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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20
WHERE LIFE IS ENJOYABLE
Delightful Habits and Customs Of Ger
tain Places and People.

Delightful Habits and Customs Of Ger
tain Places and People.
Denmark claims that there is not q
single person in her domain who can.
not read and write. On the northeast
coast Of New Guinea, the island Of
Kutaba, surrounded by wall Of coral
800 feet high on one side and from fifty
to 100 feet on the other, maintains thir.
teen villages Of natives. to whom war.
crime and poverty have been unknown
since the beginning Of their traditions.
The most peaceful and comfortable
community in Europe is the commune
Of the Canton Vaud, in Switzerland
Nearly everyone is well OF and there
are no paupera
Finland is a realm whose inhabitants
are remarkable for their inviolate in.
tegrity. There are no banks and no
safe deposits, for no such security Is
essential. You may leave your luggage
anywhere for any length of time and
be quite sure Of finding 1t untouched on
your return. and your purse full OF
money would be just as secure under
similar circumstances. The Firms
place their money and valuables in
holes in the ground and cover them
with a big leaf. Such treasure is sa.
credly respected by all who pass it.
but, in the rare event Of man wishing
to borrow of his neighbor during his
absence, he will take only the smallest
sum he requires and place message In
the hole telling Of his urgent need
promising to repay the amount on q
specified date. And he will invariably
keep his word. for the Finn is invinci
BILE in his independence.
Agneta Park, near Delft, in Holland
Is another Utoplan example. A tract
of ten acres has upon 1t $50 houses
each with Its little garden and will
certain common buildings and common
grounds. The houses are occupied by
the employees Of great company. who
form a corporation which owns the
park. Each member owns shares ii
the corporation and pays rent for his
house. The surplus, after all expenses
have been paid. comes back to him a.
dividend. II he wishes to 60 away o,
II he dies his shares are bought up by
tho corporation and sold to the mar
who takes his place.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20
WHEN NATURE is REMise.,.
Sometimes the Senses Are For.osSen
in the Making Of Human BeinR.

Sometimes the Senses Are For.otSeu
in the Making Of q Human BEING.
Nature mods undoubtedly at.times as
in the case Of the child born WITHOUT
brain, whose case has been made
public this week. Not long ago amin
FAINT was born and lived for three
weeks with hole through its heart.
Thousands Of US are color blind, others
have no musical sense. And there, are
many Laura Bridgmans, many Helen
Kellers. The queen Of Roumania has
or had at her court In personal attend.
ance upon herself the daughter of a
blind nobleman. She could neither hear
nor speak and had to be taught to
communicate by holding the throat OF
a speaker and initiating the vibration
produced by the effort. But what a
grudge against nature must such ono
as Lyon Playfair discovered ever feel!
Here was girl who was blind, deaf,
dumb and could neither taste nor
smell. One might be pardoned for
asking II such life was worth living.
Yet there was a beautiful lesson In
such an existence. as the great warm
heart of Playfair discovered. He sent
her a pretty finger ring. and the poor
mite replied in this pitifully pretty let.
ter: Dear Sir Lyon Playfair: Sir
Lyon Playfair sent Edith ring In box.
Edith thank Sir Lyon Playfnir' for
ring. Sir Lyon Playfair come to sec
Edith. Good-by. Edith" During his
first visit the child had closely exam.
ined his hands, wrists, arms and face
her touch being marvelously accurate
A year later he went again to see her
At first she did not recognize him ant
no one betrayed his identity. At length
she turned back the cuff OF his shir'
and touched his wrist. Her face II
up with intense Joy. 1T is the, Eng
who gave me the ring" sh,
rapidly spelled out on her fingers. Ant
in second she had flung her iittl,
arms around his neck and WINS weep
ing with delight at the recognition
st. James Gazette. -.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20
PIPE SMOKED BY RALEIGH.
Quaint Relic that 10 Descsnied from
Eliza beth's Time.

