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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22
Ladies and ChiIdren's CIoakS

We have Secured small sample line of Ladies Chlrens
Goaks which offer at low prices They will be put
this sale at big discount the
seasons Every Cloak must be sold what they bring
not single cloak will be carried Come and and
cloak at less than manufacturers prices Chdens Coaks
sssas s . Ct vss s sas @ to $3.50
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09
FREAKS IN ANIMAL WORLD.

H Orses, Owls and Frogs Have Pecu.
liar Natural Defects.
Unlike most animals horses have no
eyebrows and hares are minus eyelids.
Consequently the eyes Of the latter can
not be shut and thin membraneous
substance covers them when asleep.
The eye of the owl is also very pecu.
liar, seeing that 1t is lmmovably fixed
In it's socket and can not stir In any
direction. To compensate for this seem.
ing disadvantage 1t can turn its head
almost completely around without NOV.
ing Its body.
II you were to keep a frogs mouth
open many minutes 1t would soon die.
as owing to its peculiar construction Il
can only breathe with the mouth closed.
On the other hand, fishes are compelled
to keep opening and closing their
mouths In order to give their respira.
tory organs full play.
A curious fact about the eel 10 that
It has less life in its head than its
tail; consequently when killing an eel
the fisherman smashes Its tail. 1t also
has two hearts. Snakes usually have
their teeth in the head, but one vsriety
In Africa, whose principal food 10 eggs
IL provided with q substitute for them
In it, stomach.-Dundee Advertiser.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09

o. 8. STRATUS. minister to Turkey
and President Mckinley appointed him
to the same place. Even at that time
he was considered a gold Democrat,
but Of late years he has allied himself
with the Republican party.
Oscar Solomon Strauss was born In
1850, son Of the late Lazarus Straus,
the New York importer. The boy was
born in Georgia and remained there
till 1865. The war ruined his father,
who in that year moved to New York
and established a crockery business
which became a great success. Oscar
graduated from Columbia University,
supporting himself while at school by
writing for the newspapers. Then he
took up the study and practice of law.
1t was In 1887 that he was appointed
minister to Turkey, his knowledge Of
international law and his natural apt.
tude for diplomacy making him a sue
cess in that position. 1t was under him
that 80 schools and $50 missions were
opened and amply protected. All his
life he has been a deep student of his
tory and international law and is the
author Of several works dealing with
these subjects. He is president Of the
New York Board Of Trade and Trans.
portatlon, vice president Of the Ma.
tional Civic Federation, a director Of
the Hebrew Orphan Asylum and of sew.
eral religious and non-sectarian insti.
tutions.
Though there has never been a Jew
in the cabinet, there have been FIVE
elected to the Senate. Judah P. Ben
jamin was the only one of these who
became a leader among his colleagues.
He was sympathizer with the south
in the Civil War and was Secretary Of
State In Jefferson Davis cabinet. In
the House Of Representatives there
have been about 40 Jews, of whom four
are serving at the present time.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09

Building . Pigeon House.
Every normal boy loves to have Z
few pigeons about the barnyard, and
% normal parents will object to their
boys satisfying this natural taste for
such choice, pretty fowls.
And such pretty pigeon houses may
b built Of old lumber and broken-up
packing boxes. the boy being hts own
carpenter. These little houses should be
built a proper distance above the
ground, but not too high to be easily
reached by the boy who Is attending to
the rearing Of the fowls. It Is a good
plan to build, say, a four-room house.
This will Accommodate four pairs of
pigeons. And be very careful in buy
Ing your pigeons to know that they are
mates, for pigeons are very particular
N the matter Of choosing companions,
and when once mated they cannot be
induced to change their affections.
OF course, you must have boxes, about
fifteen inches square, for nests. In
these boxes you will place the terra
Gotta nest pans, which are trifllng in
cost, being had for about cents-or
less-each.
Twice day in summer put fresh
water In the pigeon house, for pigeons
love pure. fresh water, and their health
depends upon having 1t. Once every
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09
The MOOnshiner.
~~~~~~~~~


Go HE general opinion prevailing in
the village and mountains that
Dan Kirkwood was a notorious
moonshiner, and got his money from
the proceeds of some carefully hidden
distillery, where his abundant crops Of
corn were converted into Illicit whisky,
while universal, had no positive ground
to 60 on, except that Dan was undoubt.
eddy a rich man, and no one knew how
he got his money.
