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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-25

sold more.
Knox-Kantner at the First Congrega.
tional church was well attended and huge.
iy enjoyed last Thursday evening. The
impersonations of Knox were hit.
d. M. Wright of Hatton, a brother of
S. p. Wright. the big farmer and real es-
tate man there, was registered at Hotel
Ritzville Monday.
The editor Of this paper is now fast be-
coming an old man. has had lots of trou-
BILE, but most of it has never happened.
A Thanksgiving ball will be held in
Lind hall by the Odd Fellows Thursday
evening to which everybody is invited.
Samuel Glenn. the heavyweight far
mer of Fletcher lies quite i'll at his home
on the Flat twenty miles south of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. A. Watkins of Fletcher,
were in the city Saturday doing their
Thanksgiving shopping.
Miss Grace Mascher of Silverton, Ore,
is visiting her cousins family, F. P.
French. on Knob Hill.
The Christian Sunday school will have
Christmas tree and program at the
church.
Father Van de Van of Sprague, will
hold services here Sunday in Greene's
hall.
John Merrill of Hatton, is visiting re.
latives in town this week.
F. r. Kingsley Of Lind. was on bust.
ness in town Monday.
The meat of the festival-the turkey
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his return DR.. Neale said. Why. Keble.
/ thought YOU told me that the Christian
Year was entirely original Yes he
answered. lit certainly is Then how
comes this?" and Dr. Neale placed before
him the Latin of one OF KebleS hymns
Keble professed himself utterly COZ
founded. He protested that he had never
seen the original After few minutes
of quiet enjoyment NeaIe relieved him
by owning that he had just turned it
into Latin during his absence.
The now popular wedding hymn. 20.
Perfect Love-" was written in 1883 by
Mrs Dorothy Quincy for her sisters
marriage 10 be sung 20 the tune, 30,
Strength and Stay" Sir Joseph Barnby
set it TO music for the wedding Of
Princess Louise OF Wales. Canon EHer-
ton S 20. Father. Alternating" was
composed at the request Of the late Duke
OF Westminster for the marriage OF his
daughter to the Marquis of Ormonde 1
1876 From Greenland's Icy Mountains"
was written by Heber in twenty minutes
ia 1919, uId the only correction he made
was to substitute heather" in the sec
md verse for savage.
A most interesting chapter is that on
children's hymns. Charles Wesley wrote
the best known of all, Gentle Jesus.
Meek and Mild" in 1910. II has been
sa a that he wrote it for his own chill
dren. but this is Il mistake. for he did
no marry until some years afterward.
There Is a Happy Land was written
by Andrew Young in 1888, at Rothesay.
20 so with a tune which he had heard a
little girl playing. There's a Friend
for little Children" was written by Mr..
Midlane. at Newport. Isle OF Wight, near
the mouse where Thomas Binney com
posed his verses beginning Eternal
Light, Eternal Light"
The Washington times., 1903-02-15
GOSSIP AND COMMENT OF THE RECENT PUBLICATIONS

IT HE latest volume in a useful series
of small books called, The Ciu-
GEMS Library is entitled "Irriga-
tion Institutions" and is the work Of
Elwood Mead. chief of irrigation inves-
LEGATIONS in the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture and also special
lecturer on irrigation engineering in
Harvard University. The subject OF ir-
rigation is important IN this country
and more important with every year,
and many readers. especially in the East.
where there is no practical experience of
the system. viii be glad to learn of its
workings from so simple and comprehen-
sive a work as this.
The author begins with a statement OF
the land laws OF the arid region and a
brief history of the beginnings OF irriga-
ton. He then explains the uses and mea,
surement OF water in arid regions and
considers the subject of contract water
rights. The following chapters are TAX
en- Up WIN INC RAhNNtNeA WV hAAso VA
irrigation in Colorado. California. Utah,
Wyoming. and other States in which II
has been developed into system. The
book concludes with a discussion OF RI
parian and interstate rights and OF the
measures needed for future develop
ment.
As Mr.. Mead explains in HIS terse and
pointed introduction. the subject OF re
claiming arid lands has not until lately
been OF any especial interest to any
body, except those who were engaged in
retaining them. We are, however, ap-
preaching a period when, owing to the
rapid increase in our population and
the corresponding decrease in fertile
land adapted for ranching purposes. it
will be necessary to develop the coun-
try known at one time as the Great
Western Desert. in order to provide food
and homes for the American people. He
says in this connection:
The arid West is the nations farm.
1t contains all that is left of the public
domain, and is the chief hope of those
who dream of enjoying landed indie
pendence. but who have little besides in
dustrv and self-denial with which to Sc
cure it. As it is now, this land has little
value. This is not because the land
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Personal Ne1oS of The
Waters of Popular Books

