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Established November i, 1855. NEWS OF NEARBY COUNTIES Becomes Insane While In a Mine, : . A LITTLE GIRL ESCfIPES A HORRIBLE DEATH The Angels Echo's Sarcastic Remarks On the Removal of the Cala- '* veras County Seat. EL DORADO COUNTY. Nugget, Plaoerville, March 3, IMO. D. C. Wickham of this city, while working at the German mine a day or two ago, became suddenly insane. Sheriff Bosquit and Deputy Hoiix brought him here to his home where he is slowly recovering.. - His- affliction arises from pains in the head caused by an accident ' years ago to one of his eyes. :: -.'.\-' Dr. Brown has gone to Amador county to open up a mine in conjunc tion with H. E. Pickett. Joe Edner and Carl Vaughn returned from Sutler Creek yesterday. Democrat, Placerville, March 3, 1900. The residence of Thomas Carter, near the hospital, was ; entirely de stroyed by fire last Saturday morning, with, all its contents. Tho fire was discovered at about 4 o'clock, and was then too far advanced 10 bo stayed. The loss is covered by insurance. >, Miss Nettie Barnes of Bear Creekj who has been vUiting-in Amador county, returned home las-t Saturday. Frank Nieholls, guardian of the Mar shall Monument, was over f rom-Coloma on Monday last. Republican. Flacurvillo, March 1, 1900. Mrs. John Blackiston of White Rock is still in an almost helpless condition owing to her recent illness. It seoins to be an affliction uf the spine, sup posed to have resulted from a fall she received several years ago, which has produced partial paralysis. The cane against Charles Melchoir of Mosquito, charged with cattle-stealing last week by Ben Cook, was dismissed on preliminary examination at George town. ' Tho prosecuting witness failed to appear and the case was dismissed for lack of evidence. TUOLUMNE COUNTY: Independent, Sonora, March 3, 1900. Josheph Gloster, John McDonald, Carl Rice, Joseph Kniui, William Guinn, James Davidson, and R. MoOann were arrested and brought to Carters, Sun day, charged with gi-anrl larceny, for breaking into- L. A. Ban-ones' store near the Buchanan mine and making off with a lifty-gallon keg of whiskey, a case of .bcor and cigars. Fnom accounts there was a ''hot time" until the fire water was gone. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Hinder on Wednesday observed the twelfth anni versary of their raarriagu by inviting their relatives to partak« of an even ing's enjoyment. The new home of Mr. and Mrs. Hemlor was the scene of much festivities. During the evening music, singing and conversation occu pied the time until 12 o'clock when a sumptuous repast was indulged in by those present. Andy Shine met with' a painful accident Sunday. Wbilo unloading baled hay at Pickle's stable ho fell heavily to the 'ground, striking on his right hip and side. Although severely bruised and shaken up, no broken bones or internal injuries resulted. He is confined to his bed under the care of Dr. Gould. . •■•*. :-.v Democratic Banner, Sonera, . March 2, 1000. Clara, the three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' John Cazzaretta,, came near being the victim of a frightful ac cident last Friday morning. Her father was slacking two barrels of lime. Upon- the top of the boiling snb stance he had sprinkled a coating of sand. She lost her balance and pitched headforemost into the seething lime. Just as she fell her father saw her and ere it takes to tell it he had her res cued. As quick as he was, yet he was too late to save the face of the infant. It was scorched, not seriously, how ever. Her eyes were burned, but not to their injury. A horrible duath was near to the child. . CALAVERAS COUNTY- Echo, Angels Camp February 28, 1900. ' ' A certain expressman in Angels greased his axles the other day pre paratory to going to San Andreas to remove the county seat to Angels. If he doesn't drink more than a quart of coffin varnisti on the way he will be apt to get the hall of records here by Friday, night, and being a seven-day adventist he will rest on Saturday and sober up preparatory to bringing the court room and. jail over on Sunday. If hay is anywhere handy on the route be may feed . his team up and not get there till early on Monday. He will then enter upon the work of bringing over the hospital and graveyard thereto be longing. The county officers, will, of course, walk over sometime during the week and hunt up suitable quarters to reside in. The courthouse and all the other buildings pertaining to the county seat will be erected in the blank '. space at Angels known as the "Toad etool" editor's mind, and a very desir able locality it is. Owing to the space being small it will have to be a minia ture affair throughout, but it will serve all present and future needs, and be dedicated to the memory and the strenuous efforts of the "Toadstool." Prospect, San Andreas, March 3, 1900. A supper was given Wednesday even ing by Paradise Temple, Rathbone Sis ters, to the Blacktown Belles who took part in the show recently given. Music, dancing and games filled up the time, ending with a generous feed to which all did ample justice. ; "After doctors failed to cure me of pneu monia I used One Minute Cough Cure and three bottles of it cured me. It is also the best rem edy on earth for whooping cough. It cured my grandchildren of the worst cases," writes Jno. Berry, Loganton, Pa. It is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate results. Cures coughs, colds, croup and throat and lung troubles. It prevents consumption. Children always like it. Mothers endorse It. City Pharmacy. '. » UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. Berkeley Athletes Are Preparing For Hard Contesti. University of California, Peb- 1 ruary 28.