Quaint Relic that 10 Descended from
Eiizabeth's Time.
During the last fortnight Americans
In London have been flocking to the
shipping exhibition In Whitechapel to
see relic Of United States history
which will be interesting likewise to
their countrymen ut home. This Is
nothing less than the pipe smoked by
Sir Walter Raleigh, which is also, Of
course. the first ever smoked In this
country, the famous courtier Of Queen
Elizabeth having introduced the fra
grant weed in England on his return
from America. The pipe belongs to
the Prince Of Wales, who always has
seen to Its being guarded most care
fully. There Is little doubt that this ~
the pipe that Sir Walter was enjoying
when his servant, frightened ut the
cloud Of smoke, dashed pail OF cold
water over his master to extinguish
the flames which he thought were
threatening the knights life. 1t Is
probable too, that Raleigh used this
pipe when he demonstrated to Queen
ASiHuctth -hhV wight VI
amount of smoke by weighing Gesns.s6..
bacco, smoking 1t and weighing the
ashes. - ..' : :: = : 80 '-.'. :. :. :.
Even more interesting. than these
however, are the associations of the
pipe with the latter part Of the court
favorite's life. 1t was his constant COM
panion when he placed the battlemcnt
outside the prison at the. tower Of
London while composing IFS history OF
the world.
To this day the window In the white
tower Is pointed out where Sir Walter
smoked his pipe us he watched. hi
rival, the Earl of Essex, walk to the
scaffold erected on the green Just be
low. and there is equally trustworthy
substantiation for the tradition that
this was the pipe the knight carried
with him to the block when It came his
turn to take "the sharp medicine bui
cure for all Diseases"
For many years the pipe was par;
Of the Duke Of Cambrldge's collection
who, though not a great user OF to-
bacco has one OF the finest collections
Of pipes and snufr boxes in the king
dom. While the present Prince Of
Wales was an active naval officer the
duke gave him Raleigh's pipe and his
royal highness has guarded 1t as q
cherished possession. Before he allow
ed 1t to go to Whitechapel exhibition
he insisted that 1t be insured for
5000. and It is doubtful whether II
will ever leave the roynl cabinet again
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20
The Man Was C0nsoled

w. 4. Vanderbilt, Jr., is an enthu-
siastic motorist. While speeding one
of his red devils along a Long Island
road he saw a man and a dog far
ahead Of him. the dog running in and
out of the bushes.
As he whizzed past a moment later
the dog darted out ahead Of the ma
chine to bark at 1t, was run over and
instantly killed. Mr.. Vanderbilt
stopped his machine and returned.
I'm very sorry, old man." he said to
the man. "Will that make 1t all right"
He held out ffty-dollar bill.
ut WILL" said the man. taking It.
Then, as the machine few away down
the road, he looked alphabetically at
the remains and said: "Poor little
devil. I wonder whose dog 1t is?"
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20
TALENT HAS DEVELOPED EARLY.
Prscotioes Iounsstsrs Who Are MAX.
fnS Tktir Mark In the World.

Prscotfoea Houn tiers Who Are MAX.
fnS T6tir Mark In the World.
At Grand Rapids, Mich, there Is Z
precocious child who recites selections
from Kipling. Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Eugene Field and James Whitcomb
Riley with apparently as much appre-
citation Of the demands of the pieces
in the matter of expression and dialect
as many a professional elocutionist.
This child is Louise Remington Fay,
81 years old, daughter of Mrs. Helen
Remington Fay. She comes naturally
by her talent, as her mother is an elo-
cutionist and has appeared more or
less in public ever since she was few
years older than her daughter. Re-
Gently Louise gave readings from Kip
ling and Dunbar before the Elocution
Club, and the event has been the talk
Of Its members ever since. She has
also appeared in public on several 9TH
er occasions. The child's mind does
not seem taxed In the least by her
work.
A youthful inventor has just built a
wireless telegraph apparatus which he
has operated with success in the phys
ical laboratory Of the indianapolis
Manual Training High School. He 10
Arthur Berger. 10 years old. who will
be graduated with the June class.
Berger conceived the idea four years
ago of making q wireless telegraph
system. He gathered all the knowl-
edge he could Of the Marconi system
from scientific periodicals. When IA
miliar with the apparatus and the
fundamental principles he began his
hrst machines. They were crude at
fairs, but demonstrated the soundness
Of the principle on which he had built
them.
Last year. during his study of cleo
ricity in advanced physics. Berger be-
gan the construction Of q second set
Of instruments. with many improve
msnts upon his former systan.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20
DIFFICULTIES OF sTEpMorHER
Some Of the Trials Which Beset the
Path She Must Tread.

