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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

Pretty Lena Winters tripped into
the shoe store Of f. Perkins d Co.
and walked directly up 70 the sour
yisaged proprietor,
@. Mr. Perkins" she said. in her
most cosxjHE tones and manner
wont you buy ticket 10 the wish
bone social cur church is 10 give
Thursday night--only % cents7"
shu looked SO sweet and winsome
that Waiter Hodge. standing near.
wondered how anyone could refuse
her anything she asked.
Twenty Eve ccnts, however. looked
more handsome TO T.. Perkins than
any vision Of feminine beauty
mo. Won't he snapped out It's
nothing but give, give all thu time.
and the more ee give the bigger the
church debt grows It's Just big
steal cioaked under rummage sales.
fairs and all kinds Of tomfoolery-
Just 10 gjga sou women a chance 10
CAD and hear an entertainment You
amt working for the Lord You're
Just trylnR IL have a good time and
catch a fellow
Walter Hodges eyes Locked danger.
oux bat I.eua.s only tNinklcd mer-
rtly.
oh Nf Perkins zhss SAID. you
dort know bo~ hard We work It's
no play 20 set up church entertain
meat
4 tell you that you don't know
shat woEk u.s. ia give 3Io0 To see
ary tso q you church women do \
bar dag work mans work.
mean Il yea could plow a field.
yeua kuow wbat real work t&"
Deacon Holmes had dropped 10 Cur.
3us tAss conversation and VAS 81.
lent hgt Interested listener
Lena contemplated MI Perkins -
aectVeIy for a moment
"NaHFe g.veu me a uew idea. Mr..
Ferkfus.~ she said thoughttully. /
Vaa fhe member chosen 20 get sap
eame sort uf an entertainment this
week Ny wits suggested nothing
Eat s. lahhaae social New ! shall
ao s4 sos suggest With your $500
ard the number ot tickets J shall sell
tsr such nuvvl entertainment the
church vIii realize handsomely
Whst aa yog meaue Come back
here cried Mr Perkins
But Lena ~as vanishing down The
street That nIEEt lu the triwoebly
Ssae of fhs HaiNvIle Patriot ap.
uaaraa tHs hUaNlaE announcement
p prrsins the Well known shoe
Scale ass offered So" to see any
tva ~ 'b. Plymouth cburch members
r.5w & er#i AIRS Charles Logan AID
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

Mr. Perkins groaned ln apprehcu-
sion when posters announcing the
contest stared him Ia the face for the
next two days Handbills were con
stantly thrown in his door and thrust
into his hand.
One ray OF hope was left to him
Lena Winters. that slight frivolous
little thing. would not be able To plow
one row.
From different motives Walter
Hodge was also concerned about
Lena's part in the program He met
her on the street Wednesday even
ing and they strolled away IN an OPP.
poslte direction from Leuas home.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

Mrs. Enpeck-I think Henry, that
our daughter has made a very salts
factory marriage, and that she will
succeed very well in the management
Of her husband
Henry Enpeck--Why do you think
so?
Mrs. Enpeck--I overheard her talk
ing to him this morning. and she got
him to agree to a proposition like this:
If you viii do as / want. I promise 10
do the same
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
The MeanInq Of Patience.

The teacher was telling the mean
ing of patience TO the small boy, so,
after explaining that patience was
waiting for things contentedly, she
said:
Now, suppose you wanted some
thing very much. and your mother
couldn't give it to you just when you
asked for it, what would she say"
shed say, Go away and don't
bother met" said the boy.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
Knew What He Would Want.

Clerk am to be married shortly.
Couldn't you manage to increase my
salary little?
Employer-Couldn't really. But II
tell YOU what I'll do for you my boy.
III shorten your hours during the
first three months so that you can
spend your evenings at home, and
after that III lengthen them again. so
that you viii have an excuse to get
away
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
Presents From Cuba for His Wife.