— The track athletes of the 1 University of California will go east < next May to enter a triple meet with 1 Cornell and Columbia, and dual meets ' with Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Prince- i ton, and probably with Yale and Chi- ; The Amador Ledger. :a<ro, and to take part ." in . the great annual games of the-' lntercollegiate Association at Chicago. j Pi-inoeton has offeivd its track (or training. I Only once before has a California t^.ira beon sent east— in 1.8J15, when the Berkeley athletes won. the . Western Intercollegiate championship, defeated Princeton, tie-1 Pennsylvania, and dis lh>£tiished themselves at Mott Haven.' ■ Among the athletes who are most likely to make the eastern- team are Track Captain William P.. Drum, whose year of service in the Philippines has not impaired his skill in the sprints ; Cadogan, the quarter-mile runner; Ben Bakewell. the hurdler; Hoffman, the pole- vaulter and high jumper; Woolney, the shot-putter and sprinter; Plaw. tho hammer-thrower; and Broughton. the broad-jumper and sprinter. .J Track Manager Ezra Decoto and the students are raising a guarantee fund of $3000. : A crew from the University of Calif ornia will row against the great eastern universities at Poughkeepsie •in the spring 1 of-1001. Boating has never held its proper place in California athletics because of Stanford's inability to find water. The Intercollegiate . Rowing Association hopes to make the Pough keepsio regatta, all American Henley. - Major-General William Mbntrose Graham, U.S. A., retired, reviewed tho /.University Cadets this morn ing.' General Graham's son," First Littuicnant Malcom Graham, U. S. A., now stationed at- Iloilo, was formerly a member of the present Senior class. Major Robert Mouthop, '00 command ed the parade today and Major Harri son S. Robinson. '00, the review. Lieutenant Sidney A. Cloman, who was Professor of Military Science and L'acUes at the University of California when the war with Spain broke out, is now civil and military governor of a little group of islands near Borneo, 700 miles from Manila, whose Mohamme lavn natives have long •; practiced poly gamy and slavery. " -; \Wben J)r. -.J0.-viih LeConte entered his lecture-room last Monday morning, be found it* beautifully decorated, crowded with students, and. a line Cop ley print of "The Prophets" on his desk, the student's gift in honor of his seventy-seventh birthday. "We have tried," said the venerable scientist to "his children," "to give you the true spirit of science, and more than that, tho true spirit of learning." ' President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California will return from the cast next Tuesday. The Pro motion Committee of the Pacific Com mercial Museum has voted to meet im mediately . after hU return in order to hear tho results of bis interview with tho President and other ' members of the government while he waa in Wash ington. | President Wheeler's "Alexander the Great and Merging of East and West in Universal History," which was printed as a serial in tho Century, has. just been issued in book form as one of the Putnam series, "Heroes of the Nations." i A second edition will soon be out of Professor C. C. Plehn's "Introduction to Public Finance," which is now used as a text-book by Yale, Cornell, Chi cago, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Stan ford, California and a number of other colleges. This edition contains much new material, including a chapter on the financial administration of war. ' President Willsie Martin of the Sen ior class has appointed Miss Lena M. Macaulay chairman of the committee for the mprning exercises of Class Day, F. W. Aitkin chairman of the after noon committee, and Percival Dolman chairman of the committee on Senior Ball. ■ : ■ - ".--. • Do Yon Know Consumption is preventable? Science has proven that, and also that neglect is suicidal. .The worst cold or cough can be cured with Shi loh's Cough and Consumption Cure, Sold on positive guarantee for over fifty years. For sale by A. Goldner, Drnggist. * SOUND EXPLAINED. Sued on the Result of Scientific Re- search. The subject of sound, presents some interesting topics for general consider ation, and a few .words on one or two points may merit attention. The modern definition of sound is, that it is the effect produced on the auditory nerve by the vibrations of air. With this definition . in mind, the old question, "If there were no ear to hear, ■would there be any sound?" is easily answered: The vibrations would be present, but. all would be as silent as death. ... - Sound vibrations travel in air at a velocity of about 1090 feet per second. Rain or fog does not affect the velocity materially, but moisture does affect the intensity of the vibrations, because water is a better conductor than air, being more perfectly elastic. It is a common observation, that sound vibrations may be heard much more distinctly when the air is nearly saturated with moisture, just