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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-12-19
SECOND HOMESTEAD ENTRIES.

= A number Of persons having asked
for information regarding the act OF
last June, allowing additional home
steads, we publish the following ex-
planatory circular from the general
land office.
Washington, d. c., June u, 1900
Registers and receivers, United States
Land Offices.
COMMUNICATIONS attention is
called to the provisions OF sections
and 8 of the act of congress, entitled
can act for the relief of the Colorado
Cooperative Colony; to permit second
homesteads in certain cases, and for
other purposes" approved June 5,
1900 (Public-No. 14S), a copy OF
which sections is hereto attached.
Section 2 provides that any person
who has heretofore made homestead
entry and committed same under Sec
ton 230l, Revised Statutes OF the
United States and the amendments
thereto, shall be entitled to the bene-
fits OF the homestead laws as though
such former entry had not been made,
but Communication under section 230l,
Revised Statutes, shall not be allowed
OF an entry made under this section.
Section 3 provides that any per son
who, prior to the passage OF this act
has made homestead entry, but from
any cause has lost or forfeited the
same, shall be entitled to the benefits
Of the homestead laws as though such
former entry had not been made.
Therefore, you will not hereafter re-
lect homestead application or the
ground that applicant can not take
the prescribed oath that he has not
previo usly made such an entry, or be-
cause he has perfected title under
section 230l, Revised Statutes, to land
entered under the homestead law; but
he will be required to show by affida-
Wit designating the entry formerly
made by description of the land, num-
Der and date OF entry, or other suffi-
cient data, to enable me to identity
the same on the records OF this Office,
and that it was forfeited or committed
no the case may be, prior to the pas
sage of this act.
In any case where the former entry
was made subsequent to the date Of
the act, the rule given on page 10,
circular of July IL, 1899, remains I'M
changed. 1t will be observed that an
entry made under section 2 cannot be
perfected by communication under Sec
ton 23O1, Revised Statutes. The fact
that applicants have purchased, un-
der the provisions OF the act OF March
2, 1889, (25 Stat. S71), lands patented
to the Flathead Indians in Montana,
shall not be held to have impaired or
exhausted their homestead rights by
or on account of any such purchase.
Very respectfully,
BINGER HERMAN, Secretary.
1t will be seen from careful read
ing OF the above that the act does not
apply to reservation settlers generally
who have proved up and paid for their
land under the reservation act.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-12-19
City Lots

5000 Splendid residence, rooms 2-story,
cellar in connection. Woodshed, windmill and
good well. oulbuildfngs, etc, Situated on Main
street near Adams County Bank and in close
proximity TO the business center OF the town.
Four lots in main part OF city, backof depot.
Improved and unimproved. Must be sold at
once.
New dwelling % x As, one-story cottage, g
rooms, plenty fine water, splendid cellar
property in dne condition; 81 200.
A fine block on College hill with splendid
well OF pure water, two houses and other i'm
proyements. 81 600.
Finest corner lot for business In the town.
Opposite Adams County Bank building, lot l.
block 2 original town. 81. 500.
Lot 6, block -, original town plat. and dwell
Ing thereon. $3.50.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-12-19
Teachers Meeting.

The reading circle work for the year
will be state Manual and course OF study
Colgrove's Memory, Henry Holt & Co.,
$1.15 post paid; Tarr's Geology, The
Mcmillan Co., N. Y, $1.40 postpaid,
or in lots Of 80 or more in one order,
$1.25; Educational Foundations, e. L.
Kellogg & Co., N. Y, 80 cents. Any
other book selected by the city schools
and studied under rules acceptable to
state board.
AS before, any one OF the subjects
will be accepted as meeting the re-
quirements of the law for the renewal
of first grade certificates or primary
second grade certificates, and Tarr's
Geology will be credited by the state
board upon application for state certi
ficates. Outlines and questions upon
Colgrove's Memory will be printed
for circulation at later date.
L. G. VANPATTEN,
County School Superintendent
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-12-19

Our annual invoice OF Ceuloid Sets in beautiful boxes
exhibition AS usual they marked at prices that
will quickly clean them out and advise purchasers to
make early selection Don't get left this time many do
every and call for you may have days
late small payment will secure the holding of any set
until Christmas.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-12-19

The Adams County Bank has
money to loan on improved real estate
in Adams and Lincoln counties,
whether deed or held on railroad con-
tract. We make loans on lowest
terms, with or without commission
light expenses, no delays. Correspon-
dence solicited
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1900-12-19
Band Concert.

