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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07
Then he went for walk, returning
an hour later, to find school dismissed.

Then he went for walk, returning
an hour later, to find school dismissed.
Margaret Radford felt strangely
lonely when her little flock had run
off shouting down the hill, and the sad
little look came into her face.
And then shadow fell across the
floor, and she looked up. For a mo-
ment she did not speak; her eyes
grew round and her breath came and
went in deep gasps between her part
ed lips.
1.-THE prodigal son has returned,
Margaret Lord knows I have eaten
husks enough down under!"
You are thousand, thousand times
welcome, Herbert Seaton.,' And she
began to sob.
He had not yet even touched her
hand, but had drawn nearer.
What did you tell little Bob Carey
you would do when the prodigal re-
turned?"
He spoke in tone Of banter to hide
Tic Ucep lcClluS ludI ulOFcu Hill, OUT
he held out his arms, and his love flew
into them, and he rained kisses upon
lip, cheek and brow.
my love-my lover was all he
could stammer out, after a silence Of
twenty years.
And she, too, lay silent in his strong
arms, thinking many thoughts, that
shaped themselves into a prayer of
thankfulness.
why did you ever leave me, dear
oneY' she asked
your father told me that you were
engaged to Haygarth, and he was
richer than I. He even showed me
the house you were to live in when
you married"
"And you believed him-you, Her
bert, my lost love? How could you
how could you? To go away without
a wordv'
Her eyes had filled with tears again
and he took her once more to his
heart.-Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07

at the end stood the schoolhouse, fac
ing the sea. He stood outside for
some minutes brushing perspiration
from his forehead.
1t was a tiny climb, after all is said
and done, but he painted painfully and
drank in the air from the sea.
Then he peered between the serried
ranks Of fuchsia and myrtle that stood
on the broad window sill, and he saw
a beautiful woman, Of nearly his own
age, who had blue, gentle eyes, and a
gentle face, and an aureole of fair
hair, that in beams Of sunlight looked
to him like halo.
Small man and woman kind were
round her knees, from tiny tots to
girls of. 10, and she was talking and
teaching as only an angel upon earth
or good woman, which is the same
thing-can talk and teach from the
book Of books that lay upon her lap.
And the Australian wanted to 90 in,
too, and kiss pair Of lips that erst.
while were his to kiss. but he stopped
and listened, and the lump in his
throat choked him, for he was listen
| ing to the old-new story OF the prodi-
gal son, and the narration seemed to
move the sweet saint, and the chill
dren, who had heard it hundreds Of
times before, always found some fresh
questions to ask.
Sweet" was the informal address
Of one dark-eyed boy, who seemed a
favorite, what would you do if your
son came back to you like this prodigy
son who ate husks?'
Sweet never had son. Sweet has
never been married." came from an
elder girl.
And the heart of the man boundei
within him.
Il should welcome my prodigal
dearly, of course" And the sweet
mouth had grown wistful, but her
eyes seemed as If they had visions Of
something far away.
Would you kiss him, l wonderY
Echoolma'am blushed and laughed
like young girl
Eyes, l think / should kiss him.
she said gently.
well, let's pretend I'm the prodigy
and you be the man who owned the
fatted calves"
Seaton chuckled to himself, feeling
boy again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07
ABOUT GEN. PORFIRIO DIAZ.
Remarkable Career of the Many Times
Elected President of Mexico.

Remarkable Career of the Many Times
Elected President of Mexico.
Students of the life Of Porfrio aDiaz
made the claim that history does not
hold, this side Of the crusades, per-
sonal record so varied and eventful.
says the San Antonio Express. The
man Of Mexico is credited with the
most Kaleidoscope career since the
days Of Richard the Lion Hearted.
Hale and hearty at 20 years of age.
clear-eyed, and firm-footed, his life
spans half century Of incredible adj
venture, and stands for political devel-
-opment which probably is shown .by
no other nation in the nineteenth CEN
fury.
Within the memory Of San Anto-
mans Mexico was the most revolution
airy of countries; so infested by ban
dts, SO pOwerless to afford security to
life and property that parties in the
United States suggested this failure of
government as pretext for assisting
Texas in her struggle for independ
ence To-day, outside Of the United
States, Mexico is probably the best
soverned country on the hemisphere.
Porfirio Diaz was born in the city Of
Oaxaca Sept. Is, 1880, the night before
the anniversary Of Mexican Independ-
ence day. His great-grandfather. com
ing from Spain, had married woman
of the native race and to that extent
he is an Indian.
He was left an orphan at 8 years of
age. When a mere boy he helped at
country store. At II he cut himself off
from the help of friends by leaving the
theological seminary, but he gained
the friendship of Benito Juarez. tie
great commoner Of Mexico, then Gov
ernor of Oaxaca, who obtained FOR
him a Guardianship. At the age of 10
he was made professor of Roman
law.
In plebiscite offered by Santa Ana
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07