before a rain. So, people often prophesy rain, on such occasions, with reasonable cer tainty. - In order to be heard as sounds, the vibrations must come at a rate not less than sixteen per second. Vibrations of less rapidity cannot be detected by the ordinary ear. Then vibrations whose rate - passes above 38,000 per second, again pass out of the range, and cannot be registered by the nerve of hearing. Between these two extremes, occur all of the sounds, in nature, from the low throbbing note of a bass viol, to the shrillest note of some insects, or of the finger nail scraped on glass. These most rapid vibrations become extreme-; ]y painful, and .make people put their hands over tho ear as a protection. I In water sound vibrations travel about four times as fast as in air. In wood and metals, from four to sixteen times as fast. < DeWitt's Witch' Hazel Salve is unequalled for piles, injuries and skin diseases . ,It is the. original Witch Hazel Salve. Beware of all' counterfeits. City Pharmacy. * i Going Barefoot. Going- barefoot is decidedly a natural propensity. In summer weather in many places j folk go barefoot from choice, and ' nothing delights children more than to have their pedal extrem ities divested of all clothing. This practice is coming more generally into vogue, and, though it has such disad vantages as an occasional thorn in the foot, it certainly promotes the health of the whole body aud gives the feet an opportunity of more natural growth. It is a fact that the tender feet of those who never expose them to hardship, but keep them housed all the jear round, are . direct causes of ill health, of colds, of weakness of the eyes, and many other minor troubles. To rem edy this, many well-known medical men now advise their patients to go barefooted a little time every day, In their rooms, in the yard, or at the sea side for two or three hours when on the beach, or whenever they can with out trouble. Those who cannot do this can take substitutes by washing the feet every night. Incased in shoes and stockings they perspire, and this i perspiration is very unhealthy. JACKSON, AMADOU COUNTY. CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 9. 1900. INDIA'S GREAT FAMINE Thousands Will Starve From Lack of Water. nmnr million acres of irrigated i unds The Boer War Occupying England's Attention and Treasure Is a Disadvantage to India. India is again confronted with the misery of a great famine and England, even with a disastrous war in South Africa upon her hands, will have to stretch forth a strong arm to help the suffering millions of i her ■ far eastern" peninsula. Over 50,000,000 souls are now reported to be affected by the famine, and with the famine area rap idly expanding. A London dispatch states that the sum of 98,700,000 will be expended on "relief works" anil that already over 3,000,000 persons are re ceiving relief. Water, or rather its lack, is the causo of the affliction. This year both the monsoons nod the winter rains failed and left the earth parched and dry for months. Yet the English by thoir public works in India and their great irriga tion projects have vastly added to the producing capacity of the country and have greatly, ameliorated the natural condition of [ the natives. The pro ducts from irrigation for last year, ac cording to the Indian official figures, amounted to 450,000,000 rupees. . . i ■ "-.•■ NATURE'S MIGHTIEST WORKS. India includes within her borders the highest mountains in the world and some of the mightiest rivers and great est plains. The groat Himalayan range 1,600 miles long, lying across the north ern border, shuts out the rest of Asia. Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, pierces the sky 29,002 feet above the tides, while peaks over 20, 000 feet elevation abound in all parts of the range. There are numerous well worn trails leading from India across tho Himalayas through Kashmeor and Nepal into Thibet and China, and the passes on these are from 16,000 to 19,000 feet high. In making such a journey the traveler for several days remains above 16,000 feet altitude. Only one pass is as low as 16,400 feet. 1 The historic Ganges, the Indus and, the Brahmaputra are the three great' rivers of India. These with- their affluents drain an area of nearly 900,000 square miles. Their waters are largely used for irrigation, constituting , in reality the life blood of much of the country. The flood discharges of these greaf streams are enormous. The Ganges alone, in flood, may discharge 1,350,000 cubic feet per second. HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN THE WORLD India's rainfall which is accountable for this immense volume of water, comes exclusively from evaporation from the Indian Ocean and the bays on cither side of tho peninsula. The dis tribution of this rainfall is extremely varied, ranging from a couple of inches a year, or in some sections prac tically nothing, to over. 600 inches, which falls in a limited area in Assam. At Chara Pungi, Assam, the maximum rainfall of the world is reached in an average annual precipitation of 363 inches, while at this place in 1861, thirty inches fell in 24 hours and 305 inches fell during that year. These figures cau bo appreciated when it is remembered that the annual rainfall in the Atlantic States on the American seaboard, is from 35 to 45 inches and that in the