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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07

We wonder if parents in Ritzville
,nerally knew that their little boys
'e in the habit of riding about every
eight train that comes into the
lrds and often get on the passenger
I'D ride out quite a distance and
Zen jump off. If they do know we
onder if they ever figured on about
hat was the chances for being called
to attend some little boys funeral
to the performing of surgical
peration by some doctor. That is q
I'd thing to contemplate and no one
ants anything oil the kind to occur,
ut unless there is some steps taken
prevent it it will surely happen.
'on't put it off by saying my boys
O not 60 on the trains unless you
now. The temptation is great for
ny boy when he sees other boys do
ng these thingg.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the rates
OF tuition for non residents of school
district No. l for the nine months
term beginning Sept. 8, 1898 will be
as follows: Higher room, $500 per
month; intermediate department,
$1.50 per month; primary department
S1.00 per month. Non residents are
those children not residing in school
district No. / on June /, 1898 and
whose names do not appear in the
school census enumeration of the
present year. The tuition must in
variably be paid in advance for the
full term and no rebate will be allowed
in any event. Scholars will not be
enrolled until tuition is paid to E. d.
Gibson, clerk school district No. l.
G. STAsER,
j. A. THOMPSON,
o. R. HAIGHT,
Board of Directors
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07

Today the three political parties
hich by their alliance two years ago
cured control of the affairs of the
ate meet again at Ellensburg, the
enc of their former work. No one
II foretell with any exactness what
the results Of the meeting will be
1T it is a pretty sure thing that
lsion of some kind will be one of the
suits. While the meeting may not
, love feast altogether the prevail
6 idea will be that in uniting the
ctions the anti-administration party
i'll all the hope OF success lie and
lille they may not like each other
all they will think they hate the
I'D republicans more.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07
Farmers Column.
.ANNANNNINNNI<NNtNNHNNN(NX

Some of the farmers declare they
will not sell wheat at the present
prices but will hold until it is worth
more. We hope that they will get all
they expect, we do not remember very
many times since we have been in the
county that it paid to hold wheat
over when it was worth 30 cents in
the fall. Some farmers seem to have
notion that the local buyers and the
papers are misrepresenting the actual
state of affairs and that there is a
great scarcity of wheat. 1t is not
clear to us why this should be. The
local buyer does not as rule hold
the wheat he buys long enough to
get the benefit of any raise and he
can make as much out OF wheat when
the market is good as when it is poor,
so it is not to his interest to have
low price. As far as the papers are
concerned it is merely a matter Of
guess with them from the largest
New York daily to the smallest pub
LEGATION in the country. With wheat
growing all around the world and
harvest coming on somewhere nearly
the year round, no one can tell about
shortage and surplus with any GER
tainty and therefore cannot tell with
any certainty much about what the
price will be. 1t is not the wheat
buyer that cares particularly to see
wheat low because if he buys low he
sells low. The class of people who
are really DESTROYS of low prices for
wheat ore the people who buy it in
the shape OF flour or bread and at re-
tail they are always glad to have
wheat low, and in fact it has got to be
down to a certain price before they
buy it and therby reduce the surplus.
or in other words the millions of con-
sumers of bread keep surplus on
hand in the world by refusing to buy
when the price goes up to shortage
prices.
High prices then can hardly be ex-
pected while there is a surplus and
when there is no surplus high prices
would be useless except for specula-
tive purposes which are very uncer-
tain. 1t is doubtful in our opinion if
the prices of last year obtain again
for number of years.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07
The Fruit Fair.

