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Melford Kaufman, thirty-three years old,
living at $40 II street northwest, was taken
suddenly Ill last night about 1890 o'clock.
He was taken to the Emergency Hospital
where he soon recovered
The Western news., 1904-08-17
6ATURDAY NIGHT.

Placing the little hats all In q row,
Ready for church on the morrow, you
know;
Washing wee faces and little black fists,
Getting them ready and fit to be kissed !;
Putting them into clean garments and
white,
That is what mothers are doing tonight
Spying out 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 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 to
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 to 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 Western news., 1904-08-17
An Old Ono.

One stanch admirer Of Senator De
pew is certain distinguished Partisan
whom the Senator met while abroad
some years ago Last winter this
Frenchman visited the United States
for the first time. and among the first
Of his friends on this side whom he
called upon was Mr.. Depew. He spent
many delightful moments In the socie-
ty Of the genial statesman, and for the
hospitality accorded him by that gen
teman the Partisan was most profuse
in his thanks.
That his command of the English
language was unequal to the task of
tittingly conveying his thanks to the
Senator was amusingly evidenced by a
letter which he addressed to Mr.. De
pew just before returning to France
The letter was undoubtedly composed
with the aid Of an English French die
tionary. In the closing sentence of
this comical effusion the Frenchman
had occasion to make use OF the En-.
glish equivalent of the French verl
'preserver." Unfortunately he hit
upon the definition Ito pickle" and his
sentence read thus: And may God
pickle you to all eternity!
Home Companion.
The Western news., 1904-08-17
The Best OF Minority Leaders.

Never has Republican speaker pos
sessed the good will Of the opposition
In the House as Uncle Joe Cannon has
it 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.
er and in harmony the discordant ele
ments of his party throughout the ses
sion, but he did it adroitly, tactfully
successfully. He is not a 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
of into any socialistic vagaries, for he
knows a thing or two, and among 9th
er things he knows an initiative from
q referendum when he sees them. bu1
he made no display Of purging his par
ty of It's socialist adherents His steady
purpose seemed to be to occupy sucl
rational grounds on the issues tha
have divided parties and created fac
tional confusion. as to rally around on.
standard all the scattered forces o.
Democracy for the impending cam
paign. That he did this skilfully. un
der all the circumstances, is universal
ly conceded.-Leslie's Monthly.
The Western news., 1904-08-17
Vertical Grain Flooring.

Vertical grain yellow pine flooring"
read the sign on the fence Of the lum-
ber yard; and Vertical grain floor
ing?" said man in the office, "why,
that's nothing new.
But you never heard of it before ?
Well, vertical grain flooring is sawed
from logs that have first been quar-
tered; as Quartered oak is sawed.
Flooring sawed In the ordinary way,
with its grain lying fiat, is more or
less liable to splinter; vertical grain
flooring, sawed from quartered tim
ber, has its grain on edge, the rings
that mark the timber's growth show
ing in parallel lines, for which reason
vertical grain flooring has sometimes
been called comb grain flooring.
Vertical grain flooring does not
splinter, but will wear smooth down
to the beams on which it is laid; and it
makes a very durable and handsome
flooring besides.
vertical grain yellow pine flooring
Is laid in places where the floors are
subjected to great wear and where
freedom from splinters is especially
desirable. 1t has been used for school,
room flooring and it is used in stores
and Office buildings, and in fine kitch-
ems. 1t costs more, Of course, than or
dinary flooring. With the regular
flooring at $27 to $50 thousand ver-
teal grain flooring would cost $3.50 to
$3.50 a thousand.
Maple flooring, costing $40 to $45 a
thousand, 10 now also used to fill the
same requirements for a good floor,
but there are people who still prefer
the vertical grain yellow pine."-New
York Times.
The Western news., 1904-08-17

