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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-25
Tho Beet or Minority Leaders.

Never has a Republican speaker pos
sessed the good will Of the opposition
In the House as Uncle Joe Cannon has
1t to-day. and surely not since Mr.. Car
isles time has a Democratic leader on
the floor had the Republican good will
and admiration bestowed upon John
williams in the present Congress.
1t was no small task to hold togeth-
err and In harmony the discordant ele-
ments OF his party throughout the ses-
sion. but he did II adroitly. tactfuliy.
successfully. He Is not theorist but
he tolerated the theories of others
without stamping them with the party
brand and giving them the full APPROX
al OF his leadership. He was not led
on into any socialistic vagaries. for he
knows a thing or two. and among 9th
err things he knows an Initiative from
a referendum when he sees them. but
he made no display Of purging his par
ty Of Its socialist adherents. His steady
seemed to be to occupy such
IA tionnl grounds on the issues that
have divided parties and created fac
tional confusion. al to rally around one
standard all the scattered forces of
Democracy for the impending cam
paign. That he did this skilfully. I'M
der all the circumstances, " universal
~ conceded.--LeslIe's Monthly.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-25
SATURDAY NIGHT.

Placing the little hats all in a row,
Ready for church on the morrow. you
know:
Washing wee faces and little black fists,
Getting them ready and tit to be kissed
Putting them into clean garments and
white,
That is what mothers are doing tonight
Spying ont rents in little worn hose,
Lying by shoes that are worn through
the toes:
Looking Ger garments so faded and thin.
Who but mother knows where TO be-
gin?
Changing a button to make it look right.
That is what mothers are doing tonight
Calling the little ones all round her chair;
Hearing them lisp their evening prayer;
Telling them stories OF Jesus OF old.
The Shepherd. who gathers the lambs 10
his fold:
Watching them listen with childish de-
light
That is what mothers are doing to-
night.
Creeping so softly TO take a last peep
Silence the token OF childhood's sleep;
Anxious 10 know if the dear ones are
warm:
Tucking the blanket round each little
form:
kissing each little face. rosy and bright.
That is what mothers are doing tonight.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-25
STORY OF A GREAT SCANDAL.
Ferdinand DeLssssps and His Connsc-
ton with the Panama Canal.

noa win the fUuau1a Canal.
Special interest attaches to the Pa
mama canal scandal in France because
the great undertaking has become an
American enterprise and because. from
partisan sources. there have been
grave charges OF financial crookedness
in connection with securing title
from the French holders. The plan to
cut the isthmus OF Panama with ca
nal was projected In May. 1879. NJ.
de Lesseps went personally over the
ground in 1880. said that the water
way could be completed In eight years
and that from the start II should pay
per cent. or better, upon the invest
ment. Ii was his name and standing
that interested the French people. for
be had built the Suez canal. an achieve
ment OF his own suggestion. II was
opened with imposing ceremonies in
1869. the Empress OF France leading
the procession OF royal personages. The
man who had done SO much 10 honor
his country upon the eve OF her mis-
fortunes was beloved OF his people
and their confidence In him amounted
TO enthusiasm.
All classes. capitalists. tradesmen
and peasants. were eager TO subscribe
for stock and S25l. 100000 were real
lied. II being given out at the time
that two responsible contractors had
agreed TO do the entire work OF con
struction for about double that sum-
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-25
INDIAN GIRLS As HousgMAIos.
Philadelphia Hss suessssfsi Trsis-
tsg school foe rksa.

