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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-04-12
COUNTY ANNOUNCEMENTS.


Tor County Treasurer
A. b. MCKNIGHT.
B.sF. MARcHBANKs.
n. r. BJRKs.
e. ID. CRIDDLE.
FOR Tax Collector
GEORGE SWEAT.
T. J. TTHGLE.
SrMP SPENCER.
]. w. RUSSELL.
For County Clerk
RUFE r. HENDRICKS.
For Sheriff
JOE P. MINNICK.
For County Attorney
MARK SMITH.
CHARLEY PIPrIN.
JNo. d. MCRAE.
For District Clerk
Tom BURLEsoN.
For Supt. Public Instruction
j. T. BROOKS.
A. G. STILES.
Is. r. PACKARD.
For Constable Precinct No. L.
BEN F. ABBOTT.
T. NJ. MCKEE.
For Commissioner Precinct A.
LEE MOORE.
The cash must accompany eacl
announcement. This rule will no
be deviated from.
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JtAtNEZ ARRIVES
header % tire Dominican Rebels Il
New n This Country

New York Aprl l~ deneral Itminea
the Dominican rehri leader who lied
from the victorious forces II President
Morales, arrived heFe Monday en ths
steamer Philadelphia ffan VeHeeusia
ana Porto Rice. tie embarked AZ san
Juan limine6 refused to make ans
statement eeneeFaiae hts intended
movements tn thia country
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-04-12
A Thousand Dollars Worth d
Good

II have been afflicted with Kidney
aud bladder trouble for Years, pass
tng gravel or stones with sKeFuta-
ting pain, SAYS A III. fhuFnes, .
we'll known coal operator of Butfaio
@. "a got 40 relief from medicine
uutii / began taking foley's Kidney
Cure, then the result was Surprising,
A faw doses started the brick sdu st
like substance aud uaw 4 have 40
paiL across my kidneysf and / teal
ltke a new man. II Las ione ms
$1,000 worth ot good. Folsy's Kid.
uey Cure wtll cure uYeFY form "a
sidney 90 bladder disease. For sals
~ h W. taAEts.
The Washington times., 1904-06-05
A Farmer Who Borrowed Books to Read
Before Breakfast, at Dinner Time,
and Far Into Night.
A Jurist and Statesman Whose Heart Has
Held True to the Plain Teaching of
a Struggling, Hard Life

election the two Democratic par
ties would poll joint vote greater than
that of the party in power State Leg
islator Pritchard and his young wifi,
set about to effect such a jointure. II
was accomplished directly under Demo-
cratic eyes. And in 1894 the campaign
of education became a campaign of prac-
teal success.
Meanwhile old Senator Vance. long the
idol of the Tar Heelers, as he called
North Carolinians. had died. The State
legislators thus succeeded TO thu unex-
pected privilege OF electing a member
OF the National Senate. Their eyes in
stinctiveIy turned 70 the young farmer
who had brought the Legislature into
existence. In one ballot they extended
tho sphere of his labors to include the
welfare Of the whole nation and the
sphere Of his influence TO include the
fortunes Of the whole Republican party.
New Joys and New Difficulties.
Their life in Washington was 10 be
all happiness. Neither the Standardized
nor his helpful young wife miscon-
strued the change in their fortunes.
They were 10 live on the same high
plane as in their little farmhouse; but
they would not need TO pinch for sup
plies. Their JOY in the prospect of
Washington was as genuine and as
simple as that Of school children. But
in the midst OF this realization Of all
their dreams the woman was taken
away. The man bore his sorrow alone
and cared for his children year after
year; and not until nearly a decade had
passed did he find them a new mother,
Then he chose one Of the true mother
friends-Iillian E Saum. the daughter
of a local commission merchant.
