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The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21
7s~o Half Cents Jusf Redeemed;
Nearly 100000 Still Oufs1<1ndin&

sued in 1893. Half the total number
of half cents issued were coined pre-
vious to 1910, after which year their
coinage, with few exceptions, was
limited. None was coined for circu-
lation from 1912 to 1924, nor from
1886 to 1S48. Finally, in 1857 their
coinage, with that of the big copper,
cent, was discontinued. On account Of
their limited use in the last years Of
their coinage they practically had dis;
appeared from the channels of trade.
The needs Of adopting the half cent
as our lowest value-computing factor
for coin we're many in the early days
of the republic. Colonial half cents!
and British farthings of the same CON-
mercial value were then in circulation,
and many articles were priced and;
sold in half cents. With the progress
of the nation values rose and the!
needs for half cent disappeared, and;
their use following the first decade;
of the century was almost entirely
confined to multiples !
While all other discontinued types
and denominations of the United
States coin have found oblivion, the
half cent is the only one that treas
ury reports do not record some por-
ton of their issue redeemed. This
singular and unexplained fact has
been one of frequent comment and in
quiry from Mint and Treasury officials.
Large quantities of half cents are to-
be found in the stocks of coin Dealers;
The most common dates are sold at a,
good premium and the extremely rare;
ones are worth their weight in gold.
Ferran Zarbe of st. Louis, was the
man who sent the two half-cent pieces
to Washington for redemption. He
now prizes highly the little voucher
calling for zone cent" and which was
sent to him with that amount of cur
rent coin in exchange for the two half
cent pieces he had forwarded
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21
MARRIED IN ENGINE CAB.
Elopine Couple United While on a
Flying Locomotive.

Eloping Couple United While on a
Flying Locomotive.
An eloping couple in Tennessee
were married few days ago in one
of the strangest places yet recorded
as the scene of wedding. Mr.. W. A.
Cagill and Miss S. A. Lyle of Knox
Vile, finding their parents obdurate
determined to run away and boarded
train on the Knoxville and Augusta
railway. Meeting friend on the train
they confided their plight to him. He
told them that the fireman on the To-
comotive, T. H. Hodge, was a justice
of the peace. The fireman was inter
viewed at the first stop and consented
to tie the knot at the next station
The young people FASTENED to the 10
comotive and climbed into the "cab,
where the flreman-magistrate, all
grimy and greasy and attired in his
overalls, stood on the foot-plate and
spoke the few words necessary tC
marry them. Then the bride and
groom ran back to their car, the whis
tie blew and they were off on thei1
honeymoon.
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21
Birds That Steal.

BIrdS hat steal.
Some birds are very fond of build
ing in and around churches. A very
funny story is told of some jackdaws
which built their nests in one of the
towers of Christ church, in Dublin. A
man who was employed in the cathed
raj lived with his wife near by, and
the latter was at first perplexed, and
then seriously annoyed, at the manner
in which her clothes pegs systematic
cally disappeared. In vain she
watched, but could never discover the
culprit. One day an order came for
her to clear out one of the towers of
the cathedral, when she discovered
her missing pegs propping up the
rather large nests Of the jackdaws. AT
first she was filed with wrath, but
this soon gave way to pleasant
thoughts, when on her second visit to
the tower she found half sovereign
in one of the nests. Jackdaws are
wellknown thieves, and often go to
great pains in order to hide their stol.
en- property.
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21
The Ants Suspension Bridge.

