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Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
Timber Land Act June 3, 1878.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office,
Sacramento, Cal.

United States Land Office,
Sacramento, Cal.
November 81, 1906.
Notice is hereby given that IN COM
pliance with the provisions OF the act
of Congress of June 3, 1878, entitled
can act for the sale of timber
lands in the states of California,
Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Ter
ritory," as extended to all the Public
Land States by act of August 4, 1892.
SIlas Berry Henson of Pine Grove,
county of Amador, State of California,
has this day filed in this Office his
sworn statement, No 1894, for the
purchase of the S E4 of 5 W a of
Section No % in township No N,
range No IA E, M. ID. NJ, and will offer
proof to show that the land sought is
more valuable for its timber or stone
than for agricultural purposes, and
to establish his claim to said land
before Richard Webb, U. S. Com
missioner, at jackson, Cal. on Fri
day, the 25th day of May, 1906.
He names as witnesses: Frank Will
Iiams, of Pine Grove, Amador county,
Cal, l.. IL. Cook, of Volcano, Amador
county, Cal, A. Liversedge, of Vol
cano, Amador county, Cal, A. Jones
OF Pine Grove, Amador county, Cal.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely the above e-described lands are
requested to file their claims IN this
office on or before said 25th day of
May 1906.
JOHN ARMSTRONG;,
Register.
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Brazcn Thefts.

During the South African war an i'm
menSe stone monument was removed
at Cape Town during the night, and no
one knows to this day by whom or why
it was taken Some years ago, in broad
daylight, a clever and bold gang of
thieves carried off a valuable fountain
fourteen feet high from UXbridge with
out exciting the suspicious of any one
and quite recently an omnibus was
calmly removed, horses and all, while
standing unguarded outside a public
house in London and has never been
seen or heard of since 1t would seem,
indeed, that it is often far easier to
steal a big thing than a little one
London Telegraph.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
PLYMOUTH SCHOOL REPORT.
For the month, ending March 30, 1876.

Mr. Anthony's room.-Neither alb
sent nor tardy: James Levaggi,
Arthur Wilds, Lewis Pinder, Jodie
Roberts, Dora Negrich, Daphne Cul.
bert, Viola Wheeler, Clara t'reguiia,
Jessie Clark.
E (excellent) in diligence, deport-
ment and neatness: Mary FreguIia,
Ethel Potter, Lizzie Burke, Annie
Burke, Dora Negrich, Beldine Zibi-
I1ch, Viola Wheeler, Arthur Wllds,
George Wilson.
Il in at least nine-t -tenths of studies
Lizzie Burke, Ethel Potter, Verne
Wheeler, Jodie Roberts, Lawson
Anthony
Miss Savich's room. Neither absent
nor tardy: Wallace Pritchard, Willie
Pritchard, Lester Wheeler, Alvin
Anthony, Winnie Butorov1ch, Jessie
Packard, Ruby French, Liona Wilson,
Evlyn Roberts. Willie WooIford,
Charlie Packard, Leslie Walton,
Lizzie Vollmer, Alvin WiIds, Edwin
Pritchard, Jimmie Packard, Leroy
Jared.
b in diligence, department and
neatness: Aida Wheeler, Gladys
Felker, Wesley Phillips, Herbert
Liddicoat, Alvin Wilds, Louis Roberts,
Alvin Anthony, LueIla Wilson, Leroy
Jared, ChesIey Greenslate, Ruth
Parsons, Diamond Ming, Pearl Ming.
E in at least nine -tenths of studies
Wallace Pritchard, Willie Pritchard,
Lester Wheeler, Willie Parsons,
Alvinza Summers, Winnie Butorovich,
Alvin Anthony, Ruby French, Loretta
Burke, Leona Wilson, Willie Wool
ford, Willie Llddicoat, Charlie Pack
ard, Elvyn Roberts.
Overlooked in last months report.
Perfect in all the above: Alvin
Anthony; perfect in the first two OF
the above: Viola Wheeler.
A. l.. Anthony, principal.
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seemed to Have Him cornered.

The teacher was discoursing to the
class on the wonders of nature. "Take
the familiar illustration of the sting Of
a wasp" he said, ''as compared with
the finest needle. When examined
through a microscope the sting is still
sharp, smooth and polished, while the
needle appears blunt and rough.
''It is so with everything. The works
of nature are infinitely superior to
those of art. Try how we may, we
cannot improve on nature"
1T isn't so with my eyes, teacher"
said a little girl in the class.
"Why, how is that, Nellie?" he asked.
"'Cause nature made me cross eyed"
she said, "and the doctors fixed my
eyes all right"
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
Chinese Children.

