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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-06-20

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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-06-20
THE PRISONER

Who escapes from jail is by no means
free. lie is under the Ian OF the law
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-06-20

1AtAA
his name soon ~
late n e will b e
caught again and
bear added punish
znent for his short
escape from his cell
Those who by the
use OF palliative
powders and tablets
escape for a time
from the s~uhenugs
of dyspepsia are IN
the same condition
As the escaped prs-
oner. soon or late
they will 20 hack to
the old condition
and pay an added
penalty for temper
airy release
Or. Pierce Cold
en- Medical Dascov-
cry cures dyspepsia
and other diseases
OF the stomach and
organs of digestion
and nutrition. It's
cures are lasting.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-06-20

July 2l.-Ten days session If the
Maxahachie Chautauqaa and Sum
mer Assembly.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-06-20
COMING

June 3-Ellis County Summer
Normal, ten days session At Trinity
University.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-28
Knights TempIar conclave.

'The next triennial conelave of the Knights Templar of the United States will be held in San Francisco in Septem- Der, 1904" said a member of the cyrene Commandery, No. 10. Alabama will be well represented. Several of our mem- bears attended the conclave in San Fran cisco years ago and they have not ceased to sing California praises. Every city that has had the honor of entertaining the Templars has shown great hospitality but next to Boston, San Francisco Is the most lavish in taking care of It's guests. The fact that California Is so far away makes the people all the more earnest in doing their efforts to entertain.
 Some time ago it was predicted that the parade feature of the triennials would go out of fashion, but I see no signs of decreasing interest in these pageants. There will be fully 5o.00O Knights in line next year and already many state and local communicates have secured hotel ac- commodat tions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-28
Famous Huntinu Club.

The Dollarhde club of Eutaw is one of the best known hunting organizations in Alabama and perhaps in the whole south and Thanksgiving week is the most im- portant time of the year to the members A deer hunt is held during that week every year and the club seldom falls to bring back some fine game. The organi- zatlon consists of about thirty-five mem- bers and they own something like five thousand acres of land in Green county, a few miles southeast of Eutaw. It is all bottom land and game is very plentiful
 This year the hunt, so far, has not been particularly successful although the members and their guests have enjoyed the outing very much. One deer was killed on Thursday and scores of ducks and mallards were brought down on the lake which is on the property.
 The club had as it's guests from Birm- ingham this week Gov Joseph F. John ston, who is a stockholder, Judge Charles A. Senn. Judge c. W. Ferguson and Lucien Julien Walker. The Birmingham men will return home this morning, greatly refreshed and rejuvenated, no doubt, by their outing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-28
Prosperous Farmers.

No matter how much depression might have resulted ordinarily from overproduction in the industrial world and the approach of a Presidential campaign the great crops and the good prices which agricultural products are commanding should prevent anything like hard times in the United States this season.
 As all wealth comes primarily out of the ground there can be no substantial prosperity in country where large part of the population Is engaged in agricultural pursuits. Two or three successive years of small harvests would cause depression in spite of favorable conditions in other profitable lines of industry, and, on the contrary, when the farmers are making money all branches of business thrive.
 Here in the south the cotton crop is HoI oniy iai 6S, puI lue pllce WHICH the farmer receives for it is exceptionally high. And for the first time in ten years the cotton growers in this sec tion have corn and hay to sell. For several years past they have been buy ing both corn and hay to feed their stock.
 Truck farm products have been like wise abundant and never perhaps in her history has Alabama known such year of plenty Merchants in every town and city will enjoy an uncom- monly brisk winter trade. The croaker will have no ground to stand on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-28
Jefferson County.

One who drives along the country roads of Jefferson county only at in- tervals of few months or year can not failed to be impressed with the steady development in the outlying sections of Jones' valley. Small truck farms have multiplied, the dairy indus try has been expanded and many new houses have been built. One may travel fifteen or twenty miles on cer- tain roads and find house always in sight.
 While the majority of the houses in the country are occupied by farm CTS, not few are the residences of Birmingham business men, who enjoy rural life after the days work in town is over. The excellent roads have had much to do with the prosperous condi' tions that obtain in the farming dis. tricts of Jefferson county, and the ru' ral free delivery and the extension of the telephone service are now making country life all the more worth living There is hardly a street or avenue in Birmingham that is kept in as good condition as the macadamized high. ways of Jefferson. And with fine roads and mail deliveries daily the rural pop ulation is as much in touch with the world and shares as much in its ad- vanced civilization as the city people.
 The annual reports of the board of revenue show large increase in the taxable values of Jefferson county and the recent school reports showed a great increase in population. The gov. ernment census of 1900 gave Jefferson county population of 140,000, which was an increase of 52,000 over the cen sus of 1390 The result of this years enumeration of children of school age indicates population of between 175, 900 and S0,000. Persons who might be disposed to think these figures are too large have only to visit the indus trial towns of Greater Birmingham and follow the rural delivery routes to be convinced that Jefferson county has population apparently little short of 100000
 When it is remembered that there was no increase in the population of this county during the period of de- pression from 1893 to 1896 and that something like 5o,O00 were added to the population from 1897 to 1900, little inn agination is required in estimating the number of people that will be found in Jefferson in 1910 at 250,000 to 275,- 900. The mileage of cherted roads will be doubled within the next five or six years and country houses will greatly increase. With industrial plants multiplying all the while and with truck farming keeping fully in line with the general development every dweller in Jones' valley must be happy over the future of Jefferson county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-28