Men build bridges of strong wire
ropes, monkeys make them by cling
ing to one another's tail. There are,
however. other creatures who make
suspension bridges-the duvio ant Of
Africa. 1t is half an inch long, with a
big head. A large ant takes hold Of
the branch OF a tree with his forelegs;
he clings, letting his own body hang;
then another ant climbs down the first
one, to whose hind legs he clings, let
ting his own body hang; so the little
fellows keep on until long chain
hangs from the tree. Then they swing
until the one at the loose end catches
hold of the tree they wish to reach,
and the bridge is complete. AS soon
as the main body of the army has
crossed the bridge the ant on the first
tree lets go OF the branch and climbs
up his comrades to the second tree.
The other makers of the living suspen-
sion bridge follow their leaders ex-
ample, and they take their place at the
rear Of the marching column.
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straight through the middle of the x,
and hold these three sticks in position
with one hand while with the other
you weave the other two sticks about
their ends. The middle points of the
last two sticks are to be put over the
ends of the I or middle stick, and
their ends are to be put under the
ends Of the sticks that form the x. It
will take some bending to do this, so
the sticks must be flexible enough to
bend little without breaking, but
they must also be strong and springy
enough to hold firmly together when
they are bent, to make the explosion
effective.
Now make a little human figure OF
cork, wax or putty with sticks for legs
and arms. Set him astride of the mid
die stick, near one end, and apply a
lighted match to the nearest corner OF
the Internal machine. In second one
of the sticks is burned through and
the machine flies apart, sending the
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21
An INTELLIGENT Cat.

Prof. R. l.. Garner tells an interest
ing cat story: A certain cat was shut
up in a room where there was a speak
ing-tube which he had frequently seen
used in calling people.
Desiring to get out of the room and
having no means of opening the door,
he climbed upon chair near the tube,
erected himself upon his hind legs,
steadied himself by placing his paws
upon the back of the chair, placed his
mouth to the tube and began whining
and mewing into it.
In this attitude he was found by his
young mistress, who came into the
room at the moment that he was try
ing to call someone to his aid.
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21
Two WelI-knoWn Proverbs.
What well-known proverbs do these
REFUSES make?
TO Guess Four Cards.

TO Guess Four Cards.
To guess the cards which four per.
sons have fixed thoughts upon: You
take four cards, request him to Sc.
,ect one of them in thought, and lay
them aside. Then take out four other
cards, let second person choose one
81 them, place these four cards upon
the table beside the first four, but a
little apart. Proceed in the same way
With the third and fourth person
You now take the first persons four
cards, and lay them separately, side
by side. Upon these four cards you
place the four cards of the second per-
son in the same order, and so with the
four cards of the third and fourth per-
son.
You now show each pile to the four
persons, one after the other, asking
each in which pile he finds the card
he has thought of.
AS soon as you know this, you dis
cover the cards thought of in the fol-
lowing order: The card thought of by
the first person is, of course, the first
in the pile in which he says it is con-
tanned; the second persons card is the
second of the pile, so also the third
and fourth persons card is the third
and fourth Of the pile.
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21

c. In this way the two plates are op-
positely charged with electricity to a
high degree, which is registered by the
electrO-meter at E. In this way radio
active substances may be detected and
determined, and it is said that this
method is thousand times more SEN
sitive than spectrum analysis and a
million times more sensitive than
chemical analysis.
There are orner bodies capable Of
emitting heat radiations, such as polo
mum, actinium and thorium, and at
the present writing it seems clear that
some of our theories relating to
physics will have to be very greatly
modified if not indeed rewritten.-A.
Frederick Collins in 1ew York Her.
aid.
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21
A Bit Of ThistledoWn,

Only a bit of thistledown,
Far from it's home in the fields of green,
Drifting aimlessly through the town.
The noisy town. unkempt, unclean,
Caught by a sudden gust of air,
Over housetop now it flies,
Settles at last in courtyard dark,
Just in front Of baby's eyes,
Only bit Of thistledown,
But the little one COOS and smiles
AS she grasps, in her hands of brown,
At the stranger, who's come for miles,
Catches it tight in her little fist,
Gurgles her joy at the capture made,
Talks to it, then, in her, baby tongue,
There in the courtyard's steaming
shade.
Only bit Of thistledown-
Yet it has made one little girl glad;
Driven away all thought of a frown,
Lightened a life that will soon be sad.
Only trif1e to you or to me
pleasure it could not make or MARI,
But that baby feels in her heart
She is playing, at last, with a start
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21
Reasons of Some Animal Habits.