Yes, have just returned from
Cuba. said J G. Connaughton last
night Il brought back with me some
nice presents for my wife What are
they? Wei, a box Of cigars, a fine
panama hat and an old Spanish pipe
DO think she will enjoy such pres
ents2 Well, why not? Last Christmas
she gave me a bottle Of perfume a fur
muff and a lady's diamond ring"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

LUX heah, Remus how It is An
doau see yo at meetin eny MOI
why, de pawson insulted me-
How so? He only sed: Cum on.
yo' h0rny-handed sons oh toll.
All thought he sed 'horney- headed.
Dat means old Satan"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

Blanche-Ten me, Florence, how
Frank happened to kiss you.
Florence-t was kinder funny. You
see, Frank asked me if ! was fond Of
kissing. I didn't like to show my ig-
norance. so I said, "Oh, yes, awfully
fond of it."
BIanche-And them
Florence-Then he kissed me. But
tween you and me, Blanche, my an
swer was right, after all.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

But why" I asked the good wife.
"are you so anxious to secure the top
fat in that ten-story apartment
house,"
Because" explained the household
freight payer, the elevator would be
a great help 10 US in bringing up the
children
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

Nfss ieaa Wiutsrs haee arceutsd the
eaat un ard wfll riaw a acsa AZ the
Laeaa farms Southeast nf ii@llFsN.a.
aa THURSDAY = m pfm - @as,s.
sfssr e reutw nee~rv~s seats um the
raj fence rraeee5H uf ticAsts ant
saob a9errd IS Ar rtrk.ns te s. g.
the esnrrh
MF pwFelua EAspea aEA p@lea
anH faAue8 81 she muufh N.wu be
read fhks Ffe swoFe lt waH an oaf
rMee Ana a pat ~ tuh. ana shat he
woala nas pzy Il y was az tFieA
az hat little apsgart - Lena Winters
haf nsaean Hulmes and Walter
Hodge quietly reminded htm that taes
wera witnesses and shat the ofeF
ane Transaction haA been explicit and
Axarf1y - Mlar Winters had stated
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
Resourcefui Widow.

is really married SO soon again, eh?
Old Bangs-Ne5.
Mrs Bangs-But her late husbands
will expressly stipulated that if she
took a second husband her legacy was
to revert 70 his most distant relative.
Old Baug--That' where she was
foxy. She hunted up the relative and
married him
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

Doctor .e. whaf s.e matter q.
Hs dyspepsia kH za4 base Fen au =
laugh hsart before suu after earh
maaI
Mrs WgHEs .ar.nstnle Et 'hv
meals mFs,If au8 aash tbe dishes
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
Enouah of Trouble.

Il suppose you will marry when
you grow up said the visitor pleas
autIy
NO" replied the thoughtful little
girl inn0cently Mamma says papa
Is more care than the children, so
guess the care of my children will be
enough for me without the care Of d
husband"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

The Coroner-Haye you any idea
what caused the strangers DEATH
Broncho Pete-Yep He died from
heart tTubhle.
The Cor0ner-Are you sure?
Brorcho Pete Sarteniy The heart
WIS a see an he had it up his sleeve
Sec
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

Hf.I eHudnr f fhere la Another
.se whole eorld So sNeut a.
Hs ft. sssuafhaars
She WHata fhat Huvz gara van
ra.aa 80 Another sire shanH apemk
BEL gua Tor ww~h STRAY Stories
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
Fine Finish
Got IL at Once

Fact u.s." said the one man. Il
married because l was lonely. as much
as for any other reason. To put It
tersely. I married for sympathy"
well" said the other man, You
have mine. London Tit-Bits.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
Chatting at Breakfast Lime.

"Confound this breakfast food. "
roared Stubs, bringing his fist down
on the table like a trip hammer, Il
want eggs. Do you hear? Eggs"
That's right" said Mrs. Stubs L
like to see you make an ass Of your
self"
Il suppose you do, madam. You
think if I'm an ass I can eat oats
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

First lamb Wei how 8o eve Ilke
ths asfher uy burk
second lamb Baht You r. TRYING
20 pau the woo, over my ewes bias
IN too youug "a aeecs
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18

Egaf-r There arr 81 NaB asn snae.
robes BE- oue plate - les eream.
Elhel -0h .efs have comet How
aeiehtfal 90 krt 10 m4rn II @aysAsna
Ser 10 AtLs Eon4yl
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-18
Not a safe Bet