West, farming is conducted without irrigation on as low an annual rainfall as 15 or 18 inches. . STUPENDOUS IRRIGATION WORKS; . The irrigation works of India are the vastest in the world, watering over 20,000,000 acres of very fertile soil. The government has entire control over all sources of water supply and so exor cises it as to make it the greatest bene fit to the community at large. Each province has a separate department known as the irrigation branch, at the head of which is a chief engineer, while over all the chief engineers is an in spector-general of irrigation. The Indian government is greatly in favor of the extension of irrigation works. It fosters the use of irrigation waters by placing the water rates very low or by even giving the wattr away in years of scarcity. The Indian irriga tion works have generally been of the most substantial and indestructible character, of solid masonry and great strength. In some instances canals of immense volumes of water are carried clear over other rivers. There are in India two classes of irrigation works which may be termed productive and protective works. In general, protective works have been constructed as. a protection against famine, such as now stares India in the face, and they act in the amelioration of such disasters in two i ways. First, they ~ are constructed ■ during famine times to give employment to the people and furnish them money and food for their sustenance; and second, after their construction, they are expected to furnish protection against future famines in those districts. Most of these protective works consist of stor age reservoirs, but they have been constructed in regions semi-arid, and they have generally proven financial failures while the so-called "product ive" works have earned good interest on tho Investment. From all of which we can learn a 10-son applicable to America's arid west. Tho productive works have been constructed in arid regions so barren and devoid of water that nobody could live there to pro duce crops of any sort without irriga tion, therefore .those who immigrated to the country were compelled to use the water and make the works do full duty. On the other hand the protect ive works have been built in semi-arid regions where crops can often be raised under the natural rainfall, -so that the works have been in entire disuse through some seasons. Anywhere in our arid west, where irrigation works can be constructed it is reasonable to suppose, therefore, judging from analogy, that when a sufficient population settle below them, the works will be called upon to supply their full capacity, and if they have been carefully planned and I estimated for, economically constructed and ad ministered under a proper system, they should return fair interest on the original outlay. It has been in our semi-humid region of the United States where there are naturally good crops once in several years that hard times have fallen the hardest, but It is also here, judging from Indian experience, that irrigation works would pay least, because they would not be continuously used. FARMERS BULLETINS. Agricultural Information Can Be Obtained for the Asking. ;. \ 7; Hon. Marion DeVpien, representative at Washington . of this Congressional District, has furnished tho LEDGER with the following list |of Farmers', Bulletins'- now' ready for distribution. Those desiring the same will please drop a' postal to Mr. DeVrivs indicating thenumbcr of the bulletin desired," and he will take great pleasure in filling the order. The publications arq of groat value to the farmer, as they are calculated to give full and complete information upon the subject treated by each: No. 16— Leguminous Plants for Green Manuring and for Feeding. Pp. 24. 1 No. 19 — Important Insecticides; Di rectious for their preparation and use. Pp2o. •-; .• No. 21— Barnyard Manure. Pp 32, figS, 7. " . .. '..-.; No. 22— Tho Feeding of Farm Ani mals. Pp 32. y. 'i No. 23— Foods: Nutritive Value aud Cost.j Pp 32, charts 2. ; , -.--••:. .^ a No7 24— ; Hog Cholera " and Swine Plague. Pp 16. No. 25 — Peanuts: Culture .and Uses. Pp24, figs I. No. 26— Sweet Potatoes: Culture and Uses. Pp 30, figs 4. No. 27— Flax for Seed and Fiber. Pp 16. No. 28— Weeds: and How to Kill Them. Pp 32. figs 11. No. 29— Souring of Milk, and Other Changes in Milk Products. Pp 23. No. 30 — Grape Diseases on tho Pacific Coast. Pp 15, figs 3. No. 31— Alfalfa, or Lmwrn. Pp 24. figs 3. No. 32— Silos anil Silage. Pp 32, figs 10. No. 33 — Peach Growing for Market. Pp 24, figs 21. .; , No. 34— Meats: Composition ami Cooking. Pp2<>, figs 4. No. 35— PotatoCulture. Pp23, figs 3. No. 36— Cotton Seed and Its Pro ducts. Pp 16. :^ No. 37— Kaffir Corn: Characteristics, Culture and Uses. Pp 16, Bg 1. No. 38— Spraying for Fruit Diseases. Pp 12, figs 6. No. 39— Onion Culture. Pp3l, figs 3. No. 40— Farm Drainage. Pp 24, figs 6. No. 41 — Fowls: Caro and Feeding. Pp24, figs 4. . :: . - No. 42— Facts About Milk. Pp 29, figs 8. No. 43 — Sewage Disposal on the Farm and Protection for Drinking ; Water. Pp 20, figs 8. No. 44 — Commercial Fertilizers: Com position and Use. Pp 24. No. 45— Some Insects Injurious to Stored Grain. Pp 24, figs 17. No. 46 — Irrigation in Humid Cli mates. Pp 27, figs 4. No. 47 — Insects Affecting the Cotton Plant. Pp 32, figs 18. No. 48 — Tho ' Manuring of Cotton. Ppl6. No. 49— Sheep