and fin
ished with a swing and dash that car
ried the audience along with it.. Miss
Hutcheson, in a pretty Persian gokn
and jewel-bespangled head dress, APP
peared in the title roll to good effect,
Her duet with j. C. Taylor in the first
act was the musical treat of the per-
Torrance.
Miss Kittie Nice was compelled to
respond several times to the clever
rendition of a solo with invisible
chorus.
Brady and Burgess, Miss Mumford
and Miss Thorn all had good parts and
handled them well. Mr.. Burgess ran
out of encore verses early, and to
quote his own words: He's "a bad
poet"
Mr.. Wade as Hullaboom, a profes-
sional bridegroom, who was welded
1877 times, was the real life of the
Pretty Persian" and was we'll char
acterized. Wade's song, Johnny, My
Old Friend, John" though a little
musty with age, was as good as ever
in mirth, and appealed to the audi
ence.
The costume worn by Miss Thorne
last night as the Prince, was one of
the most stunning yet exhibited at the
Casino.
The house was damned at the in
ltial performance and the bill should
be a good drawing card throughout its
run.