Yes, my boy" said the parson dur.
ing call, as he laid his hand on the
family bible, every word in this book
is true"
We'll, / know the words are true. :"
rejoined the wise youngster. but |
wouldn't advise you to bet on the
figures sister has been monkeying
with on the family record page
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
Women's WAYS of Earning Money

woman is furnishing more than
half of our magazine fiction. She is
doing more than half of the retail sell
ing of goods. She is fast monopOliz-
ing teaching. She rivals the deft
Chinaman in laundry work; she fills
up the factories; she makes all the
feather work and artificial flower work
turned out i'm America, and in stenO-
graphy she has almost driven the man
from the field"
Such is Mrs Cynthia Westover Al
denis summary of the position of the
working woman at the beginning of
the Twentieth Century, in "Women's
Ways of Erning Money" just publish
ed by Messrs. a. S. Barnes & Co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
A Splendid School Publication.

The April number of The CoIlegian
published by Louisburg Female Col
lege, is the Alumnae number and is
issued under the editorship of Mrs.
John r. Brooks, who graduated at
that institution in 1868. 1t contains
full page pictures of Mrs. Brooks ana
Mrs. Charles NJ. Cooke, president Of
the alumnae association The editQ-
rial. the communications. the ad-
dresses, the miscellany, the poetry
and all the contents constitute a mag
azine of rare literary excellence. To
the alumnae of the college the most
interesting portion of this interesting
Collegian will be the numerous answers
to the query: What was your ambi-
ton as a schoolgirl and how far has
it been realized?"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
The North Carolina Booklet.

The third volume of the Booklet
has been completed. The April num-
Der entitled 1.-THE North Carolina and
Georgia Boundary by the late Daniel
r.. Goodloe, has recently been issued.
This has been q successful year for
this patriotic publication, and it is
hoped that the coming twelve months
viii bring even greater success. The
April Booklet announces the list of
subjects and writer's for the fourth
volume:
The Booklets will be in the follow
ing order:
1. May-The Lords Proprietors of
the Province of Carolina. Kemp p.
Battle. LII. D.
2. June-The Battle of Ramsour's
Mill. Major William y. Graham.
3. July-Rejection of the Federal
Constitution in 1888. and it's Suisse
quent Adoption. Associate Justice
Henry G.. Connor.
4. August-North Carolina Signers
of the National Declaration of hide
pendence: William Hooper, John
Penn, Joseph Hewes. Mrs Spier
Whitaker, Mr.. T. NJ. Pitman, DR.. Wal
ter Skies
5. observation-disclosures of North
Carolina-The Hermitage. Vernon
Hall. Colonel William II. S. Burgwyn,
Prof. Collier Cobb.
g. October.-Expedition to Cartha-
gena in 1740. Chief Justice Walter
Clark.
Z. November-The Earliest English
Settlement in America. Mr.. w. j.
Peele.
s. December-The Battle of Gull
ford Court House. Prof. ID. H. Hill.
g. January-Rutherfo Expedi-
ton Against the Indians, 1875 Capt
S. A. Ashe.
TO- February-The Highland Scotch
Settlement in North Carolina. Judge
James c. MacRao.
II. March-The Scotch-Irish Set
Element in North Carolina.
II. April-Governor Thomas Pol
lock. Mrs John Hinsdale.
One Booklet a month viii he issued
by the North Carolina Society of the
Daughters of the Revolution, begin
ming May. 1904.
The present editors, Miss Mary Eli
lizard Hinton and Mrs. +. T.. Moffitt
will continue in office.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
Charles Reade's Estimate of Other
Writers.

In John Coleman's Life of Charles
Reade" he gives a series of brief cri-
ticisms pronounced by Reade upon the
writer's of the day. Here are a few
very pointed ones.
Carlyle, he said, was "Johnsonlan
pedant, bearish, boorish and bumptl-
Gus. egotistical and atrabilious. His
Teutonic English was barbarous and
cacophonous; yet, notwithstanding,
every line he wrote was permeated
with vigor and sincerity, and his
Cromwell is memorial of two great
men-the hero and the author.
Disraeli was the most airy and Vi
vacious of literary coxcombs, the most
dexterous and dazzling of political
harIequins, the most audacious of ad-
venturers, the most lovable of men
(when you got on his weak side), and,
altogether. the most unique and re-
markable parsonage of the age
Thackeray he designated IAN ele-
giant and accomplished writer" "Es-
mond'," he added, 'is worthy of Addi-
son at his best: but some of the yell
loWplush Papers would be a disgrace
to Grub Street and the miserable,
personal attacks on Bulwer-Lytton-
who has written the best play, the
'age-are unworthy of Il gentleman
and a man of letters"
Trollope wrote a good deal that
was interesting and good deal that
waS-not interesting.
For literary ingenuity in building
UP a plot and investing it with mys-
terry. give me dear old Wlkie Collins
against the world"
George EIiot's meter appeals to
me to consist principally in describ-
ing with marvellous accuracy the
habits. manners. and customs of
animalculae as they are seen under
the microscope"
"Ouida has emerged from dirt to
decency, and even dignity, and there
is nothing in literature more touch
ing and beautiful than the tale of Two
Little Wooden Shoes.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
H.Thc Issue"

