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Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
MUSKRAT BUILDERS.
The House In the Meadow and How
1t Is Constructed.

The House In the Meadow and How
1t Is Constructed.
l have always been told that musk
rat houses mean severe winter. In
stead of sign of cold weather, the
muskrat house means simply that one
or more muSkrats have chosen to live
IN the low meadow or at the shallow
head of the pond, where there is no
chance to burrow underground and
have bedroom that cannot be flooded
by the high tides of winter.
These same muskrats, along the steep
banks of river, would tunnel into the
earth and there dig q bedroom out of
reach of the highest fool. They do 10.
always succeed, however, as they are
by spring freShets.
The house in the meadow is usually
built over tall, stout tussock, whose
grassy top forms the bel. This Is dom
ed over, making large room big
enough for one or for half a dozen, ac-
eording to the number of muskrats
sharing the work. At least two open
fngs or dives lead from the bed into
open water at the foot of the tussock.
And this water never freezes. When
Ice forms outside, the warmth of the
muskrats' bodies is sufficient to keep
the doors free, through which the
dwellers shoot at instant alarm, for
these passages lead into winding bur
rows and waterways that run far out
through the rich, rooty meadow
try Life In America.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
NOtinG In Paris.

"In Paris only one-fifth of the voters
go to the polls and cast their ballots
said an American who has lived in
Paris as a business man for several
years past. 'This is not because they
cannot vote, but because they do not
care to. Everybody in the city is in
terested in politics, but when the time
to vote comes few care to go to the
polls. The man who wins is most
often the man who promises every.
thing. For instance, in my district
last time a man was elected who
promised to put new shed on the
market. know of another deputy
who was kept in Office fifteen years be.
cause he promised to add an extra sar.
dine to the daily rations of the sol.
diers. There are so many soldiers that
that made big difference. They did
not get the sardine, but he continued
to promise and kept office. ."-Washing.
ton Post.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
The Eye of a Child.

Who can explain or fathom the won
drous instinct of the child? Lying In
the arms of its nurse in its carriage or
elsewhere, its large, round, wondering
eyes roam over sea of faces till sud-
denly its features break into a sweet
smile, baby laugh dances In its eyes.
perhaps the tiny hands are extended.
and the little body gives bound as
though it would throw itself through
space. What has happened? 1t has
recognized friend, nothing more and
no less. 1t makes no mistake. Wiser.
perchance, in that moment of inexperi-
enced helplessness than it will be years
afterward, when the world and its In
mates have been studied in the light
of instruction and experience, its love
offering is seldom if ever mistakenly
presented. BY what power is this child
love directed? By what subtle infiu-
ence does it see and know what in
after years it may strive in vain to
discern?
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
ODD FOUNDATION.
A Town BUILT on an Immense Bank
of Oyster Shells.

OF oyster Sheus.
The secondary foundation of Girls
Geld, Nd, is the bottom Of the Chesa-
peake bay, and between the bottom Of
Crisfield and the bottom of the bay are
oyster shells to the number OF millions,
probably hundreds of millions. On this
great stratum of oyster shells stand
houses, wharfs and business places. A
railroad runs along on it, bridges cross
Its dividing places, men walk and talk
and do business, steamboats, and SAIL
boats-yes, hundreds of sailboats-have
their landings alongside 1t; merry boat
Ing parties put off from the shore by
moonlight and fish and crab and re-
turn in the early morn-all to this
blue water.
Crisfield lives by oysters and crabs
not by eating them, for Crisflelders
rarely eat either, but by catching them,
boiling them, packing them, shipping
them, selling them. He who would
know the crab can best learn it by WIS.,
;iing this wholly and solely crab town
on the Chesapeake. Men in boats quick
ly fill barrels with crabs and bring
them ashore to the factories" Here
they are counted, sorted, steamed,
packed in barrels and shipped until one
wonders who can possibly eat all these
mountains and myriads of crabs.
There are many people in this coun-
try. A crab apiece for them all once
year in the season would mean
some crabs" At least so one of the
crab dealers put it.-Philadelphia Rec
ORd
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
WHISTLER AS A TEACHER.
A Genius Who Showed Difficulty In
Imparting His knowledge.