The education of their children is a
matter of no small interest to the af-
fectionate Chinese mothers. They
watch the little one from the day he is
born, to note superstitious signs. Let
him cry Justify, and he will live long,
say the old grannies. If he teeths or
walks too soon he will grow up IN
lovable in disposition. At first the lit
tie Chinese are not very attractive OBJ
jects, presenting rather a scaly appear
ance, due to the custom of not wash
ing them lest they catch cold. A month
after his birth the boys head is shaved.
A great feast is prepared and celebrat-
ed, the child now receiving his milk
name" When he enters school his
name is changed, as it is once more
when he receives his degree.-Pilgrim.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
Vinegar.

Vinegar is fatal to many kinds of
bacteria. We read that during the
great plague in London a couple earned
fabulous sums in nursing the wealthy
and that their own means OF defense
was swathing the lower part of the
face with cloths dipped in strong vine
gar. Some one says, my grandmoth-
er used a gargle of salt and pepper
with vinegar for all us children, and
she didn't have to go to a sanitary club
to learn it." True, no doubt, timely
though utterly empirical use of that
gargle has saved many lives.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
RUSSIAN PROVERBS.

Roguery is the last of trades.
Without cheating, no trading.
Every fox praises his own tail.
A debt is adorned by payment.
A good beginning is half the work.
Every little frog is great in his own
bog.
Trust in God, but do not stumble
yourself.
Go after two wolves and you will not
catch even one.
If God doesn't forsake US, the pigs
will not take US.
The deeper you hide anything the
sooner you find it.
Be praised not for your ancestors,
but for your virtues.
Send pig to dinner and he will put
his feet on the table.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
"Carnt', as Applied to diamond.

Although the term "carat" is applied
to diamonds as well as to gold, it does
not mean the same thing. Used with
regard to the metal it expresses quality
or ffneness, "a carat being pure gold
and % carat equal to coined gold. But
applied to the diamond carat means ac-
tual weight, and by this measure 11515
carats are equal to an ounce troy. The
value of a diamond is not merely so
much per carat, irrespective of size,
but increases in an increasing ratio
with the weight of the stone.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
PARISH REGISTERS.
TIE Sort of Entries They Kept In the
Old Days In England.


Old Days In England.
A vicar, John Printer of Worle, is
accused in 1884 of having got so drunk
'at Taverne in London, being the
howse and signe of the Swami in old
Fysh Street" that he had to be "caried
to his Lodginge, or some other conven-
lent place, (he) being so dronck, not
liable hym-sealf to goo''-that is, walk.
He is also charged with being "a
common player at Bowles in the
churchyard of Worle (his own parish)
and a common haunter of Tavernes,
alehouses, Bearbeatinge (baiting) and
Bul-beatinge, yea, upon the Sabbaoth
daies, and an usual plaier at Tables
(backgammon) & Cardes in the ale
houses and Tavernes"
On Sept %, 1921, John Brock of
Dundry is presented.
For usuallie playing of the fines
and cudgills in the churchyard theare
on Sabbaoth daies and hole daies, as
namelie hee, with others, did soc up
pom st. Marke's dale past and being
reproved by the churchwarden for the
same hee gaue him a froward answer,
sayinge, wee are at exercise to doe the
kings service, & you will not suffer us,
but the whiles you cutt your neighbors
throats.'
THAT on Sonndaie, 1 Julij, & on
Sonndaie "a Junij ult., hee, Arthur
Payton, and Edward Ward, tayler, did
daunce in the churchyard thereof"
and Richard Hulvord played upon his
daunce in the churchyard theare''-
London Academy.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
Live While You Are Alive.

Enjoy life as it comes to you. Listen
to the bird songs and the voices Of the
children. Linger to watch the sunset
or the opening of flower. Take into
your life the goodness, the pleasure and
the brightness of every day, for ''we
shall pass this way but once" and then
when you reach the last day that is
given you here you will be content and
can say, 81 have lived."-Town and
Country
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
Placing Him.

young man." began the dignitied
gentleman in black dress, 'have you
fully considered the future? Have yoy
made provisions for the hereafter? Is
it not time
Pardon me one moment, please, but
are you minister or a life insurance
agent Milwaukee Sentinel
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
Loves Grammar.