A band concert and musical pro-
gram will be rendered at the opera
house Thursday evening, Dec. 20,
1900, as follows:
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-03-10
A New Woman'S Club.

The following report OF a new woman g
club organized at Seward, Nebraska, is
furnished by Mrs Nellie NJ. Keefer, the
corresponding secretary OF the new club:
The NinetseLth Century club of Sew
ard has been working the past year to
organize a club with unlimited member
ship, based on broader constitution,
10 order that the advantages may be
opened to the any thinking women Of
Seward. who are capable Of enjoying the
studies which have been planned, and
who would, by interchange If thought,
contribute to the pleasure and benefit
of those around them. On March Sd,
in response TO invitations from the Nine
teenth Century club, the ladies met
with Mrs. Nellie Anderson, and, in a
short business meeting. agreed to let
the old organization lapse and, under
the broader constitution, formed the
Womanis club of Seward. Officers we're
elected as follows:
President, Mrs. Grace Porter Miller;
first vice president, Miss Frances Mil
Ter; second vice president, Mrs. Phoebe
Calender; secretary, Mrs. Nellie Boyd
Anderson; treasurer, Mrs. William Red
ford; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Nellie w. Keefer.
The membership Of the club. with the
names Of a number of ladies, made a
nucleus for fifty charter members of the
new club.
The afternoon was pleasantly spent
in examining many copies of celebrated
paintings which adorned the walls, the
ladies in the meantime explaining to the
guests the purpose of the club.
Refreshments were served by Misses
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-03-10

The following article from the West
ern Club Woman, by Mrs. Sarah S.
Platt Decker, vice president of the G.
F. w. c., and one Of the clearest headed
club women in the United States. will
be read with much interest by women
from all sections of the country. 1t is
like 6 voice in the wilderness, making
clear many places that sophie try had
rendered obscure. l trust every club
department in the United States will
give space to this article. as the time is
drawing near for the final decision,
which must be rendered ny the votes of
the delegates at Milwaukee,:
The question Of the reorganization of
the general federation Of women.s clubs
is SO prominently in the minds OF all
club workers at present, that possibly it
might be of interest to review the last
biennial from the standpoint Of Denver
club woman. who is able to say: "All
of which | cav, and part of which l
was" 1t was my privilege to act as one
of the advisory committee of the local
biennial board throughout all the time
of it's existence, and in that connection
an opportunity was afforded for knowl-
edge of the work Of every committee
which assisted in arranging for the great
convention.
The clubs and state declarations which
desire a reorganization OF the general
federation give as their chief reason for
such desire, that the biennial at Denver
was unwieldy-t statements are made
that the delegated body was too large,
the convention cost too much money,
the hall was too crowded, and fear is ex-
pressed that cities will not extend invi-
tations to the biennial because OF the
great work and expense entailed, etc.
have never heard member OF the
local board in Denver make statement
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-03-10

Christmas carols.
Patriots Historic mothers of the
present century.
Fourth Of July observance.
Noise essential to true patriotism.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
HYGIENE AND SANITATION
Practical Hygiene-O. Gilman Currier.
Women Plumbers and Doctors-Mrs. H.
M. PlGnkett.
Story OF the Bacteria. Dust and Its
Dangers, Drinking Water and Ice
Supply. M. Prudden.
Sanitary Drainage Of Houses and Towns
E. G. Waring, Jr.
Homes and All About Them, The House
that Jill Built-E. G. Gardner.
Household Recommendations Campbell.
Housekeeping Made Easy-Mrs. Her
rick.
COOKERY.
Chemistry of Cooking-W. Mattieu
Williams.
Lamb Prize Essay-Mary Human Abel.
Science in the Kitchen-Mrs. Kellogg.
The Art Of Cooking P. Ewing.
Trans Mississippi Home Makers-Ona-
ha Woman's Club.
FOODS.
Science Of Edward Atkinson.
Food Products of the WorId-Dr. Mary
E. Green.
Food Materials and Their Authorizations
e. II. Richards.
HOUSE FURNISHING.
The house comfortable.
The house beautiful
How to Eojoy Pictures-Mabel Emery.
How to Judge Picture-Vandyke.
Little journeys to the Homes OF Great
Painters Hubbard.
Sketches ct Great Artists Jennie E.
Keysor.
(Signedl
MRS. MARY MOODY PUGH. Omaha,
Mrs. MILTON SCoTT, Lincoln,
MRS. MARY F. PAUL, st. Paul,
State Committee on Household Econ
omics
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-03-10
THE COURIER.

