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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

1t Is not all dollars and cents; but
1t takes dollars and cents to get the
rest OF Ii.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

Der confidential man rs der invent
ar u der confidence man.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

Hrs'c5ass scrub woman may be
fatally ruined boy a college education
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

Shakespeare says ii dot patience
vas on monument, but Fi0gm uafer
raid III dot truth vas always On q
tor hEknnn
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

The warfare may be- ia this world.
hat the battle is the Lords and His
banner Is love.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

True friends tell you things Won
don't want 20 know
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II "a man faar,ts or failtta 10 appre-
csa}a hvwar hard trump his wisdom
and there wIU come "a hollow sound.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

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Be- ggnaa Nsa5 3 s 9 as 6Fee8ea 81 5abe3s
ara xhsa ths tssh aaaatst9 Is taxes eaf9 e
evyta4a saBe Rfd saxs#ns q 80 ceres year aaaesY
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

Even She ambitious oaTsman draws
the line al a lightning STROKE.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

The manly part ls 20 de- with might
and main what yog cau dr.. -- Emerson
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

Great souls can neither be starved
by poverty nor choked by riches.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

Dealers say that SIS soon as Gus
TONER tries Defiance Starch II is i'm
possible ta sell them any other cold
boiled.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

yellow youth does not mean a
green old age
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

Duty faithfully performed. opens
the mind TO truth, both being Of one
family. alike immutable universal.
au4 everlasting. Samuel Smiles.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

IN empty pocket has an aafaUy
sorry sort ~ feeling
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16
QerrtarH,s t4Laeest JudLcLarN.

The highest judicial authority Of
the German empire is vested in the
Reichsgcricht, federal supreme
court established pursuant TO the law
Of April Il. 1877. as one Of the insu-
tu'ions resulting from tho creation
of tho new empire This important
court Is not located at the national
capital. but in the city Of Leipzig,
Saxony. where it is housed In a mag
nifcent building Of its own. completed
about the year 1895 Besides the
requisite number OF c0urtrooms
Judges chambers. consultation rooms.
Libraries. Offices of states attorneys,
marshal. clerks and attendants. the
editice also contains living rooms, a
dining room and a banquet hall, as is
SO frequently the case in modern Eu-
ropeau public buildings
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

The Anchor Brand Of -four Is made
out of the best q Texas soft wheat
the best vhrat Ter making fine -four
We azk but Gre trial AT your Er9rers
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

Realities and not theories count ap
enough ta pay the bills
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

Der mar dot means der most uses
BIS voice der feWest
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

kleptomania Is merely a lucrative
form of insanity.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

Der hors Hahae vas always lucky
ven der right horse wins.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

Or Charles Ricbet has arrived at
the following estimate Of the number
who died in the wars carried on by
the various Christian nations during
the last century The total reaches to
1860. 900, made up as follows: NapO-
leonic wars. 10000 Crimean war,
300 900: Italian war. 800 000 Amerj-
can civil war. 500 600: Franco-German
war. 800 600, Russo-Turkish war. 400
900; civil wars in South America
500 900. various colonial expeditions
in India, Algeria. Mexico, Tonquin
AbyssIuia, South Africa and Madagas-
car 2 200 mo
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16
Important 90 Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle OF CASTORlA-
a safe and sure remedy for infants and chidrsn
and see thai Il
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-16

In Use For over so Years.
The Kind You Lave Always Bought.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26

One of the most generally unpopular
features of laws relating to those minor
offenses that come within police court
jurisdiction is that which makes a fine
and Imprisonment the equivalent of
each other-in other words, makes Jail
or workhouse sentence the alternative
for not paying a fine. We realize that
the avoidance of this discrimination in
favor of the man of means and against
the moneyless man presents an extreme
ly difficult problem, since 1t would be
impossible to collect a fine from the lat
ter. Nevertheless. when, of two men
guilty of the same offense, one pays a
fine and goes free and the other in de-
fault of payment of a fine, goes to the
workhouse, the unavoidable impression
is that the workhouse sentence is a pen
atty imposed for not having the means
to avert it. Would not the ends of
justice be promoted by doing away al
together with fines in many cases where
they are now imposed? Would not liza
bility to Imprisonment be an effectual
deterrent in great number of cases in
which a fine makes no impression but
anusement2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26
CIORE SIGHTS.