Feeding. Pp 24. No. 50 — Sorghum as a Forage Crop. Pp2o, figl. No. 51— Standard Varieties of Chick ens. Pp4B, figs 44. ;v No. 52— Nho Sugar Beet. Pp 48, figs 24. No. 53 — How to Grow Mushrooms. Pp2o, figs 14. No. 54 — Some Common Birds in Their Relation to Agriculture. Pp 40, figs 22. No. 55 — The Dairy Herd: Its Forma tion and Management. Pp 24. No. 56 — Experiment Station Work-I. Pp 31, iigs 10. No. 57 — Butter. Making on the Farm. Ppls. No. 58— The Soy Bean as a Forage Crop. Pp 24, figs 5. No. 59— Bee Keeping. Pp 32, figs 19. No. 60 — Methods of Curing Tobacco. Ppl6. \ < No. 61 — Asparagus Culture. Pp 40, figs 17. No. 62 — Marketing Farm Produce. Pp2B, figs 7. No. 63 — Care of Milk on tho Farm. Pp4o, figs 9. No. 64 — Ducks and Geese: Standard Breeds and Management. Pp 48, figs 37. No. 65 — Experiment Station Work 11. Pp 32, figs 7. No. 66 — Meadows and Pastures in the Middle Eastern States. Pp 28, figs 9. No. 67 — Forestry for ' Farmers. Pp 48, figs 15. No. 68— The Black Rot of the Cab bage. Pp22, figl. . No. 69— Experiment Station Work 111. Pp 32, figs 2. No. 70— The Principal Insect Ene mies of the Grape. Pp 23, figs 12. No. 71 — Some Essentials in Beef Pro duction. Pp 24, figs 17. No. 72 — Cattle Ranges of the South west. Pp 32, figs 9. No. 73 — Experiment Station Work- IV. Pp 32, figs 3. No. 74— Milk as Food. Pp 39, cht 2. No. 75 — The Grain Smuts: How They Are Caused and How to Prevent Them. Pp 20, figs 8. No. 76 — Tomato Growing. Pp 30. No. 77— The Liming of Soils. Pp 19. No. 78 — Experiment Station Work- V. Pp 32, figs 2. , No. 79— Experiment Station Work- VI. Pp 28, figs 2. No. 80— The Peach Twig-borer: An Important Enemy of Stone Fruits. Pp 16, figs 5. No. 81— Corn Culture in the South. Pp24. No. 82— The Culture of Tobacco. Pp 24. No. 83— Tobacco Soils. Pp 23, fig 1. No. 84 — Experiment Station Work- VII. Pp 32, figs 8. No. 85— Fish as Food. Pp 30. No. 86— Thirty Poisonous Plants. Pp 32, figs 24. . No. 87— Experiment Station Work- VIII. Pp 32, figs 6. No. 88— Alkali Lands. Pp 23, fig 1. No. 89— Cowpeas.' Pp 16, fig 1. No. 90 — The Manufacture of Sorghum Sirup. Pp 32, figs 9. No. 91— Potato Diseases and Their Treatment. Pp 12, figs 4. No. 92— Experiment Station Work- IX. Pp 30. •■: No. 93— Sugar as Food. Pp 27. No. 94— Tho Vegetable Garden. Pp 24, figs 8. No. 95 — Good Roads for Farmers. Pp 47, figs 49. No. 96— Raising Sheep for Mutton. Pp 48, figs 18. No. 97— Experiment Station Work- X. Pp 32, figs 5. No. 98 — Suggettions to Southern Farmers. Pp 48. No. 99— Three Insect Enemies of Shade Trees. Pp 30. figs 11. No. 100— Hog Raising in the South. Pp4o. r No. 101— Millets. Pp 28, .figs 6. No. 102 — Southern Forage Plants. Pp 48, figs 14. No. 103 — Experiment Station Work- XL Pp 32, figs 5. No. 104— Notes on Frost. Pp 24. No. 105— Experiment Station Work- XII. Pp 32, figs 4. No. 106— Breeds of Dairy Cattle. Pp 48, figs 21. No. 107— Experiment Station Work- XII. (In press.) No. 108 — Saltbushes. (In press.) No. 109 — Farmers' Reading Courses. (In press.) No. 110-Rice Culture in the United THE HOUSEHOLD. Decorating For Receptions— "SU-rer 'Bella". Mimic Portfolio—Ma* 10m Glaeee. -Whether the decorations be few or many, let the position of every spray of, flowers or greens, every ribbon streamer, every ; strip of .bunting, be considered not only individually, but In connection with the entire scheme of decoration. Generally speaking, If bu{ little material for decoration Is to be osed it Is better to concentrate it In one/effective mass than to make It ex tend over'so large a space that no part of it can be made effective. Thus the Bowers may all be given to the large table, the smaller ones simply having the ] fronds of hardy ferns scattered over the cloths. This will give a much better effect than a meager bunch of flowers on each table. These hardy ferns can usually be procured at the flcrlst's for about 8 cents a bunch of I<V fronds. If no flowers at all are o^d,, there are great decorative possi bilities In these ferns alone. '' Carrying out the same idea In other decorations, It would seem better to mass .the ribbons and bunting or flags In one handsome grouping over a win dow at the end of the room or about the rostrum than to so scatter them, that the meagerness of the quantity would of Itself attract attention. One of the most attractive of decorations was seen in a church vestry, over whose window ivy was trained. The nearest approach to this could be made with trailing greens.— lnez Redding In Woman's Home Companion. . A Mmlo Portfolio. The design Illustrated should be ap plied to a music portfolio and '.a char acteristic of the old nursery rhyme: "Msry, Vary, quite contrary, ', How does your garden growl" ■ "Silver balls and cockleshells And cowslips all In a row." The silver bells of the stanza are represented by the pendent waxen blos soms of that pretty little flower. Solo mon's seal. And now let us consider the transla tion of these telling lines Into canning needlework. Linen Is the material par excellence on which the broidery should be wrought and the color should be dark. A good earth brown would be pleasing, bat citron green Is even better. This shade should throw up the delicate coloring- of the design wonderfully well and be a good wear- Ing color to boot Sixfold floss Is the embroidering ma terial to use, for the reason that It, is sufficiently tightly twisted