Some Of the Trials Which Beset the
Path She Must Tread.
Stepmothers often have to meet
many difficulties quite unknown to the
mother whose children are quite her
own, with no one to contradict the re-
lationship And it is too true that
there are always those who are look
ing for flaws in the new mother" who
has taken charge of another woman's
children. Will she treat them prop
erly7 Will she care for them. and will
they love her? And will she teach them
to forget their own mother7 NEEDLE.
some women are constantly on the
lookout for some fault to find with the
stepmother. And yet a woman who
undertakes this noble mission Is often
as capable as the own mother might
have been to rear the young folk, and
frequently is very fond Of children,
which trait, after all, is half the battle.
One woman who took up the charge
of caring for stepchildren found that
one little boy was extremely nervous
and sensitive. In regard to his school
work, in particular. he was very anx.
ious. and questions or words of sympa.
thy only seemed to tend to make him
feel more worried until he would be
Ill. At last his new mother learned
that he was what is termed "slow" in
school, and that his teacher was mark
ing his arithmetic lessons below par
principally because he did not work
out his problems after the usual rules.
but after a fashion taught him by his
new mother, who had methods Of her
own. The boy had grown so nervous
over his failures that the stepmother
thought best to take him out of school
for a term, and help him herself by
individual teaching.
Not being in touch with the methods
used in this particular school, she could
only point out to the child the princi-
Piles of the work, after which he would
readily apply the regular school system
taught in the text book, with good re-
suits. This experiment, far from set
ting him back In his school progress.
placed him in a position to skip" a
years work, and he eventually entered
high school ahead of what would have
been his regular time THIS through the
efforts Of his stepmother. whom he
loved with all his heart, and which
love did not grow dim when he became
a young man and went out to meet
the trials Of the world.-New York
Sun.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20

Here Is way to do something 20,
think Is impossible. You can cut Of
a bottle by wrapping a cord saturated
with coal oil arould It several times
Then set fire to the cord. Just wher
1t has finished burning plunge the bot
tie into cold water and tap on the end
to break II. 49,
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20

soldiers Of both Russian armies equipped
impossible entirely
this believed that operations
Manchua delayed soldier wounded slightly would
night
is
nd put O ALL
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20
Breakfast Joke.,

do you zee that meat at the 'othe
end Of the table?" whispered the come
dian boarder. "Well. why does 1t r.
scmble the north polei" Fl.
II give it up" replied the ,swee
singer. -, g, ,..,gs.J
because 1t Is cold. distant, and n
one has yet been able II make OF
what II L." -..,
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20
Consistent.

Il was cleaning our silver on Sunday
when Mrs. Straitlace called ,on her
way from church. Fortunately, though.
she didn't find 1t out" -, -,
."She's very strict about the Sabbath.
isn't sheT H..s ,.sn.,. 49,.
Yes. She apologlzed for calling I'D.
on me on that day. but she thought she
ought to tell me that scandaious story
about Mrs. Gidday."- Philadelphia
Press. ,'n''+ "a IS ''
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20
Then There was silence.

A well-kn0wn English actor was
once, while q young man, touring
through the provinces. One night
when his cue came he was nervous,
and on going upon the stage could
hardly speak. The audience was great
" displeased, and ''things began to
come his way" He stood this bonn
bardment for a few minutes until q
green head Of cabbage sped by his
ear. Stepping to the front of the stage.
he raised his hand for silence, and ex-
claimed:
II came here tonight determined to
please an interested audience, but
sincerely regret that any person has
lost his head over the matter!"
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20

It is cheaper to buy furniture now
courtship. .',,.f..,, S''@~tf
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20

Any man can easily make 4 fool OF
himself; all he has to do is to act kit
tenish.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20

Young man, beware Of the girl who
IL too lazy to return your kisses.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20

The chatting, dish has reached II
level at last Girls are making fuds
In II
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20
Not Appreciated.

"Now, Tommy" said the fond moth.
er. when you see people your senior
standing you must ask them to sit
down, and they'll like you"
II asked old man Sparks to sit down,
and he tried to lick me-" replied Tom
my.
"How was thatf'
1.-THE pavement was wet and Slip
perry" '~s-,.-..
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20
Her Ideal Of q Man.

