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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14
FEAR THE "sEveN wHlsTLeRs."

Superstition Which Has Caused Many
Mining Strikes In England.
In some parts Of England peculiar
whistling or yelping noises are heard In
the air after dusk and early In the
morning before daylight during the
winter months. Sometimes. however,
the noise Is described as beautiful
sounds like music, high up in the air,
which gradually die away. The gen
eral belief Is that the "seven whis-
tiers" as they are called, are the fore
tellers Of bad luck, disaster or death
to some one in the locality. 1t IL a
very ancient superstition. Both swifts
and plovers have been suggested as the
whistlers. 1t may be noted that
plovers are additionally supposed to
contain the souls of those who assisted
at the crucifixion, and In consequence
were doomed to float In the air for
ever. Really the "whistlers" are widg-
con, or teal, as they fit from their feed
Ing grounds, passage always made
under cover Of darkness. In Shrop-
shire the sound is described as re-
sembling many larks singing. and
the folklore of both Shropshire
and Worcestershire says: There
are seven birds. and the six ny about
continually together, looking for the
seventh. and when they find him the
world will come to an end"
Everywhere, without exception. the
seven whistlers" are believed to pres.
age Ill. but the superstition seems to
be more particularly a miners notion.
II they hear the warning voice Of the
"seven whistlers," birds sent, as they
say, by Providence to warn them Of an
impending danger, not a man will de.
scend into the pit until the following
day. For example. in September, 1874.
the following paragraph went the
round Of the papers: ION Monday
morning large numbers of the miners
employed at the Bedworth collieries,
In North Warwickshire. giving way to
a superstition which has long prevail.
ed among their class. refused to de-
scend into the pits in which they are
employed. During Sunday night 1t was
stated that the seven whistlers' had
been distinctly heard In the neighbor-
hood of Bedworth, and the result was
that on the following morning many
Of the men positively refused to de.
scend into the pits"
Morfa colliery. In South Wales, 10
notorious for its uncanny traditions
The "seven whistlers" were heard
there before a great explosion In the
eos, and before another In 1890, when
nearly a hundred miners were entomb-
ed. In December, 1895. 1t was said
that they had been heard yet again,
whereupon the men struck work and
could not be induced to resume It until
the government inspector made a close
examination Of the workings and re-
ported all safe. In July. 1902, another
instance of a colliery strike founded
upon the same superstition occurred in
England.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14

What explanation has Secretary
Shaw to offer for the fact that the
price Of radium has dropped nearly
million dollars a pound during the past
few months?
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14
Brother aud Sister.

Jack-Ned proposed to Dolly last
week and she refused him, but notice
that he goes to see her now oftener
than he did before.
Tom-Yes. he told me yesterday that
he hasn't any fears 4 a breach Of
promise suit there now.-Somerville
Journal
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER.
ESTiN0 ITEMS.

Comments and Criticisms Based Upon
the Happenings Of the Day-Histori'
cal and News Notes.
The good man who goes wrong II a
bad man Just found out.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14
Too Much Happiness

How'd you like ter be sleepin' In a
cool fence co'ner, wild a big watermil-
lion fer yo' pillerf"
go long. man! You well knows
heaven can't come down to earthw-
Atlanta Constitution.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14

When 1t comes to paying damages
for the wrongful seizure Of ships Rus
sia's little picnic in the Red Sea IL like
ly to lose its entertaining aspect
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14
Has q Level Head.

