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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27

An English weekly tells of an AM
erican innocent abroad who was un.
impressed by Eitfel Tower. To proud
Frenchman he announced that in
America they had tower so high
that they had to let down the tops It
night. "Nat for you let down re top"
cried the astounded Gaul. so as to
let the moon go by" replied the heir
Of George Washington.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27

Says the Snagtown Torchlight edi-
tor: Railroad accidents have been
frequent AS the measles this year; but
you never hear Of anybody getting in
jured who travels on free pass. For
fifteen years I've been going that way,
and haven't even had a leg cut off,
so as to get damages out Of the acc dent
COMPARES Luck is dead against me.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

LaHu Uhce at SPOKANE FhIIs, Whsh.,
January ~, 1904
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has tile,i notice of his intention
to make final proof In support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before Alice G.
French. U, s. Commissioner Tor the district OF
Washington at Ritzville, Wash, on March O.
1904, viz:
SAMUEL c. BAKER
who made homestead entry No. ll110, for the
swl4 sec 4, twp 10 II, r 30 +. W. NJ.
lie names the following witnesses 10 prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land. viz:
Joseph A. Lamb, J William Galbreath, Chas
Lehman and Elmer Lamb, all OF RiiZvile
Wash.
WILLIAM II. LUppEN. Register.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
United States Land Office,

Spokane Falls, Wash, January II, 1901.
Notice is hereby given that Andrew Mcqueen
has filed notice OF intention TO make final proof
before Alice Z. French, U $. Commissioner for
the District of Washington at her Office in RITZ
vile, Washington, on Tuesday, the sth day of
March, 1904, on timber culture app. No. $40, for
the s1a sel4 and el2, swl4 OF section No. 81, in
township No. 20 II, range No. 81, T.. W. NJ.
He names as Witnesses Manuel V. Simas
and joe s. Tavars of Keystone, Wash Eddie Il,
Breese OF MheaIland, Wash; and solomon |.
Bartges, of Ritzville. Wash.
MILAN II. LuuDFN. Register.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27
Eternal vigilance is still the price

Eternal vigilance is still the price
of safety, in town affairs, as well as in
the border concerns of State and Ma
ton. Good government is no joke.
The "powers that prey" have no close
season. They do business whenever
opportunity serves. Progress means
decency. Activity of captains of cor
rupt industry calls for attention on
election days. 1t is very brassy, this
effort of classes, in a condition OF
chronic evasion or violation of law, to
influence votes and control legislation
The average intelligent voter, who
is neither a fanatic nor a hoodlum, is
not much impressed by possible OPP
portunities for diet OF swill.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27

Rirzvllle'o pubic school is crowded
and her citizens are considering the
proposition Of better school facilities.
-Waitsburg Gazette.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27
NOTICE TO VOTERS OF RITZvILLE.

The Registration BOOTS for the registering OF
all qualified voters in the City OF Rilzville are
now open at the Office of the undersigned in
the Adams County News building on c street
between Second and Railroad avenue opposite
the First National Bank and Will remain open
until twenty days prior to any general election
or ten days prior to any special election.
Z. u gibson. City Clnrk
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27

Season tickets good Tor every day { +
the seven months OF the : orld's fair
will he iss ned at $50 each. They wi |
not be transferable,
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27

Kentucky Is getting better. An 800
pound meteor Tell there the other day
without hitting feudist or a Goebel
murder SUSPECT.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27
ADVERTISER!

The man who whispers down well
About the goods he has to sell
Won't reap the cleaning, golden dollars
Like one who climbs Il tree and holcrs.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27

If Mr.. Heart is nominated we
shall all have II lively summer, though
we think the autumn would be par
ticnlhry enjoyable to Republicans.
II the Democrats have "A sense of hu-
NOR they should nominate him and
afford the Republican new. papers a
chance to kill lots Of space and give
him considerable free advertising.
His chances Of success will not be any
less than any one else who aspires to
beat Our Teddy.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27

Along about this time OF the year
Solomon probably began dlcEeIlng
with a wholesale millinery house for
$50 bonnets, all exactly alike, to pre-
vent trouble.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27

Things are not as they used to be
having Changed" in the past quarter OF
century. Three score years ago the
average boy would go out on Sunday,
climb tiee and partake of a few
quarts OF mulberries, and top out with
Il pocketiul of green apples and salt.
The next morning his mrother dag
nosed his trouble AS "worms," and he
was made to swallow half bottle OF
Frey's vermifuge, Il quarter of pound
of epsom's salts, and was turned loose
in the COW pasture until supper time,
when he would come in for a square
meal, all right. Now if a boy COM
plains OF having stitch" in his side,
he has ,"appendicitis," and is hustled
OFT to hospital, starved within an
inch CT his life, half dozen surgeons
each take a whack at him with pearl
handled knives, aud he is turned over
to his friends o. undertaken.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27