Phit.dsiphis Hss . sueesssfsf rrsis-
tss SCHOOL foe rks~.
The question has oft~n been asked
IL Il possible to take Eir,s from tho
Wild. FRYE life OF the prsirss and train
them for domestic -rrvfe-f A p~ae-
tierl answer to tho question has h>~n
r.turr~d BY tho management Of the
Lincoln Institution Of rhiisdrlp,aia. q
training hone for indian rfris and
boys uDs,sr the winx Of the Protestant
Epl-roal Church. Among the pupils
al This institution are xirl. from The
winD-oaso. Mohawk. chipp~~s. on~l-
ds. s~n~-a. oDondssn. M~nomlne.-.
Tuscnrors. Chsy.nns and Sioux ma.
tons A thorough training l. given the
girls In cooking. sewing. washing aud
ironinx. and the x~n~rsl work Of q do
nestle. Most Of the Eir.s arrive az
the institution with tendency to act
Hike LITTLE Indians. and when punished
for q fault b~come suIky and unrnsn.
sxesbie. These obi~rtionsbIs traits.
however. speedily yield to Kidd hut
nrrn treatment. and once the rirss b.
come int~rsstsd In their duties thsy
are trurtsbls and ~ssiiy taught.
Strange to SAY. tho sewing s-hcol 10
presided Over by a wom~n who has
been blind nearly all her life. and for
nearly . quarter % century has
taught sewing without being sbis TO
s~c ono Of her pupils or th. work th~y
10. She is able 10 toll BY the s~n.~ of
'ouch alone WHISTLER or not . riri 10
Loinx her work properly. she knows
Tho sound Of earn girls VOICE. III.
riris are taught To sing together. and
hey sing exceedingly wen.
The girls have all BEEN given cfv-
lied names. but some insist on cling.
ne to the names thry were known
~ among their relatives. Thus. Mag.
DC Jones Is better plea SOD when called
Maggie Red Shirt. Ella brown doesn't
are to be addressed In sny other way
han ss Little Standing Rear. and Ma.
-el johnson Il almost inssilted II re-
erred TO by any name but Running
Wolf Among themselves The cirts
maintain the attributes popularity sup
o>cd to be typical Of Indians They
no not txlkatlvs. do not romp. go
bout their duties or their play IN
crfou- way. are not quarreisome. do
ot "chnm." hut seem 10 live quite
apply ms a sort OF big family party.
nd behave at all times ss,iatsly and
fifth n natural grace OF demcsnor that
! very attractive. Many Of the In
Ian girls are quite pretty. Some besr
D little resemblance to the popular
lea Of what "Ro~slie. the Prairie
should look like. NJ to call
,to question in the mind OF the be-
older the clear strain OF their blood
= matter Of fact. there sr- scarcely
ny girls in the home who are not
ure. blooded Indisns.--Leslie's Week
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-25

Later, after the chamber OF deputies
had twice rejected the proposition. the
esta blishment OF lottery to raise
more money was authorized. a condi-
ton imposed by the Minister OF FL
nance being that the tide-water canal
be abandoned and locks substituted
NJ. Eifrel, OF Eiffei tower fame. was
paid 100000 francs merely for the
machinery necessitated by this change.
After the lottery scheme was sanction
ed loan was authorized by the cham
Der and to float II Baron Joseph Rel
mach was handed 100000 francs The
best he could do was to increase the
funds by 6OO.OO0.000 francs. and
Charles de Lesseps. the son. agreed for
the total said to be on hand TO com
plete the canal within three years.
The crash came In 1892 and moth
ing worthy Of being compared with
II had been heard since the notorious
Mississippi bubble blown by John
Law. No way or chance Of diverting
money appears to have been overlook
ed. Journalists were paid princely
sums to draw the most alluring pic
lures and induce subscriptions to
stock. Legislators were bought with
little regard to the price paid. ON
rials drew the most exorbltant sala-
RES and had favored subordinates to
help garner the golden harvest How
widely the itching TO plunder the fund
extended Is shown by the fact that In
1888 the Prime Minister and bis Inn |
Mediate predecessor arbitrarily forced |
he company to contribute 10000 |
rancs. not for canal building. but for |
he good of France" a formula that |
Iad been made to cover multitude Of |
ins. After the alleged turning Of the
Imelight on the situation there were
till eeO.OO0.OOO francs unaccounted
or.
A Juror of excitement followed the
xpose. Baron Reinach killed himself,
pme say because Of remorse. others
sv because he was bounded to death
v menaces and attempts at black
,ail. His partner. DIR. Herr. a Bava-
an Jew, who had been wise enough
, become naturaIized in this country.
ed to England, and Arton. the go
stween, also decamped. The papers
the Baron showed the names of
any deputies who had been brfbed
nd papers that had been subsidized.
ut they received little by way of
iyertising and their schemes Of pro
otIngg were 30 winked at that they
Id no hesitancy In denouncfng In bit
r terms the legislators who had sold
It to the manipulators OF the Panama |
aud. Eleven persons were criminal
prosecuted for completely, six of {
EN- being ex-cabinet ministers. The
le doubly punished was VI. Baihaut. Z
minister Of Public Works, who had 4
e courage to plead guilty and was /
not alone by his colleagues. I
It by the public. making the singu- r
r claim that his confession showed a +
ok OF patriotism. The matter was I
ken up again In 1897, but even the I
osecuting officer helped to shut up .
9 scandal and to this day II Is not 7
own where by far the larger share
the missing funds went to. Tho 4
asses in France are exceptionally /
nest, and It Is strange contradic-
m that those of the accused who
ain ran for ONCE had no trouble in
ing reelected. y
To form a judgment Of Ferdinand v
Lesseps It II essential to know
of his history prior to tho n
mama affair. He was born at Yer c.
lllss In 1906. His grandfather had a
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-25