Spokane from the 4th to 10Th OF
October will be the gayest city in
America. This is the time OF the an
nual fruit fair, which is yearly doing
SO much for the Inland Empire by
advertising its resources and products
to the world.
Every day during this time there
will be some society or order which
will have a meeting in the city and
will have parade of its own besides
the big harvest parade which will
open the fair and viii be something
grand.
The city will be decorated during
these two weeks as it never was dec
grated before and at night it will be a
perfect blaze Of electrical displays OF
all kinds. Tho city promises some
grand sights during this time.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07

At the national convention OF the
iddle-of-the-road poulists which
mmenced last Monday at Cincinatti
no, Ignatius Donnelly as temper
y chairman took occasion to roast
,nator Butler as traitor to the
irty.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07

Why SO many exclamation points
.cause Secretary Alger is supposed
have done his share of stealing.
rs not Mr.. Alger been considered
netting of a financier for years?
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07

METHODIST Episcopal Church = Preaching
lu service every Lords Day, morning and
evening. Sunday school every Sabbath at 10
a. m. Mid-week prayer meeting every Thurs
day evening. Choir practice after prayer meet
ing. All are invited. Griffith's Corners
Preaching services every second ard fourth
Sunday at p. IN. Willis-Preaching every
first and third Sunday at 3 p. m.
b. l.. HICKS, Pastor.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07

Now that school has began we would
ggest curfew ordinance. Young
lildren should not be allowed to
am the streets at night at any time
nch less during the school term.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07
Planes and Organs.

Call and see them. High grade
instruments. The best manufacturers
SIS and $25 cheaper than Spokane or
Seattle. Fresh from factory. You
can make your own terms.
TINA HARRISON.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07

VIZ OF W-Meets on second and fourth Mon
w day of each month. All neighbors in
good standing are invited to visit the camp,
r. Z. VINCENT, G. c.
W, W. ZENT Clerk.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07
These are the times when the willy
,litician getteth in his work.
1t seems that Gear Nicholas would
We everybody stop fighting till he
n fix his suspender.

Generally the inclination is to kick
nan who is down, this may account
so many feet being pointed in
n. Ayers direction at this time.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07

n ERMAN Congregational Preaching every
" Sunday at II a. m. and p mr. Sunday
school at 10 a. m. Prayer meeting every We'd
nesday at 5 p. m. All German speaking people
are cordially invited to attend. Others arc
welcome. GOTTLIEB SCHEUERLE, Pastor. .
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07

After the thunderous explosives of
OF and shell comes "the soft phrase
peace" The first accents of peace
utterance have fallen on will ng
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07

M W.A.-Meets every second and fourth Fri-
vi day evening of each month. Visiting
ncighbors will receive II cordial welcome.
L. i. PAsK'LL V. c.
L. D. gibson, Clerk
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07

u o. r. NJ. Defiance Tent No. II, Knights OF
N the Maccabees, meet first and third Satur-
day evenings at 7:30 sharp. All visiting Sir
Knights welcome. C. o. GREENE, Com.
E. ID. gibson, X. X
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07

n n A. R.--W. B. HAGEN Post, No. 49,
ASA VI meets first and Third Saturdays
WV D.. j. ZENT, Commander.
Nv II. ZIMMERMAN, Adj.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07

GERMAN Evangelical Church--Rev. Gilman,
VI pastor. Services every other Sunday in
each month at 1880 a. m; Sunday school every
Sunday at $3.50 a. m. All German speaking
people invited.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07

CONGREGATIONAL Church-G. II. Newman,
" pastor. Preaching every Sunday at II a m.
and 1880 p m. Sabbath school at y O'Clock m.
Y. p. s. c. E., $3.50 p. m.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07

q IL AND A. M-Ritzville Lodge +. &
~ II A. NJ. No. 1o1, meets in regular
" communication ON the second and
~ fourth Saturdays in each month at
>7:30 p. IN. All brethren cordially in
'ited to be present. o. II. GREENE. w. NJ.
1. WATSON MYERS, Secy.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

INPWORTH LEAGUE - Devotional services
" every Sabbath at 80 p. m. at the +.
church. B. L. HICKS, Pastor.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07

To.O F.-Ritzville Lodge No IS,
KENSe L l. Q. o. f., meets every Thurs
Rday night at O'Clock in the Greene
M block. cordial invitation and
fraternal welcome is extended to sojournine
brothers o. H. HoLcoMB n. G..
Il. D. gibson. R. & p, Secy.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-09-07
SOCIETIES.