Whistler was certainly a genius, but
he showed some difficulty in imparting
his knowledge. His criticisms were Of
ten foggy and uncertain, and he hard
ly ever found words in which to ex-
press himself. 1t was almost an i'm
possibility to develop without becom-
ing a slave and copying him in every
way. With majority of the students
this was Il dangerous method. If one
came with spark of originality it was
extinguished Immediately by the DOM
mating personality of the master. He
could see art only from his own stand
point, and he insisted on all of us using
the same palette and the same brushes
as himself and on our seeing all OBJ
jects with his eyes. The result to an
ordinary outsider was ridiculously mo-
notonous.
wanted to join the class coming to
view some of the studies and then re-
marking, with an amused smile, "Vous
avez beaucoup des petus Wheestlairs"
This was perfectly true of the major
ity, but there were few matured men
who hardly carried out Whistlers
formulas as regards the palette and
method, but who, owing to their more
Independent attitude, profited much by
the criticismS.-Century
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
HindOO Moon Lore.

According to the Hindoos, lunar
eclipse Is the contact between the
moon and another planet called Rahoo,
but the masses believe that, owing to
the will of God, Rahoo, or the serpent
like planet, catches hold of the moon
by its hideous mouth and releases it
after short time. At first contact
the Hindoos bathe in the sea and anx-
iously await the release. After the
contact they take another bath. Dur
ing the interval they are not allowed
even to drink cup of water, as their
belief is that all things in the world
get polluted during the contact.-Singa-
pore Times.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
ANCIENT EMBALMING.
Not Only People but Animals Were
Mummified In Egypt.


Myrrh, which was fabulousiy sup
posed to be the tears of Myrrha, who
was turned into a shrub, was a plant
of handsome appearance, with spread
ing, fernlike foliage and large umbels
Of white flowers. 1t was found princi-
pally in Arabia and Abyssinia. In
early times the perfume distilled from
it was greatly in requisition for en-
balming.
Herodotus gives a detailed account
of the ancient mode of embalming,
which Is perhaps more instructive than
pleasing. After the body had under
gone much preparation, which, to spare
your feelings, will not be described, 1t
was filed with powdered myrrh, cassia
and other perfumes. 1t was then steep
ed in natron, a strong solution Of soda,
for seventy days. After this it was
wrapped in bands of fine perfumed
linen, smeared with aromatic gums.
Not only people were thus embaIm-
ed, but the crocodiles of Lake Moeris,
which, after their mummification, were
decorated with ornaments and jewels
and laid in one Of the subterranean
passages of the great labyrinth with
much pomp and display. The sacred
cat, ichneumon and other cherished an
imals devoutly worshiped by the Egyp-
tians were embalmed with scrupulous
and fanatical care. On days special to
the memory Of the dead the mummies
were newly sprinkled with perfume,
incense was offered before them and
their heads anointed with fresh oil-in
the same spirit as we lay new blooms
upon the graves of our dead
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
Mnn and Art.

In ancient times there stood in the
citadel of Athens three statues of Min.
erva. The first was of olive wood and,
according to popular tradition, had
fallen from heaven. The second was
of bronze, commemorating the victory
of Marathon, and the third of gold and
ivory-a great miracle of art In the
days of Pericles. And thus in the
citadel of time stands man himself.
In childhood, shaped of soft and deli
cate wood, just fallen from heaven;
in manhood a statue of bronze, COM
memorating struggle and victory, and,
lastly, in the maturity of age, perfectly
shaped in gold and ivory-a miracle of
art
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
CARLYLE and the Az

Carlyle as a schoolmaster was a
terror to evildoers. Even the biggest
and boldest boys wilted when he
growled out Ounce" or "blockhead." !"
He did not thrash often, as his scowl
was enough to hush whole school,
but when he did thrash he meant busi-
ness. One day joiner passing along
the road heard the most piteous howls
and cries for mercy and help coming
from the schoolhouse. Rushing in and
handing his ak to Carlyle, he exclaim-
ed:
"Jist doo't ootricht, mon, and no
mince matters"
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
JAPANESE SAINTS.
The One Most Beloved by the People
IS B:nzurs.