Hcf IucWI Oh y MAN,
she-Gertrude says she will never
marry until she finds her ideal.
He-What IL her ideal7
She-Oh, any man who will ask her.
ILLUSTRATED Bits.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20

II hope" said the thrifty old farm.
er, shat you have something laid up
for a rainy day" q.
"sure thing" replied his nephew
from the city. 1--WE got seventeen Dor.
rowed umbrellas"
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20

Disorder In Q political meeting sell
dom begins until aftsr It IL called to
order.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-04-20

Fortunate u the man who can Dor.
row enough money to pay his dsbtA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-27
MANY DARING BURGLARIES
COMMITTED DURING NIGHT

door. which had been cautiously
pruppod open " IN u lump uf coal
An entrance was effected ht the
front door A Vale combination
lock gave the professional crook uu
trouble NiHpgr and other sharp
instruments has rendered It yuiur.
less as means OF keeping such
callers out lrhe front door vas
also left wide open Mr lrffery
Ernpud IA small Ratchet which me-
picked up lu the kitchen. and fol-
lowed ths thief cut OF the house.
only 90 see him joined by - com
paninu and the two disappear
across the street and beyond sight
Tracks of two men were found
IN the dust one making a blurred
print was Thought Go have been Boz
his stocking feet. Whine the other
stands cut clear and shows that
the man wore auoya. The police
believe that he was watching the
building while bic arcumpliee work
cd without fear inside putrulman
Potter was rushed "a the scene a.
soon al poasibio after the telephone
call for help had been received. bat
no trace could bo found of the
crooks
" A. seihel Of e3t Twenty firat
uvenue. reported by telephone a.
1870 o'claek thiu morning that bic
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-27
CEDAR LAKE STRIKE
rs NOT SETTLED
aWGrERs ON PIPE LINE WALK OUT, But THEY AssnRT.
CITY rHolHEeR THOMSON NOT Ger woHKmgE TO
TAKE THEIR PLACES

According 10 the three union rivz
eIrru Who struck 1n the work on
the lighting plant AZ Cedar lake
laHt Friday evening. the trouble Is
not Fat ended. uh city Engineer
Thorn Hun states The strikers have
returned o. seattle. hut one of them
uhu called at Tho star office thiH
morning said that they Intended %
80 ba#k % work n they we're al
laHed t1 u8fk only eight Instead Of
nine hours "a day, aa provided iu
the rIfY charter
Foreman Thomas tlemluH il OK
Heetea 90 reach hero tomorrow
aald uue of che strikers. and make
Arrangements uIth ua % return to
the faiia A. FAR a. know no
other men have been found ~ the
city o. take our places city EnEl
naHr Thomson statement tu the
contrary discriminating We
struck because ae refused 10 work
nine hours or more unless we were
paid double wages fur all overtime
we sent tu Nork ritetiuE the
steel pipe that iH a. carry the wat
ef from the falls 20 the plant ON
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-27

house had been entered by TIE rear
door being unlocked wlth nippefa.
A pair Of trousers we're carried
down % the Kitchen aud searched
but the thief only got ID scent piece
FOR his daring
a telephone message from some
house iu tho vicinity 81 Detective
hnrheu'H home near Seventeenth
avenue and Marion street com
plaIurd that burglars were entering
houses in that nciEhhufhuud about
4 o'clock thlH morning The detect.
I've was aroused from hia HlHmbeu
by n enli from the station telling
him of the trouble What the 70.
suit Of hla investigation viii be- b.
not yet known More reports are
expected from that locality. a. the
two burglars evidently bad thluHa
their own way f1f a feW hours.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-27

a dark lantern Stripped iu the other
A. soun a. the burglar saw the
move uf the ateppeua head he
melted away Zee the darkness. Ieays
Ing Nj lvffery Easping with niKnt
and indignation The value 81 the
boaty carried off by the tWo thieves
exceeds tiaa aud consists ot lew
clff Sold Watghea. chains aud dIa4
maud rInga SIlKrrWarp on the low
&c floor was untouched No money
was missed as the burglar WA
scared away before hia work was
accomplished
As deagrihrd By the lawyer. the
burglar On "A short man. dressed n
n gray uYvfahirt. overalia and skull
cap or no headEear az alt as JEFF.
feFY was uncertain about the latter
feature After hc hurglam pre-.
ripiiata flight JsffrrY followed him
ua CLOSELY as be dared down fIIght
Of stairs aud out through the back
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-27
LoeKPlcKING ARTISTS WERE BUSY IN VICINITY
OF SIXTEENTH AVENUE = ONE GOOD HAUL
MADE

burglars got busy after the cars
had stopped this morning aud pull
81 off three successful entries with
cat any moltsiatIau rum the ter
forifed occupants or the isolated
police station Working from
Twenty first avenue az l 80 a.eloeH
this morning they euued ln a larfu
haul az the residence Of +. n. Def
cry. prominent attorney living a.
~ sixteen. avenue shortly be
farc s o'clock
Mr ivifefy was awakened by the
Intermittent flashing 20 dark Ian.
tern IN the hands 81 a uertY bur
STAR before his druWhy vision. lie
raised his head from the pillow %
see What caused ghr nlokerlun lEht.
aud was electrified by the alEht Of
rval live burElar the first he had
ever seen Ia action. atcalthily steal
lHg about through the room With a
hig revolver held In one hand nnH
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-27