So rumor had 1t that not only was
Dan captain and ringleader Of a band
Of moonshiners, but that in his early
days before he came to the mountains
swinging along the high road one day,
whistling marching tune, that he had
served his term in the penitentiary as
well as the army, for breaking Into a
bank or burglarizing some rich mans
residence. The latter tale was started
by Bill Jones, shifty eyed, lanky fel-
low. owner Of prosperous country
store In the village, whose rancor
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09

morning cleanse the vessels holding the
water, for otherwise they would soon
accumulate dirt and become unwhole-
some.
Feed your pigeons ordinarily cracked
corn, wheat and millet. During their
breeding time it Is well to add some Ca
madam pease to their diet. Their meals
should occur three times day, like our
own, breakfast at or 8 O'Clock, dinner
at IL or / o'clock, and supper at s in
the evening.
Plenty Of gravel and grit must be
supplied also, the ground-up oyster
shells, charcoal and salt being a fine
"digester" for them. All over the floor
In their house sprinkle gravel and sand,
and some might be kept in the yard
about their quarters.
As pigeons love bathing-and need 1t
you must supply bath tuba shall
low pan for their house. Keep this
filled daily with fresh water.
II you would have success attend
your efforts at pigeon raising you must
study the matter carefully and take the
greatest pains with your work. Like
every other undertaking, 1t requires
time and attention. with plenty Of com
mon sense, to raise pigeons, and the boy
who does not possess these qualifica.
tons would better not attempt it, but
leave the work to his more industrious
and willing brother.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09

At q Chinese port Is a forelnerSsI
burial ground adjoining a native Gene
terry.
One day an English bluejacket was
making his way to the grave Of a for
mer comrade to place a floral tribute
thereon, when he overlook a Chlnamau
carrying q pail Of rice. :.
The two trudged along side by side
for some time. then Jack, to start q
conversation, asked John what he was
going to do with his rice.
John replied that he was going b
place It upon the grave Of his friend.
"And when do you expect your friend
to come up and eat it?" laughingly
asked Jack.
John was silent for moment only,
and then gave answer: Same time
your friend come to smell your flow.
erx"-Birmingnam (England) Post
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WIT OF the YOUNGSTERS,


Little Girl thought you said you
wasn't coming to school to-day. Little
Boy-Oh, that was before had an In.
terview with papa.
TEACHER - Willie, you may spell
sfelt" Willie-F-e-l-t Teacher-That's
right Now, Johnnie, what Is felt2
1ohnnie-Mamma's slipper.
''Oh, mammal exclaimed little Fred.
as he caught sight Of zebra at a
menagerie, come here quick and see
the poor little convict pony!"
Harry" said a mother to her incor-
sigible son and heir. did you bring that
mud into the houseY mo, ma'am,"
replied Harry. ut just stuck to my
shoes and came In ITSELF"
my papa is 4 lawyer" said little
bel. He knows everything your papa
papa is minister" rejoined little Ma
bel. "He knows everything your papa
does and = whole lot about the here
after"
Little Elsie-What's the meaning Of
the word 'acciimated," Tommy? Small
Tommy-Oh. It means to get used to
anything. Like when a man and woman
has been married 80 long they don't
mind It any morei
I'm glad I'm not q FISH," remarked
little George a. he watched the gold
ash swimming around in the globe.
"WhyT Queried his mother. "'Cause
1t must be awful to have to be bathing
all the time" was the reply.
One day little Elmer's mamma caught
him In the pantry helping himself to
some cake and jam "Why, Elmer" she
exclaimed, don't you know it Is wrong
to take things without asking for
themT TT Isn't wrong. mamma" re-
piled Elmer. -Our Sunday school
teacher says the Lord helps those who
help themselves"
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09
LOVES REORGANIZATION.

Dear heart, did We meet long ago,
And walk and talk together thsnt
think that It must have been %,
If %. wonder where or when.