From the Atchison Globe.1
None of us hear as much silly talk as
q bar tender
How the world runs off and leaves
man who does not care for Christmas.
Everyone things that the presents he
gives are more sensible than those he re-
ceives-
Santa Claus must be thousands of years
old. He retains his youth because he is
so jolly and generous.
I'm spite of myself" said an Atchison
man this morning, II find myself telling
other people my troubles"
The Greenleaf Sentinel man evidently
reads the Globe carefully. Every week he
gives US advice; most OF it good
Nortonville News: A good many say
the editor of the Atchison Globe is the
worst overestimated man in America.
An Atchison man is so fond of corned
beef and cabbage that he will eat it for
breakfast, if his wife will warm 1t UP for
him
A country woman will so far unbend as
doubtful about the milk and never orders
a glass.
We heard a New Years resolution yes
terday, and it had failure written all
over it. A man can stop drinking today,
as well as next week.
Don't you know yet what to buy
friend2 Judging from the time at which
people get to work these mornings, we
would suggest that the urgent need of
your friend is an alarm clock
A word that is overworked is:
in verbal promises and figures in the
making of every promise and contract.
But when the hour of fulfillment comes,
Prompt" is not there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26
LAYHAWKER JOTs.

Deerfield wants a cobbler and he must
be peach, too.
Madison is to give masked ball for the
benefit of its ball club.
Rice county has enough pecan groves to
supply the home Christmas week trade
Towanda, which is hardly large enough
to get on the map, is to have a newspa-
per.
Christmas in Kansas, and little winter
yet The fall here is about as long as
that of Port Arthur.
A diversified Pawnee Rock store adver-
tises everything in stock from an auto
mobile to lemon drop.
The Leavenworth man that was sued
for the value of a bill board may be
thankful that it wasn't a board bill.
A new barber shop has been opened at
Abilene, styled The Sunflower." But
Word comes from Ness City that a
grain business is now engaged to be mar
ried.
In the last ten days p 900 Jack rabbits
have been shipped out of Pawnee Rock.
To the killers it brought in 81, 499. SC Christ
mas money.
A Phillipshurg man who has run a hotel
for years in that town for transients has
purchased a stock farm and will try feed
ing hogs for a time.
The Effingham New Leaf editor who
witnessed the Topeka girls play basket
ball, says: They run and jump like
greyhounds and dodge like rabbits
A Winfield workman opened his dinner
pail at noon for luncheon and found 1t
like Mother Hubbard's cupboard. How
do you suppose his wife explained it
away?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26
LOCAL MENTION.

:. Silas Turner, a negro. frequenter of po-
lice court, was arrested this morning on
a charge of assault with intent to kill.
He was turned over to the county jail on
state warrant. Last night Turner went
Into the house OF Ben Jordan, in North
Topeka, when no one was at home but a
15-year-old girl, Isabel Jordan. Turner
wanted something to drink and the girl
failed to produce the refreshments. This
angered Turner and he knocked the girl
down and kicked her number of times,
seriously injuring her. The girl was
frightfully bruised and injured internally.
A man named R Sheldon was brought
to the county Jail last night by a consta-
BILE from the Einewood district. Sheldon
was arrested on a charge of hunting
without permission. The constable said
that the man shot pet dog belonging to
a farmers wife and was trespassing after
he had been ordered to leave the farm.
Farmers in the vicinity of Vinewood Park
have been annoyed by hunters for two
months and several weeks ago came to
the sheriff and asked for protection. He
deputizcd = farmer of that neighborhood
to eaten the offenders.
DR.. L. H. Mum. who was called to
attend the little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. E. Pounds of Joplin, formerly
of Topeka, telegraphed this morning to
this city that the little girl is much
improved. She has been very serious
ly ill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
1t is stated that for the first time in
many years-almost in its entire his
tory-the work OF the pension office is
up to date. 1t is also said that retiring
Commissioner Ware is the most hated
man in Washington among the clerks
and employees of his department. This
is because he held them to a strict ac-
countability and made them do their
work in a businesslike manner. Mr..
Ware viii probably find, in the approval
of the public, compensation for his I'M
popularity in the pension office. 1t is
understood that he is glad to get away
from the arduous and prosaic cares
which were driving all the romance out
of him. from which it is inferred that a
good poet was in danger of being spoil
ed 1t was desirable to avert such a
calamity. hence let US hope that the
pen of ''IronQuill' will soon resume its
cunning. meanwhile trusting that the
future administration of the pension
Office will be kept up to the standard
set by Mr.. Ware.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26
A WONDERFUL RESCUE.
IRv NJ. Onad1


In my fifteen years of sailor life 1
do not remember a better man than
James Hope, who was chief mate of
the English brig Norvall during my
three years apprenticeship. He was
a driver and a thorough seaman, and
he insisted on being obeyed, but he
was just and fair, as even the worst
GROWERS had to admit
On a voyage from Liverpool to
Bombay we had as a member of the
crew a native of India who had a
cross of Malay blood in him. He
was not good sailor, and the voyage
was not a week old before he had
fought with almost every man in the
forecastle and been before the cap
tain. He was a sneak and a skulk and
a vicious tempered fellow, and it was
inevitable that he should sooner or
later fall foul of the mates.
When a foremost hand at sea is
looking for trouble with the officers
he can readily find it. This man an
nounced to us that if the mate laid
hands on him he would stick him with
knife, and he went prepared to do
murder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26
''Then you won't get emp"
aaNNrnll chn1r1d hneitn t.