cnARIEs SErcuEA out the man who
had given him his first work at $50
per week. The latter had transferred
his business to Chicago. and Il was
here that Setcher nrst began turning
dollars into greater sums through the
medium OF trade. To others bis life
after he began making moncJ ap-
peared barren OF pleasure. Business
was his hobby. No bundle boy worked
harder and no empIoys 30 long a. he.
Sometimes be slept In his store.
though this was In the earlier days
OF his career. He was unosteuta tious-
When he was admitted to partnership
In the srrn be was surprised one day
10 see his name shove the door. He
asked to have II taken down and sub
stituted q general name for his own.
Netcher always asserted that no
one died Of overwork. Bad habits. he
insisted. were what killed people. In
asmuch. however. as he himself passed
away At the age OF 81. IL may not be
too much to assume that hard work
does sometimes kill. He detestcd
idieness and made II one Of the pro
visions OF bis will that his children
work. He did not deny them the
pleasure which other young folks
have. He supplied them with the
means OF enjoyment and encouraged
them to participate in every pastime
which promised them pleasure. But In
-. -
thrift and economy as applied to
them. He specifically stated that none
Of his children should be 70 provided
for as to permit extravngance or a
life Of idleness. This clause cover
ing this condition reads:
I'm making all payments herein
! boye and hereinafter provided. as
well as In all other expenditures for |
the support and benefit Of my said
children. or any or them. or any OF |
their children. It Is my wish that the
hen existing size and income OF my
estate and OF their respective inter
ssts therein shall be carefully con-
,Idered, and that while my children
,houId be encouraged and assisted in
III habits Of thrift and industry, they
Ihould not be given the means OF ex-
or idIeness."
The Will provides that until each
.hild IL 70 years Of age the trustee
hall expcnd such sums as appear nee
'ssary for the education and support
Il the child. After the child has
cached the age OF 70 yenrs the trus-
20 may pay over semi-annuslly the
lot income from each specific trust
und or may give tho child tho sum
4 $4,000. When the child reaches
he age Of 80 years 100000 may be
tven him TO invest In business.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-25
WANTS HIS CHILDREN TO WORK

Therefore This Chicago Aiiiossirs
Asds Unia ss Provisions In His Will
One OF the remarkable bu~ness msn
of Chicago died a few days ago In the
person OF Charles Netcher. = thr-s-
times millionaire. Neteher believed
that work was mans greatest bless
Ing. He was not 80 much q slave
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-25

Of labor and grind
as he was q mas
ter Of his time. and
80 employed II that
II brought him q
fortune. sgt n
ming life ss q bun
die boy In Buffalo
hen be was u
years old. he went
from position to
position until be
was able to buy
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-25
In the GOOD old summer Time.