Oft when you blush or smile for me,
When your eyes droop before my CASA
For one swift breath I seem to ~
Some dim, sweet scene from other dayA
A CLEAN Of gold on . stray trsas
OF hair on which the sun has ,shona
A loving touch. = soft earess,
Or In your voice some minor tone
Brings back to me, like the sweet chime
OF silver bells on summer air,
The memory of by-gone time
OF life and loving otherwhers.
I know that have loved you, dear,
Fer since I first began to be,
My heart had missed you many a year,
When. at the last, you came to me,
And then knew that I had met
The one sought, and by your side
l stay with nothing to regret,
Because my soul Is satisfied.
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Probably no one would have been
more surprised than Sir Henry Bishop
himself could he have foreseen that q
single melody In one Of his numerous
operas would achieve such celebrity
that at the present day 1t Is still sung
by leading prlma donnas at fashionable
concerts, tangled on street organs and
loved by a vast public that knows moth
ing Of music, properly SO called, as tho
purest representation of the English
spirit-"Home. Sweet Home" Clari.
the Maid Of Milan" the opera in which
this favorite song occurred, has long
been consigned to the limbo of forgot
ten musical works. but Home, Sweet
Hane," survives with undiminished
popularity and Ii likely to survive
when many more pretentious compost
tions have followed 'The Maid Of
Milan" into oblivion.-Cornell Maya.
zine.
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MIXED THEIR MODELS UP.

Men Posed for Pictures of Women,
Women for Those Of Men.
1t Is an interesting fact that artists
have used women as models from which
to paint men and men as models from
which to represent women, says the
Strand Magazine
One Of the most striking instances Il
the well-known picture, Napoleon on
Board the Bellerophon." A woman
friend of the painter was the model
for the Little Corporal"
Landseers famous picture, 1.-THE
Naughty Boy" was really painted from
a little girl little Lady Rachel Rus
sell. As matter Of fact, the child's
mother had taken her to have her por-
trait painted. When, however, she ar.
rived at the studio she refused to pose
in the way the artist suggested, and be-
came so suiky and naughty that It was
impossible to do anything with her.
At length her mother put her In the
corner as a punishment. There she
turned with such sturdy. defiant look
that she impressed Landseer, who
.sketched the recalcitrant little one a.
she stood.
A sense of chivalry toward the child
caused him to change the sex Of the
subject, 20 he added the broken slate,
the rumpled hair and the undone boots,
while keeping the disheveled dress. and
gave title to the canvas which has re-
moved 1t from any suggestion Of por-
raiture.
Wilkes "Blind Fiddler" which ere.
ated fur6r when 1t was exhibited at
the Royal Academy, furnishes anoth.
er instance, for the artist actually sat
to himself for the figure Of the old
woman.
Wilkie used to say that one day Ban.
mister, the actor. called and was shown
in while he was sitting on low seat,
dressed rs a woman, with a looking
glass before him, performing the part
Of a model for himself. Wilkie wal
not a man to be In the least discom.
posed at being found in such a plight
Bannister gazed on him for a moment
or so, and said:
II need no Introduction"
"Truly, no." said Wilkie. II know
you very well. but, you see, l CAM
move lest l spoil the folds of my pet
ticoat / am for the present an old
woIaan."
On one occasion Guido painted thu
head Of a Madonna. using his porter al
q model.
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Hetty and the Cakes.
PAY PENALTIES OF GENIUS.

CaptafnA of the World Nearly An
Sufferers SrOm Nervous Diseases.
OF supreme captains of the world
there are but six or seven and scarce
one among them exhibits genius in its
healthiest colors. In ambush for near
y all Of them some form of nerve dis
order turks. Grotesque as the state
ment seems, epilepsy, manifest in great
err or less degree, revolves upon their
destinies. Charlemagne, the great and
wise captain of the Franks, who stands
for feudai civilization, who "snatched
from darkness all the lands he con-
quered" and who reared an empire that
no hand but his was able to control,
Is almost the sole exception. What says
the bead rOll?.
At 80 Alexander the Great, who had
reckoned himself a god, died during or
just after one of his frenetic orgies.
Cesar, the foremost man of the ancient
world, had strange commissions in his
later years and 1t may be that the dag
ger Of Brutus saved him from declining
into madness. Marlborough, who was
married to violent woman and whose
only son died in boyhood, was epileptic
during his ten last years of life.
The adventurous and daring Give,
world famous and the conqueror Of In.
dia, at 40 was decidedly a neuropath.