In the new novel, 1.-The Issue by
George Morgan, the issue meant is
that between the North and South. To
depict the life of the people i'm pc
riod of tremendous intensity is the
general aim In matter and manner,
the novel is characterized by thor
oughness. 1t is a story which for the
first time endeavors to start thirty
years before the war, and in a calm
and judicial way set forth the social
movements which led to the war,
along with the political events, and
carry them with a personal interest
through to the climax at gettysburg.
An impartial critic says: 'It will not
be possible thirty years from now to
write a story of this kind. 1t may not
be possible ten years from now. This
book is fundamentally good"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
Great Truths.

Great truths are greatly won. Not
found by chance,
Nor waited on the breath of sum-
mer dream,
But grasped in the great struggle of
the soul,
Hard buffeting with adverse wind
and stream;
And in the day of conflict, fear and
grief,
When the strong hand of God, put
forth in might
Ploughs up the subsoil of the stagnant
heart,
And brings the imprisoned truth
seed to the light.
Wrung from the troubled spirit, in
hard hours
OF weakness, solitude. perchance of
pain,
Truth springs. like harvest from the
wel}-ploughed field
And the soul feels it has not wept
in vain.
-Horatius Bonar
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15

has not yet learned that the writing
of history is a part of the making OF
history. l honor DR.. Long for ms
great discovery put he would nave
honored still more his State and ms
people if ne called to his aid the Will
ing service of a great medical jour
nal.
In conclusion, 1 need hardly REMIND
you that medicine is advancing at lhe
present time with more rapid STRIDES
than any other profession. 1t mas
been literally made over within the
memory of men in this audience. Neg
lect no opportunity, therefore, or utlI-
ling the progressive agencies that are
put at your disposal. Live in the CEN
ter Let the diplomas which you are
about to receive be to you not so much
the attestation of what you have done
as the pledge of what you viii 40.
Translate their past lenses into future
lenses, their third persons into flrSt
persons. l do not doubt that each of
you will make an adequate living out
of his profession but. with tins am
bition realized, pass on toward more
distant goal.
When the Olympian games were re-
organized in 1896, the Greeks looked
on with comparative indifference as
victory after victory was won by Tor
eign athletes But when the Marathon
race was called, every Greek eye glls-
tened and every Greek pulse quicken
ed as the minutes and hours went
painfully by. When at last the grace
full figure of LOues, the favorite Greek
runner, was deserted far in advance OF
all competitors, the Il, 600 spectators
in the stadium gave vent to their feel
ings in silent tears and as silent pray
ers And when the King handed the
young athletes the simple olive wreath
from the Mountain of Marathon, all
felt that Greek honor had been vindi-
Gated and Green glory re-established.
Young gentlemen, for each of you
today the Marathon race is on. 1t is
the race of efficiency with inefticiency,
of health with disease, of life with
death. Run it as men. And whenever
and wherever the prizes are awarded
let me express the wish, as / indulge
the hope, that the olive wreath of vic
tory may be found in the keeping of
the class of 1904.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
Heaven On Earth.