Diaz was one of two in Oaxaca who
dared openly to register vote against
the dictator. He paid the penalty OF
Punishment, escaping narrowly with
his life.
He now tasted warfare in a guer.
rilla organization operating against
Santa Ana, and within eight years had
risen from captaincy to commander
ln-chief Of the Mexican armies and to
place in the government second in
Importance only to President Juarez
During that time he won many sell
sational victories and made. a series
OF hairbreadth escapes. At the
same time he evinced remarkable
talent for civil administration. In the
midst Of the stress and rigor of war
he paused to establish girls schools in
Oaxaca, which are now the models for
similar institutions az over the repub-
lie. At practically the same time he
gave Mexico one Of her national holt
days by winning on the Cinco de Maya
the battle Of Puebla with raw Mexi-
can levies pitted against armies train
ed in France.
In April 1877, he was elected Presi-
dent and except for the interregnum OF
Gonzales from 1880 to 1884 he has
been at the head of Mexico ever since.
The chaotic country experienced it's
first peace in seventy years.
Corruption in public service was re-
formed, taxes were reduced and public
improvements begun and prosecuted
upon an elaborate scale. The country
was cleared of bandits. Laws favor
able to investments were passed and
industrial development invited by the
liberal spirit of granting concessions.
Factories, libraries, telegraphs and
scientific commissions were all fos-
tered and have been brought to high
standard. The valley Of Mexico has
been drained. Education has been
made free and equal to ALL
Change in Mexico has progressed at
such leaps and bounds as to be almost
incredible and all has been wrought
by the orphan Of Oaxaca, the savior.
unifier and father of the United States
of Mexico"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07
Story Told by Ezra Kendall.

Il nave mad dlScOuragementS,' adj
mitted Ezra Kendall the other day.
"Once, just once, years ago, 1 was ar
rested. 1t was In little Pennsylvania
town which we sought to elevate. But
it refused to be elevated We rented
the hall for $50, and there was just
$19.40 gross in the house. The mana
ger, or janitor, or sexton-I forget
whieh-was kindly looking old gen
tleman, and we had it all framed up
to ask him to help us out of town. He
came around after the show.
Boys he said. you're shy on the
rent What are you going to do about
it,?
I'VE explained the situation, and he
seemed deeply touched. We'll, boys,
it's too bad he said. You just wait
here about twenty minutes About
three-ouarters of an hour later he came
back.
"Its all right, boys he exclaimed.
..I've fixed it. You see | amt got all
the say, and SO | had to consult the
trustees. It's all right. They'll trust
YOU for the 60 cents"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07
Owls in Market.

Those who visited the markets see
from time to time hanging up in the
butcher stalls an owl, a crow, or a
hawk. "They are brought in by the
farmers, said marketman. There
is a steady demand for owls, hawks.
etc., on the part Of taXidermists. anna.
tours chiefly, and they will sometimes
pay as high as 81 or So for fine speci-
mems Of the, larger hawks or owls"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07
OLD
FAvORlTES