In his memorable duel with brother
officer he missed his aim, flung away
his weapon and cried: "Shoot and be
damned! said you cheated and say
SO STILL" Give was passionate, morbid,
equity and an opium eater. At 40, rich
and Of unstlnted reputation, he commit
ted suicide. Wellington was distinctly
epileptic. His fainting fits after Water.
loo were frequent and 1t was an attack
Of epilepsy that carried him off. The
Romanoffs have been homeopathic for
nearly three centuries and one Of the
epileptic fits of Peter the Great is said
to have lasted three days"
Charles ", whose mother was insane.
had fits In his youth and was equity,
bald and scrofulous. Frederick the
Great (from the face Of whose father,
when he took a walk, says Macaulay.
every human being fed'O, reared In a
perfect hell Of palace, had a certain
general unsoundness Of mind to which
mercy was altogether foreign.
The stock of Oliver Cromwell was
not over-healthy and of the homeopathic
tendencies Of the Protector himself
there is sufficient evidence. Mohammed
but let Mohammed rest Joan of Arc,
the divine girl-wOman, seer and soldier,
who came from her sheep folds Of Lor-
raine to make victorious the oriflamme
Of France-Joan heard voices and saw
visions and was kissed, she said, by the
cclestials.-London Times. =
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The hostess begins by saying: II
know celebrated poet, the first part
Of whose name Is very black, and the
last Is an elevation"
The player, responding "Coleridge,'
in turn describes the name Of some 9th.
er noted person.. For instance, "Shake
speare." saying: II know a noted author
and poet, the first part of whose name
people do when cold the last part is a
weapon Of warfare.
Only give the profession, nothing else
The following names readily lend them
selves to this simple but instructive lit
tie game:
Wordsworth.
Shelley (Shell-lea).
Church-hill.
Webster.
Wal-pole.
Washington.
Long-fellow.
Blackstone.
Isaac Walton (Eye-sack-wall-ton).
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against Dan was due to a summary dis.
missal from Dams farmhouse, when his
visits to see Miriam. Dams handsome
young daughter, a slip Of girl Of Is,
were resented by her father with fiery
indignation.
Dalton Fenwick fell into the pleas
ing habit of lettering away the morn
ing hours with Miriam on the we'll
shaded porch, while her elderly COM
panion, Mrs. Carter. looked after cul-
mary matters, eveg dear to her heart
or In the afternoons Of those bright
summer days they would stroll through
the forest, sit on a rock at the foot of
Glen Birnie's falls and discuss mat
tiers, ethical, social and others, to the
sound of the rush of the waters; or
they would drive to some distant ham
let lying in the heart Of lonely valley,
coming back at nightfall when the last
glory of day had fallen behind the un-
dulating ranges and faint mists yelled
the peaks.
There must have been some very spe-
cial cause which absorbed and occupied
Dan Kirkwood those days. His horse
would be saddled and brought to the
door, and after hasty breakfast he
would ride off, over the same trail
through the woods, coming back late In
the afternoon, faded, but with a strange
jubilation In his stern face, although he
said nothing as to the cause of it, or
the reason for his continued absences,
That he rode far was evident from
the tired walk and dropping neck of his
sorrel when he got back, nor did he
visit his mill or farm, the young man
in charge of both coming nightly to
make his report
Miriam was surprised, then vaguely
uneasy, but was too proudly devoted to
her father to have any doubts Concern
ing him or his occupation, nor would
she ask any questions, as he did not
volunteer to explain.
1--WE are going ON a grand expedition
tomorrow. dad. wish you were not
70 busy and could 90 with U.S." Miriam
said, placing loving hand on her faith
er's shoulder.
II wish l could, grille. Where are
you going7 l suppose Dalton win be
alongT
"Oh. yes. We intend to picnic In
Black Cave. Dear old Carter has got
ten up famous lunch basket. We will
drive there in the four-seated trap, and
\ 70 60 1<&nIr -.
horses"
Black Cave, half way mp Black
Mountain, il a singular and rather
startling place to visit.