the One Most Beloved by the People
IL Binzura.
Among the many Buddhist-Shinto
saints, whose quaint etfigies set up in
every conceivable nook and corner Of
Japan make it Il country of craven
images" one Of the most impressive
and interesting is the pathetic person
called Binzuru. Ee was once upon
time member of that strange COM
pany Of Buddhist disciples known as
the sixteen Rakkan." But one day
he fell from grace by remarlling upon
the attractions OF a woman, and he
was expelled from the society of
chaste brethren. The great Buddha
gave him, in return for all that his
W0r,dlincss had cost him, power to
heal human ills and to grant the
prayers of childleSs women who long
ed for motherhood. But he was put
outside the temples. He must hence.
forth sit without, in the midst of the
passing throng. and submit himself
to personal contact with all that was
uEclcan and heIIthless. The simple
hearted people love him, l think,
above all saints. His wooden images
in the temple porches are the strangest
objects in all Japan. They give him
soft cushions to sit upon, and he is
always clothed in quaint little cotton
stuff collars and mufllers in all sorts of
soiled looking colors, and on his head
his devotees usually keep a curious
little cotton cap-Eleanor Franklin in
Leslie's Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
Five Cents Per Copy.
FORCE OF WATER.
The Great Power That Is Exerted By
Six Inch Stream.

the Great Power That Is Exerted By
n Six Inch Stream.
The effect of the hydraulic motor.
which Is now used for the purpose of
removing masses of earth, well nigh
passes belief. A stream of water is
suing from a pipe six inches In dame
ter, with a. fall behind it of 375 feet.
VIII carry away solid rock weighing
a ton or more to distance of fifty or
a hundred feet. The velocity of the
stream is terrific, and the column of
water projected is so solid that IL a
crowbar or other heavy object be
thrust against it the impinging object
VIII be hurled considerable distance.
BY this stream of water a man would
be instantly killed if he came in con-
tact with 1t even at q distance of a
couple of hundred feet. At 200 feet
from the nozzle six inch stream, with
a 3Io foot fall, projected momentarily
against the trunk of tree will In a
second denude it of the heaviest bark
as cleanly as if it had been cut with
an ak. Whenever such a stream Ia
turned against bank it cuts and bur-
rows it in every direction, following
out great caves and causing tons Of
earth to melt and fall and be washed
away in the sluices.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
FORGAVE MRS. S!DDONS.
She Did Not, According to Her Fas
ther, Marry an Actor.

She Did Not, According to Her Fas
ther, Marry an Actor.
Mrs. Siddons, the actress, was born
in 1855 at the Shoulder of Mutton inn,
Brecon, south Wales, of parents con-
nected with the theater, her father,
Roger Kemble, being strolling man
ager. The child Sarah was reared in a
theatrical atmosphere, and at ten she
was playing Ariel.
AS she grew up she became very
beautiful and had many admirers,
among whom was Henry Siddons, a
young actor in her fathers company,
who had little difficulty in winning the
girls heart. Mr.. and Mrs. Kemble had
made up their minds that Sarah should
not marry in the profession, in conse
quence of which they strenuously op-
posed the marriage, and young Siddons
in a fit Of retaliatory humor composed
a song detailing their opposition and
his trials, which brought about his
speedy dismissal from the company
Sarah left the company, too, and hired
out as lady's maid in Warwickshire for
two years.
During this time the lovers carried
on lively correspondence and finally,
gaining the reluctant consent of the
Kembles, were married at Trinity
church, Coventry, in 1773, when Sarah
was eighteen.
1t is said that Mr.. Kemble told her If
she ever married an actor it would
make him discard her forever After
her marriage he said, Il may forgive
you without breaking my word, for you
have certainly not married AN actor
whatever the gentleman himself may
think is his vocation" This is on au-
thority of Lady Eleanor Butler, who
knew the persons.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
Parliament.

The name parliament" is derived
from the French word "parler," to
speak. The word was originally writ
ten "parlement," as in French, and,
although the spelling has gradually
changed, the pronunciation remains the
same. The earliest mention Of the
word parliament" in the English stat
utes is in the preamble to the statute
Of Westminster in 1872. For the origin
of the institution itself we must go
back to Anglo-Saxon times, when 1t
fourished as the witenagemot. In the
reign Of Henry III. parliament was
formally separated into the two houses
Of lords and commons, and the delibera-
tions were conducted in separate cham
bers.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
Mouth Ulcers.

Little ulcers that appear in the
mouth from time to time are exceed
ingly annoying and painful. An old
fashioned household remedy is alum,
the powder or crystals being applied 70
the yellow center. But this is bitter.
nasty dose. A physician has prescrib-
ed the use of a saturated solution of
potassium chlorate, applied every two
hours. Saturated solution" means as
much potassium chlorate as can be dis
solved in certain amount of water.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18

ferment and combines with starch to
form dextrose, which special treat
ment converts into rubber. The
ptyalin of saliva is found to be
essential, but this has been obtained
in remarkable quantity from hogs.
Different kinds OF rubber result from
arresting the fermentation, and the
six grades so far produced are design
ed for waterprooting, tubes a nd othe
flexible material, tires, floor cover
ings, paving and golf balls. Unlike
other rubber substitutes, this can be
vuIcanized, or hardened by sulphur.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
TEMPER.