~ II OF P.-Prairie Queen Lodge No. So,
sus N knights OF Pythias, meets wednes-
Ssr% day night Of each week in the Pythian
seas Castle. Visiting brothers are invited to
attend. w. X. CUNNINGHAM, jr., &. G.
L. R. LEHMAN, X. of r. & s.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
IRoN HORSE IN SOUTH AFRICA



From the London Chronicle: R-ii-
way activity In south Africa IL Of COM
paratively modern origin. but In tbs
>ourso Of q few short years II has bcel
pushed on with almost feverish haste.
70 that at the present time the Iron
horse has actually entered Bulavayo.
and there Is serious talk of extending
the system to the once mysterious
Lambesi. Although We finally succeed
ed the Dutch as rulers In the Cape Col
cny IN 1906, II was not till 1859 that the
FIRST railway was commenced, and ex-
tensions went en- slowly till the dis
covery OF diamonds In GriQualan1
West gave an impetus TO trade anc
trafic In south Africa. Even then the
railway halted for years at a sleepy
town on the edge OF the silent Karrco
known as Beaufort West. and thence
the journey had to be made TO Kim
berley. according to the means or tastes
uf whe passenger. by post cart. With
drivers reckless OF life and limb; the,
numbering stagecoach o. 'prsiri,'
schooner" drawn by vicious mules or
slumberous oxen.
There are many prosperous city men
and even millionaires-still in the
prime OF life who well remember that
awful journey across the veldt from
Beaufort West-the glaring heat by
day. the cold by night. the lurching
vehicles. the whirling sand as Il came
down the breeze, the scanty provisions.
the miserable "outspans," and at last
the sounds OF distant dynamite explo-
sions which bespoke the nearness OF
the city OF dust and diamonds. The
military operations In Bechuanaland
led to the continuation OF the line. with
the active assistance Of the home gov
ernment. right up TO Kimberley
Meantime the agricultural districts OF
the Cape Colony had been opened up.
thanks mainly to the pressure which
the farmers brought to bear on the
government OF the day. and in 1890 ths
gold discoveries in the Transvaal LED
to another spurt In railway building
Some OF the shoI. lines at the cape
pass through very beautiful scenery.
such as those which run through tbs
pine-clad slopes OF wynberg, and away
In the other direction to Sea Point
the Brighton OF the cape-but for
grandeur few in the world can com
pare with the railway which climbs
the barrier range OF the Hex River
mountains. The line ascends By won
derful curves and zig-zags. giving the
passengers fearsome views OF the
depths below. with the nesting farms
and vineyards OF the fertile valley.
Capped with snow, the surrounding
mountain pealcl. some OF them 5000
feet high. present a grand appearance;
and engineering skill has pierced
through perpendicular rocks by means
Of cuttings ard tunnels. The history
OF railway extension in south Africa
! Is assuredly a romance Of real life.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
PADUcAA's QUEER STREET.
- Cow Cannot Turn Around In sting,
Alley.