The Beautiful Snow.
O the snow, the beautiful snowi
Filling the sky and earth below;
Over the housetops, over the street,
. Over the heads Of the people you meet
Dancing, flirting, skipping along,
Beautiful snow! it can do no wrong;
Flying to kiss fair lady's cheek,
Clinging to lips in frolicksome freak,
Beautiful snow from the + ,avens above
Fure as an angel, gentle as love!
O, the snow, the beautiful snow!
How the flakes gather and laugh as they
Whirling about in their maddening fun.
1t plays in it's glee with every one
Chasing, laughing, hurrying by
1t lights on the face, and it sparkles the
eye;
And playful dogs with a bark and a
bound,
Snap at the crystals that eddy around;
The town is alive, and it's heart in
glow
To welcome the coming Of beautiful
snow.
How wildly the crowd goes swayinG
along,
Hailing each other with humor and song.
How the gay sleds like meteors fash by,
Bright for the moment, then lost to the
eye!
Ringing, swinging, dashing they 60
Over the crust of the beautiful snow
Snow so pure, when it falls from the sky,
As to make one regret to see it lie
To be trampled and tracked by the thou
sand feet,
Till it blends with the filth in the horri-
BILE street.
Once I was pure as the snow, but /
fell
Fell like the snowfakes from heaven to
HE'LL
Fell to be trampled as filth in the street;
Fell to be scoffed, to be spit on the beat;
Pleading, cursing, dreading to die;
Selling my soul to whoever would buy;
Dealing in shame for a morsel of bread;
Hating the living and fearing the dead
Merciful God! Have l fallen so low?
And yet I was once like the beautiful
snow!
Once l was fair as the beautiful snow,
With an eye like it's crystal, and heart
like it's glow;
Once l was loved for my innocent grace,
Flattered and sought for the charms of
the face.
Father, mother, sister, all,
God and myself l have lost by my fall!
The veriest wretch that goes shivering
by
Will make wide sweep lest / wander
too nigh;
For all that is on or above me l know
There's nothing as pure as the beautiful
snow.
How strange it should be that this beau
tiful snow
Should fall on sinner with nowhere to
go!
How strange it should be when night
comes again,
If the snow and the ice struck my des-
perate brain!
Painting, freezing, dying alone,
Too wicked for prayer, too weak for a
To be heard in the streets of the crazy
Town,
Gone mad in the joy of the snow coming
down;
To be and to die i'll my terrible woe.
With bed and shroud of the beautiful
snow.
Helpless and foul as the trampled snow;
Sinner, despair not! Christ stoopeth low
TIC rescue the soul that is lost in ns sin,
And raise it to life and enjoyment again.
Grooming, bleeding, dying for thee,
The Crucified hung on the accused tree;
His accents of mercy fell soft on thine
ear; --~
Is there mercy for me? Will he heed my
prayer?
o God, in the stream that for sinners did
flow,
Wash me, and I shall be whittier than
snow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07
Relenting just q Trifie.

Uncle John-So you don't like your
teacher, Tommy?
Tommy (savagely)-No, I don't.
wisht he was at the bottom of the
sea.
Uncle John-Oh, come, now, Tom
my! That's too much to say.
Tommy-Well, l wisht lie was at the
bottom of Jones mill pond, them
Philadelphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07

If we should marry thin sort OF
woman, and she should steadily in
crease in weight, we would leave her
as soon as she reached two hundred
and fifty pounds. That would be the
limit.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07
With the Accent on the Fair.

"They say Griggsby fell in love with
one Of the lady attendants at the ST..
Louis Fair"
did he tell her SOP
mo, he was too timid."
poor Griggsby! He should have re-
membered that faint heart ne'er won
fair lady.''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07

AS a rule. girl spends eight dol
lars Oh new fall cloak, and nine dol
lars on photographs taken with It on.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07
A Great Loss.

The New Cook--What lime do YOU
have breakfast?
Mrs. Highblower-At 80
well, Dim sorry Oh mt be wiC
Ye."-Smart Set.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07

A girl who looks good isn't necessar,
lily good looking.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07

Silence may be golden, but lot e.
ak sayors Of brass.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07
THE HOUSE WHERE LINCOLN DIED.

Above Judeas purple-manted plain,
There hovers STILL among the ruins lone
The spirit Of the Christ whose dying
Was heard In heaven, paid O PAIN
Within this house-ths room-a martyr died.
A prophet of larger liberty,
Lberator setting bondmen free,
A fullorbed MAN, above mortal pride
The cloud riffs opening celestial glades
Oft glimpse him, and his spirit fingers STILL
As Christs broods he
Where the red lily with the
Robert Mackay Success
Evening journal., 1904-03-30
A MOUSE DISPATCHED

Well lave played enough
Now viii proceed 10 dispatch
watch 70 come
gay and gamboled around
and then had thought
t quadruped show how many Kinds
then day when brush
against and then all win be over
this morning
impuden mouse ceased TO b) the
received official call for
lie and fraud and that the
little creature and as
viii the forming interested
OF his Justice Bradley and then
of haiy be imagined as
IL appeared In the Sentinel in this gase'
deliberately used create tho
impression well the Union Re-
puhlns the matter Is that the
the Union Republican state COM
nit
publish bit Of information There is In the
Secretary o
onal designations REPU5LcAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE Washington
D. Thompson, envile Delaware
a posmak reads' Washington
90 $50 1904" Inside of that enveIoP is the official call Of
tionalc Committee.
has dpored itself for than
should have watched for the
cat
Evening journal., 1904-03-30