81 wish 1 dared to ask you some
thing, Miss Helen," said Percy, with
trembling voice and wabbling chin.
''Why don't you dare to ask itY' the
maiden said demurely.
Because can see No in, your
eyes"
'In both of them?"
"Y-yes."
'Well, don't you-don't you know
two negatives are equivalent to an
How dare you, sir? Take your arm
from around my waist instantlyr'
But he didn't.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
Ceremony,

1 think there is a great deal of diff
ference between that species of cere-
mony which exists with acquaintance
and that which should always exist
with the best of friends-the one pre-
vents the growth of affection, the other
preserves in in youth and age.-Letters
of Maria Edgeworth.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
BeIief.

Figg-You'll generally find that peo-
pie believe what they want to believe.
Fogg-Yes, and probably that accounts
for the belief in everlasting punish
mentor other people, of course-be.
ing so popular.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13

SAFE DEPOSIT.-Safe deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank of Amador County at the
small expense of 35 cents 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 a home institu-
ton. Send money away through the Bank of
Amador County; you will save 10 per cent and
upward over postoffice or express. Money sent
to all parts Of the United States and also all
parts of the world. We have the latest quota
tions on foreign exchange.
SAVE MONEY-It doesn't cost anything to
deposit money in the Bank of Amador County.
They receive deposits from S. up. Commence
the new year hy opening up bank account. A
man or woman with a bank account has a
financial standing. Don't bury your money;
when you die it can't be found and you are liza
hle to be robbed while alive.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13

The wise are instructed by reason
ordinary minds by experience, the stu
pid by necessity and brutes by instinct.
Cicero
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
Safer.

Patience-It's very bad sign to tum-
bic upstairs. Patrice-Even so, I'd
rather do that than tumble downstairs.
--Yonkers Statesman.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
DICHARD WEBB
AZ United States COMMISSIONS

JACKSON, Al.
Will attend to Homestead and other filings
taking of final proofs and all other Land
Business.
Deeds and other legal documents drawn up.
Agent for Phoenix Assurance Company of
London and Washington Providence Fire In
InsranceCompanies je22tf
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13

consequences of self abuse and excess produc-
ing the following symptoms Sallow counte-
head, ringing in the ears, loss of confidence,
d1fidence in approaching strangers, palpitation
OF the heart, weakness Of the limbs and back,
loss OF memory pimples on the face, coughs,
consumption, etc.
DIR. GIBBON has prscticed 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. J. F. GIBBoN, 6as Kearney street, San
Francisco. Cal.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
Ledger'S Clubbing Rates

Ledger and Daily Call, one years s 9 90
Ledger and Weekly Call one year 8 20
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one
year ........................ 900
Ledger and Weekly Chronicle,
one year :..:.....,...' 8 so
Ledger and Weekly Chicago In
tor-ocean SO
Ledger and Cosmopolitan Maga-
zine' one year. ........ rs
Ledger and McCall's Magazine, 1
year, including free pattern -. 2 so
The above Rates are Strictly in
Advance.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
TO THE UNFORTUNATE
DIR. GIBBON

This old reliable and
themoSt successful spe-
cialiSJ in San Francis
CO ostillcontinues to cure
all Sexual and Seminal
Diseases such as Ghon-
orrhea, ,Gleet, Structure,
Syphilis in all its forms
Skin Diseases, Nervous
De bility, Impotency,
Seminal Weakness, and
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13

About two-thirds of the average hu-
man heart is occupied by self love.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
THE PEARL WORKERS.
A Bethlehem Industry Which Is Five
Hundred Years Old.