Aneys
Familiarity breeds contempt. Per.
haps that Is why Paducah people an
parently take so little pride In "Stingy
alley" There Is. perhaps. no thorough.
fare like "Stingy alley" in all Ken
lucky. but Paducahans are so used TO
II that few stop TO marvel at the nov
city OF public street 300 feet long
and four feee wide. says the Paducah
CKy) Visitor. Stingy alley is well
named It Is stingy in width. albeit
generous in length. Il runs from Sd
to fth street beyond Tennessee. and Is
traversed in tho middle OF the block
by an ordinary alley Just four times
as wide as itself. Nobody knows exact
ly how old Stingy alley Is. II has been
there for ever and ever so long. Or
dinarily II was n foot path running
through Locust (now Sd street, because
of the length OF the square between
Tennessee and Ohio streets and for the
convenience OF people living on Cd who
wishee 10 reach 4th and for people liv-
ing on 9Th who wanted to 10 10 Cd.
Property owners along the way donated
a four-foot strip from their side yards
The result was a tiny passage-vay.
mcch narrower than the ordinary COW
trail. II serIed It's purpose so well that
the city dads adopted Stingy alley as a
public thoroughfare They graveled Il
anH hoisted an electric light midway
OF II. At present Surgy alley Is list
ed as one OF the streets Of Paducah.
Funny things happen sometimes in
Stingy alley. A aeshy maa with an
umbrella fills II up like a pig In a
poke. Two fat men OF two fat women
cannot pass without warping past each
other as two warships rub sides in l.
dock together. II man starts "a one
end and a COW In the other the man
must either beat the COW 70 the alley.
retreat back to the street whence he
came or climb 20 the top OF one Of
the fences Ranking the alley. The
fences are made low In places for this
very purpose. As for the COW. she
must either back laboriously out OF
forge straight ahead. regardless Of
consequences. for the COW that can
tuIa around in Stingy alley has not
been bred In Paducah.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

The Iaplanders inhabit the north
ernmost coasts OF the Scandinavian
peninsula. They are ignorant. uncul-
tivated. and torpid. rather savage"
saws a recent English traveller. In
spite of their frequent contact with the
Russians and the Swedes. they have no
industrial resources. no art. no other
commerce tdan that which Is afforded
by the products Of the chase. or their
fisheries. or their heads OF reindeer.
Christianity. to which they were con-
verted about two centuries ago. has
not aroused them as yet from their
moral and intellectual lethargy. All
religion being reduced. so far as they
are concerned. TO oral tradition. the
devotion OF each is in proportion to
his memory. Education among them
has attained to this standard that a
Laplander who knows his alphabet
corresponds to a young man among us
who has graduated at Oxford OF Cam
bridge"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
afa.le IN Australia.

The other night at Sydney they gave
In the vice-regal presence a cantata-
There were a chorus and orchestra OF
300 performers and descriptive eho-
rus. Australia" in which the howl
OF the dingo. the scream of the cock
atoo. the kookaburra's laugh. the hop
of the kangaroo. and a native eorro-
boree" were introduced. During this
performance Mr.. Sam Poole. the well
known comedian. cleverly disguised in
red shirt. white ducks. a woolly wig.
aud blackened face. introduced n
weird native danee.-Sydney Bulle'
tin.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

The diabolical assassination of Will
liam Terriss, the distinguished British
actor, by a worthless crank with q
homicidal mania, brings up before us
again and in a most urgent form the
question of dealing with this class of
pests. There is no law for furnishing
or even locking up a crank, no matter
how dangerous he may notoriously be.
Justice waits until he commits muir
der, and then offers to society the beg
gardly reparation of the gallows. The
peril Is one which the individual must
meet for himself Government avenges
him only after he has been slain and
his family desolated.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

The gluttony of the people who
flock to public receptions in Washing
ton with less decorum than is usually
preserved in front of the barkeeper's
walnut has provoked retaliation. The
ladies of the cabinet announce that re-
freshments will no longer be served.
The households OF the cabinet mem
bers will no longer be embraced in a
free lunch route. Thus will end scenes
ital of the country for a great many
years and an 1ntolerable nuisance will
be abolished
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

The postal authorities are properly
paying attention to a class Of adver-
tisements that has appeared too fire.
quently in some periodicals of late. The
advertiser promises to give valuable
prices to persons sending him accurate
solutions of collection of puzzles" Of
which the subjoined is fair sample:
Supply the missing letters in the fol-
lowing name Of an important New Eng
land city-B-st-n." 1t is said that the
people have been swindled out of a sum
OF money large in the aggregate
through this transparent fraud. Peri
odicals will henceforth publish such ad-
cluded from the mails.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

To live in the presence OF great truth
and eternal laws. IN which TO be led by
permanent ideals-that Is what keeps a
man patient when the world ignores
him. and calm and unspoIled when the
world praises him.-BalEae.
Life is made up. not Of great speri-
nces and duties. but Of little snairs. Ia
which smiles Ald kindness and llttia
services eheerfuly rendered are what
win and preserve the heart and secure
somfort-sir Humphrey Davy-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