''That architect II making q big hit
with his new scheme for suburban res.
idence."
whats the gamer
"To every man who gives him a con.
tract for the building of a suburban
residence he guarantees a constant sup
ply Of servant girls for ten years'
e."-Philadelphia Press.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14

Mrs. Ascum - What makes you
think she only paid $4.98 for her hati
Mrs. Wise-She's been telling every
body what a bargain 1t was for So
Philadelphia Press.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14

Any young man who can save up
money during his engagement can at
ford to marry.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14

The woman who horsewhipped her
4-year-old son because he forgot to
say his prayers is past praying for.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14

Venezuela will have a rough road to
travel, even If she does pave it with
stolen asphalt.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14

Hall Gaines forthcoming novel is
declared to be an improvement on his
PREVIOUS work. It is shorter.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14

Masked HOwTZERs KNrAru ISLAND DURING THE PASSAGE
surprise
sand Of which bas Of timber had upright
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14

Sometimes 1t happens that q man II
70 cross around home that there u ~
much excitement when he smiles a.
there was when he smiled when he
was q month old baby.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14


the LaoTung Peninsula
the right
He his ground probably the accomplished soldier
Fukusima
and
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14

Locality Makes . Difference.
as 1t true. pa, that stOrks can ny
100 miles an hourT
"Well, not In Utah; they have too
many stops to make."-Town Topics.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14

After man has boarded a number
Of years. he begins to think a vege.
table garden q more beautiful sight
than q flower garden.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14

People who look over the affairs of
others are very apt to overlook their
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14

A woman may enjoy having an ooer-
alton performed hy . noted doctor. but
q man doesn'c
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14

Lady Lawson, Church Warden.
In England Lady Lawson has been
appointed a church warden Of Aspa.
trla Church, In Cumberland.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-14

Some women wear white dresses toe
long.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-26
They ALL SAY The SAME

During the past ten days, since it's
complete demonstration of the excel
lenee and hopefulness of business con-
ditions in the Northwest this year.
t he Gil e has taken pains to give
not merely its opinion, but statement
of facts and local conditions from ev-
cry We'll informed visitor to this city
from those portions of the Northwest
where the injury reported to the crops
was greatest. JUST as the business
men of st. Paul united without single
exception in saying that times were
good and promised to be better, and
that the opening year would be one of
prosperity, SO do all these people
merchants, farmers and business men
without single exception unite in
the. same testimony. Every. one of
them Voluntarily, and as a result of
his own inspection and Judgment, de-.
clares that the Northwest will be bet
ter. off from the point of cash to spend
this year than ever before.
:. The crop of Clay county is a better
one from a money standpoint than the
financial yield of the crop of 1903 and
our farmers consider it very satisfae-
tory" said prominent gentleman
from Moorhead the other day. He
added that he had figured it out with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-26
Winona independent

Candidate Dunn admits that he
signed a mineral lease conveying to
Mabel Evans, George A. Finn and I.
G. Patterson a tract of state land worth
some millions of dollars without even
looking at it, or noting the names of
the Iessees. George A. Finn, by the
way, was Mr.. Dunn's land clerk when
he was auditor, and is now Mr.. Dunns
right hand man in politics. There is
a statute in the laws of this state max
ing it a nlisdemeanor for a state Off
cial or clerk to profit by any Informal
ton he may possess in his line of
duty. but of course that's a trivial mat
ter to some especially to Bob Dunn
and his closest friends. What is most
strange, however. Is that Mr.. Dunn as
state auditor should sign paper of
the Importance of this mineral lease
without looking at it. No one who
has heard Mr.. Dunn called Honest
Bob" would for moment suspect that
he was aiding his land clerk to aceilmu-
late a fortune at the expense of the
state. The only conclusion satisfactory
Ito Mr.. Dunn and his close friends
is that 1T must have been busy day in
the auditors Office. A very busy day.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-26

ers who may be found every season
and whose crops for some special rea-
son have been an entire failure, who
will not have more money and spend
more this year than year ago.
The position thus outlined by T h e
Clio be and stated as an abstract be-
lief drawn from existing conditions is
borne out thoroughly by the fact. 1t
is no rosy dream of hope and no i'm
possible thought fathered by an empty
wish. 1t is just a plain, everyday
truth as obvious and as ineligible
as the multiplication table. The great
advance in market prices has saved
the Northwest from what might have
been, and would in years of very low
wheat prices have been, a great calam-
ity. Instead of hard times we have
good times Instead of poverty
stricken people endeayoring to exc out
their scanty resources until another
years crop should enable them to re-
cover, we have people with more
money at command than ever before.
The increase of the price of flour and
of bread which the consumers, of the
world must bear makes good to the
Northwestern farmer more than all
the difference between this years crop
and the best one ever harvested The
business outlook was never better.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-26
GAVE BREAD TO POOR
TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS
millionaire Baker Dies After Life Of
Philanthropy