''Well, L should hesitate, my dear. Out
side of sentimental reasons we must look
at the matter from business standpoint.
should value your loss at $1,000. The flu
neral expenses would be at least $500. 1t
would take me a year to find No. 8, and
the cost of the widding would be-
Il won't listen to another world" ex-
claimed Mrs. Perkins as she rose UP with
red face.
Then, of course, we can arrive at no
understanding about the furs, which is
probably just as well. Having thus dis
posed of the fur question we will go back
to the piano. AS it stands now It is an
ornament without being a nuisance. 1t is
a joy to the eye without being harrow
to the soul. If it was in order everybody
for two blocks around would know that
you couldn't play; as it is now you get
the credit of being a fine player, but one
who doesn't care to exert herself except
on rare occasions. Really, my love"
I'VE won't talk about it any more
NO? Then it only remains for to
settle down to real enjoyment of the re-
nainder of the evening and to feel a
proper thankfulness that you are not
obliged to play the piano and to listen
to it and wonder whether 1 should kill
you with an ak or the butcher knife.
Things are pretty right in this world,
Mrs. Perkins if you only stop to use the
1904 by t. c. McClure.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26

But I was going to learn" pro-
tested Mrs. Perkins
Yes. that was the idea, and believe
you did progress far enough to pick out
the notes of old Dog Tray with the
forefingers of the right hand. Then
came a calm lasting several years. for
which YOU and and all the neighbors
were thankful. Then you began the
struggle again, and a string broke
And you said you'd have it replaced
right away. That was at least nine
years ago.
Perfectly correct, Mrs. Perkins. On
consulting my note book I find that it
was nine years almost to a day, and
presume the string has not been re-
placed yet"
of course it hasn't. and there is all
the other damage 1 spoke of. If you
were like other men"
My dear, let us look at the case as
it is. In these nine years you might
possibly have learned to pick out the
note of 'Mary's Little Lamb and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26
FIRESIDE TALKS.
Why Mr.. Perkins Did Not Get the
Piano Repaired.

Mr.. Perkins had been reading his
paper for half an hour and thoroughly
enjoying quiet evening at home when
Mrs. Perkins, who was sewing little
and doing a great deal of thinking,
broke in on him with;
Samuel, if you don't mind, I should
like to talk with you for five minutes"
go ahead, my dear. Even if l was
dying I could spare you a few min
utes for a quiet and loving talk. Do
you wish to tell me how happy you
are in your present surroundings ?"
Not exactly. 1 wish to call your
attention to our piano., ..
''Ah, yes. 1t stands in its usual po-
sition, so far as I can see. It's a grand.
The brand I have forgotten, but I
know that it's a good one. 1t was a
our wedding tour. Are you thinking
of exchanging it for a melodeon or a
sewing maehine?'
THAT piano is thirteen years old
and has been moved several times.
Three years ago, when it was last
moved, it was badly damaged. One
of the pedals and three of the keys
were broken and the case scratched
and marred."
''I remember. Mrs. Perkins 1t was
moved by a party whose motto was:
Pianos Moved With Care and this
is a sample of his work. I should have
sued him for damages but found that
he was financially irresponsible. Has
he at length come around and offered
to make good?''
For three years. answered Mrs
Perkins, without paying heed to his
question. 1--WE have been without a
piano. You were to have the repairs
made at once; they have not been
made yet On twenty different occa-
sions you have promised to see to it
right away but the damaged and use
less instrument stands here tonight
as sample of your work.
Every neatly turned, my love-very
neatly turned, and we will now enter
into the merits of the case. In the
first place, 1 bought the piano as
wedding present for you. If 1 had had
the sense to buy an ice box or a parIor
carpet instead 1 should feel better
over it. You could not play note
and the instrument was simply for
show
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26

When the crisis came, however, his
knife was of no good to him. He was
knocked down, disarmed, and for
week was in irons. Then he repented.
begged to be set at liberty, and his
offense was finally overlooked.
He did not draw his knife again
during the voyage, but he gave us to
understand that he would get even
when the craft reached Bombay. He
had shipped for the round voyage, but
he cut and run at Bombay, and after
a couple of days he sent word to Mr..
Hope to look out for himself, as he
would kill him on sight.
Little heed was paid to the warning,
and in time the Norvall was ready
for her return voyage and nothing
more had been heard from the sailor.
Most of the old crew had left u.s. and
among the new men shipped were two
Spaniards. 1t turned out in the end
that the native belonged to certain
club or guild in Bombay, and that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26
If patience is a virtue,
Some folks prefer a vice,
For virtue is its own reward,
And doesn't cut much ice.
POINTED PARAGRAPHs-
TFrom the Chicago News


