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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
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JACKSON, CAL.
Basement of the Webb Building
Everything New, Neat and
MEALS SERVED AT ALL HOURS
THE BEST
THE MARKET
AFFORDS
ALWAYS ' .
ON HAND
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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. ■
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: 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.
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-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.
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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
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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
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ESTIMATES GIVEN ON ALL KINDS OF
work. Jobbing and repairing work at-
tended to promptly. Address at Fregulla'i
shop, BroMway, Jackson,

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