Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-10-10

There's health and goodness in the mirth
In which an honest laugh has birth.
II your work is made more easy
By a friendly helping hand,
Say so.S Speak out brave and truly,
Ere the darkness wells the land.
Should a brother workman dear
Falter for Il word of cheer?
Scatter thus your seeds OF kindness,
All enriching as you go
Leave them. Trust the Harvest Giver,
He will made each seed to grow.
&c. until its happy end,
Your life shall never lack friend
Never before was the call for trained
men so loud as now, says Success.
They are in demand everywhere. Not
only in the professions, but also in
business houses. manufacturing estab-
lishments and even on the farm, they
are in great demand. The farmer
who understands chemistry, who is
able to analyze the forces Of nature,
to mix brains with his soil, will he
the great farmer OF the future. There
is an increased demand everywhere
for college-educatcd men. We find
them occupying the best positions in
our insurance, banking, manufacture
ing and transportation institutions.
Never before was the call for literally
educated men and women so great us
today.
A north Missouri editor, who first
studied baseball rules while Sunday
school boy, enters into the following
antiquities of the national game:
"The devil was the first coacher. Eve
stole first, Adam stole second. When
Isaac met Rebecca at the we'll she
was walking with pitcher. Samp-
son struck out good many when he
beat the Philistines. Moses made his
first run when he saw the Egyptians.
Cain made base hit when he killed
Abel. Abraham made sacrifice. The
prodigal made h home run. David
was long distance thrower and Moses
shut out the Egyptians at the Red
Sea-"
Drink, and the gang drinks with
you; swear off, and you go it alone.
Feast, and your friends are many;
fast and they cut you dead; they'll
not get mad il you treat them bad, so
long us their stomachs are fed. Steal,
if you get million, for then you can
furnish bail; its the great big thief
who gets out on leave, while the little
one goes to Jail. Advertise, and the
dollars come to you; quit, and they
fail to come in, for what care the men
who have dollars to spend, for the man
who don't care to see them.
Boys and girls Of the country, be
not allured by the glamor that draws
the moth into the fame only to be
destroyed by its consuming fire. Re-
main in your pleasant homes sur
rounded by natures sweet voices, her
delicious fragrance and lovely land
scapes, whose hills and dales meet in
sweet companionship.
Young men should strive to build
an ideal home and young women
should strive to be queen OF that ideal
home; its loving mistress, ever striv-
ing to make it sweeter and more
beautiful--and this is done only
through the work that tine house
keeper perfects with her own willing
hands.
Horseneck, Wis, Oct. 10.-The peo-
pie OF this city are dissatisfied with
the census, which gives it popula-
ton OF 80 souls. 1t had been conf
IDENTIFY expected that the returns
would show at least 40 people here.
The gain OF 467 per cent. however, is
con sidered highly gratifying.
The young lady whose sense OF hui
NOR prompted Tier to get married in a
joke has been refused divorce. She
has the satisfaction of knowing that
some people at least do not consider