Animal habits are easy to under
stand" said farmer, "if you stop 70
think about them"
why, for instance, do sheep run
to the highest point whenever danger
threatens? Simply because they
originally lived in the mountains and
fed to the peaks to escaps their enc
mics.
Hogs grunt when feeding because
their forefathers fed in dark woods
and grunted to each other in order to
keep in touch. And so it is with all
animals-their habits come from re-
mote ancestors"
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celved his deathblow. With an heroic
eHort he twitched himself into a posi-
ton right over his thoughtless mur-
derer, and letting go his dying grasp
upon the limb, fell upon the hand that
mad taken his life. Burying his teeth
IN the palm he bit clean through to the
back and then dropped lifeless to the
ground.
Poor little outraged spirit. He had
never given one moment Of pain to any
living mortal, and yet his life was cru
ely taken from him without rhyme or
reason. Is it strange that he showed
by the only means in his power his
sense Of wronged innocence?
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21

The treasurer of the United States
IN May 6, 1903, redeemed two half
cent pieces. This is the first time in
he history of the country any such
coins have been presented for redemp-
Ion. It is more than century since
he first half cent piece was coined
ind it is nearly fifty years since tho
government discontinued minting
hem.
Possibly not one person in a thou
sand now living in the United States
ever saw a half cent piece.
The last annual report of the direc.
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21

All Ready forsthe Explosion.
which will set 1t off when, the box is
opened.
Our Internal machine is harmless,
provided that no papers or curtains or
other inflammable things are near at
hand 10 catch fire when it is exploded,
and that you look out for your faces
and your clothes. It Is made of five
little sticks Of wood; toothpicks will
do if they are very long, slender,
tough and elastic, but you can cut
slivers of wood that will suit the pur-
pose tetter.
Lay two Of the sticks, crossed in
the middle to form an X, on the bot
tom of an inverted wine glass, lay a
third stick on them like an I, running
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21

Select thick piece of bamboo about
eight inches long and withfully, ma
king it as smooth as possible. Bore
a small hole about two inches from
one end to hold a smaller piece of
bamboo which is to form the spout. A
hallow piece of bamboo (c) somewhat
thinner than the pump barrel is in
serted into the lower end of the pump
barrel, the top of the barrel (c) is
closed with a piece of rubber that is
fastened with a small tack and can
be moved up and down. The pumping
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21

tumbler. Take a plain tumbler and
close it's top with round slat Of wood
into the center of which stick a larn-
ing needle. On the outside of the
glass paste a narrow strip of paper
which has been soaked in oil. Then
place the glass on a slanting piece of
wood and the sundial is ready. At 5
in the morning place the glass so that
the needle throws shadow on one
end of the strip of paper, and mark
the spot with a line and No. 5. After
each hour mark the shadow of the
needle, and at in the evening you
will have a reliable sundial
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21

rod is made Of thin stick Of wood
and another short piece Of bamboo
d.. The short piece of bamboo {d) is
closed on one end by a piece Of rubber
similar to the lower part of the pump
mentioned before. This piece of bam-
boo is fastened to the stick Of wood
with the help of cord and putty and
must fit tightly into the pump barrel.
The pump barrel will work satisfac-
torily If a small Quantity of water is
poured into the upper barrel to get It
started.
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21
Not So Bad,

Did you have nice time while yol
were away?"
"Splendid; went yachting on the
ocean, and all that. Had quite lit
tie accident, too, once"
How was that?"
"Water tank upset and spilled all
our water when we were about 200
miles OUT
"Horrible!''
ooh, it wasn't so bad. We had the
whisky jug corked."
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21
Squirrels Revenqe,

\ little Connecticut boy had grown
rery skillful in throwing sling shots.
He was SO true of aim that he was
sometimes tempted to use his power
unworthily. One day he discovered a
small squirrel perched on the limb of
4 tree, and without stopping to realize
the consequences Of his act he let fly
his stone. It went straight to the
mark, and the poor little creature re-
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21
Harmless Internal Machine.

The name internal machine" Is
commonly given to a box containing
dynamite or gunpowder with either
time fuse,'' or clockwork to explode
it at certain time. or with apparatus
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21

Juvenile Crime Decreases.
Juvenile crime in France has de-
creased by 80, per cent among boys
and AZ per cent among girls since
1881.
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21

CORY OF VOUCHER RETEEMIN6.
THE FIRST HALF CENT.
tor of the mint, page 80, shows that
1885, ,222 of these coins, representing
$39 ,926.11 were issued. For almost
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21
Temper Siqnboards.