Lu Bradley, Elva Cummings and Flor
ence and Bessie Anderson.
1t is an inclusive department club.
We heartily endorse the sentiment ex-
pressed by the Lincoln woman's club,
published in their year book, as follows:
"Since the object is to help and be
helped, the following women are invited
to become members:
l. The university graduate.
9 The woman of common school edu-
cation
3. The self educated woman.
A. The woman who belongs to other
clubs.
3. The non-club woman.
6. The woman who does not believe in
clubs.
Z. The woman who does not wish to
join department.
s. The woman who wants to attend
the club meet ngs but twice year.
8. The woman who wants to be
member for the name OF it.
10. The tired woman full OF domestic
responsibilities, who wants to be a
sponge, fold her hands, take in what the
bright, Tree woman, who needs an audi.
ence. has learned, aud then go home re-
freshed to her treadmill.
ii. The woman without companion
ship.
II. The young woman and the young
old woman"
The other federated clubs Of Seward
History and Art, Fin de Steele and
Wild Rose clubs-were invited to join
in this step. but they declined. There
fore it was left to the Ninteenth Century
club to project the movement.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-03-10
To the Clubs of Nebraska:


The following program has been pre-
pared as suggestion for the study of
household economics. and may be elab-
GRATED to suit club require m cnts The
committee will gladly give further assist
ance to the establishment of household
economic classes Please bring this up
in your club before another years work
is planned. The committee will use it's
influence to secure a number of new
books for this work in the travelling
library:
Paper-Arts and Crafts Employ ed in
Household Science.
LIFE GIVING AGENCIES.
The Sun-A storehouse of energy.
The Atmosphere-Its bearing on hea Ith
and morally.
Water-Pure and impure.
Chemical and physical functions.
Water supply.
DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE.
Necessities-Durabllity.
Usableness.
Climatic conditions.
Vital processes
Light.
Heating.
Drainage.
Sewage.
Household Art-Essentiaf principles
Pictorial and decorative furnishing.
Gardening-Art out Of doors.
A plea for flowers and shrubbery.
RACIAL INFLUENCE ON HOUSEHOLD, ART.
Household Industries and
development.
Specialization.
Household service.
Nutritire Value OF Foods-Ch enistry Of
Cooking.
Dietetics.
Vegetarianism.
Fruitarian theory.
Educational Agencies Noted educ ators.
Educational value OF good literature.
What shall a busy woman read.
Excretory System of Modern House
keeping Garbage.
Bacteria and microbes.
Antiseptics.
Chemical cleanliness.
Music-Value Of music in the fioms..
Sketches OF noted mu,icah oenno.ars
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-03-10
OFFICERS OF n. F. W. C, 1899 & 1900.

OFFICERS OF y. +. ". c, 1893 6 1900.
Pres, Mrs. Anna L. Apperson, Tecumseh.
V. p, Mrs. Ida w. Blair, Wayne.
Cor. Sec, Mrs. Virginia d. Arnup, Tecumseh.
Rec. Sec. Miss Mary Hill, York.
Treas, Mrs. Ii. F. Doane, Crete.
Librarian, Mrs. G. NJ. Lambertson, Lincoln.
Auditor Mrs. f. J. Hainer Aurora.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1900-03-10
Gibbs.
LOUISA L RICKETTS,.
CALENDAR OF NEBRASKA CLUBS.

March.
no. Woman c., French. Lincoln
IN New Review and Art C, Guido REM,
H. / Palma Vecchio. ................ ...... York
TO- woman's c, Child study ...... North Bend
TO- woman's C.. English History. Stromsburg
m History and Art C, Discussion of
contemporary woman authors. Seward
IA Fin de Steele C.. J. FenimOre
w. Cooper Observation-Disclosures. Seward
10 Woman C., British government. Syracuse
- Womans c.. Reception. ........... Lincoln
., Swoman'S C., Parliamentary prac-
uce.--.-----.'...-.-.--- Omaha
=. womans C., Political and social
Nclehoe.-. 80. 80 ----.-.---..---o maha
=. I Woman C.. Cleveland's admins
tratlon ---....-.--.--- stanton
Il, Woman's C, Napoleonic wars...... .Minden
l3. Sorosis, Light and vision. Lincoln
10, Woman's c.. Home department. Fairbury
10. Womans C, Current events ....... Lincoln
-, Womans C, Current events. Omaha
I3, Womans C., German history ......... Omaha
l3 Woman's C., French conversation Omaha
H. Woman's C., Ethics and Philosophy. Omaha
=, History and Art G.. Reign OF Vic
toria--Hallam, Green. Albion
IA, Woman 5 C, Oratory Omaha
:. Century C, Delft--Laces and Ora
perieS Of Holland Lincoln
Is Woman'S C., History ........--.-.....L Lincoln
IL, Woman's C., NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Omaha
Is. LOtos c.. Current events ........... Lincoln
10 Hall in the Grove Art and sculp-
" ture in Rome .-.....--....-.....-Li Lincoln
10 Woman's C.. Music 800. go. .... 80. Lincoln
,s Woman's C, Parliamentary
~ practice ...---..-... .-...-PlattSmouth
lSelf-Culture C., AutO-Hypnotic
is. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in thea
peutlcS--..--...-... --...--.-... st. Paul
10. XIX. Century c.. Painting in Spain..Seward
II, Woman C. Child Study. Lincoln
IL, Woman C, French. 1900. 80. Lincoln
History and Art c., Effects Of the
IL. Crusade>--Ciothic in architec-
- Fin de Steele C., Brook Farm
- Woman's C., Household econ
~ omics ...... ............ North Bend
- Zetetic c.. Parliamentary
IT. practice. Weeping Water
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-28
CHEAP HYDROGEN GAS
Endsr New Process II In Obtained for
Nothing rs a By-Product
from Acetylene.