NEW YORK. Sept. a5.-Louis
Fleisehmann, the millionaire baker and
phiianthropist, died here early today at
his home In West Seventy seventh
street. of paralysis. Mr.. Fleischmann
was born in 1886 near olmutz, Mo-
favia.
He fought in the war of 1866 against
the Prussians, and won distinction in
the battle Of Sadowa. He remained in
the army until 1874, when he resigned
to emigrate to America.
He opened model bakery in New
York soon afterward and at Christmas,
in 1875, he established the unique char
ity known as the dread line" and ever
since has distributed unsold bread
nightly to all who have applied. The
bread line" of appliances grew until
as many as 500 loaves night were
handed out and in the winter cups of
warm coffee were given with the bread.
Mr. Fleischmann also established an
employment bureau, went personally
among the unfortunates in his "bread
line" night after night and found work
for many men.
His wife, three sons and two daugh-
tiers survive him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-26
TODAY,S WEATHER

WASHINGToN,~D c., Sept 25.-Fore.
cast:
Minnesota in west: showers in
east portion Monday; warmer. Tuesday
showers and cooler in west portion; varia-
BILE winds.
Upper Michigan- Showers Monday and
probably Tuesday; variable winds,
Montana-Partly cloudy Monday; show
sers In west portion; cooler in southwest
PARTON. Tuesday partly cloudy; cooler in
east portion.
North Dakota-Fair Monday. Tuesday
showers and cooler.
South Dakota--Faif Monday: warmer i'll
east portion. Tuesday partly cloudy and
eoaler. probably showers.
Iowa-FaiF IN west; showers in east
portion Monday sfellowed by fair. Tuesday
partly cloudy: showers in north portion.
Observation-Disclosures Monday: warmer in
east portion. Tuesday showers; variable
winds.
st. PaulLYesterday's obserya tons,
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st Paul, w E. Oliver. observer. for
the 4Wenty-four hours ended at o. clock
last night-Baz,enleter corrected for tenn
perature and elevation Barometer, 90 90.
relative: humidity. 81; weather. cloudy !:
maximum tempeTa tufe. 81; minimum tenn
perature, lily range, ia: mean tenn
peratufe, al. p. m temperature, 60,
wind, south; precipitation. trace.
Yesterday s. Temperatures
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-26
Norwood Times

Two big guns have been discharged
IN the state campaign Examiner
Johnson has gone into the state audi
tors office, made a copy of the records
and deals going on there for the past
Few years and threw them broadcast
into the Dunn camp. Now Dunn loads
his guns with the ammunition of law
and facts explanatory of what he did
and why he did it. and also attacks
the examiners record and the record of
the Van SAINT crowd. 1t is a case of
the pot calling the kettle black and a
mess of porridge which not every voter
will read. but one which is good from
the fact that it is purely a Republican
row and one that will certainly divide
that party vote in favor of Democratic
victory. Two years ago when We were
doing what We could to elect Rosing
for governor of this state we We're con-
fronted with the brilliant records of
van SAINT and his capitol crowd. To-
day the same men who then lauded
Van as the only patriot and safeguard
for the people are denouncing him and
his employees as the enemies of society.
Who is to be believed? Were these
leaders of the G. o. p. right two years
ago. or are they right today? Better
let John Al. Johnson, of ST Peter, a
new man, into the new capitol to
straighten matters out
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-26
A Burnino Shame