A Bethlehem Industry Which Is Five
Hundred Years Old.
The chief industry of Bethlehem of
Judaea is that of the mother-of-pearl
workers.
The shells are brought from the Red
sea and in the hands of native artisans
are polished and carved, the larger into
elaborate designs. The smaller are cut
up for rosaries and crosses. The work
is all done by hand, and the methods
are amazingly primitive to a spectator
from the home of steam and electric
power. But the results are eXtraordi-
nary. The largest shell we saw was
carved in scenes from the birth of
Christ, the agony in the garden and
the crucifxion, and had the general eff
feet of delicate frostwork Under the
magnifying glass every detail was seen
to be perfect in outline and in finish.
1t was eXucuted to order for a wealthy
American and was to cost $160.
About $50 people make living by
this industry, which is 500 years old.
In the shops the workmen sit upon the
floor, their benches in front of them.
The air is full of whitish dust. and the
light admitted by the single window
and the open door is so dim that the
exquisite tracery of the wrought shells
is a mystery even before the visitor
notes how few, simple and crude are
the instruments employed. = Marion
Harland in Lippincott's.
He Saw the Joke.
"One day." says an American, 81
walked into a bookshop in the Strand
and asked for Hare's Walks In Lon
dom In America the book is sold in
one thick volume. The clerk brought
it in two. Oh 1 said as 1 looked at
. them, you part your "Hare' in the
middle, do your 4, sir? he said, with
a bewildered look. oh, no, sir! 1 saw
he didn't see the joke, so l didn't ex-
plain, but bought the books and went
away. A week later 1 went to the same
shop. AS soon as the clerk saw me he
rushed from the back of the shop,
laughing vociferously. 'Goodp he shout
ed. Capital! Part your Hare" in the
middle! That's capital, sir, capitalp -
London Tit-Bits.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13

Were we eloquent as angels, yet we
should please some people more by lis
tenipg than by talking.-Colton.
Amador ledger., 1906-04-13
BANK OF AMADOR COUNTY
Incorporated November, 1895
Capital Stock :: $4,000

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Alfonso Ginocchio, S. G. Spagnoli, John Strohm
Frederick Eudey and Alex Eudey Of Jackson.
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many of them, but when once they
are in there, a frequent cleaning Will
not fully eXterminate them. 10 re
move near all of them, very thorough
course of treatment is required. Oil
and grease must be used freely nearly
everywhere about the building, espe-
cially in the nests, around the perch
es, etc. There is a small work pub
lished treating fully on the subject OF
destroying insects, and an excellent
little book to have. L speak of this
work of keeping out lice and mites be
cause in ali my years of experience at
poultry keeping L find it one of the
most troublesome things to overcome
in the business. They won't down
unless you fight them in a through
manner every month at least. And in
conclusion let me say, don't depend
too much OH so-called complete insect
eXterminatOrs. They are all right III
measure, but they alone won't do
all the work.
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While many farmers give due at
tentiOn to this matter and keep every
thing in perfect sanitary condition
about their premises, there are notable
exceptions to the rule, and were 1T not
for the purifying effect of good air
and natural drainage there would be
an epidemic in many families. The
greatest fault in this direction is found
in barn cellars, where the sunshine
cannot penetrate and where animals
are kept month after month in dark
ness and filth. We do not make this
statement general, but regret to say
there are instances where it will apply
in even stronger terms. 1t does not
require much time or expense to have
lit different, and this is the season of
year to go about renOvating it If
there is any doubt about the water
supply have sample analysed at once
and do other things necessary, for
the danger to the health and life of
members of ones family is too great
to warrant the least neglect in this
important matter.
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the more they are engaged at it, the
brighter are the prospects OF the
breeder and the better are his chances
to make money out of pure-bred
stock. | know there are tasks around
the poultry house that are disagree
able, but very often it is the way
things are arranged that makes it so,
such as cleaning out the drOppingS,
nest boxes, ETC.; but this is an indis-
pensable piece of work and positively
must be regularly attended to. So in
order that he who undertakes the work
dose not become discouraged at these
chores around the hen-hOuse, have ev-
erything handy so that they may be
done up quickly and easily.
There are many things to look after
by the care-taker who would be a sue
cessful pOultryman. Many little, yet
important. matters are likely to be
omitted by a boy or an inexperienced
man, unless particularly directed to
Them One of these is keeping the
hens and the building free from lice
and mites. If these pests once get a
hold they are very troublesome. As
| heard IA man remark the other day,
Darn the mites, | have been fighting
them for a year or two and they seem
to get worse all the time. They get on
me every evening when | gather the
eggs and crawl over me half the
night" The fact is, people think
they are fighting them when really
they are only stirring them up a little.
In the first place if the building is
kept well cleaned from the start they
will never get so thick in the house as
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Ten Trump Cards.