In a Japanese temple there is fixed
a wooden frame filled in with nails.
When a man is vexed with anyone, in.
stead of going to harm the person, he
pays a priest a certain sum of money
for a nail and drives it into the frame
In this way he relieves his temper
without doing much harm. It would
be good idea to have similar frames
fixed up In our nurseries, so that when
little boys and girls are inclined to be
trlde naughty they could take some
nails and hammer them into these
frames till all the bad temper disap
pears.-Frank L. West.
Answer to Last Weeks Puzzles.
Well begun is half done.
What can't be cured must be en-
dured
The Cook County herald., 1903-11-21
Volcanic Eruptions.

Volcanic Eruptions.
There are about $50 volcanoes on
this e1rth that have had eruptions In
modern times.
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?. Saving Machinery.
Farm machinery saved in the plant
ing and gathering of last years crops.
in the United States, $700,000.0 900.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-11-13
Big Thing.
Trunk Department.
Jewe1ry Department

Here
We
of Siwa Glass,
last Better quick, the
lin
have to get before buying
W.
piece of jewely will X an make t
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-16
Ii Is Not a Question

whether every young person should
have a good business training,
shorthand, typewriting, etc, no
odds what profession is to be fol
lowed. The only question is where
is the best place to get this.
One school may be the largest,
another have the highest percent
age of successful graduates, another
the smallest expense, another the
best equipment, another teachers OF
national reputation, and still anOth-
or the best moral surroundings and
be located where there are no sa-
looms, blind tigers or gaming
houses of any kind. Each of these
schools possesses a strong point
that appeals to a person of sense,
But when one school happens to
combine all the foregoing strong
points, there can be no question
what school to attend. Can you
guess it? Almost every well in
formed person in the South will al
once think of Tyler College at Tyl-
er, Texas.
Then add the fact that the famous
Byrne Shorthand is taught there by
Its author and five assistants in ~
to ) months with a speed of ljt
words to the minute or no charge
for the course, and you have a com
bination that challenges comparison
and fears no competition.
Catalogue and tull particulars free
for the asking, Mention course
wanted,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-16
COMPLETE CONFESSION
Former State Senator Bnsehe Owns
Up to Several Deals.
INVOLVES A NUMBER
He Claimed That All Sorts of Money
Was Used to Influence Legisla-
ti0n and Steam and Street
Railways In the Lead.

ST. Louis. May 16.-Unable to bear
the strain of mental torture which
he has suffered since the grand jury
investigation into boodling was insti.
tuted. former State Senator Fred l..
Bushche went before Circuit Attorney
Folk Friday afternoon and mzds .
with the deals extending over a period
of eight years. Busche's declarations
involve several men of prominence
and he names those who have been
conspicuous at the state capitol as dis
%tributors of Doodle.
Later BusChe was taken before the
grand jury, where he remained an
hour. When ne emerged from the room
tears streamed down his cheeks. with
his face buried in his handkerchief
he hurried down the steps to the
Eleventh street exit of the building.
BusChe pTefaced his remarks by
saying that all sorts of money was used
at that time TO influence legislation.
Money he said. was offered or
lIttlF nearly every item bI Importance
The steam and street railway in.
terests were always very active and
their representatives paid us.
Busche proceeded to name several
senator's who profted handsomely from
exchange at the 1895 session and in
cluded one or two who are members
Of the present assembly.
He broke down lwice while con
Tossing to Mr.. Folk and weeping
bitterly said.
Il am telling these things only tc
ease my mind
Going back to ttJo Thirty-eighth as
sembly with the bill 10 create a schoo
book commission as one OF the princi
pal issues before the legislature Busche
said hat the school book trust put M
a big fund
Il got $1,000 he said. There was
a resolution presented to have al
bills held in committee. | got $3.50 for
holding up the resolutions.
Killing bills by ~smothering them
in committee was very common, he
said.
Because of the statute of limitations
which prevents prosecution three years
after the crime is committed none
of the men against whom Busche has
testified can be indicted.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-16
REFUSED TO GO.
Mrs. Mccormick viii Not Return to Gin
cinnati without a Reputation.