Two policemen In Boston are hard
at work trying to prevent the students
OF medical school and those OF
young ladies' seminary from looking at
each other. The schools are close to-
gether and the students are let out at
the same time every day. II the plan
worked the young persons would be
less or more than human. 1t won't.
There is only one sure way of stopping
the mischief, and that is to abolish the
schools.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

Trouble has arisen between Germany
and the little republic of Hayti, owing
to the arrest by the Haytian police
OF man claiming to be German cit
izen. The German minister demanded
his release and payment of fifty
thousand dollars indemnity. The man
was set free, but Hayti is unwilling to
pay indemnity. Germany threatened
to send a cruiser to press her claim;
at the remonstrance Of our government
she abandoned her purpose.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

A short cut to notoriety has been eff
fected by woman of Paris who con-
tributed and collected ten thousand
francs tqEard the Guy de Maupassant
monument, recently unveiled in the
Pare Monceau, on the condition that
her own portrait be introduced. The
ludicrous result, the figure of a fash
ionably dressed woman reclining in a
long chair at the foot of bust Of the
poet. is characterized by writer in a
London newspaper as "an advertise
ment in marble for some leading dress
maker" Human vanity takes many
forms and some persons choose to bask
in the worlds gaze, even at the ex-
pense of self-respect or of life itself.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

Some portion OF the government of
Holland has forbidden the riding Of a
bicycle by the impending queen; SO.
oof course. the young lady has begun
to learn.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

The natural habit Of human beings
appears to be the use Of the teeth on
the left side of the mouth for mastl.
eating the food
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
Natural Mistake.

"Can you tell me what has become
OF old Capt. Saltwater" Hes light
housekeepin'" In HarlemZ" No
in the lower bay."-Brooklyn life.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

Every place Investigated by Editor
Stead is pronounced worse than all the
Others put together. We should think
It would profit this man to pick out
some decent company occasionally.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

Two farmers were once discussing
their local paper. One thought il had
too many advertisements in it. The
other replied: I'm my opinion the .ad-
vertisements are far from being the
least valuable part of it. l look them
over carefully and save at least five
times the cost of the paper each week
through the business advantages 1 get
from them," said the other: 81 believe
you are right know that they nav
me well and rather think 1t is not good
taste to find fault with the advertise
ments after all. 1t pays any man with
a family to take good local paper for
the sake of the advertisements if moth
ing more. And il business men fail tn
give farmers a chance to read adver-
tisemeuts in the local paper. they are
blind TO their own interests, to say the
least of it. You never trade with
me-" said a business man to a pros
porous farmer. You have never in
vited ME to your place OF business and
/ never go where am not invited; I
might not be welcome" was his reply.
The holiday publications are re-
sponsible for a great evil. They usher
In the most ponlar of the saints two
months before he Is ready for the re-
ception and while his attire is united
to the occasion. They put the family
man to large and unnecessary expense
and apprehension. They force the
Christmas thought and the Christmas
purse so premature that the world
tires Of them before they should have
begun. Shall they be issued next year
on the fourth OF July or some time in
September? Time has no forelock
now It has been ySnked ewA
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

Rheumatism
Is permanently cured
By Hoods Sarsaparilla
Which neutralizes the
Lactic acid in the blood
Thousands write
That they have felt
No symptoms of
Rheumatism since taking
Hoods SarsapAriIla-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16

A Great Noise Maker
Thera Is q great gas well at Piney
Fork, Pa, whose roar In distinctly
sudibla q distance Of SIX miles
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-01-16
TALMAGEs SERMON.
GOOD AND BAD CLUB
HOUSES" THE TEXT.

From the Text: II. Samuel, II. IL, As
Follows; Let the Young Men Now
Arise and Play Before Us"-ReIED of
ImperIaI Debauchery 10 Here.