A Sprague school teacher received
the following note from the mother
of one Of her pupils ON Monday: "Deer
Mis-, You writ me about whipping
Sammy. | hereby give you permits.
sion to beet him up eny time it is
necessary to learn his lessons. He is
juste like his father-you have to
learn him with club. Pound nolese
into him. | wants him to git it, and
don't pay no ateution to what his
father says, I'll handle him."
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27

When we take IL view of the human
family, we are forced to recognize the
inequality of conditions that prevail
among its members. Some are rich,
some are poor; some are possessed OF
colossal intellects, some are feeble
minded; some wear the laurel wreath
OF fame, some doomed to life of toll
and obscurily; some are travelling in
luxury, some are pinched with hunger
and want; some are sitting comfortably
around their blazing fires, some are
freezing for the want OF fuel-yet we
are all brothers. the children of com.
mon Father who throws the arms OF
his love around US all. We are all
subject to the same diseases, the same
calamities, and sooner or later death
will break down all the barriers that
separate us.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27

the American was always animated
often, it may have been uncon-
sciously-with the heroic thought that
he was preeminently engaged in re-
claiming the wilderness, building a
home, founding an American state
and extending the area OF liberty. He
had visions, however dimly seen, that
he was here to do for his country
what his ancestors had done for saw
age England centuries before, to plant
Il community which in due time
should grow and ripen into one OF the
gre at sisterhoods OF Anglo
states, wherein the language OF the
Bible, Shakespeare and Milton should
be spoken by millions then unborn,
and the law of Magma Charta and
Westminster Hall be the bulwarks of
liberty and the buttress of order for
generations to come Matthew p.
Deadly.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-27

When school girl goes home, and
announces that she has to write an es-
say on Sebastapol, there is sensation,
says the Atchson Globe. Her brother
wants tn know if it is a new game, and
her sister asks her if it is something to
eat, Her father has forgotten Sebasta-
pc! in the worry of earning living,
and Sebastapol has had the same fate
in her mothers mind in the duties
that attend the running OF home.
The girl cribs it out of h book, and
the mouse is hushed while she does it.
Every member of the family is i'm.
pressed with the heaviness OF the girls
brain, aud Sehastapol becomes as ia
miliar topic at the table as if it were
a cheese. In this way, education seeps
out, and IL family picks up something
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-06-04

There have been persistent rumors
to the effect that John Morley had be-
come a Catholic, says the Western
Waterman. A London paper stated
positively few weeks ago that he had
been received into the Church. We
have been asked frequently to settle
the question. We have received the
number Of the Irish Catholic, dated
May 14th, and find the complete an
swer to the question. Mr. John Nor
ley" says the st. James Gazette, has
not been received into the Catholic
Church. That was the reply of an
eminent Catholic authority to our rep
resentative, who drew his attention to
the oft-repeated rumor, which is again
current. According to the statement
in contemporary, Mr.. Morley for
some time past has been attending
mass at the Catholic chapel in Farm
street, Berkeley square. This is only
partly true. Since Mr.. Morley's sister
entered the Church and took the veil,
the distinguished statesman has been
frequent visitor to the Oratory, but on
~ occasionally to Farm street. Recent
ly his attendances have been less regu-
lar. Nor so far as can be gathered,
has the right honorable gentleman
taken any steps which could in any
way lend color to the rumor."
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-06-04
STILL WANT INDEPENDENCE.

William Z. Curtis, the yoluminous
correspondent of the Chicago Record
Herald, has now reached the Philippine
Islands in his trip around the world.
AS is usual with him, he finds most
of the trouble in the islands due in
one way or another to the Catholic
Church. Mr.. Curtis can always be re-
lied upon to malign and misrepresent
the Church. He says that the revolu-
tionary movement dies hard and that
there are still large number of young
Filipinos who belong to societies hav-
ing for their object the independence
of the islands. He ascribes the per-
sistency of this movement to the hatred
of the people toward the Spanish
friars. In view of the fact that he
himself says that nearly all the friars
have left the islands there will be
many Americans who will look for
other reasons than those ascribed by
Mr.. Curtis for the continued struggle
of the people for independence He
says:
Already most of the monks have
gone. According to the official reports
Of Mgr. Guidi, the apostolic delegate,
there were lob members of the four
orders in the islands at the time of the
American occupation, while on the LIST
of January last only DAG remained MS
follows:
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-06-04
AaXlms.