old man and it only a question of a
 comparatively short time when suc-
 cessor will have to be chosen. The
 story goes that Diaz will visit Europe
 early in the year and will spend sev-
 eral months in Paris for the purpose
 of getting needed rest; that he will turn his administration over to his favorite, Jose Yves Limantour, min ister of finance; that if Limantour wears his mantle well during the Presidents absence. he will be duly installed in the executive office. In most republics the people have to de- termine this question of the Presi- dency, but Diaz has been at the head of the Mexican government for twenty five years, and being the idol of the country, he has come to be a dictator by general consent.
 General Diaz has been the making of Mexico. No other man could have accomplished what he has in unifying and giving character and stability to the republic. Since Diaz was first elected the Mexicans have advanced steadily in the scale of civilization and the material development of the coun- try has been phenomenal It may be that this high-minded, patriotic, re- sourceful and fearless statesman has laid the foundation of his government so firmly that successor of integrity and fair ability may conduct suc- cessful administration, but students of events will naturally be skeptical until the experimental stage is past. In the meantime every American will wish General Diaz happy voyage and peace and happiness in his declining years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-28
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
 Navy's Enlisted Men.

The notable decrease in assertions from the United, States navy has no other ap- parent reason than the iudieious efforts of Secretary Moody to make life of the enlisted men in the lower grades comfort able" said a Washington man who takes deep interest in our sea force
 Stirred by the large number of deser- tions which occurred last summer. he sent a circular letter to all naval officers re- minding them that since the war with Spain the navy has been getting a far better class of men and that with this improvement should come notifications of discipline aimed to better the condi- tions aboard ship and to secure to the men treatment more like human beings and less like machines. The Army and Navy Journal is authority for the state ment that. following his suggestions, sev- eral commendable changes have been made in the regulation of the meals of the men and that officers are showing a dis position to grant shore leave oftener.
 Plans are also under consideration for so arranging the work of the men that they will have more leisure for reading and for such amusements as are practi- cable in their limited quarters Fewer and doubtless they can be still further re- duced by extension of the same consider ate policy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-28
CAN'T MAKE MUD PIES.
Congressman Bowie's Little Daughter
 Disappointed With Washington.

From the Washington Post
 Representative Bowie of Alabama has a little daughter to whom life in the na- tional capital has been a disappointment In her Alabama home she has as her play ground expansive lawns and fields filled with flowers and her freedom loving spirit rebels against the asphalt streets and granoithic sidewalks of Washington
 A few days ago she approached her father with disgust and weariness written all over her tiny features.
 Papa" she said, Tets get out of congress and go back to Alabama to live"
 Why, daughter" exclaimed Mr Bowie don't you like Washington? It is the most beautiful city in the land''
 ''Tain't," responded the small girl with conviction, its a horrid place. Why papa she continued. the light of trl- umphant argument in her eye. There isn't mud enough in all Washington to make a single pie"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-28

cranberry, 1t is all wrong. It is the kind Hest dish on the Thanksgiving table. The roast turkey and the fried oyster may Kill where they kiss. l" as the william said he could. But the cranberry is incapable of treachery. What is it after all. but a sort of Puritan liquer expurgated and solldifed-an innoouous and insratiating aid to digestion which helps dispel that full feeling that comes after eatfng?"
 The Indians used the cranberry as a poultice to extract the venom Of poi soned arrows. There is no curse in that; apple butter" that capital table dish of the middle west, has been bar barously described as "a brown oint- ment" The cranberry win nave an as- sured and hospitable place tomorrow on millions of American tables because it is good to look upon, because 1t Is excel lent to eat, because in it's way 1t is as national to us as the lemon Is to Italy. It completes the table trinity of the re- public. The turkey stands for the woods, the pumpkin pie for the open fields. the cranberry for the swamps. Americans love their rocks and rills" as well as their woods and templed hills;" a swamp is merely Till with the sedentary Understanding pat' as it were.
 If the cranberry furnishes what may be called the vaudeville of an eminently serious meal it does its part well. Its acid but kindly blood frescoes the dinner china. decorates the open countenance of extreme youth and shimmers beside the mountainous platters of solids like a good deed in naughty world. It is the red hostage of autumn. holding not only winters pledge of redemption but the promise of May. If 1t were not an un- commonly hard word to rhyme with, doubtless the poets would have said more about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-28
COMMENTS ON MEN AND '
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