Mrs. Mccormick viii Not Return to Gin
cinnati without a Reputation.
Memphis. May l6.-Detectiye 5. J.
Sweeney of Cincinnati arrived in the
city with a warrant from the Clncin-
natl courts charging Mrs. Lizzie Nc
Cormick with murder OF the Adams
Express company employees. who d ra
at the hospital in Cincinnati from
drinking whisky from a package ad-
dressed to Mrs. Kate Noble Of tina,
city.
The detective had scarcely made his
appearance in the Office OF Chief OF
Police Mason before Mrs. Mccormick
attorneys arrived and announced that
Mrs. Mccormick would not return 10
Cincinnati without reQuisition papers.
The attorneys announced they had IN
stltuted habeas corpus proceedings.
which will be heard Tuesday. Mrs.
Mccormick was taken to jail.
The police gaye Out vague hints Of
new developments and possibly a new
arrest in the case of the poisoned bot
tie Of whisky which was sent from
this city to Mrs. Kate Noble Of Gin
C~inuati, and in connection with which
Mrs. Lizzie Mccormick Of Memphis is
under arrest.
A close examination of the writing
on the wrapper Of the package which
contained the bottle. il is thought. has
given the new clue which may change
the entire complexion OF the case.
This wrapper was bought here by the
Cincinnati detective
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-16
AUSTIN COLLEGE VICTORIOUS
Trinity University Shut Out
From the Start,
H~oky-poky, hippy-fiop,

Austin College, she on top;
Are We in it, / should smile;
We've been in it for quite awhile.
This was heard yesterday after
the Maroon and White went down in
defeat before the Yellow and Red.
The Trinity boys were out played
from start to finish and made only
one run and that was on account Of
an error.
The main feature of the game was
the pitching Of Bruce Templeton.
If he had bad better support no
doubt Trinity would have won the
game.
Austin College made all her runs
on errors and only got two hits from
Templeton, while Trinity got three
from Smith.
Score-Trinity, one; Austin Col
lege four.
Batteries-Trinity, Templeton and
Steele; Austin College, Smith Bros,
Time OF game, s. minutes.
Umpire, w. w. Campbell.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-16
The WhirI of Silver.

L'Arhive, wife Of Prof. Halves,
who has been giving the rainbow
and ~serpentine dances for the past
month here for the King X Medi-
cine Co, will appear tonight in her
latest costume THE Whirl Of Sill
yer" This magnificent costume
contains over seven hundred yards
Of silk and silver and weighs nearly
81 pounds. 1t nus be seen 10 be
appreciated don't fail 10 see 1t to-
night. 81
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-16

Chattanooga. Tenn MAY lC-North
bound through passenger train No .
and southbouud local passenger No
on the Alabama Great Southern rail
road collided headon near While Sui.
phur Springs. Ala The collision oc.
CURED while No 3 was running at a
high rate of speed and the force u.
the collision badly damaged both IN.
gines and practically deraiIsd both
trains. Five persons were injured. -
J. Duny OF Hartman. Tenn. was hurt
the worst He sustained injuries which
may prove fatal. The others were
painfully injured.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-16
A Pretty Garden.

Mr.. Il. II. Griffin, who lives on
Oldham avenue, has one of the
prettiest gardens we have seen this
season. He is raising three kinds
of vegetables on the same ground
and In spite of the recent cool
weather they are growing nicely.
Recently Mr.. Griffin planted some
butterbeans In a row filled with
sand hauled from the creek, which
he is doing for an experiment.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-16

Mazatlan, Mex, May Let was m.
mored that the plague had attacked
Master b. + Ward. son OF Gerald
Ward. manager OF the water supply
company. Investigations were Il once
made with the result that the rumor
has been fully confirmed by the report
Of Doctors Gauebbie and LAWN. who
were directed 10 visit the patient :
house and take the strictest measures
10 prevent a new spread Of the dread.
ed disease. The news has caused con
siderable alarm.
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