Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-27

CiSohO hAoViSh SohSc "'eA
the announcement that the political
contest this year will be conducted on
higher planes than those OF many pre-
vious campaigns. Butting in, the
Rams Horn says that in the first
place there is an era OF good feel.
ing between parties. Nand between
sections that has never been ap-
preached since the days OF Madison,
Monroe and John Quincy Adams, a
pacific period which was ended by the
stormy administration OF Andrew
Jackson. In the second place the
issues dividing the two principal
parties are not very clearly defined;
certainly the differences are not
radical. Both republicans and demo-
Gratis are committed to the gold
standard, both profess to favor tariff
revision, both are willing to grant free.
dom to the Filipino at some distant
day. In the third place the candi-
dates OF all parties are men of ex-
ceptional character. They are Chris.
tians. One of them, DR.. Swallow, il
minister OF the gospel, another, Mr..
Roosevelt, is identified with the Dutch
Reformed church. The third princi.
pal contestant for presidential honors,
Judge Parker, has passed the colIec.
ton plate in his home church for
many years. Ii might be more sig.
nificant of his measure OF religion if
we know how much OF his income he
had dropped into the basket each Sab.
bath, but the fact that he has given
his only daughter to be the wife OF a
local minister, shows that he is willing
to lay his dearest treasures on the
altar. This is happy presidential
year. The time has not come when
swords and spears are turned into
pillow shares and pruning hooks, but
there will be good times and good
feeling amid the strife for votes and a
more generous hope for the fusure,
whichever man may win.
Daily toll is a dreary, weary grind
for any of us unless we hold dear
some purpose above and beyond the
work we are doing or the earning OF
bread. This is true Of girl doing
homework for her mother to save
the mothers hands, or OF boy try.
ing to help his father carry a heavy
load, or OF a clerk, or OF worker Of
any kind, toiling long hours at work
as full Of repetitition as the ticking Of
clock. The love OF a child for a
parent makes the work done, glorious
in itself no matter how insignificant
it may appear as work. The love OF
man for his race will make any kind
OF toll bearable, for he knows that he
is one of the cogs in the great machine
of humanity that is ever moving for.
ward, though sometimes impercept-
IDLY.
He who would live must do more
than eat, drink and be merry; he must
have a purpose, line to which t.
hew, chosen straight way in which
to walk, a motive in life to cherish
and to serve.
The whole principle OF the world
hitherto has been that men and women
have yearned for something bette,
than they had, have striven towards
1t, and have often died before its real.
'zation, but the effort they made ha.
oeen the strength OF those that CANE
alter them, who in turn forced tn.
world still nearer to the ideal. In thi.
sense no good effort is ever lost, n.
striving is ever wasted, no heart.throi
If enthusiasm in the direction of bet.
,ermeht is ever foolish. In this sens
there is immortality granted to higl,
purpose.
We have ambition to be polite, bu'
when book agent calls on us at y
busy time, what is our duty? Do GU,
own work, which is important in Il
small way, or should we neglect every.
thing and permit the book agent t.
tell a story we have heard a hundred
times before? We do not buy book.
Of agents; we have reached a time o.
life when we think We are able t.
select our own literature. We ar.
usually. busy during the dav. and