Deen In the diplomatic service and his
father was consul to Egypt in the days
OF Mohammet Ali. Ferdinand was
himself educated for diplomacy, and
II was because Of his ability rather
tnan because he was a cousin Of the
Empress Eugene that he did diplo-
matlc service In Spain, Italy. Egypt
and other countries. 1t was to Said
Pasha, who had just been appointed
viceroy of Egypt that de Lesseps pre-
sented the project Of the Suez canal.
Said Pasha entered heartily into the
plan. subscribed for a large share Of
the stock which was sold sixteen years
later to England in Its movement to
get control of the important water
way. Gladstone was friendly to the
undertaking from the outset and help
ed 1t In that way of his which was so
effective. He was the great friend Of
de Lesseps and was like the people Of
France in regarding him as man of
answering integrity. Powerful aid
was honestly given to the Suez enter
prise and the viceroy poured money
into 1t as needed.
The Panama affair was a complete
reversal. Its pretended friends were
grabbers Of the hungriest and most un-
scrupulous type. They ruined the un-
dertaking and the man who entered
upon it with sincerity and spotless
character upon which the unscrupu-
lous associates banked while robbing
the subscribers. He was beyond the
psalmist's allotment Of years to man
and physically incapacitated, mentally
weakened and leaning upon an incom-
petent son to look after his affairs
when they most needed the supervi-
sion of a man who would sanction
nothing questionable. He never knew
that the son was party to disreput-
able methods, that he himself was con-
victed of misappropriation Of funds
and sentenced to i've years. imprison-
ment, or that while he sat paralyzed
at home the finding was reversed by
the court. He did know that the un-
dertaking was doomed to failure and
the burden Of his lament was that SO
many Of the poor of France had suf-
fered loss where he confidently ex-
pected to give them profit. He saw
them gathered about him as he gazed
into the embers of his crate fire dur
ing his last days and his mind went
to them rather than to the friends
who called. His honor to-day is held
above reproach among the great body
of the French people and they pro-
nounce preposterous the suggestion
that he was swindler. He was tech
nically such because Of the position
which he nominally filled, but the con-
yincing evidence is that he was a VIC
tim, not conspirator; worthy man
among rogues that included his son.
The Western news., 1904-08-17

CHAHLEs NEICHER. out the man VINO
had given him his first work at $1.5O
per week. The latter had transferred
his business to Chicago, and 1t was
here that Netcher first began turning
dollars into greater sums through the
medium Of trade. To others his life
after he began making money ap-
peared barren of pleasure. Business
was his hobby. No bundle boy worked
harder and no employe so long as he.
Sometimes he slept In his store,
though this was in the earlier days
Of his career. He was unOstentatous
When he was admitted to partnership
in the firm he was surprised one day
to see his name above the door. He
asked to have it taken down and sub
stituted a 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, it may not be
too much to assume that hard work
does sometimes kill. He detested
idleness and made it one Of the pro-
visions Of his 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
his will he set forth his ideas Of work.
thrift and economy as applied to
them. He specifically stated that none
of his children should be SO provided
for as to permit extravaganza or a
life of idleness. This clause cover
ing this condition reads:
I'm making all payments herein
above 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
then existing size and income of my
estate and Of their respective inter-
ests therein shall be carefully con-
sidered, and that while my children
should be encouraged and assisted in
all habits Of thrift and industry, they
should not be given the means of ex-
travagance or idleness."
The will provides that until each
child is 25 years of age the trustee
shall expend such sums as appear nee
essary for the education and support
Of the child. After the child has
reached the age of 25 years the trus-
tee may pay over semi-annually the
net income from each specific trust
fund or may give the child the sum
Of $4,000. When the child reaches
the age Of 80 years 100000 may be
given him to invest In business
The Western news., 1904-08-17
STORY OF A GREAT SCANDAL
Ferdinand DeLesseps and HE Connec'
| ton with the Pana ma Canal.

Ferdinand DeLesseps and HE Connec.
tiOn with the Panama 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 a ca
nal was projected In May, 1879. M.
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 it should pay
I per cent, or better. upon the invest
ment. 1t was his name and standing
that interested the French people. for
he had built the Suez canal, an achieve
ment Of his own suggestion. 1t was
opened with imposing ceremonies in
the procession Of royal personages. The
man who had done SO much to 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 $251. 100000 were real
lied. it being given out at the time
that two responsible contractors had
apraod tO do tho pntire work Of cOn-
struction for about double that sum-
The Western news., 1904-08-17
INDIAN GIRLS AS HOUsEMAIDs.
Philadelphia Has a Successful Train
ing School for Them,