attend. which is largely assisted by the good things to eat and drink that load the board. England surpasses America in the observance of Christmas day. but there is only one distinctively Thanks giving day and that belongs to America.
 During the sessions of congress many opportunities are afforded for Washing ton newspaper men to pick up interesting anecdotes of the statesmen and other men of note who frequent the capitol. Some of these stories are good and some are bad, but nearly all have an interest from the fact that they were told by or rather have been attributed to- public men. Since the national capital has been situated on the Potomac many brilliant wits have had their day and disappeared. Some of them no doubt were given credit for more originality and humor than they really possessed, but they had the repu- tation of wits and that was sufficient to attach laugh to all they said. One of the most interesting of these characters was Col Tom Ocheltree of Texas, who died about a year ago. His stories were
 
 was one of the few men who solved the problem of how to live opulently without money and without working.
 Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones evidently has little sympathy for the noble red man who will not work He recommends that all who do not turn their attention to the hoe or some other useful instrument of labor be permitted to starve. MT. Jones thinks such a policy would result in the ultimate regen- eration of the Indian and all that is nec- essary to accomplish this desired state of affairs is not to give him too much protection. There may be some truth in this opinion, for it is well known that certain of the tribes on western reser- vations depend entirely on Uncle Sam to fed them and have a great dislike for honest toll as the veriest Weary Willie who ever rode the bumpers of freight ear. The main trouble with the red man seems to be his proximity to his white neighbor. He absorbs all the bad quail ties of the Caucasian without taking up many of his more desirable traits and there is always a swarm of low charac- ters about a ation waiting for an opportunity to drive a bargain in which the Indian gets the little end of the horn. Dealers in frewater belong to this class and if they could be driven away the red man would get along much better.
 From present indications picturesque old New Orleans will have a most suc-r cessful celebration in the Cabildo where the celebrated Louisiana purchase was negotiated The Crescent City seems to be particularly gifted in the matter of fetes and when an affair of the kind is a failure there is something very much out of the way to account for it. The exercises in the Cabildo will be incident to the celebration of the centennial of the transfer to the United States of the Louis- jana purchase, which interesting transac- ton took place in the very structure where the exercises will be held. New Orleans and the United States can we'll afford to feel satisfaction over the Louisiana purchase, for it was the great est real estate bargain that was ever picked up by wise purchaser. P. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-28
PUMPKIN PIE.

By Whittier. On the banks of theXenil the dark Span.
 ish maiden Comes up with the fruit of the tangled wine laden; And the Creole of Cuba laughs out to be.
 hold Through orange leaves shining the broad
 spheres of gold; Yet with dearer delight from his home in
 the North On the fields of his harvest the Yankee
 looks forth Where crooknecks are coiling and yellow
 fruit shines, And the sun of September melts down on
 the vines. An. on Thanksgiving day when from East
 and from West, From North and from South come the
 pilgrim and guest, When the gray-haired New Englapder
 sees around his board The old broken links of affection restored When the care wearied man seeks his
 mother once more, And the worn matron smiles where the
 girl smiled before, What mostens the lip and what brightens
 the eye? What calls back the past like the ricf
 Pumpkin pie? Then thanks for thy present! Non,
 sweeter or better Fer smoked from an oven or circled {
 platter! F'airer hands never wrought at pastr,
 more fine, Brighter eyes never watched over its bak
 ing than thine! And the prayer which my mouth is tot
 full to express, Swells my heart that thy shadow ma,
 never be less, That the days of thy lot may be length
 ened below, And the fame of thy worth. like pump
 kin vine grow, And thy life be as sweet and its last sun
 set sky Golden tinted and fair as thy own Pump
 kin pie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-28
IT MAKES RADIUM VISIBLE.
A Wonderful Device That Shows the
 Priceless Metals Qualities.