1t runs back from the sharp declivity
Of a PERCEPTIONS cliff, which is heavily
timbered, and the entrance, small and
narrow, u 20 hemmed In by shrubs and
bushes 1t Is only discernible to those
who know II. while the towering gran
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09

George Washington died Of a disease
that was then called Quinsy, but which
is now known as acute laryngitis. His
physicians treated him according to
their best light and knowledge. but
such treatment now would be little
short Of criminal. An eminent author
i1 says that II medical men had known
a. much then a. they do now, the dis
tinguished patient would probably have
been cured in 4 week. As 1t was, he
slowly stranglsd to death BY the closing
Of his throat At the present time ply
sicians treat Z case Of this kind by
tracheotomy; that Is, by making an
opening Into the windpipe. through
which the patient may breathe. They
also diagnose case by using the laryn.
goscope, which enables them to look
into the throat and see exactly what the
trouble Is.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09

nsas whom you waik. to ~ nothing q
The rapins effect on your swn nsfvsa
OF course you would like to abate IL
nuisance. and the editor ID going to halp
you By mak1ng suggestion. The crsak-
ing y sometimes caused BY the rubbing
together Of the two pieces Of leather
that form the sole. In q case Of that
kind. 1t II said that the creak may b
stopped BY driving a wooden peg
through the middle Of the sole, thus
holding the two pieces of leather firm,
70 that they cannot rub against each
other. Another remedy IL to soak ths
sole in oil. A different kind Of creak,
but ono equally unpleasant Is caused
by tho rubbing together Of the two
pieces Of leather that form the counter
Of the shoe. This the shoemaker will
remedy by opening the seam of the up
per, and putting In little French
chalk.
Eye VIII Fool You.
The next time your crowd" IL around
you just say: "None Of you has an eye
that is any good guarantee that not
a single eye In the crowd can see
straight" OF course, the challenge will
be taken up.
Then you need take only a sheet Of
thin pasteboard-a visiting card Is the
best-and punch a tiny hole in it with
a pin. Give 1t to any one in the gath
ering and tell him to hold the card up
to a strong light so that the little hole
will be about eight inches from the eye.
Then give him the pin and tell him to
hold 1t, head up, between his eye and
the hole In the card.
This Is what he will see The pin that
he Is holding will seem to vanish, and
Instead Of 1t there will be an image Of
pin upside down in the air behind the
little hole in the card. No matter who
tries 1t the result will be the same.
Hetty and the Cakes.
On the table heaped-up plate of cakes;
Cones a sweet-toothed girl that not one
takes,
But many; and soon doth she begin
To eat them ala greedy sin
Most dearly paid for by the sinner,
Who, poor little maid, could eat no din
ner;
And later that night in commissions lay,
Whea her parents thought she'd die ere
day;
But the doctor dose of ipecac gave;
And that is how they managed to save
A greedy girl, called Hetty White,
From death, near caused by her Appetite.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09

"Mammy," said Pickaninny Jim,
why didn't you name me George
Washington" SONNY" was the IN.
swer. II ism gwine to name no mo-
chilien George Washington. As soon ~
day hyahs dat story bout not bein' able
IS tell lie dey pears to git curious tn
And out whether it's 80 or not, an day
otahts In sperlmentin' as soon a. dey
kin talk."-Washingto Star.
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reason that he is Q
Jew-the first evel
TO be selected for 8
place in the official
family of the Pres.
ident Of the United
States. He has
been recognized rs
a Republican fol
only a few years
Z n d er President
Cleveland he was
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09

JackstTownley Is an exceedingly
cautious man, don't you think?
CONSIDERATIONS Why, he wouldn't
pay a compliment without getting a re-
ceipt for it--Yonkers Statesman.
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Striking Arguments.

$50 you object to the whipping post
In penologic reformT'
Eyes, for do we not know that 1t 10
the best beaten way which leads to
perdition and that the system Is more
apt to lash a man into fury than to
strike him favorably T-Baltimoy
American.
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A JEW IN THE CABINET.

Oscar 3. straus to Be Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor.
The selection Of Oscar s. Straus to
be Secretary Of Commerce and Labor ID
of more than ordinary interest for the
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-09

Men have no use for women whs
wear greasy ribbons In their hair.
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Creaking Shoes.

Do your shoes creak? If they do, you
are q sort Of nuisance to everybody
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Washington's Death,

&C Walton (Eye-sack.wall-ton).