TO bear witness to the unselflsh personal
devotion existing in ante-beilum days
between the slaves and the ''narster's
fam bly," With pathos, humor, fidelity
and spontaneity Mrs GieIow has given
us the real thing
She has also given US good dialogue
and good dialect-dialect such as no
writer born outside q slave State could
give, though he lived in the South fifty
years. One can see the very twist of
the mouth as the lingering. r-less syl-
tables fail from the lips OF Uncle Tom.
Nanny Tilly. and Aunt Roxy Ann
Every word breathes Of the time. and
each character is fun OF the genuine,
semi conscious negro humor. "Ols
BIine Hannah" and How Sis Mandy an
Her Dog Pinehey Cot 'Ligion" are
among the best "days'-belng cleverly
natural and dramatic
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my watchchain you will say. God bless
my soul how beautiful
When I touch my tneckcloth, clap
with all your might.
When I use my Observation-Disclosures
burst into tears.
When I pause. say brav-ah- ah-ah-
va. through the pause
You had best bring with you a very
noisy umbrella. to be used at proper
intervals; and If you can't cry at
pathetic parts. please blow your nose
very hard.
And now. everything having been
done 20 insure success that mortal can
do. the issue is left TO the immortal
gods.
God save the Queen No money re-
turned. Babies in arms NOT admitted.
by yours ever, W. NJ. T."
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VICTORIA AND ALEXANDRA.

~ UEEN VICTORIA. 1t seems, pre-
fsrrst os'a' to TsasAs ss,'., gs, ia
her majesty was able TO appreciate the
very novel and striking portrait OF her
self in color by the young artist, VIII
liam Nicholson. Indeed. the royal .ap-
prevail was one OF the first circum-
stances OF the artists world wide fame.
In mis- portfolio of Twelve Portraits,
Second Series" soon 10 be published. Mr..
Nicholson includes a likeness OF Queen
Alexandra which should give every bit
as much satisfaction to its subject as did
the previous royal portrait. In the same
collection are vigorous and richly col
ored llSenesses OF President Roosevelt.
Mark Twain. Thomas Edison, Emperor
William. General Lord Kitchener, Eleo-
nora Duse. Pope Leo XIII, and other
distinguished personages.
The Washington times., 1903-02-15

water rights. the influence which irri-
cation or the lack OF 1t has had on the
destinies of human beings. the cheating.
and oppression, and misrepresentation
caused by the greed OF unprincipled per-
sons controlling the water will some
day form fascinating chapter in the
romance OF the West. The information
contained in this book is ltkely to work
average reader as the water itself has
worked in the dry regions of the West
1t makes all the difference in the world
how dry things are handled. whether
they happen 10 be facts or deserts. New
York: The Macmillan Company
The Washington times., 1903-02-15

4 CURIOUS work which viii interest
n members OF theosophieaI societies
and other searchers into the &C.
cult IS Man Visible and Invisible" by
C. W. Leadheatcr. II is an exposition at
considerable length OF the theory that
character. emotions. thoughts and other
intangible things possess color which
may be detected by the power OF the
clairvoyant. Thus. the man OF a certain
character Will be surrounded by a GER
tain aura. to the eyes OF the adept. which
may be translated In terms Of psyehol-
ogy by process similar to that by
which the constitution OF bodies in space
is determined by the use Of the spec
troscope.
This notion is not, OF course. new.
Most OF the theories in theosophicaI
literature either originate or have their
parallel in the philosophy Of India. 1t
has long been averred by the priests
and scholars Of India that the fully de-
veloped yogi is capable OF Judging a
mans character by process most SINH
lar 10 that described in this work II
Mr.. Leadbeater knew this he may be
considered perhaps. plagiarist; II he
came upon il Independently he has fur
nished a new proof Of it's truth. At any
rate. he has elucidGted, in terms which
the Western world can understand. a
theory which indisputably belongs 70
the orient. and that IS something His
book is fully illustrated in color CNew
York; John Lane)
The Washington times., 1903-02-15
BOOKS RECEIVED