Time flies like an arrow; days and
months like weaver's shuttle.
The teacher should not leave his
books nor the poor man his pigs.
For him who does everything in
its proper time one day is worth three.
The truths which we least wish ia
hear are those which it is most to our
advantage to know.
Attend to your farms and mulberry
trees, that you may have sufficient
food and clothing.
Let every man sweep the snow from
before his own doors and not trouble
himself about the frosts on his neigh.
boris tiles.
When the sword is rusty, the pillow
bright, the prisons empty, the graner.
les full, the steps of the temple worn
down and those of the law courts
grass grown, when doctors 20 afoot.
the bakers on horseback, and the men,
of letters drive in their own carriages,
then the empire is we'll governed.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-06-04

Like Little Tom Tucker" in the old
nursery rhyme, the Protestant Bishop
of Waterford, since the recent visit of
King Edward to that section of Ire.
land, has been singing for the white
bread and butter" of which his ofIi-
cial position as prelate of the
Church by Law Established' gives
him such a plentiful share,-for doing
very little, says the Irisll-American.
The bishop regards King Edward as
his "divinely appointed head" and
thinks the flock committed to his
charge enjoy, under British law,
greater liberty than under any ruler
on earth" 1t is only few months
ago, however, since several hundreds
OF the bishops Notwithstanding
Of them his own neighbors and core
ligionists,-were enjoying the delights
of British coercion prisons, for no
other reason than that couple of
castle-appointed police satraps chose to
suspect them of being suspicious
characters And they could not even
obtain a statement of the charges on
which they We're being held! This is
the "greater-liberty," under King Ed
ward, of which the Protestant Bishop
of Waterford is in such admiration.
But, then, it is the king who makes the
bishop, under the English system; and
it is little wonder that the latter is
carried away by the contemplation of
his creator,-especially when, in the
same connection, he regards himself
and the snug berth into which he has
been dropped.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-06-04

The history Of Ireland, in two vol
umes, by John +. Finerty, just from
the press, is Il comprehensive yet con-
else history of that country and its
people from the earliest times down to
the present. Mr.. Finerty has produced
that most rare Of works-a good his
tory. That he has been able to do so
is the more remarkable because he has
been all his life most vigorous par
tisan of the Irish cause. He has been
able, however, to separate himself from
his bias and has given the public a
work Of real historical value, especially
to those who are DESTROYS of learning
something of Ireland in brief space
Of time.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-06-04

The editor of the Chicago New
World, Charles ]. O'NIalley, a poet and
critic Of more than ordinary fame,
pays a very deserved tribute to the
genius of the young poet He says:
IF the truest poets are they who
sound every chord, then DR.. Fischer
is a true poet. More commendable
than all, perhaps, is the healthy op-
timism which pervades his poems, the
faith, the hope, the charity, the con-
slant looking toward God, and the in
clusion of all beauty which leads to,
ward the higher life. In this, William
f. Fischer is distinct among present
day American poets, and if he be true
to his ideals, he will win a place of
which his native land may one day be
proud"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-06-04

Ireland is the only country where a
man has been found ready and willing
to marry his mother-in-law-at least
SO far as can be recollected, says the
Catholic Standard and Times. Some
years ago there arose a case in which
man went very near performing the
feat and only failed because he failed
to marry the lady's daughter first, her
mother having stepped in and cut her
out before the plunge matrimonial had
been taken. In the case now reported,
as told before the Dublin Recorder a
few days ago, the daughter had died
shortly after marriage, and the be-
reaved husband, who is mariner bold,
soon afterward HE'D him to the mother
and wooed and won her for his bride.
He was not asked to explain why he
had previously begun his courtship of
the family at the younger end, and so
this interesting point Of the knot re-
manned unraveled. The hardy tar,
when asked did he see nothing morally
wrong in marrying in consanguinity
so close, declared he didn't and his
unblushing bride said the same. The
interesting pair We're acquitted by the
jury, on the ground of ignorance. The
Recorder in dismissing them took oc-
casion to observe that though the case
had arisen in Ireland, all the parties
were Scotch, and Presbyterians; and
in Scotland, he added, ''there was
greater laXity in these Matters" The
word greater under the circum-
stances, was quite superfuous, mas
much as in Ireland there is no laXity
whatever, so far as the records show.
We would respectfully direct the at
tention of the Presbyterian gentlemen
who have just been animadverting on
the laXity of Catholic countries, to the
observation of this Judge, who is him
self, we believe, mont Catholic Irish
man. The name of the heroic tar is
James Thomson, from Dundee. Scot
land, and that of his brides, Tully.
The Recorder thought he was in one
sense hero to marry his mother-in-
law, and if he had committed a crime
it was one that brought sufficient pun
ishment in its consequences. But that
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-06-04
LESSON OF THE DAY.