Fright Generation the Key to the
Kingdom of Heaven on Earth" by DIR.
M. -. Conger, published by The .Edu-
Gator Publishing Co. Chicago. does
not propose to drive the Angel with
the flaming sword from the gates of
Paradise and unlock the doors. But
it pleads for the fountain OF human
life to be made pure, it exposes the
humbugs of the world who fatten on
ignorance, it suggests possibilities
which will be realized some day when
we are all independent, thinking citi-
zens of a civilized world.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15

It is announced that each of the
summer and autumn numbers of The
Century will carry out special plan
The June issue. for instance, will be a
Western number, its long and full
table of contents representing, by sub
jet or by contributor, every trans-Al-
leghany State or Territory. 1t will be,
in a certain sense, a Western exhibit
for the St Louis Fair. There will be
eight articles of special significance
to the West and of much general in
terest, including d word for forestry
from ex-President Cleveland, four
striking color pages, eleven stories be-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
Fish Culture in North
Carolina.
Continued from First Page.)

coast, and in certain localities exists
perhaps in greater abundance than in
the waters of the Atlantic coast
OF special value TO North Carolina are
also the Commissions inquiries re-
garding the oyster, since the oyster
grounds of the State are extensive.
Working with the geological and nat
ural history survey of North Carolina,
the Commission has conducted
through the Beaufort laboratory, ex-
periments in oyster culture in Pamlico
Sound and Newport and North rivers
The maintenance of experimental beds
has been continued with a view to de-
termining the factors, favorable and
unfavorable, which confront the COM
mercial oyster planter in North Car
Dina and to devise the best means Of
overcoming the untoward conditions
Also at Beaufort experiments are be-
ing carried on in the propagation and
culture of diamond terrapin
which are rapidly disappearing from
the Chesapeake Bay where they have
heretofore been found in greatest
abundance and of finest quality.
According to statistics collected by
the Commission the commercial fiShc-
ries of the United States excluding in
sular possessions, are now more Vaiua-
able than those of any other country
the number of persons directly en-
gagged in it is $4,000, of whom 1885,
GEO are fishermen. The aggregate cap
ital invested is 76,S50,O00, of which
one-third represents boats and appara-
tus of capture. The value of the catch
at first hands is $40 SS2,00 of which
the ocean fisheries represent $44,964,-
600.
The oyster fishery is engaged in by
more persons than any other branch
and contributes nearly one-third of the
annual value of the United States fish
cries
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15

Mr. Winston Churchills new novel
THE Crossing" which The Macmillan
Company announce for publication on
May 25, will have illustrations of color
by Sydney Adamson and Lillian Bay
liss One of the best of these shows
David, the little drummer boy, perch
ed astride of big Tom McChesney's
shoulders, beating the charge with all
his might, while Clark's ragged army
pillow through the ice cold waters of
the swamp on the way to capture
Vincennes and trap Hamilton, the
hair buyer"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15

Friends of the public school system
which has done so much to make our
nation a mighty power in the civilized
world and to fuse the children of the
various illiterate and unfortunate ele-
ments that have come from different
nations of Europe into one people,
with a common aim, object and inspi-
ration, will be delighted with the
thoughtful and discriminating study
of the subject of popular education by
Eltweed PomerOy, A. M, in the cur
rent issue of 1.-The Arena
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
OF Service.

'Tis held that sorrow makes us wise;
Yet how much wisdom sleeps witt
thee
Which not alone had guided me,
But served the season that may rise;
A life in civic action warm,
A soul on highest mission sent,
A potent voice of Parliament,
A pillar steadfast in the storm.
-Tennyson, "In Memoriam."
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
"Ihe Best Fifty, Books.

The choice by the librarians of the
State libraries throughout New York
of the best fifty books makes an in
teresting list, covering a wide range of
reading. For this list fifty-two libra
ries named Alice Hogan Rice's "Lovey
Mary; twenty-three. Jean Websters
when Patty Went to College; TWEEN
ty-one, Frank Bostick's 1.-The Tanning
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15

OF Wild Animals" The final list is
culled from the larger list which the
New York State Library selects annu-
ally from the years books. This year
those chosen for recommendation
number less than ten per cent. of the
total output, 7S4 titles having been
selected from the 1865 books publish
ed. The librarians throughout the
state were then asked to choose fifty
each from this.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15

Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett left
this week for Italy and from there ex-
poets to go soon to England. Before
leaving she approved the proofs of her
latest story, In the Closed Room, !"
which will appear in two parts in Nc
Cures Magazine, in August and Sep
tember. This story is of the half
fairy sort, Sara Crewe" for grown
ups and will be illustrated in colors
by Jessie Wilcox Smith.