to with stand the rub and friction to which a THE "SILVER BKIXS" DESIGN. music portfolio must necessarily be subjected. One fll of this sixfold floss must be used at a time, and the stitch es must be placed closely and evenly. Three shades of green will be requir ed—a dark shade for the twin blades of the Solomon's seal, a mldshade for the leaves of the cowslips and a pale shade for their stalks and calyxes and for edging the "silver bells" above. A fourth shade, of a more emerald tint, might be used here instead of that which goes to form the stems and ca lyxes. But this must be chosen warily, for nothing garish must be allowed to creep Into this dainty scheme. The cowslips must be worked with two shades of soft yellow, a deep shade for the corollas and a pale shade for the tubes. The bells must be palest cream or actually dead white, but nothing of a blue shade must be pres ent In this white. The shells may be buff cream or palest fawn pink. A shade of brown will be wanted for the five freckles that are seen in every cowslip flower, and this same brown may be used for outlining and defining the Outings of the shells.— Phlladel- Marron* Glace*. Those who have been In France and eaten the delicious matrons glaces of the French confectioners may be glad to know a simple method of prepara tion which can be followed at home. Procure a pound of the large Imported French chestnuts, which are sold by the fruit venders. Cover the nuts with boiling water to remove the shells. Make a sirup In the proportion of two thirds water and one-third sugar and boll the chestnuts In the water until tender. Take out the nuts from the sirup and peel off the skins. Put Into a granite basin a pound of the best granulated sugar and a cupful of wa ter. Stir gently until the sugar Is dls solved, then remove the spoon. When a little dropped Into ice water hardens and cracks, take the sirup from the fire and put the basin containing it Into another of boiling water. Dip the nuts one by one into this sirup, uslryj a small skewer or knitting needle for this pur pose, and place them on a platter lined with paraffin paper. These marrons glaces should be made Just before us ing, as tliey do not keep long. Odors and the Voice. Dr. Joal calls attention to the many cases recorded In medical literature of severe headaches, nervous disturb ances and even occasional cases of death due to the inhalation of the odors of various flowers, says The Practical -Druggist He then states that a number of singers and actors suffer from this, and that usually It is a certain odor which the affected per son cannot tolerate. The symptoms set up are usually coryza, hoarseness even to aphonia, headache, etc. He reports a number of cases in several of which good results were obtained by cauteri zation of the bypertrophied mucous membrane. EVILS OF MONOTONY. It Given Rise to More Insanity Than Any Other Cause. One would be pardoned for thinking that a man who earned his livelihood by working In the fresh air of the country, surrounded by sights delight ful to the eye aqd refreshing to the mind, would be far less liable to brain dlsenses than the man ■ sitting on a stool over a ledger in the stuffy atmos i!iii-r<» of a smoke dyed city. '<£■■% rut if statistics prove anything they l' ::vp thp worthlessness of that possi lile supposition,, says .the Cincinnati Enquirer. More agricultural laborers go mad, per cent for per cent, than any other workers. It is monotony which excites disinterestedness, which leads to depression, which develops In to melancholia, which ends perhaps in a cure, possibly In a suicidal act, prob ably In an asylum. It may safely be said that Sunday saves thousands up on thousands from the madhouse: — It Is the one break -from week to week which thousands of natures demand. _JThe agricultural laboreivthejirtisan and ■ other similar classes of r workers live on monotony, broken here and there by a small incident which In time becomes Itself monotonous. A man perhaps drives rivets; he drives them every day of the week except Sunday; every motion of his work becomes mechanical; he has no Interest in his work beyond what It. finds for him on Saturday. He has one thing to do, and the more he does that the less he does everything else. Consequently the brain becomes weak for want of more general use and weakens until It snaps. ■ ■"'■ .\~ A fine thing is a healthy hobby, but a finer, especially for Indoor workers, is a sport Healthy recreation keeps more people out of the madhouse than anything the doctors could do. Na ture demands a certain amount of bal ance, and she will have It or be re venged. Age of the Earth. Scientists are still disagreeing about the age of the earth. They have been actively discussing the subject for the last 30 years, and yet no general agree ment has been arrived at The school of Hutton and Playfalr had come to believe that the whole of eternity was at the disposal of the geologists, when Sir W. Thomson, now Lord Kelvin, as tonished the scientific world by declar ing that the age of our planet must be more than 20,000,000 years, but less than 400,000.000 years. This larger es timate has now been restricted by him to not much more than 20,000,000, while Professor Talt grudgingly allows something less than 10,000,000. Sir Archibald Geikle showed that even the phenomena of denudation which had been