A writer, in journal of Commerce,
gives some rules for the use of farm
ers, all are good, but the first two and
the last five are applicable to any one
who cultivateS the soil, even in the
smallest way.
In 10 other calling on earth is there
so much skill and fOrethOught and
prudence required to insure success
as in farming. Every resource and
avenue of gain must be made to con-
tribute it's little here, or the Whole
will fall short of the total required.
L he farmer must play his cards well,
in order to come Off d winner in the
game which he has undertaken, and
not one of them can he afford to care
lessly throw aside. Here are ten
trump plays worth considering:
1. Keep accounts of everything that
goes on the farm. Know where you
are making and losing. Call your
years labor to account and make it
give full report of itself.
,. Let economy be the watchwOrd
in everything. Treat your farm as
though it was your debtor, owing you
so much each year, which it is bound
to pay. Do not let it sponge" on you.
). Increase the extent of your cul-
tivated land each year. Your profits
depend not so much on the amount
OF land you own or control, as on the
amount which yields you a profitable
return.
f. Provide a clean water supply
for the stock. This means a clean re-
turn in profits, from their better con-
dition and prOducdveness i'll cOnse-
quence.
). See to it that the manure is
sheltered from the weather. The best
product of many a farm flows down
the highway in a constant stream, all
| the spring. Some can afford to throw
away their substance, but not the
farmer.
&. Keep well posted as to the latest
and most approved methods through
the agricultural press of the day and
discuss with your fellOw-associates
on the cultivation of the soil Any
thing that is worth knowing about
these methods is as valuable to you as
to anyone else
I. Offer your products for sale in
neat, presentable shape. Appearances
count for Il great deal. The best must
look its quality to be recognized.
:. Follow the lead of your own
success and branch out each year in
the directions which you find are
yielding you the largest and most sat
| iSfactOry returns.
8. Do not be afraid to attempt new
ventures. All that has been accom-
plished by the race thus far has come
about largely in this way. The old
rut must be abandoned when it be-
comes worn to rock bottom.
10. Keep a brave heart and an in
vincible determination. Large results
do not come but with large endeavOr.
To balk at the first discoura cement is
cowardly. Only those succeed who are
| determined to win.
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the Importance of the matter is gener-
ally recognized among the jewellers in
rural communities.
This is the season of the year when
particular attention should be given to
sanitation, for during warm weather
disease germs multiply with great ra-
pidity. The removal of all refuse mat
ter in the cellars and adjoining the
farm buildings is absolutely essential
to the health of the family, and even
to the health of animals. The drains
and cessspOols should be in good work
ing condition and thereby prevent the
outbreak of serious disease in the
family. In many instances the out
break of disease is attributed to other
causes when this has been the real
source of infection, after it is too
late to give attention to this important
matter.
The greatest source of danger from
polluted wells of streams containing
the deadly disease germs. Wells 10
Gated near the farm buildings, into
which the drainage finds its way, even
through many feet of soil, may be as
dangerous as the fouleSt sewers or
most disgusting heaps in close con-
nectiOn with the household. Results
of investigation along this line made
by the department of agriculture are
soon to be given to the public in
bulletin. Bad OdOrs and tastes, it has
been found, are largely due to the
growth of aIgae, which are vegetable
organisms of a low order. Tests
thus far made show that water may
be safely treated with sulphate of cop
per with the result of preventing the
growth of algae without in any way
deteriOrating it's drinking qualities.
The importance of these tests and dis
coveries are also revealed in the state
ment that one part of copper sulphate
in 100000 parts of water has been
found to quickly destroy typhoid and
cholOra germs. AS the chemical, in
the proportions named, may be utilized
at an expense almost enthusiastically
small, the safety and purity of the
farm water supply would seem as
sured.
The important matter in connection
with farm sanitation is for the farmer
to more fully recognize his response
bilIty in protecting health and life.
he IdrHeF 5 lie Is one u great IHue-
pendence in many directions. for he is
not bound by rules and ordinances
that the city resident is required to
obey. He may drain his sinkspOut
into his well, leave decaying animal
or vegetable matter in his yard or
keep pigs in his cellar without being
called upon by health officers, as he
would be if he did these things in the
city. In fact he has been law unto
himself SO long and been under so little
restriction in any direction that it
seems irksome to him when applied.
This independence is very agreeable
but the responsibility attached to it
must be recognized. He must do of
his own volition those things which
laws require to be done in cities
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HEALTH ON THE FARM.

Continued from page 25.)
from such conditions should be fire.
quently and emphatically stated until