Another Memorial day has passed
into history. The great republic does
well to honor the men who fought to
save the nation, both the living and
the dead. These men constituted the
largest body of pure, unselfish patriots
which the world had ever seen. The
full import of the day, however, is lost
unless it brings to the attention of our
people the dangers of today. OF what
use is it to cover the soldiers grave
with flowers and make speeches in
his honor, if we turn away the next
day to aid the political corruptionists
in betraying the country. The old SOL
dier did his duty well. He saved the
nation. But it is one thing to save the
nation and another to maintain it, 1t
requires as much heroism to live
for ones country as to die for it.
The nation will always honor the
heroes who died on the battlefield; it
now needs men who will live for it,
who will sacrifice their time and their
wealth in its interest. 1t needs men
who will vote right, who will think
| right and who will see in our country
and its institutions something more
than opportunity for the satiating Of
greed and the promoting of private
ends.
Present conditions do not demand
soldiers to fight battles, but they do
call for soldiers to fight the battles Of
pure citizenship. The old soldiers who
marched OH last Monday We're ideal
soldiers from 1861 to 1865 and they
are. as rule, the ideal citizen of to-
day. They have done as much for
their country as could reasonably be
expected. There is. however. work of
Il high order for them yet to do. They
have reached that age when unselfish-
ness, so necessary to pure patriotism,
is most likely to be found. They have
already taught us that citizenship con-
sists in serving the country and not
in seeking to make the country serve
the citizen. 1t remains for them to-
day by example and precept to teach
the lesson of good citizenship. We
have nothing to fear from force of
arms. Our great danger lies in the
pollution of the citizenship of the coun-
try. The call of the nation is to-day
the same as it has ever been. 1t is Il
call for honest. earnest patriotism. No
man is patriot unless he faithfully
serves his country and obeys its laws.
No man is fighting the battles of to-
day who strives for wealth ut the price
of his manhood. No man is patriot
who for the sake of political advantage
strives to set one man against an
other. and thus engenders social strife
and hatred. The opportunity for high
patriotism is as great or greater today
than it was in 1861. The fact that the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-06-04
MATHEW STANLEY QUAY.

On the principle of DE mortuis nil
nisi bonum," the press as a rule have
nothing to say about the late Senator
Quay, except to recount his many poll
teal victories. A successful political
manipulation he surely was, if by sue
cessful is meant the parceling out of
political graft. No greater example of
the political boss" ever existed. He
was able, cultured and depraved. He
was open and brazen in his political
depravity. He not only bought and
sold elections and political position but
he actually looted the public treasury
of his state. He has enjoyed the sue
cess which comes from overriding vir-
tue and establishing vice in it's place.
He has been known for years as the
most notorious Of corrupt politicians.
No possible good can come from re-
peating craven words of praise over his
grave. 1t is said of him that he was
ever true and faithful to his friends,
which is often true between the most
dangerous bandits and outlaws Even
President Roosevelt, who would have
his cOuntrymen regard him as the fore
most enemy Of public corruptionsts,
| sent message of coincidence in which
he referred to Quay as my staunch
and loyal friend" Was lie ever a friend
of honesty in politics and public life?
Was lie not rather the friend of trick
! stcrs. plotters. defaulters and bribers
Although in the United States Senate
for many years his name is not con-
nected with any important measure of
legislation. vet there never was Il
shady piece of legislative enactment in
which his name was not connected
He leaves as the result of his life
work the great state of Pennsylvania
in the grasp Of the most heartless and
corrupt machine ever known to Amer.
lean politics. The Tweed ring in its
hey-day did not have one-tenth the
power for evil which Quay and his
| iAoNAilS AuNc cAcIClSSl lOT Years over
the state politics of Pennsylvania and
the municipal affairs of Philadelphia
He played at politics as a speculator
upon the wheat market. He had nc
principles to fight for, his only object
being to carry elections. 1t must he
admitted that he was remarkably sue
cessful and equally fortunate in that
he never landed in prison. He once
stated that if he lived in New York. she
would join Tammany." In Pennsyl
vania, however, he found it to his adj
vantage to be a Republican. His
work as chairman Of the national com
mittee in 1888 is now the most men
toned part Of his career. 1t will be
Remembered that General Harrison
one of the most pious of presidents
owes his election to the crooked work
(which Quay worked with the Tam
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-06-04

The Dominican Father Heinrich
Denifes book on Luther and Luther
dom" has put the hero of the Reforma-
ton in such a bad light that scholars
of Professionalism in Germany are rush
ing to his rescue, says the Catholic
Columbian. Unable to disprove the
facts in the history, substantiated by
documents, they are denouncing the
style Of the book-they say that it is
full Of abuse. Well, it is rough in
places, that is true; but if that is all
that can be said against it, then the
case Of Martin Luther is admitted to
be indefensible.