a Virginia Girl in the Civil War"
Edited by Myrta Lockett Avary. New
York: D. Appleton & Co.
The Giant Of the Blue Ridge. ana
other Poems" Mary Buckner Spiers.
Washington: The NeaIe Publishing Com
pany.
Princess Of GlenndaIe-A story OF
the South" Maia Pettus. Washington:
The Neale Publishing Company.
Ways Of The World" Maggie Olive
Jordan. New York: +. Tennyson NeeIy.
In the Land Of Fancy, and other
Poems" Libbie c. Baer. New York:
f Tennyson Nicely.
The Extra Canonical Life Of Christi
Bernhard Pick New York: Funk &
wagnaus Company
san Francisco and Thereabout."
ChSrles Keller. San Francisco. The
California Promotion Committee.
Black Evan-A Tale Of the Forty
five" Julia Ditto Young New York:
F. Tennyson Nicely.
Man Visible and Invisible" c. W.
Leadbeater. Illustrated. New York:
John Lane.
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AN OUT OF DOOR BOOK.
ut BE OPEN-AIR- BOY" by G. n.
A Hewitt, is a fascinating little

GCT he OPEN-AIR-B BOY" by G. n.
A Hewitt. is a fascinating little
volume for those who like to
-ead about informal friendships with ma
ture. being the experience, OF a boy who
became thoroughly and anectionately
familiar with birds and animals and
plants and butterflies II will not. how
ever. be OF much practical use to Ameri-
can boys. since the scene is laid in Eng
land and English fora and fauna are so
different from ours that the student Of
one may as well not know much about
the other unless he is a trained sci
enlist. The book is not a work OF hc-
ton. but is as attractively written as IL
it were. and one may say Of fl very high
praise. indeed. that fl is as good read
ing as the late Grant Aliens Colin
Clout's Calendar" which had the very
smell OF English meadows in il. Also,
it will be a valuable supplement to
English story books which mention all
manner OF fowl and blossom unknown 70
American youngsters. New York. R.
F. Fenno & Coz
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LINCOLN THE IDEAL PRESIDENT.

Lincoln is the ideal President. in that
he led public sentiment. represented IL
and followed it. Il claim not TO have
controlled events" he said. but confess
plainly that events have controlled me-
During his term OF office he was one day
called very weak. and the next "a
tyrant;" but when his whole work was
done. a careful survey OF Il could not
bring one only 10 the conclusion thar
he knew when to follow and when 10
lead He was in complete touch with
popular sentiment and OWNED with
nicely when he could take a step IN
advance. He made an effort 20 keep
on good terms with Congress, and he
differed with that body reluctantly, al
though. when the necessity came. de-
While he had consideration
for those who did not agree with him. and
while he acted always with a regard 10
he was nevertheless strong
and self-confident Executive.-James
Ford Rhodes in February Scribner's-
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ms He1e There and EVez1where In the LHe1azy World

ry,'' which sets forth a novel idea as to
,be basis of poetry. He says:
The fundamental element in shaping
our English verse-for n is what may be
termed Attention Stress This stress
material il the very warp OF the poets
verse 1t is the punctuating material
which divides the poetry into varying
rhythm figures OF ever-changing beauty
and harmony. Its workings are neither
accidental nor capricious. but as def
mite and as formidable as are the phe-
nomena OF physical science or OF eco
nomics-
IF one takes an ordinary thought and
pronounces Il 10 himself merely as a
group OF vocal impulses. not thinking Of
the significance Of the impulses them
selves, but treating them merely as sue
cessive sounds. and gives the stressed
impulses an exaggerated emphasis. the
effect will be a staecato utterance ex-
ceedingIy unpleasant to an English car.
But IL we think OF the impulses as i'm
pulses of thought. not OF sound, and
then give those which are stressed an
exaggerated emphasis. the effect will be
that continuous wavelike movement Of
sound which is the normal accompani-
ment OF English speech. Those &C
cesses Of impulse which we call 'ac-
cent and emphasis are but vocal re-
Elections OF a mental energy.
This principle is very strikingIy illus
trated IN shakespeare's poetry. His
pulslng rhythms vibrate with the quick
energy Of his thought till they fairly
Jingle with emotion. Take almost any
passage Hamlet's soliioquy. Lear's ost-
burst OF passion during the storm. Mac
be(h's defiant challenge TO the impend-
ing ruin he has brought on himself
there is not a word whose impulse is
not definite and certain.
THE rhythm moves with clearness and
sureness; it is not a question OF poetry
or prose. but or the fullest. clearest.
most adequate expression human
thought is capable OF. The reader does
not realize that he is reading poetry
he is too intent on reading the souls OF
men. The poets idea forgets its own
rhythm. and with il battles its way
through the gates Of speech TO the in
most core OF human experience. And
so it is with all our English poetry.
He who could think Of it as a pleas
ing arrangement of vocal sounds has
missed all chance @ ever understanding
its meaning. There await him only the
barren generalities OF a foreign prosody,
! tedious. pedantic. fruitless and he VIII
( founder ceaselessly amid the scattered
/ timbers Of it's iambices, spondees, dac-
tyls. tribrachs, never reaching the firm
ground OF truth
The Washington times., 1903-02-15