Temper itself is not a bad quality
1t is not to be destroyed, as we some
times say. Without temper a bar Of
steel becomes like lead. A man with
out temper is weak and worthless
We are to learn self control. A strong
person is one who has a strong tem.
per under perfect mastery. There is a
deep truth here-that our mistakes and
our sins, If we repent of them, will
help in the growth and upbuilding OF
our character.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
THE WILD BALSAM APPLE.
Its Seed Holders Are Suggestive OF
Lace Purses.

Ats See0 hOIuers Are suggestive OF
Lace Purses.
In the brooks of autumn in certain
places many little lacelike bags may
be seen drifting along with the cur
rent or stranded by the shore. They
are the inner coats or bodies of the
wild balsam apples Echinocystis loba-
ta) which have dropped from the vines
overhanging the stream and now float
lightly away with their large seeds.
The green prickly bag of the balsam
apple itself began to form in late sum.
mer, and by autumn it has withered
and faded to pale straw color We
may see the trailing vines with their
shrunken pods decorating the brook
side bushes far into the winter. The
outer coat of the pod gradually rots
away, and the inner bag or seed car
rier IS now released and exposed as
delicate, webby network Of tough
fiberS. A thin skin or membrane fills
up the space between these meshes,
but that also falls away through the
action of water and the winter storms
until only the ball-like tissue of the
purse" is left. These little purses, be-
ing extremely light and buoyant, float
far and wide over the. submerged
swamp lands in late autumn, carry
ing the seeds with them and so plant
ing the vine in new situations. If, how
ever, we take these seeds home with
us and plant them there, Mother Earth
will suitably reward us in the follow
ing year with vines of our own. They
will spring up and spread rapidly until
all the stone walls and garden fences
are decorated with the tracery of their
stems and star shaped leaves. - st.
Nicholas.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
Bad Society.

What you learn from bad habits in
bad society you will never forget, and
!f will be lasting pang to you. 1 tell
you in all sincerity, not as in the ex-
element of speech, but as l would
confess and have confessed before
God, would give my right hand II I
could forget that which 1 have learned
In bad society.-John B. Cough.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
Aepers and the Law,

The Norman-English laws enacted
that leper had neither power to sue
In any court nor to inherit property
During his lifetime he was permitted
to enjoy the usufruct of any property
In his possession at the time he was
found guilty." so to speak, of leprosy,
but all rights of disposition over it he
lost
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
Didn't Need to Tell.

''Bobbie, 1 hope you didn't tell your
mother that you saw me kissing sister
last night"
''Nope. didn't have to. Sis walked
us all up at midnight when you went
home and told it herself. ."-Minneapo.
lis Journal.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
InEratitude.

"Were you ever really glad to hang
a man?"
"Only once" answered the sheriff.
Il had prepared him hearty break
fast of steak, eggs, potatoes. waffies
and coffee"
'Yes?'
"And the Internal migrate demanded
stewed oats instead" d"-Louisville Cour.
ier-Journal.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
Autobiography of a Family Man.

was bora in New York and went to
Boston to be born again. For the first
twenty-one years of my life 1 was
known as the son of my mother, for
the next thirty as the husband of my
wife and for the last ten years as the
father of my daughter. 1 claim, there
fore, to be family man.-Independent
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18

''rhey like the taste as we'll as
maple sugar" is what one m other
wrote of Kennedy's Laxative Cough
Syrup. This modern cough syrup Is
absolutely free from any opiate or
narcotic. Contains honey and tar.
Conforms to the National Pure Food
and Drug Law. Sold by F. W.
Ruhser.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18
ANDREW pICCARDO
Freighter and Teamster
Jackson Gate Rc& {.

Freight hauled from Martell depot
and other points at lowest rates.
All parties wanting freight from
Martell delivered promptly should
have the same addressed in care of
A. Piccardo, and send bills of lading
care Peter Piccardo Water st.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18

Receipt books, location blanks, deeds
mortgages, promissory notes, etc.,
for sale; also mining signals on
cloth, graduation diplomas, at the
Ledger Office.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18

MISCELLANY
Reported weekly for the Ledger.