At one OF these meetings recently an
old colored man related his experiences.
showing that, even without education.
thrift and Industry win tell. His speech
is worth a hundred political exhorta-
tlons. Read IT, for it is worth reading;
am uneducated, but / know how
to farm and make a living. In 1874 I
had nothing. ] bought a yoke Of oxen
ana a mule, but in March the mule
died. Then / got a yoke OF calves. and
that year ] made nine bales OF cotton.
For a year I ate water and bread. My
wife said she was going to leave me
I II I didn't get some meat. She went
to her fathers, and he would give her
n piece OF meat and she would come
back home. I sold my nine bales Of
cotton, and people were willing to help
me. / generally raise now from $50
TO 200 bales Of cotton a year. / have
1900 acres OF land. Some Of It cost me
$50 an acre, some OF Il less than SIG. !
bought the place where I now live for
$1,000; ] owe $1,000 on. Il. l charge
from ~ 1-2 10 Is per cent. for money
that I lend / pay S115 taxes 1 want
a Tuskegee IN my community. I say
where there Is a viii there Is way.
have a store OF my own and do my
own business. I have two boys in
Selma University. / can't write my
name TO save my life.
Now we don't know why It ls but
here in Delaware there are no dupli-
Gates OF that old colored mans expert
ence. In the old days throughout the
, state were respectable colored men
who owned their farms, but their de-
scendants, almost without exception
have lost the property left them. In
material things the colored man Of
Delaware is not progressing. why is
lit?
Evening journal., 1904-03-30
The Va 3 Treat AddleI.s.

From the philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Tho report.that the followers Of Addioka
were getting ready 10 drop the gasman
ana nut forward Senator Alice as their
leader has been promptly denied. IL was
improbable from the start.
The whole basis and inspiration OF tho
Addicks movement has been the check
book of Addicks himself. combined with
his Willingness TO use Il vigorously and
systematically IN getting the better OF his
opponents ana building up a machine that
could be trusted 10 obey his orders. m
Addicks were put on the shelf by con-
certed revolt among those who have done
his bldding and accepted his money, what
earthly excuse would the faction in ques.
tion have for further cxistence2
The withdrawal OF the funds which have
been contributed so plentlfuily TO uphold
Addicksism would naturally mean the dis
solution Of the elements which have sup-
ported his lnsolent and persistent demand
for a seat In the United States Senate.
The only sure way 10 deprive him Of the
power 10 degrade ana demorallze the
party In Delaware still further IS to keep
up he fight against the methods by which
he has disgraced the State.
Evening journal., 1904-03-30
ExPlATloN.

John P. Dunnlng is again on the rack
telling the shameful tale Of his relations
with the woman who afterwards sent
the poisoned candy TO his wife.
It is an unpleasant story. but wo
cannot help admiring the nerve OF the
man who could tell It to all the world
and tell It a second time.
The fact that he would return to CAL
ifornia a second time without compul-
sion and on the scene Of his miscon-
duct tell the plain story goes far to
win our sympathy.
Dunning should not have slnned. but
having sinned. he does the next best
thing: He stands up and makes a clear
breast Of 1t. and the remorse is his.
Evening journal., 1904-03-30
PARkER ANp uRAY.

The Democratic nomination for Pres
ident seems to have narrowed down to
Judge Parker. of New York, and Judge
Gray. Of Delaware The former is re-
garded as available by many because
his record is a sealed book and what
ever objection there is to the latter is
because he has done something.
1t may be significant that Mr. Bryan
the other day plainly indicated his OPP
position to judge Parker, while only a
couple of days later a warm friend OF
the Nebraska leader comes out strong
ly for Judge Gray. The address before
the Sons OF Delaware in which Mr.
Handy named the distinguished Della.
warean was set down 10 the spirit oI
the occasion. but Mr. Handy proves tha
he means what he says.
The Gray boom is bisger than It ap'
pears. and we are beginning to under
stand its scope and power The more
conservative Democrats in the East
and South have conducted a quiet cam
paign in his favor. The Republican
press in speaking OF his act in signing
the Paris treaty voices our sentiments
It says
That conclusion was eminently hon.
orable and credltahle TO him. Instead
OF being a source OF weakness. IL would
enure to his advantage as a candidats 2
for the more 1t is examined the more Il
would strengthen the conviction that
he is Of the stuff OF which sound and
wise rulers are made. We do not be-
lieve Judge Gray VIII be or can be
nominated. Geography is against his
nomination. We do not believe that
even he could be elected this year. un-
less some unforeseen and revolutionary
change were 70 surprise the country
But he would come nearer an election
than any other candidate the Demo-
Gratis could name. He would get al
the votes In New York that Judg,
Parker would get and some besides
and there Is no section where he would
not run as well or better. He Is
stronger than his party though he Il
not strong enough to be elected. Blu
the Democratic party VIII not be wise
enough to nominate him, and the one
man who win be best satisfied with itl
refusal win be Judge Gray.
Evening journal., 1904-03-30
Novel entertainment.