appear this year It is to be in four
volumes when complete. and the pres
ent section covers the history of France
from 1870 to 1873. NJ Hanotaux is one
Of the most conspicuous men of letters
in France today, as well as one Of the
best known politicians
His experience as minister Of foreign
affairs and his service in other political
Offices give him especial opportunities
for knowledge Of the subject which he
now discusses. A particularly interest
ing feature Of the first volume OF this
work is brilliant character sketch of
Theirs. One ch-pter deals especially
with the attitude OF Bismarck after the
Franco Prussian war.
The Washington times., 1903-02-15
FURNACE OF EARTH" REDrvIvUs.

OUCCESS breeds success. SO phe-
nomenaI has been the success OF
Halle Ermine Rives' Hearts
Courageous" that its publishers have
purchased all rights in her a Furnace
OF Earth" novel which two years ago
gained such notoriety, and have issued
81 in a new edition.
This is the book of which so 900 cop
ies we're sold within month OF publ
cation. A British edition was printed
by Grant Richards in London. where
King Edward Cthen Prince of wales)
read It. and by a chance remark gave it
an enormous vogue. In this country L.
was iercely fought over.
To such absurd lengths was the dis
cussion carried that Father Mcmahon,
director OF the Cathedral Library in
New York ousted IL from that institu-
ton. cOndemning its reading as a venial
sin. and the following Sunday one OF the
most noted clergymen IN the South
preached a sermon on A.. IN which he
declared Il not hurtful. but helpful and
q book second TO none in it's spiritual
significance. Indeed, those who remem-
bered the furOre caused by The Quick
or the Dead" and "Trilby" Will place
the huge popularity of Miss Rives' a
Furnace OF Earth" beside theirs.
The Washington times., 1903-02-15

Newman wrote Lead, Kindly Light. -
in an orange boat while becalmed in the
Straits Of Bonifacio, is well known.
Rock Of Ages''-probably the most pop
lar hyr in the English Ianguage-was
writte4 by TOplady when caught IN a
thunderstorm near Blagdon in the
Mendips. AS the London went down in
the Bay OF Biscay In 1866 the doomed
passengers sang this hymn. It was once
translated into Hindustani by an en-
thusiastic native convert, and his rem
dering. literally translated. read thus:
Very old stone split for my benefit.
Let me absent myself under one Of yor frag-
mems.
Many stories are told of the hymns OF
Isaac Watts. u is said that be wrote
Not All the Blood of Beasts" after 4
visit TO Smi,hfeld Market. while the
charming hymn There Is a Land Of pare
Delight was suggested by the view OF
Southampton Water, as seen from the
Isle of Wight. He is believed to have
written 500 hymns; many are mediocre
a few viii last as long as the English
language. Jesus. Lover OF Ny Soul"
was suggested to Charles Wesley by a
seabird flying TO him for protection dur
ing storm. 1t was one OF the earliest
that he wrote. A good story is told OF
@eble and DR.. NeaIe. both writer's of
hymns:
Or. Neale was invited by Mr.. KebIe and
the Bishop of Salisbury to assist them
with their new hymnaI, and for this pur-
pose he paid a visit 10 Hinsley Parsoa-
age On one occasion Mr.. Keble. hav-
ing TO go TO another room to find some
papers. was detained d short time. on
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r VERYONE. perhaps. has his or her
favorite hymn. Yet few know its
author and under what circum-
stances # was composed. Take the Christ
mas hymns. for example. "Hark. the Her
aid Angels Sing. when originally publish
ed by Charles Wesley. in 1873. began,
"Hark, How All the welkin Rings
Christians, Awake" was composed by
John Byron IN I745 as a carol for his
little daughter Dolly. FOR her and for
no one else" In the original the manu-
script is headed Christmas Day for
Dolly" 1t was nrst published in 17f5
in ''Harrop's Manchester Mercury" AMI
was set TO music by the organist Of the
Manchester parish church, John Vain
wright while Shepherds Watched"
another carol. was written by Nahum
Tate. 200 years ago. The popular abide
With Me" was written by the Rev. H.
E. Lyle in 1917 at Brixham He had
become so I'll that he was ordered TO
Nice
On the Sunday evening prior TO his
leaving he walked by the seashore alone
for half an hour after service, fully con-
WINGED that he had spoken 20 his con-
gregation for the last time. When the
sun had set he went back 10 his study,
and an hour later the hymn was fin
ished. DR.. Monk composed it's beautiful
setting in an inspired ten minutes.
Canon Ellertons popular Saviour,
Again 10 Thy Dear Name" was com
posed so recently as 1856. but has since
then been translated into nearly every
language and dialect The story of how
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lacks fertility. but because it lacks
moisture. Where rivers have been
turned from their courses the products
which have resulted equal in excellence
and amount those of the most favored
district Of ample rainfall
Furthermore he Says:
The Importance OF irrigation in the
arid regions is not to be measured solely
by the value OF the crops grown. but as
well by the influence a homegrown food
supply will exert on the growth and
prosperity Of other Industries. It must
be kept in mind that while many Of the
irrigated areas are small, they are the
nucleus around which cluster the indus
tries Of vast outlying districts. They
furnish the hay, grain, and vegetables
for the mining camp, and are an insur-
ance against destructive losses OF range
live stock in winter without irriga-
ton the region which separates the HUI
mid sections OF the Atlantic and Pa
cihc Coasts would be a far more dis
agreeable and effective barrier to trade
and commerce than it is today"
Although irrigation may seem to the
outsider an uninteresting subject, IT is
ANYTHING but that in reality. The con-
troversies which have arisen over the
The Washington times., 1903-02-15
Brief Mention of The
Latest in Literature.