1t doesn't harm a miller to bolt his
meals.
Truth is mighty and will prevail
except in horse trade
The older a man becomes the less
wisdom he discovers in others.
There may be such a thing as dumb
luck, but women never have that kind.
If you would dwell in the memory
of your friends borrow money of
them.
He who sits down and longs for
wealth will be a long time getting it,
Leap year girls are now looking for
the coming man with a Christmas
present.
A strong-minded woman is one who
frankly admits that her shoes are not
too large.
The man who denies everything and
asserts nothing is of no positive benefit
to himself or anybody else.
Just because one touch of nature is
supposed to make the whole world kin
don't imagine that your neighbor will
stand for a touch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26
FINES AND IMPRISONMENT

[From the washington Post.1
1t seems to us a self-evident PROPOSE
ton that no laws should be enacted the
enforcement of which is calculated to
create or increase. in honest minds, dis
respect for the law and the courts
Granting that, it follows that. ii such
laws are in existence, they should be
repealed OF so amended as to promote
respect for law and the courts. rather
than to continue their baneful influence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26

The famine in Ireland, which is due
in part to the failure of the potato crop,
has aroused the people of Colorado. who
intend to send several hundred carloads
of potatoes to the stricken people if the
government will provide transportation
from Galveston to Ireland. Why not
send them some other kind of food?
They have lived on potatoes all their
lives, probably not from choice but
from necessity. Why not give them a
change when the opportunity is offered?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26

The traffic manager of the Millers'
National federation publishes a state
ment exhibiting some feeling He OBJ
Jects to the criticism of some newspa-
pers upon the proposed practical repeal
of the tariff on wheat in favor of the
milleTs. He says that the latter are not
only asking merely for what is their
legal right, but that already the govern
ment is paying drawback to the steel.
sugar, leather. oil and paper interests
and to the packing houses, and they
cannot see why the millers should not
have the same privilege
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26

Gross earnings of about 80 per cent
of American railways for the last fiscal
year, according to the interstate COM
merce commission report, aggregated
very nearly two billions. of which near
~ three-quarters was freight earnings.
This is Il considerable increase over the
preceding year, and the average of
gross earnings per mile of road is larg-
er than in any year since the organiza-
ton of the commission. The ratio of
operating expenses to earnings was 67.75
per cent, slightly greater than in 1908.
and the net earnings, correspondingly
were slightly less
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26

Lawson's attack on the system, as
he calls it, has been taken with a con-
siderable degree of seriousness by the
public, but If he continue to tell poison
stories he is likely to subject himself
and his work to ridicule. What he says
about attempts to take his life may be
true. but people generally will demand
more proof than his bare assertion. If
he raise a doubt in the public mind his
influence will surely suffer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

IFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Even baggage sometimes goes to ex-
cesses.
Most girls fall in love because other
girls do.
Colleges never get too old to retain
their faculties.
When a woman grasps her train she
holds her long suit.
1t takes Jack Frost to give the Their
mometer call-down.
You can't add to your stature by
standing on your dignity.
Jacks are good openers, but the
burglar prefers a Jimmy.
Don't try to save time by putting
away all the old calendars.
When a man makes a fool of him
self he saves some woman the trouble.
The woman who pencils her eye
brows doesn't necessarily blacken her
character.
drown their sorrows in anything less
than a hogshead.
Some people refuse to greet mis-
fortune with a smile because misfor-
tune never smiles back.
Wigg-''Tm afraid Guzzler has had
too many nightcaps." Wagg-tYes;
he does seem to be talking through his
hat"
If patience is a virtue,
Some folks prefer a vice,
For virtue is its own reward,
And doesn't cut much ice.
Blobbs-"He looks as though he
didn't have a cent in the world
Slobbs-"He can afford to look that
way. He's rich"
1.-THE wedding bells I do dislike;
They make me sad the cynic cried.
"In truth they do affect me like
The dismal moaning of the tied"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26

Now that Mrs. Chadwick and Nan
Patterson have Iapsed into obscurity,
congress Will have a show for a small
amount of public attention when it
again assemblies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26

The Washington Post Photographer
has reached the conclusion that the
only law which inspires any respect in
Utah is the mother-in-law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26
Notice.

Capital Ark No. so, X. p. A.. Will
initiate a class of 40 candidates Tues
day evening, Dec. 27. After which
an oyster supper and banquet will be
served to members only. Every
member of the order is requested to
be present. There will be plenty of
good things to eat. Supper will be
free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26

The cattlemen and the timber land
thieves appear to be trying to do for
Secretary Hitchcock what the pension
attorneys tried to do for II. Clay Evans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26

It's all over and the tired salesman
can now take a needed rest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-26

Topeka's population is nearly $4,000
There is no good reason why it shouldn't
reach $4,000 during the coming year.