Meanwhile the mans progress in poll
tics was steady. Even the United States
Senate was impressed with the accurac y
and breadth Of the new members infor-
nation. and with his unfailing ability
20 see through the details of a prob
lem 10 its basic conditions. IN fact
he had not been in Washington two
years before every man prominent in
both parties felt the existence Of his
personal power. President Mckinley
offered convincing proof Of this by pro-
posing to Senator Prftchard a place in
the first Mckinley Cabinet. but the
young SenatOr-he was not then forty
withstood the temptation TO leave she
scene OF fighting
Service in the Senate brought the e-st-
while assistant editor Of the "JOnesboro
Tribune-Herald" and the "Bakersville
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copy Of Kent's Commentaries" a
''Greenleaf on Evidence" and a Chit
ty on Pleading" In the morning the
man would read a chapter or half a
chapter while the woman cooked break
fast. At noon. while the horse fed and
the wife made dinner ready for the
driver. the husband wrote out a series
Of questions and answers on the subject
Of the mornings study. At twilight the
horse was bedded. the COW MIXED. and
the wood split out OF doors while the
children were put TO bed-they come
quickly in the country-and supper made
ready IN the house; and then, with light
from homemade candles shafted from
sconces to a bare table. they sat to-
gether until bed time, the man reading
his questions and answers and the wo-
man following them In the authorities.
The harvest moon crossed the sky ten
times before this law course gave the
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Independent a national reputation. Il
also brought Senator Pritchard. OF
North Carolina. a new problem TO solve.
His associate in the Senate was Marion
c. Butler. AS the head of the Populist
party in North Carolina, that gentleman
had come TO the Senate as a result OF a
coalition with the Republicans OF the
State. A few years at the head OF his
State organization led him 20 think his
organization could stand alone. and he
fore the new anti-Democratic union had
real chance 10 prove its strength il
had torn itself asunder. When Senator
Pritchard went back TO his people for re-
election. then. he found his party cor
signed anew 10 its old campaign Of edu-
cation.
"Never Once Lost Heart"
It was no longer necessary TO conduct
this campaign from the farmhouse out
side Bakersville. The lawyer. wit. his
self-conferred diploma. had now too
much ability for that market The pur-
chaser proved 10 be the Southern Rail-
wayA and the post for which il designed
him was that Of division counsel Then
the President urg,-1 him 10 become a
member OF the Supreme Court OF the
District Of Colum Jia; and then came
further promotion to the circuit court
Of the United States. The established
jurist had become independent Of the
difficulties OF politics.
Some one asked Justice Pritchard. when
this last appointment was announocd j, TO
what he attributed his success. 81 was
trite question and ordinarily v..uId
have ELECTED a trite reply Bu,~ there
is still a great deal Of the m0uasaineer
editor in the United States justice. ard
the answer which he made was some
thing like this:
I have succeeded so far because 4
have not been afraid to work. Because
I have never deceived people. Because I
have always gone directly 10 my family
when MY work was done. Bssause 1
have never wasted time in mems clubs
Because I have beer true TO my friends
And Because l have been above person
alities
The man Pritchard spoke with charac-
teristic openness in every one OF those
short 1erky sentences. But those who
know him best viii agree that he omit
ted one Of the most powerful factors in
his iife-a spirit brave and strong and
above discourag cement in the face OF the
blacklist difficulties
We have had mighty hard life ~
said once as he stood with his mountain
sweetheart by his side But il has
been a mighty blessed one, too And we
have never lost heart"
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farmer his degree Of admission to the
bar In the meantime the harvester's
influence and reputation were growing
with his farm, In seven years he was n
nominee for the State Legislature, and
In his homely way argued the Demo-
cratic majority into a Republican ma
jority Of go. In two years more he was
reelected. Another year brought tho
diploma Of admission 10 practice in the
State supreme court. Before he could
fairly get used TO the honor-and it was
great honor TO the young farmer who
had been working toward 1t ten years
he was the nominee for lieutenant gov
ernor Of the State. Jeter Pvitchards
horizon now circled far beyond Bakers
Vile; but the light which guided him still
shone on thumbed lawbooks in a little
farmhouse near the road.