Exceptional values here tomorrow School starts few days
Boys sc Corduroy Pants Saturday only for 3
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-27
NO BEER AT
CARNIVAL

The German viilakr MI not be a
teading attraction AZ the coming In
dustrtal carnival This decision Vas
reached b. the committee after ron-
sidcfing The objections raised By
the board Of FvEenta II the state
university Yesterday Manager Rust
said this morning that the Ssh q
the regguts would - complied wth
and the usual thirst dispauserY
would b. a minus quantity
The board ~ regents and the tat
veraifY Site Improvement company
beth ubleeted "a the German village
feature. and the regents came uut
emphaticaily against u az the meet
inE yesterday afternoou.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-27
TORE UP
SIDEWALK
OFFICERS COULD NOT FIND
DIAMOND, SUPPOSED TO %
LOST. AFTCR oGaoLlsHiNo
WALK WAY

The loss Of valuable tIs,,r.t
ring under the sidewalk ON sprInr
hlfeet between Second and ThIri
avenues. last nlEht was tho eHuss 81
narrowly avertcd row between tho
htfeet department aud chief De.
fancy 3 aeupners' A row between
two men "a nj woman hfounht
about the loss % a tIh0 diamond
ring A witness Says tht the rlng
vas auns violently 20 the sidewalk
~ the woman Afterwards there
were tears Of repentance aud an
ANXIOUS search NOR the valuable hit
The aid of two huriy policemen
WIS invoked nsreEardine the rules
81 the street department. these offi
GERS of the Law tore up the Roodsn
Sidewalk with reeklrsa dlsherard
while the trio ENCOURAGED with via.
ions q ample rewafas A long aeareh
revealed only dust and che loss 81
temper
Inspector FLASK ~ the street De-.
nartmeut received several telephone
fnesaaEca thia morning about the
terrible condition uf the sidewalk Ia
that vicinity Que woman nearly
fell ana broke her back. several
sthefs did fau and hurt themselves.
and the street department waved
wrathy.
IL they had waited until this
morning and came % the office
here and paid $40 FOR q permit 60
rip up the Sidewalk. there would
lave BEEN no trouble abaut the mat.
ter, said Inspector FlarF this
morning and the money would
have been cheerfulIy returned after
the Sidewalk had been reiaId
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-27
SHAWN NUT
AGROUND

Advice wus received THE morning
by the local Marine change that
the harbaf ~ flunEHHHs q fHH fafH
ago. but VAS aualed without 1Ifn
Guilty Whether the HhasmHt HuH
faiued any great amount 81 damage
could not be- aHfeHthiued az the
present time
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-27
WILL ATTEND FUNERAL

Danish hFotheHhoud. are request -
q attend funeral ~ Hralher ThYza
ThyKvrson a. as8a o'clock Sunday
morning August -. from uanneY-
Watson Ca's funeral r1fIara CORNER
Third avenue ana Columbia street
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-27
WILL VISIT FRLE NOS

afrs Lillian wtnder. - this cffr.
aeconsr'a MED ~ her two sons. FrrH
and Eaain. Jeff FOR AhefHeau today
Mra. Win1sr. Who e well known 10
Seattle Intends % spend fuu weeks
~ the summer resorts q Ahefieen
and Cohaasst.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-27

Tho funeral Of the late Mrs.
Louise Waters Wa held from the
Buiterwoftg chapel yesterday after
noon. Rev o. L. Wharton offlclat-
ing
A. ~ Ashley. who has FOR q NUM-
Der ~ years conducted business I'M
der the name Of the Glasgow Wool
en- Mills. yesterday filed a petition
Ina voluntary bankruptcy. Assets,
g 1866. liabilities. f2.4iL75.
Tbs county eDmmlHaiunera Yester-
day look ten acres from the Hili-
man city voting precinct and at.f
tafhed it 10 tho Columbia voting
precinct. This waa done on the pc
tltl0n of voters living In the To-
cation IN question.
Mrs. Lucy Sailors yesterday IN
atitutag divorce proceedings against
her husband. Mason Sailors. on thu
ground Of extreme cruelty. The
couple have been living AZ Hillman
City.