 From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
 The Spinthariscope has arrived in Phil- adelphia This is not new specimen for the zoo, but it is nevertheless a rarity as valuable in proportion to it's size as any rare species of the animal Kingdom, and infinitely more useful. There are only a few of them in America, and all of these are in Philadelphia.
 The Spinthariscope was invented six months ago by Sir William Croolxes, the famous English scientist, and is the only instrument accessible to the average man that demonstrates clearly the marvellous qualities of radium. the new metal of al- most priceless value.
 It consists of a cylinder about 11k inches long, with a fourescent screen of sulphide of zinc at one end. Over this screen is a movable copper point, to which is attach ed on it's under side a particle of radium of microscopic proportions. At the other end of the cylinder is a powerful magni- flying lens contained in sliding tube.
 The rays or atoms which are being con- stantly given out by the radum are rem dered visible when they strike the screen; but the observer must remain in a per- fectly dark room for from two to four minutes before attempting to use the in- strument. From the particles of radiIm are then seen emanating on all sides bril- liant scintilations as if molten metal were being scattered about, while at the same time there is a continuous wave motion of light from the same spot thus showing in a striking manner the great volume of light and energy which is con stantly being thrown off from the radum.
 Radium, which is estimated to be worth $l25.OOO an ounce was discovered by M. and Mme Curie. and M. Bemont French scientists. but Sir William Crookes' in- vention has greatly increased the oppor- tunities for it's investigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-28
NEXT YEARS ELECTION.
From the Montgomery Advertiser.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The subcommittee of the democratic state committee has reached a wise con- clusion and what it recommends to the full committee will no doubt be adopted at the meeting in January.
 The fact that if primary is held be- fore the first of July large number of men who have not registered, will be de- barred from participation in the primary makes 1t absolutely necessary that 1t be held not earlier than the first of August next Even a month later than that would give ample time, before the selection for a canvass.
 Primaries are expensive, and for the selection of delegates to the national con- vention, and Presidential electors, state convention will be generally accepted as better than holding two primaries. The national committee will meet at an early date and name time and place for the nominating convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-28
A double blessing Is double grace
 Hamlet.
Bryan in England.

William Jennings Bryan is receiving marked social and semi-official atten- ton in London and, according to the cable dispatches he is fully appreciat- ing the honors accorded him. He is in his kind1iest frame of mind and his genial wit and grace of expression are generally remarked by his English cousins and are thoroughly enjoyed. X Mir. Bryan is man of singularly
 ed talents. His humor is spontane'
 ct. his irony is keen, his repartee is
 fick, his invective is strong and his atory is impassioned and sweeping.
 ut this distinguished politician is at
 is best when he avoids bitter Ian guhge and addresses himself only to subjects that are agreeable. Then hls political opponents as well as his par tisans alike rapt by his eloquence.
 Since his last defeat at the polls MT. Bryan has been given especially to vitriolic utterances. He has gone out of his way to abuse those who failed to agree with him on economic ques. tions. Instead of exerting his efforts in the direction of harmony he has done much to keep the two factions of the democratic party at odds. This has been a serious mistake from any point of view. But now that Mr Bryan has got himself into happy humor once more, it is sincerely hoped 'tifrc she wifi remain in that condition His trip will certainly do him good. Il has already broaaened his horizon and while remaining lsteadfast to his prin' ciples the great orator is able to take a more liberal view of things in gen. eraI.
 It should not be too much to hope, then, that Mir Bryan, on his return to the United States, will be imbued with the spirit of party harmony and will go to work in the cause of reunited democracy. He would thus regain his old-time popularity and his prestige would be greater than ever. If the democrats deem it advisable to adopt a platform and nominate a candidate in 1904 that may not be altogether to his liking, let him accept the action of his party gracefully, enter into the cam paign heartily and help win the vic tory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-28
From the Washington Post.

FFOHl the washington FOSt
 XN E do not think that Senator Pet
 \VV tus has been fully understood
 w in the matter of his alleged condemnation of gravy. It seems to be accepted everywhere as a fact that the venerable Alabama statesman has pro- claimed a sweeping, wholesale anathema against gravy of all kinds and conditions; consigned 1t to the index expurgatorious; banshed it forever from the menu of civil lized mankind. He is placed in the posi- ton of striking 8 death blow at once of the most precious of American institu- tions No wonder an enlightened and patriotic press has been stirred to remon- strate in all its varying forms.
 As we say, however. 1t does not seem fair to Senator Pettus to take all this for granted No doubt he has issued male- diction against certain kinds of gravy that particular kind, for instance, which brings dscontent. if not flat anguish, to the very stoutest midriff-but nobody can make us believe that he has said an un- kiGd word against good gravy. There are gravies and gravies, laudable, nour- ishing vicious, and unwholesome, and certainly MT. Pettus. one of the finest products of the land of gravy, must be the very prince of differentiation in the matter of their quality. Here he is, at the advanced age of eighty-three. hale, hearty. robust, with all his faculties un- impaired, roaring old lion of democracy. and does one tell us that he derides and execrates the food upon which every true Alabamian has attained to greatness? Senator Pettus was raised on pot liquor,
 the grandfather, the vital principle of all gravies. That invigorating fluid joined to good yellow corn bread, fresh from the skillet. constituted the foundation of vigorous system three-quarters of a century ago. Up in Limestone county where the Senator was born and amid whose sun-kissed hills and rich, balsamic breezes he grew to giant size. pot liquor and corn bread. hog and hominy, with 'possum and persimmons in season, form