Doctrinaire though he was-and self
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eled with the young Emperor when he
made his tour Of Siberia and japan.
and is still his personal friend. The
paper allows Itself rather more liber-
ties in expression than the others, from
belief that it is in less danger from
the censors.
1t takes no trouble to have a service
Of news and it's circulation is small. In
policy II is regarded as the advocate Of
monarchy under a constitution al
though its views are not pressed in its
columns. Itds pan-Slavist. but against
persecution OF smaller nationalities
A Natural Enemy.
Germany 1t holds TO be Russia's ma
tural enemy. and a repproachement
with England as well as France Is TO its
liking. Its hostility to the persecution
Of Firms and Poles is the feeling Of the
cultivated aristocracy Of the salons and
IS not very earnest. Prince Ckhtomsky
himself is a descendant of the first
Russian imperial family of Rurik.
which is older than the present Roman
of dynasty.
The Russ was first produced last De-
cember. by a son Of NJ. SOuvorine, cs
the ''NOvoe Vremya.'- There are tho
statements from outside of its atti-
D
lsive paper. lighting the 'Novoe Vremya'
in earnest.
There are very able men on its staff.
One OF them was only recently allowed
10 return from Siberia. where he had
| been sent for writing article on the
suppressed Russia against the imperial
family and the Emperor himself He is
the stylist Of the St Petersburg press.
Puc0iau Attitude
The other version of the Russ atti-
tude is that really II works n harmony
with the ''Novoe Vremya - that the elder
Souvorine foresees the inevitable change
in Russian public opinion which viii be
divided into two strongly opposed camps.
The two. IL is said by the cynics. have
/ arranged that the family should have
the leading organ in each party.
There are some minor organs, such as
the "Snamiya" CStandarc), whose entire
program is anti-Semitism. This class of
paper appears one day and cannot come
out the next. through want OF money 10
pay the printers bill.
In Moscow is printed the leading pro-
gressive paper OF all Russia, the Rms
skiya Viedomosti." It was founded bv =
body OF university professors working as
!
and nobody questions its sincerity and
courage.
Favors Western Civilization.
Men Of science. doctors of medicine
and cultivated professional people gen.
orally are its supporters. 1t favors the
adoption by Russia of Western civfliza-
ton and Is against the pam SIavist party.
An Important paper is published in
kien' by name the 'Klevliania" Onhabi-
tant Of KienO, by NJ. Pikhno, a professor
Of political economy, Before the war II
opposed the Siberian and Manchuriau
policy altogether, and issued the seSerest
criticisms on Alexieff OF any paper.
1t led the attack on the financial pol-
lucs or NJ. White, and escaped sup
preston only through the editors friend
ship with important functionaries. Its
attitude is that OF the artisans of west.
ern Russia, which is the nursery -
| reYolutionaries her
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DoPTIoN Of infants and small

DOPTION Of infants and small
IA people by unmarried women.
4 \ young and old. has become an
established factor in the disposal Of
homeless children in several of the large
cities.
The reasons given for the taking to
their hearts of the little children who
soon come 10 mean so much TO them
are as various as the children. but they
all express the same thought and feel
ing. Love for the innocent child nature
lies at the root OF the adoption
Why shouldn't we adopt children?''
question the tender-hearted women who
haze followed the dictates Of their
natures. Because a woman does not
marry it by no means follows that she
Is not good natured mother. And with
so many homeless children in the world.
good mothers Of any kind must GER
ta:nly be of use
Miss Forsythe's Home.