adduced In support of the incon ceivably vast antiquity of our globe might be accounted for at the present rate of action within such a period as 100,000,000 years. Sir Archibald, In an address before the British association, now concedes that it Is Just as well to leave the dispute about the age of the earth to the decision of the future. ' He still, however, adheres to his belief that 100,000,000 years would suffice for that portion of the history which Is registered In the stratified rocks of the crust At the same time he concedes that there Is no reason on the geolog ical side why scientists should not be at liberty to enlarge It as far as they might find to be needful for the evolu tion of organized existence on the globe. To the end of following inves tigations which might be turned to ac count in the solution of this vast prob lem Sir Archibald recommended a study of atmospheric denudations of buildings, and he urged upon town geologists that they might do good service. by. careful scrutiny of ancient building and monuments, so as to ob tain definite measures of the rate of their decay. ExiraordlnWr'r Carrtnsra. Some very extraordinary carvings are to be found at Thomboo, on the Irawaddy, where they are cut out of the face of a high cliff rising directly from the river bank and are of great size. They consist of a succession of rudely formed niches. In appearance something like the catacombs of Rome, and these are full of large and small Images of Buddha, who is represented In several positions. On the summit of the cliff Is a pagoda of great sanctity, which Is visited every year by large numbers of Dllrrlms. •' ■. ' Mrs. J. K. Miller, Newton Hamilton, Pa., writes, "I think DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve the grandest salve made." It cures piles and heals everything. AH fraudulent imitations are worthless. City Pharmacy. ■-*;■ MISCELLANEOUS. •WBE,^ .^^§^£ It has been wittily said of the martyrs that they were people who were cannon- aded while they lived and were canon- ized when they were dead. The same thing might be said of many a woman, who has been cannonaded by censures and criticisms while she lived and can- onized as a saint after death. Husbands don't mean to be small and selfish. But they can't understand the sufferings which come with debilitating drains, irregularity, inflammation, or m- ceration of the sensitive female organs. Thousands of happy women pay trib- ute to the wonderful change in their lives effected by the use of Dr. Pierce'i Favorite Prescription. It is not a cure- alL It has a specific purpose, in the cur- ing of diseases peculiar to women. It cures these diseases perfectly. Sick women can consult Dr. Pierce free by letter. Each letter is treated as a sacred confidence, privately read and promptly answered. All answers are in plain envelopes. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. " My health is much better since I have been using Dr. Pierces medicines," writes Mrs. Cora Brooks, of Martin, Franklin Co., Ga. "After having a miscarriage in 1893, I suffered with a pain in my left side and a lingering cough which grew worse and worse. I used Wine of C , but it only gave me temporary relief. Last spring I got past doing anything and my hus- band went to the drug store and called for Wine of C , and the merchant recommended Dr. Fteree's Favorite Prescription as better, so he bought one bottle. I began to take it as directed in the pamphlet wrapped around the bottle. The book said if the disease was complicated with cough to take Dr. J*i Pierces Golden Medical Jo £\ Discovery and 'Favorite \'jd\ Prescription' alternately. &7 \ Mr. Brooks got the 'Golden <ff \\ Medical Discovery ' and I I* fl % V took it as directed. The I/] V* cough left me at once and M \\ rJ ati I got better so rapidly my IJ M I husband was astonished, at rrj- ~; ■ !* my improvement. I took I o"«.'ti/.. wl six bottles of the two S _J£Zi;J medicines. lam now able 1 LJjt V ' 1 to work and do the wash- 1' 1 ■ ', &«|tor two IwniUta...- 1 J. Where Honest? Exists. "People In the small towns up In Connecticut" said the traveling man, "appear to be much more honest than they are In New York. Not one fam ily In ten thinks of such a thing as burglar alarms, and half of them do not even lock their outer doors when they retire. But what ' Impresses ma most are the street laundry boxes. "Nearly every town of 6,000 or more Inhabitants has- several places where laundry packages are received and de livered. These places are generally dry goods or notion stores, or haber dasheries. Suburban merchants *as a rule do not keep their stores open much later than 8 o'clock In the evening and do not open them until 7 or half past 7 In the morning. ' "This does not suit all their patrons, so It is no Infrequent sight to see out side the store a large red box with a fair sized opening In the top. The box bears the legend If the store Is closed, put your laundry in here.' .. Now, Juet Imagine a New York laundry office us ing a receptacle like that! Why, five minutes after a package was deposited In the box. It would be fl shed out, and In an hour its contents would be In the possession of some dealer In ' second hand clothing. Buf up In Connecticut the scheme seems to work very. well, and all I can say is that It is a tribute to the general honesty of the commu nity."