Philadelphia Has a Successful Train
ing School for Them.
The question has often been asked:
Is 1t possible to take girls from the
Wild free life of the prairie and train
them for domestic service? A prac-
tical answer to the question has been
returned by the management Of the
Lincoln Institution Of Philadelphia. a
training home for Indian girls and
boys under the wing Of the Protestant
Episcopal church. Among the pupils
at this institution are girls from the
Winnebago, Mohawk, Chippewa, Onei-
da, Seneca, OnOndaga, Menominee.
Tuscarora, Cheyenne and Sioux ma
tions. A thorough training Is given the
girls in cooking, sewing, washing and
ironing, and the general work of a do
nestle Most Of the girls arrive at
the institution with tendency to act
like little Indians, and when punished
for fault become sulky and unman-
ageable. These Objectionable traits,
however, speedily yield to kind but
firm treatment, and once the girls be-,
come interested in their duties they
are tractable and easily taught.
Strange to say, the sewing school is
presided over by woman who has
been blind nearly all her life, and for
nearly quarter Of century has
taught sewing without being able to.
see one Of her pupils or the work they
do. She Is able to tell by the sense Of
touch alone whether or not a girl is.
doing her work properly. She knows
the sound of each girls voice. The
girls are taught to sing together, and
they sing exceedingly well.
The girls have all been given civ
ilized names, but some insist on cling.
ing to the names they were known
by among their relatives. Thus, Mag.
gle Jones is better pleased when called
Maggie Red Shirt, Ella Brown doesn't.
care to be addressed in any other way
than as Little Standing Bear. and Ma
bel johnson Is almost insulted If re-
ferred to by any name but Running
Wolf. Among themselves the girls
maintain the attributes popularly sup
posed to be typical Of Indians. They
are not talkative, do not romp. go
about their duties or their play in a
serious way, are not quarrelsomc, do
not "chum," but seem to live quite
happily as sort Of big family party,
and behave at all times sedately and
with a natural grace of demeanor that
Is very attractive. Many Of the In
dian girls are quite pretty. Some bear
so little resemblance to the popular
idea Of what "Rosalie, the Prairie
Flower" should look like, as to call
into question in the mind Of the be-
holder the clear strain Of their blood.
As a matter Of fact. there are scarcely
any girls in the home who are not
pure blooded Indians.-Leslie's Week
1vy
The Western news., 1904-08-17

Of labor and grind
as he was a mas
ter of his time, and
so employed 1t that
it brought him a
fortune. B eg | n
ming life as a bun
die boy in Buffalo
when he was II
years old, he went
from position to
position until he
was able to buy
The Western news., 1904-08-17

Later, arter the cnamDer or deputies
had twice rejected the proposition, the
establishment of lottery to raise
more money was authorized, condi-
ton imposed by the Minister Of FL
nance being that the tide-water canal
be abandoned and locks substituted.
NJ. Eiffel of Eiffel tower fame. was
paid 3O,OOO,OOO 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 1t Baron Joseph Rel
mach was handed 100000 francs. The
best he could do was to increase the
funds by 6OO,OOO,OOO 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
it 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. Oh
cials drew the most exorbitant sala-
ries and had favored subordinates to
help garner the golden harvest. How
widely the itching to punder the fund
extended Is shown by the fact that in
1888 the Prime Minister and his i'm
mediate predecessor arbitrarily forced
the company to contribute $4,000
francs, not for canal building, but "for
the good Of France" formula that
had been made to cover a multitude Of
sins. After the alleged turning Of the
limelight on the situation there were
still 88OOOO.OOO francs unaccounted
for.
| A furor Of excitement followed the
expose. Baron Reinach killed himself,
say because he was bounded to death
by menaces and attempts at black
mail. His partner, DR.. Herr, a Bava-
rian Jew, who had been wise enough
to become naturalized in this country
fled to England. and Arton, the 90
between, also decamped. The papers
of the Baron showed the names Of
many deputies who had been bribed
and papers that had been subsidized
but they received little by way Of
advertising and their schemes Of PRO
noting" were so winked at that thew
had no hesitancy In denouncing in bit-
ter terms the legislators who had sold
out to the manipulators of the Panama
fraud. Eleven persons We're criminal.
ly prosecuted for completely, six Of
them being ex-cabinet ministers. The
one doubly punished was NJ. Baibaut
Minister Of Public Works, who had
the courage to plead guilty and waa
denounced not alone by his colleagues.
but by the public, making the singu.
lar claim that his confession showed a
lack of patriotism. The matter was
taken up again In 1897. but even the
prosecuting officer helped to shut up
the scandal and to this day 1t Is not
known where by far the larger share
of the missing funds went to. The
masses in France are exceptionally
honest, and 1t Is a strange contradic-
ton that those OF the accused who
again ran for Office had no trouble in
being reelected.
To form a judgment Of Ferdinand
de Lesseps 1t is essential to know
something of his history prior to the
Panama affair. He was born at Yer
saillss In 1905. His grandfather had