Senator Fairbanks has called loudly
upon the voters of Delaware to save
the protective tariff. But what Della
ware has to save is her own self-re-
spect and political virtue. They are
!mperlled by monstrous corruption
lst using the name of the Republican
party to debaueh public morals. The
protective tariff may or may not mean
ROBBERY. but there is no doubt what
Addlcks means. His methods are those
OF organized pillage in politics, and to
peat off his assaults upon the state is
the present effort of the honorable citi-
zens of Delaware. 1t is a burning
shame for the national administration
TO throw its influence against them
New York Evening Post.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-26
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
How to Prevent Party Msceaenation at
the Primaries

To the Editor of The Globe:
In your comments on the primary law
in its practical workings as illustrated in
the recent election you suggest the need
of changes calculated to keep the party
voter where he belongs. You say, and
truly that it is in the highest sense i'm
moral, Indecent and disgracefuH' for
the Voter of one party to ask for and
mark and vote the ballot of the other
In New York our registration law makes
II incumbent on the party caucus voter to
declare in the previous election his party
afafiiation and in this way he is removed
from the temptation to vote in the other
party's caucus If conditions are such that
he. would If he could. A good Democrat
will not care to bear for year the
badge of the Republican and he will have
no object in deing so. for he cannot fore
see conditions a year hence. think you
might frame an amendment to your law
ST. Paul. Sept 20.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-26
Sam Devere's Company at the Star

The offering at the Seventh street
amusement house this week seemed to
please the greater part of the audience
yesterday afternoon. There are three
or four good speeialties introduced
during the first part of the perform
ance. Minnie Granville sings Asleep
in the Deep and lighter melodies pass
ing we'll Gertie LIE Claire, with the
assistance of three pickaninnies, con-
tributes an act that proved popular.
A very good turn is that by the two
Shrodes. consisting of some clever
dancing and few acrobatic stunts
that are the more pleasing for the
droil manner Of the performer. An
other first rate comedy acrobatic act
is executed by Marion and Pearl, who
devote their part of their time to
springing some funny witticisns and
singing some parodies. They exhibit
some specimens of high kicking and
difficult ..twisters" that are difficult to
duplicate. Mamie Champions songs
and Larry Smiths funny automobile
are still feature.
The comedy in the first part and
afterpiece is of the same old stereo-
typed stock. But perhaps it was "a
scream in the East
/ During the week Charles Conklin. a
lightweight wrestler, will meet all
corners and forfeit $50 to any one he
fails to throw in fifteen minutes
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-26
St. James JournaI

Mr.. Dunn and his friends are con-
Quoting his political campaign with
rare skill and good judgment. They
have accused the supporters of Judge
Collins and Gov. Van SAINT of every
thing but being gentlemen and good
fellows. In the convention that nomi-
mated him Dunn served notice on his
political opponents nemies-that they
need expect nothing at his hands If
elected. His supporters followed this
UP by accusing the outgoing state CEN
trail committee of stealing $1,000 sur
plus left in the treasury from the last
campaign; and all the time they are
accusing Gov. Van SAINT and his friends
of being traitors. A campaign so siren
uous ought to be prolific of results.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-26
PART OF The SYSTEM