—New York Herald. HU Vocation. Hicks— lt la a shame the way Buster is bringing up that boy of his. The lad doesn't know how to read or write, and there Is no Indication of his ever being sent to school. Wicks— Buster knows what he la do- In;, yon can depend upon It Probably he Intends when that boy reaches man hood he will have all the business he can attend to as criminal court Juror.— Boston Transcript Sfesury. Doctor— Stick out your tongue, Tom my. /;;.l Tommy— Not on your life! 1 did that yesterday to my teacher, and I still ache all over for It— Wiener Tagblatt MISCELLANEOUS. •••••••••• • • ••••••••• ••••••••• iiiiii ••••••••••••••••••••••••a* JACKSON, CAL. Basement of the Webb Building Everything New, Neat and MEALS SERVED AT ALL HOURS THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS ALWAYS ' . ON HAND ■■ . ■ ■ v^ :—: — Quests treated with consideration and re- spect at all times. Beat Liqnors'and Cigars at the Bar . HAMBRIC & CARLEY. ffl. A. MAILS For the Best Assortment of - Dry Goods SHOES Furnishing -:- Goods Of All Kinds For Ladies! And Children At 'the Lowest Prices GO TO^ JVI. A. MAILS Sutler Creek . BANK Of AMADOR COUNTY Incorporated November, 1895 \ - ■ Stock : : : $50,000 President Henry Eudey Vice-President S. G. Spagnoli Secretary and Cashier Frederick Eudey board of directors: Henry Eudey, S. G. Spagnoli, John Strohm, C. Marelia and Alex Eudey of Jackson. SAFE DEPOSIT.— Safe deposit boxes can be rented from the Bank of Amador County at the small expense of 35 cents a month, thereby se- curing you against any possible loss from tire or otherwise. Don't overlook this opportunity of protecting your valuables. SAVE MONEY— Patronize a home institu- tion. Send money away through the Bank of Amador County ; you will save 10 per cent and upward over pos tottlce 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 15 up. Commence the new year by opening up a 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 lia- ble to be robbed while alive. ■ ••••••••••••••••••••••••a* : l # a- kent : J Blacksmith { • Wagonmaker and • • Horseshoer^* ' I 2 CARRIAGE PAINTING AND GEN- S Z \J eral Smithing attended to with dls- Z Z patch at reasonable rates. Wharf's old Z Z stand, South Main street, Near National Z 2 Hotel, Jackson. q Ten Cents Per Cepy. •.; > LAWYERS. Tp ; A. ; FREEMAN • - • At t opocy - ft t~LJsV w Jackson, Cal. Office In Marelia building, corner Main and Court streets. T\ ■B. BPAGNULI ■ Attorney and Counselor at t»w Jackson. Cal. Practice in all the States and Federal conrts. Office: Spagnoli building, opposite Hall of Records. ■V "bAMiNKTTI Attorney and Counselor at Law ?;:..{ Jackson, Cal. Will practice in all the State and Federal "OOBEKT-Cj BOUB ' "V^-.;V, , \ ; -Attorney-at-Lawf.: j Jackson, Cal. " Office: Farley building. Summit street. * -XTBlt^A. 1 ; MACQUARRIB !* ;■'•.. Attorney and Counselor at Law . . Jackson, Cal. . . Office : Spagnoli block. Courthouse square. T W. CALDWEIJL ". ;\ Attorneyat-Law Jackson, Cal. Will practice In all courts ot the State ■yy h. willis . Attorney-at-Law ,;,;, Jackson, cal. . Office: With E. A. Freeman. . Practle* In State Courts. . ; - tohm f. uatis Jackson, Cal. Office on Summit Street, opposite Courthouse. JACOB ; L. : SAKGXNT Jackson, Cal. '•. Office: Marelia building. Court street. Mines and mining laws a specialty. NOTARIES. TTILDA CLOUGH Stenographer and Notary Pnblie Jackson, Cal. Office, Judge Davis' law offices. Summit Btreet. DOCTORS. ■CV V. TIFFANY v' : -V-:.-V .:/■■ 'Physician and Surgeon PLYMOUTH. CAL. 49- Office on Main Street : : ililfsfifl T\K. V. H. GIBBONS . Physician and Surgeon Jackson, Cal. - . . . ' .*,~*:J ( 'jl l| ' " ■ Office and residence In Well & Renoo building Office hours: 3 p.m. to 4 p. m., and when not otherwise engaged. Sunset telephone, Mala 42—4. > - .. T^KEO HUTCUINS. M. D. Physician and Surgeon Jackson, Cal. | ' Office with Dr. Robertson, in the Kay building. Will be in his office every evening (Sundays ex- cepted) from 7 to 9. EX. ENDICOTT, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Jackson, Cal. j Office: Webb building. All calls promptly attended to at all times, . . TV*- K. V. LONIGO Physician and Snrgeon Jackson, Cal. Office: Webb building. Main street. Resi- dence : Broadway, near Mane's Hotel. T~"|R. A. M. GALL 9 Physician and Surgeon .-■*■ ■ - •'; '< JACKSON, CAL. Office in Weil & Renno building. Main Street. -jyr c. sihmons Physician and Surgeon Suttib Cheek, Cal. Office: Richards building. Residents* : Sut- ter Hotel. ■ T~\B. J. H. Giles ''<:>.; i^r; . ' '. ' Physician and Surgeon Suiter Creek, Cal. Office: Eureka Street, one block east of Mala. DENTISTS. r\K. C. A. HEKKICK DENTIST '—r}\ Jackson. Cau Office in Kay building. Hours from 9 a. m. to sp.m. MISCELLANEOUS. JACKSON Marble and Granite Works HEADSTONES MONUMENTS All Kinds of Marble and Granite CITY . PRICES Granite curbings from 11.25 (and upward) a foot. Cement curbings 80 cents a foot. Come and see me, for you will be well pleased with my work. A. FRAN ATO VICH, Jackson, Cal. J. H. LANGHORST Main Street, Jackson WATCHES, CLOCKS .EMOT* AND SILVERWARE *5T* All goods warranted as represented Repairing of watches, Clocks and jewelry a specialty. ANTONE RATTO Carpenter and Contractor — • ESTIMATES GIVEN ON ALL KINDS OF work. Jobbing and repairing work at- tended to promptly. Address at Fregulla'i shop, BroMway, Jackson,