The Cheapest Light Quality of
Common Paints Spectacles fer
Stammering-A Prompt Fire Alarm.
The Marvel of Insect Eyes. Com
pressed Air in Mining. g.-Artificia
Plants Rubber from Wheat-Port-
able Wireless.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18

Copies of the license ordinance of
the City of jackson in pamphlet form
may be had at the Ledger office; price
75c. each.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18

If you wish to remove aYarice. you
must remove its mother, luxury
Cicero
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18

Food don't digest? Because the
stomach lacks some one of the
essential digestants or the digestive
juices are not properly balanced.
Then, too, it is this undigested food
that causes sourness and painful in
digestion. Kodol for indigestion
should be used for relief. hodol Is
solution of vegetable acids. 1t
digests what you eat, and corrects
the deficiencies of the digestion.
kodol conforms to the National Pure
Food and Drug Law. Sold here by
f. W. Ruhser.
kodoI for Dyspepsia
Dlgests what you eat.
Amador ledger., 1907-01-18

Ledger & Chicago Inter- Ocean, So. so
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-01

From The White ON (K0H) RcgiShr.
Attending the story OF every cyclone there
is something OF the nature Of u freak To b"
related. During the small twi~tar IN the
Highland district recently the almost in
credible happened. Hut We must believe the
story. for 1t was told by truthful men, Be-
tween two Cornerstones Of "A barn mir. Ruth
run's barn. We believed the feathers and
perhaps the foot Of "a chicken protruded.
The stones were intact and showed no slgns
Of ever having been disturbed hy man or the
power Of the elements. But the chicken was
blown In bet ween those large stones bv the
fury Of the storm in some manner II was "a
chicken without a doubt, though pressed M
thin as nm onlon peel. How did It get therr2
The theory shared by nearly all who vii
MESSED the phenomenon " that during the
storm and u sIddPn gust of Wind tn" barn
and the top stone Mere lifted sufficiently higI
to allow the chicken To be- blown into the
rrsviCe and before the fowl could gpt Out the
barn settled down.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-01
QUEER NISDIRECTED LETTER.
Post once Workers Found . Firm Long
Merged In Another.

The tracers employed by the New York
Post Office have become No expert in de-
ciphering poorly addressed letters and
forwarding them to their proper destina-
ions that il Is seldom NOWADAYS that any
thing disconcerts them.
A letter received the other day by 4
we'll known downtown firm is a good ex-
ample of the proficiency Of New York
tracers. The envelope bore the following
address
To Dealer in OLD MAsoSIC BooKs,
Near old Aston Hotel.
u think on Blocker ST.,
New York Guy.
~
1hc addreSsCe's name was not given and
the name Of the street was wrong. How
ever. the tracers sat To work aud obtained
The following information:
The dealer referred To occupied at one
time a store in BARCLAY street near the
Aston House, Thirty years x he moved
uptown, took n former clerk in partner shin
and changed the name of the firm. 4
few Years later he died and the junior
partner continued the business under
his own name. Ten or twelve years z
he was bought out 10y a larger firm, which
Recently combined with several others
to form a still larger concern.
In the course Of thirty years the original
firm hal moved TO several different parts
ut the city, tho heal oi the concern had
disd ard the hu-,nes- bad changed ia
name four lines Notwithsta ndinV thc,a,
apparently il~suFmuuntsble obstacles tbo
missive reached its destination only twenty
four hours delayed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-01
From he R,dh

TTUW III HfVN' 7
Il il not R'nCrally known that bees are
~Niftcr IN Hight than pigeons hat II. tor
short distances. Some wears aro u pigeon
rancicr of liummc. NsslphaliH. lald a wager
that a dozen bees liberated three mites from
their hives would reach home ~ less I'm"
than n dozen pigeons. The COmpri TORS
We're given wing ~ RNbern, u VILLA 90 nearly
u League from lamwr, aud the ir>t hC"
rca' he'd III" hive a quarter ~ q minute IN
advance ot tho tTs' pig"ou Three Other
hr,, g~.i'ht"I IL" goal before th' -t.oul
pigeon ~ bee we're il-u ~,ighii, haiii
tapped haNinz bcUp rull"l ~ tU'I LtlUic
starting for PURPOSE VI ideptlncation