Almost the only demand for hydro
gen gas, except in small quantities for
Laboratory use, Ii for filing balloons,
and these are now of such value in mill
Gary service that the question Of the
cost of the gas is an important one.
Until recently the fayorite method Of
producing it was to resolve water into
ats constituent clements by electricity.
II 10th the oxygen and the hydrogen
could be utilized, the cost of the latter
would be about "a ceptimes, or ten
cents, a cubic meter. But a French
mining engineer, NJ. Hubou, has found
o much more economical means of pro-
1lriag the gas,
The new plan is TO manufacture lamp
black from acetylene gas, an operation
that yields hydrogen as by product,
and inasmuch as the lampblack can be
sold for more than the cost of the ma
terials needed to make it, the hydrogen
con be had for practically nothing.
Acetylene, 1t is hardly necessary to say,
js derived most cheaply from calcium
Carbide. This substance having been
immersed in-water, gives off an abund-
ance. of the gas. NJ, Hgbou incloses =
certain amount in stont steel cylinder
under a pressure Of two atmospheric
by means of q flament like that Of an
incandescent lamp he ignites the acc
'tylene. 1t is decomposed abruptly,
though without violence. Nevertheless,
The operator is advised 10 stand at a dis
taApe from his apparatus when he
turns on the electric current. When
the acetylene is broken up, it gives rise
to lampblack, which is deposited on the
walls Of the cylinder, and to free hy-
drogen. SO much of the latter is pro-
Guced that the pressure in the cylinder
rises during the process to about rs at
Mnspheres, or nearly 400 pounds to the
inch. On opening valve the operator
alloys the hydrogen to flow off into a
separate reservoir.
A kilogram of acetylene costs about
a franc. 1t produces rs grammes of
hydrogen, or more than cubic meter
md 925 grammes of lampblack. 1t is
nsssrted that this amount Of lampblack
has a higher value than the carbide
needed to make it. 1t Is rather cprions
aspect of this discovery that acetylene
Is about as heavy a gas as air, but it is
used to make the lightest gas yet
fnown.-N. Y. Tribune.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-28
NOTICE or FORFEITURE.