a novel entertainment will be held at
Central Presbyterian Church tomorrow
evening. Among other things will be
eight natives OF South Africa who will
present the customs and conditions OF
the zuluKamr tribes. The natives
who will be present are now students
of the Lincoln University where they
are being educated. They VIII sing the
weird and enchanting songs of their
race and win also explain the many
superstitions that are in force and have
such a charm for the varlous tribes.
Evening journal., 1904-03-30
For That is Past.

l thought I loved you-yes, that's true.
1 thought Of nothing else but you.
But you'll wasn't good enough;
l was too poor. too plain, too rough.
wasn't worth a passing view
We'll you were rlght--my claims arc
few.
I'm homely awkward, witless too.
am not made of noble stuff
But that Is past.
Today your eyes might look thro',
As IN old days they used to do:
Your voice might thro' me sigh and
sough.
Like zephyr thro' some quiet clough
And md no thought nor trace OF you.
Yes, that is past.
Joseph Janney.
Evening journal., 1904-03-30
EDITORIAL OPINION
ouayls Latest rrinmDh.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Senator Quay the man who holds
PENNSYLVANIA in the hollow of his
hand, has not for some time past been
enjoying good health. He hnds 1t easy
to do as he pleases with the political
affairs Of the great Keystone State. but
his own Internal system has been Civ
ing him great deal of trouble.
IL was for this reason, that his doc
tor ordered him. few days ago. Il
quit smoking. Quay has for years
been an inveterate smoker. People in
Washington seldom see him without q
cigar in his mouth. II. therefore. cam,
as a severe shock TO him to be told thaf
he must leave tobacco alone. Aftei
arguing the matter at some length with
Evening journal., 1904-03-30

the doctor the Senator threw himself
upon the mercy Of the man of medicine,
and asked II he couldn't smoke just
one cigar day. Even that was denied
him. but the doctor consented to let
him smoke half OF one cigar each
day. That was TO be the llmit. and
the compact was sealed, after which
Quay went and bought himself a boxful
Of big black cigars. each OF which was
fifteen inches long. He relielously
limits himself to half of one OF these
cigars day and is reported to be
doing fairly wen.
The moral Of this Is that IT is fool
ish for a mere doctor TO expect when
he tackles q man who IS sharp enough
to juggle with whole state as Quay
iuggles with Pennsylvania, to get any
thing but the worst Of It.
Evening journal., 1904-03-30
WY is lr1

Not all the negroes Of the South are
shiftless II we may believe the reports
that come to us from time to time. The
spirit Of Tuskegee is spreading through
Alabama and Georgia. For the work
OF that Institution Is not confined to
teaching the various branches to the
students. but extends TO the farmers
and their wives. There are periodical
conferences at which there are earnest
discussions of all that pertains to the
moral and material interests OF the col
ored people
Evening journal., 1904-03-30
TYPHOID AT TOME
speelal 70 the Even.ng Journa

Special TO the Evening Journal.
Dover, March 30.-Nathaniel B.
Smithers. son OF Mrs. Walter Morris
is suffering with typhoid fever at his
home on the Dover Green. 1t is sup
posed that he contracted the symptoms
OF the disease at Tome Institute, Port
Deposit. Nd, where he is a student.
Miss Mary Caldwell. former teacher
at the Wilmington Conference Acad-
emy, but now librarian at Tome lnsti-
tute. is seriously III in a Wilmington
hospital with typhoid. She was tc
have lectured before the members OF
the Dover Century Club this afternoon
Evening journal., 1904-03-30
SPIES IN TRADE UNIONS
Labor Leaders Think Some One is Civ.
ina Away Secrets.

Labor leaders are somewhat agltated
because they think spies are among the
different trade unions.
The men who are suspected Of being
spies are mostly among those who but
recently Joined the unions and develop
ments have proved that certain things
said and done in the meetings have
been brought to the attention OF em-
ployers. and as a consequence several
union men have been mysteriously
dropped from the pay rolls OF some Of
the shops