70 AMO UNA" is an attractively
written little book by Llewlla
Pierce Churchill 1t Is fully
illustrated. and contains great deal OF
interesting information about the ways
and customs OF Samoa The author
frankly states at the beginning Of the
work that she considers Samoa to have
occupied an altogether disproPortionate
space in the history OF the world OF
late, and that she does not consider
the Samoans TO be anything like as
heroic and grand as they have been
represented. All the same. her descrip-
ton OF their manners and industries is
very good reading. It is an unusually
faithful and complete picture Of a print
tive people. supplemented by some ac-
count OF their history. also most interest
ing New York: The Forest and
Stream Publishing Company
The Washington times., 1903-02-15
WITH WORKING GIRLS.

ROOSEVELT has writ
that Tolls" a story Of unusual
human interest. written by Marie and
Bessie Van Worst. to be published by
Doubleday. Page & Co. The authors
are both trained writer's, and the former
is the daughter Of the late Judge Van
Worst Of New York. They tell their own
experience as working girls in a Pitts
burg pickle factory; in Perry. a mill
town OF New York; in clothing houses
in Chicago; in the shoe factories at
The Washington times., 1903-02-15
WHEN NOVEL READING WAS VICE

It HE editor OF ''Hsrper's Magazine"
writing in the Editors Study"
reminds US that novel reading two
generations ago in New England was re-
garded almost as a vice. Goldsmith's
Vicar OF Wakefield" was then the most
popular English novel, and Jane Porter's
Scottish Chiefs" was occasionally al
lowed TO be read by young people be-
cause of it's historical significance.
Literary events. he says. we're not Of
ten discussed with any warmth until the
time of Uncle Toms Cabin" which. OF
course, precipitated immediate excite
ment. And when Charlotte Bronte's
Jane Eyre" reached New England,
whole communities were divided on the
question OF its morality.
The Washington times., 1903-02-15
A Drinking Song

y life through golden hue;
i pleasures discovered
the tempting
you're a milionare-drnk on--and hen-aIas
sparkling dreams!
warmth
mllionaires.
DER,
like still haunts
And evry al sped
empty purse aching
The Washington times., 1903-02-15
THE OMAR CLUB.

II HERE viii doubtless be many ap-
plicants for membership in the
L Omar Club, when its objects, as
outlined in the London Daily News,
become widely known This is not
society for the study or the produc-
ton Of quatrains. II is named after an
other Omar. the Caliph who is said TO
have burned the library at Alexandria
For centuries his memory was held IN
execration. but modern readers have
learned to recognize in him farsighted
bcnefactor Of his race, a pattern for
emulation He at least endeavored in
his time TO check the swelling tide OF
literary production. and his contempt
raries were by so much the better of
that they had fewer books TO read. and
thus had time for those that were worth
the reading.
This, as is we'll known. was Omar's
theory. His application OF IL may have
been a little narrow, but the founders
of the Omar Club believe that modern
conditions demand its enforcement
through the modern method OF cOrpo-
rate action. Their association is formed
upon the principle OF other pious broth
erhoods. each member pledging himself
to destroy a given number of books
each year and to bring his influence TO
bear upon at least two authors to dis
suade them from continuous production