There should be no shock of sur
prise or resentment over the announce
ment of Gen. Corbin that "our army is
overmarried" Gen. Corbin approaches
the subject somewhat delicately and
tentatively, lest the peoples sensibil-
ties should be outraged. He of course
army officers who have made proper
provision for assuming responsibilities
and all the rest of it, but his meaning
is quite clear. There is also fact be-
hind it. The assumption of military
duties as a rule and the maintenance
of an immense military establishment
do conflict with all the details of pri-
yate life, and interfere with the family
relations among other things.
Now this is most interesting when
taken in connection with one of Presi-
dent Rooseveft's pet subjects; namely,
the danger of race suicide and the duty
of bringing UP large families as a bull
wark to the state. At first blush these
would seem to contradict each other.
The president says, increase the num-
Der of families and the children The
army officer says, decrease the num-
Der of families in the service for the
good of the service. Yet the two posi-
ttions are in perfect harmony. They are
merely copied from the military regime
wherever it has existed in developed
form throughout the world.
The ideal of militarism is a big army
developed into perfect fighting ma
chine, untrammeled by family ties or
duties; and a populace chiefly occupied
in two directions. First. in producing
wealth that the military forces may
be maintained as nom producers Sec
ond, in bringing more children into the
world to fill the army's ranks This is
the theory on which every great en-
pire has been founded, and by which
alone it has been kept strong. 1t is the
| only theory on which imperialism, or
milltarism, or autocracy, by whatever
name you may choose to call it, can
stand. Back of all these titles is the
one identical thing, the ideal of a state
where personal authority overrides
and directs the development of the pri-
vate life. You can no more prevent
the community which accepts the gem
era1 idea from growing into conformity
with it in details than you can plant q
turnip seed and expect it to- develop
into rosebush.
We find, indeed, in this perfectly
honest expression of Gen. Corbin, who
was wholly unsuspecting of the deeper
meaning that lay behind it. more
convincing argument than an the es-
says that could be written against per-
sonai government. 1t is its inherent
correspondence with the Rooseveitian
idea that counts. The two together,
little as the amiabie gentlemen who
hold them intend or dream it, are part
of the system thousands of years old
that has built up and held together
every empire that the world has ever;
seen and destroyed the fair promise OF
every republic. The matter will bear
thinking over.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-26

finitely more momentous to us than to
them. In like fashion the Panama
canal question is settled with another
sledge hammer blow. Espousing the
cause of the canal, as both parties have.
for many years, Judge Parker says of
the performance of the administration
on the isthnus that 1.-THE statement that
a great public work was assured to the
profit of our people is not a sufficient.
answer to the charge Of violation of ma
tional good faith.
The pension order incident, which we
have already reviewed, is also rescued
from the domain of sentiment and
transferred to that of sound sense.
Judge Parker says that pensions to our
veterans should be regarded as their
just due from grateful people, and
not an illegal charity offered like aims
by a generous but unauthorized
executive. With splendid courage that
shines through his whole letter show
ing the man incapable of evasion or
equivocation, he accepts the challenge
Of the presidents letter and declares
that if elected he would revoke the
illegal order and then exert his whole
influence to secure the passage by con-
gress of legislation granting the pen
sions improperly decreed by ukase
from the White house.
He points out the tremendous need
of an Investigation of departments, as
evidenced by the crowding list of
scandals and the refusal of the Re-
publican party to permit an inquiry
into them. The same moral is enforced
by our swollen appropriation list, our
wasteful extravaganza that has made a
princely income even among nations in
sufficient for our annual needs. Trac-
ing the right position of the United
States among the nations, and its rela-
ton to other powers on the basis in
tended by the constitution and set
forth so nobly in Washington's i'm
mortal farewell address, Judge Parker
concludes his address to the people,
This letter may not cause the senti-
mentalist's heart to throb. 1t is pene-
trated by the highest and purest and
deepest feeling, but this does not eff
fervesce in melodramatic paragraphs
or epigrams. Judge Parker is a sol
der and servant of the republic. He
sees our institutions in their widest
scope, and looks forward to where they
run into the infinite destinies of men
and states. He is for the government
of the people as founded by them and
for them. No quack remedies for him,
no departure from the precedents and
traditions that have made us great and
kept US safe, :, There is the ring of quiet
manhood, of infiexible determination
and of alofty standard of duty in all
his words.
Z The Democratic party made no mis-
take in its selection of standard
bearer. Judged by this letter. by it's
spirit, by its revelations and by its
very manner, that of dignified gen
-tleman and leader of men, Judge Parker
is more than worthy to fill the great
place for which he has been named,
sandT to carry on the work and fulfill
the aspirations of the greatest men
whom the republic has crowned with
its highest honor.