Mrs. Rurals-You don't mean to say
you pay that woman ten dollars q
week for cookfDg7
Mrs Harlem IA city sister)-Oh, dear
no. We pay her only two dollars for
cooking; the rest Ia for staying-Wom-
ans Home Companion.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-25
Court Testing.

your Majesty" said the prime min
lister, leading the culprit forward, this
Is the page who has been 30 loose in
his habits
"Ahar exclaimed the king, "he must
be brought to book"
"Teheew giggled the page; "a royal
TEST, I'll be bound."-Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-25

your husband doesn't seem TO like
work very much" said the summer
boarder.
That's where you wrong him." said
the woman with the sunbonnet on.
HE likes work nne. Only he always
wants II done BY me or one OF the
girls. Washington star.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-25

You all laugh about women denying
their ages. Once in three or four hun.
drcd thousand years. you hear Of .
man doing IT,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-25

The girls who are chasing . man
should see the warning in the face 81 .
woman who has caught one.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-08-25
Highly success full.

Jack sprat took antifat,
His wife took antilean,
And 70 to-day the both Of then
Are sleeping In the green.
-Hppincott's Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-17
St. Patrick's Daughters

In the United States the Irish girl
is at home. More likely. she Is born
here than In Ireland, and she takes
pride In her Irish-Americanism She
knows how her grandfathers have
helped in every war the United States
has ever fought, and the knowledge
makes her all the more at home upon
the soil.
Here she takes readily to all the
fields Of endeavor open to women and
she sings, she dances. she acts upon
the stage, she writes plays, she writes
books and she paints and draws, and
she does them all we'll.
st. Patrick's daughter is noted for
her domesticity. Once married, the
Irish woman will not go out to work if
she can help IT, She is too contented
with her let ever to wish to stray
from the Preside. And the Irish girl.
81. Patrick's daughter, is the most
religious girl in the world. She clings
to the religion of her fathers, and she
viii rise early and SIT up late to keen
IT'S tenets safe and fast. When she
marries. IL IL with the understanding
hat her offspring can be allowed to
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-17
LEGEND of the Saint

Most of the folk lore of Ireland has
been placed on the shoulders of Pat.
rick, and the good old saint who Is
credited with having died at che age
of one hundred and twenty years, the
age of Moses, carries 1t all bravely
from the beautiful and reasonable
story of the shamrock TO the most
absurd fancies.
Among the things attributed to the
saint are that he dries up a food :;
turns an unbelieving district into a
morass; condemns a river to sterility;
makes q stone swim TO float a leper
that ship refuses to bear; causes
one magician to be struck by light.
ming, another to sink into the earth 3:
makes an ugly dwarf tall and beauti,
full; makes a kettle TO boil with
chunks of ice; sinks bastile ship at
sea with the sign of the cross. :
One CT the prettiest ST. Patricks
legends Is that when about to locate
the first church in Ireland he found
on the spot roe and fawn. His com
panions were about to slay them, but
Patrick took the fawn in his arms
and carried it. the roe following after
| to safe place.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-17
ST. PATRICK AND HIS WORK
F. r.
sy of American ChB smu.
iSRiE2fs2fs2is2Isls2t2i

of King Laogaire. The intrepid Pat
rick and his companions, taking their
lives in their hands, advanced boldly
against these idols and shattered them
in pieces. The message of such men,
who proved the worthlessness of idols
of stone, brass and gold for crom
dubh was overlaid If 1t was not who'll
ly made Of gold, was received with
gladness, and the fame of the saint
and his companions and the gospel
they preached spread far and wide, so
that great numbers became obedient
to the faith.
St Patrick was happy in his paren-
tage. He was, as he himself tells us.
the son Of Calpurnius. a deacon in the
Christian church, and the grandson of
Politus, priest or presbyter Of the
same church, and his mother was Con
chessa, sister of st. Martin of Tours.
Thus he was not only the son Of
Christian parents, but came of fam.
lily Of ecclesiastics on father and moth
er's sides. Like many another youth
of Christian parents he did not know
the Lord" in it's spiritual Specification.
But when a slave in the mountains Of
Ireland his early teaching came home
to his soul. Slave though he was he
had learned to love the people among
whom he lived. And subsequently,
when a free man, he obeyed the
promptings Of his heart and the vision
of his dreams, and resigned his nobil-
ity to become missionary, when he
went everywhere throughout the is
land preaching Christ with wonderful
power to the pagan Irish, and bring
ing multitudes into the Christian fold.
When at home at the xii or church
his usual mode of procedure was to
be accompanied with group Of holy
men clothed in white with books in
their hands, chanting the morning
service in the open air as well as in
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-17
THIN DIET.
Nc Nourishfnent In Il.