rINO DAVID GRAHAM AND JOHN VI.
l. CAMPBELl: You and each of you
and your heirs executors administrators
assigns and legal representatives, are
hereby notified that the undersigned. has
expended the sum of two hundred dollars
In labor and improvements on the follow
ing-namSl mining claim, torwit. The
Nening Star, situated in Hawthorne
Mining District, Esmeralda county
State of Nevada, for two year commence
ing January /, 1897 and ending Decem-
Der 81. 1898 and more especially as will ap-
pear by the certificate filed in the Office of
the County Rscordef, at Hawthorne, Es-
merqlfa eo,lilpy, Netada, in order to hold
said premises and mining claim under
the provisions of Section 1924 Of the Re-
vised Statutes of tile United States, and
of the Acts and parts Of Acts oil the Con-
gress OF the United States amendatogy of
or supplementary to said above-mentiencd
Act, said sum being the amount required
to hol5 said mining claim for two years,
particularly for the years 1867 and 1898.
And II within ninety days after the
con- pletion OF the service of this notice by
publication, you fail or refuse to contri-
buto your proportion of such expenditure
as co-owner, your interest In said claims
will become the property of the under
signed, under the statutes of the United
States hereinbefore mentioned and in such
cases made and provided,
GEORGE OLSEN
First publication, August 30, 1899.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-28
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Amerlcap and Australian butter Is
repidly crowding the German article
from the English market.
The production of prunes is increas-
ing rapidly in Oregon, the annual
shipment OF the dried fruit now
amounting to 500 cars.
The prodction of soap in Great
Britain is about As 900 tons per week,
OF which Between 5000 and 1000 tons
are made in London.
We're 1t not for matter floating in
suspension IN sea water-minute liy-
ing organisms and air bubbles due to
the breaking of the waves, all of which
reflect lght--the ocean, looked down
into, you'd be az black as the black
est dyestgff, FOR In that case none of
the suns rays, having once penetrated
1T, would return to its surface.
Alcohol and vinegar are effective an
tidotes for carbolic acid poisoning, a
New York doctor announces. What
ever quantity OF the poison has been
swallowed four times as much whis-
ky or five times as much vinegar
should be administered Immediately,
No oil of any kind should be given.
Thus treated early enough" he adds,
AL cases will recover"
That consumption does rot run In
families, but does run in houses, is the
Theory of Sir Richard ,Thorne, who adj
dressed the London Medical society re-
gently "Refuse to live on a damp
kubsoq," was his advice; until people
ceased to I've under nnfavorable CON
,ditions, they need hope for little
,diminution in the consumption death
rate. The improvement of sanitary
appliances had in the last IS years,
reduced that rate nearly SO per cent.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-28
No Panic In England.

Ope OF the most striking features of
the present situation is the steadiness
and freedom from panic shown, not
emily as is natural. in military circles,
but il The British public at large. This
has been equally noticeable upon pre-
vious occasions when partial and pre-
liminary reverses had occurred in the
initial stages of campaign. Military
students, of course, are aware that to
meet with uneheckered success in
contest with a brave and weli-armed
enemy is piece Of good fortune too
good 70 be relied upon, for, in spite OF
the skill of commanders and the vaior
OF troops, isolated checks and reverscs
are as probable in military campaign
as in tag conduct OF complicated bust
ness transactions. Especially must this
be The case where Troops are dependent
upon a long line of communication in
the presence of forces numerically tLeir
Superior, and where relatively small
bodies OF men are operating over field
Of vast extent and are necessarily oc-
casionally isolated from each other
G Leyeson in North American Review
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-28
Taking the Chances.

When in doubt as to whether to 20 on
or to go back think of that, and Of the
Zulu saying: IF we go forward we
die, If we go backward we die; better
go forward and die" 1t is also like a
game of football. You are selected as a
forward player. Play the game; play
that your side may win. Don't think
of your own gloritiestion, or your own
risksA-your side are backing you up.
Play up and make the best of every
chance you get Football is good
game. but better than it. better than
any other game, is that of man hunting.
but, like all other games, it is no use
your going in for ii withou, previous
training, and ] hope that what 1 have
said above may be Of some use in help
ing you to take a distinguished part
in the best sport in the world, namely,
scouting.--"Aids TO Scouting" by Col.
Baden Powell.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-28

An American piano, retailing here for
$500. fetches $500 in the Transvaal. An
organ worth $50 here sells for $3.50 there
American saddles and harness don't suit
the Beers, the former being too high
priced and the latter too fine for the
rough overland work OF trekking. In
the canned meat line Australia so far
undersells Chicago that our packers
are in despair. Our manufacturers sold
over 700 tons of barbed wire in 1897 to
the Transvaal, but, strange to say, the
fence posts came from Germany and
England. Four ice plants were fur
pished for the Kimberley mines by Chi
fago, having an aggregate capacity of
20 tops q day. besides 100, 900 cubic feet
III sold storsge,-N. Y. Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-02-28
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

ITO THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE
4 estate Of Jay II. Stratton. deceased :
You and each Of you ars hereby notified
that the undersigned has expended tho
sum Of Fivn Hundred Dollars in labor and
improvements on the Galveston mining
claim, situated in Columbus Mining Dis
trict, Esmerada county, Nevada, for the
years 1891, 1895, 1895, 1897 and 1898, in or
Ger to hold said mining claim under TIE
provisions Of Section ASA of the Revised
Statutes of che United States and the acts
and parts % gets of Congress amendatory
II and supplementary to said above-men-
toned act.
And II within ninety days after the COM
pletion of the service of this notice by
publication YOU iail on refuse to contribute
your proportion Of such expenditure as CO.
owner, your interest in said claim viii, be-
come the property of the undersigned,
under the statutes of tho United States
hereinbofore mentioned.
Il. NcKEWEN.
First publication, October IS, ls9s