It's not easy to keep up when cof-
food won't digest.
A Mo. woman says: Il had been
an invalid for two years from stomach
trouble caused by coffee, got so bad !
couldn't digest food and for quite q
while l lived on milk and lime water
nothing but that--a glass OF milk
and lime water six times day. In
this way managed to live. but OF
course did not gain.
~ cit was about months ago be-
gan using Postum Food Coffee; did
not need the milk and lime water
after that, for gained rapidly and
can now eat good meal and drink
from / to 3 cups of Postum each meal
and feel fine. ...
II would not go back to coffee for
any reasonable pay. ! like Postum
better than coffee now and make Pos
tum by directions on box and 1t is
Just fine; never found better way to
make 1t than on box. Now this Is all
true and you can easily prove it..
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Postum is brew from field grains
with all the nourishment left in. II
makes red blood and rebuilds partic'
ularly well where coffee has done
damage as It does to nearly all who
drink II. wM i5EH
A 10 days trial of Postum in place
of coffee works wonders. There's a
reason.
Get the little book. THE Road u
wellyills" in each pkg
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-17

The birthplace of st. Patrick is a
matter of dispute, but then there is
scarcely any historical fact that is not
disputed. 1t would be passing strange,
therefore, If any of the incidents of
so renowned a historical character as
st. Patrick, not placed beyond doubt
by demonstrable fact, were to pass I'M
disputed. There are few now, how
ever, who will claim with the late DR..
Lannigan that he was born at Bou-
logne-Sur-Mer in France. Most his
torians allow that Dumbarton-on-the-
Clyde in Scotland Is the place of his
nativity. Though why his own state
ment that he was an Irishman should
be ignored, for one, am at loss to
understand. One thing is certain: he
was not only Kelt but he belonged
to the Gaelic branch of the Kettle
race. Whether, therefore, 1t could be
proved he was born in Scotland or
France he was still racially a Gael
that is an lrishman-and spoke Gaelic
or the Irish tongue. Perhaps to this
may be attributed much of his success
IN the conversion OF lrelanui ana that
success was phenomenal.
st. Patricks system of church policy
was neither diocesan, parochial. con-
gregational, nor monastic such as pre-
vailed In medieval times. 1t was
rather collegiate and missionary; or
we might say it partook of the con-
gregational, parochial monastic and
diocesan-a combination of what Is
good In all. Had he had knowledge
of physiological analysis, such as we
now possess, one would be inclined to
say he took his system from the hui
man body. The simplest form of his
work in any locality was the Gull.
cell, or xii, as 1t is in the human Or
Sanlsm. This was the nucleus. To
the cell was drawn numbers of young
and old. Here In due time assimila-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-17

tiCn took place. Then the xii (church)
or cell became divided and subdivided,
as in the living organism, by sending
out those prepared at the colleges to
localities chosen as promising fields.
each body of missionaries so sent out
formed a new cell. A xii with its col
leges and other appurtenances was es
tabkshed, each separate and distinct
in itself yet in Connection with the
mother xii and with each other. These
individual kills sent out their shoots
in missionaries. Congenial habitants
were selected nuclei were formed, kills
were established. AS needs required
chief pastor, or bishop, was Sc
lected, consecrated and sent to preach
the gospel, convert the heather, and
extend the church by leading the way
in which his clergy followed.
The bishop was more like the col
Onel of cavalry regiment advancing
TO the charge against the enemy, who
precedes his soldiers, is first in the
fight and leads in every post Of dan
ger. Under the leadership of such a
bishop his clergy would follow to the
death. With such bishops and clergy
the "Aedepscop" (archbishop) Patrick
himself leading the van, the idols
went down before them like corn be-
fore the sickle. Let one instance suf-
fee. The Irish like other ancient ma
lions and in common with all Druids
paid religious homage to pillar stones.
Heating in writing Of one of these,
the crom cruach, or crom dubh (the
black STOPPING stone) says it was the
same god that Zoroaster worshipped
and the first form of idolatry intro
1uced among the Milesians (ScOts). II
was erected in the plain of weeping
with twelve lesser idols Of brass
around it and was the favorite resor,