Miss Jessie P. Forsythe has a big
house at Winfield. Ill. a big garden
and heart 10 match II. Miss Forsythe
believes that no home is truly complete
without children. Two years ago. max
ing up her mind to prove the truth and
value Of her theory. she looked about
her for two small boys. When Miss
Mary " Bartelme. public guardian of
Cook county, heard of Miss Forsythe
she pleaded in behalf OF two orphan
girls who were her charges Miss For
sythe, taking the little girls on trial.
found them so charming that she adopt-
ed them. In none of the experiences
that have enriched her life has she
found such delight as in her children. -
she unhesitatingly declares. And now.
however. she is planning TO adopt two
small boys.
My family has not yet been officially
Informed Of my intention in this re-
gard says Miss Forsythe with the
merry smile and eye twinkle that has
endeared her TO the small adopted
daughters, but I am sufficiently ma
ture and independent TO please myself
in this particular. and always did love
boys and mean TO take two Of them. al
though I couldn't possibly be fonder Of
anyone than I am of my girls
Miss Austin Interested.
Miss Edith Austin, a pretty Young
writer and society woman of Woodstock.
Ill, became convert to the theory CT
''vicarious motherhood" in an accidental
manner. seys Miss Austin: Some are
born to babies. some achieve them. and
some have babies thrust upon them.
Miss DOdsley. however, does not come
under any of these ordinary classified
lions, as she does not really belong to
me. She has reversed established or
ders-I belong to her. She took the
matter into her own hands and adopted
me. She came into the family an or
phan, and after looking US over. regard
less of the claims OF others and with q,
flattering lack of taste, her preference
fell upon me. She surrounded me and
took possession. and with her first vo-
cabulary she asserted her ownership by
denOminating me My Decide
Prior TO the debut OF Miss Dodsley /
was odious with theories concerning
baby culture, but this specimen has an
initiated my entire collection. haven [
a suggestion left NJ TO carry TO a moth
ers' meeting.
, Helen Burnett Acres. the first treas
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taught men rarely ever get far away
from elementary principles-Pritchard
saw better than most of his Republi-
can associates that the fight FOR control
OF North Carolina was practically hope
Ness. He had received half a dozen com
plimentary nominations 10 tie United
States Senate and other bodies and nc
knew. IN the light OF old conditions h
and his ow-protectionists saw nothing
ahead beyond continuous campaign of
education.
Yet Pritchard did not give up hope
that conditions might change and when
they did change he was as ready TO seize
the advantage as a general in battle
About 1890 a third party. the Populists.
began TO make inroadss on the Demo-
cratic ranks. IN two elections the new
Organization grew to a strength equal
10 that Of the Republicans. In the third
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The Strict Limitations of Russian Newspapers
One of The Characteristic Facts in National Life

feared by most OF the others. II has
time and again used its influence with
the officials TO have rivals suppressed.
In its general course OF policy II re-
fleets the middle grade permanent civil
servant class, a veug numerous and in
fuential body. from which nearly all the
present ministers have sprung. It may
publish anything that does not run
counter TO government policy.
Its attacks on Americans and English
are not inspired. but belong 10 it's pro-
gram Of Russia for the Russians. It Is
always hostile to the smaller nationali-
ties within the Russian empire-against
Firms. Poles. and Armenians-and above
all IT is anti-Jewish.
A Liberal Publicist.
NJ Souvorine. it's editor. was an in
fiuentlal Liberal publicist thirty years
ago. when there were Liberal leanings
in the government attitude here. He
is now an unbending reacti0nary. A
few years ago. when the present Gar
came to the throne and all the world
thought new era was at hand, NJ. Sou
vorine again favored progress. but when
it became clear that the government sys-
TEN remained the same. he stood with it
and IS now its champion.
Yet he probably forms the opinion Of
the middle grade civil servants rather
more than he reflects it. He IS their
teacher and gauges the currents that
pass over them from day to day.
Russian students have several times
forbidden the paper in their reading
rooms. Whatever Is Liberal in Russia
A Good Revenue.
Its revenue is about $3.50 600 a year
and its circulation about 60.OO0. Like
most Russian papers IT has vastly more
readers than its issue would indicate.
for. especially in the provinces. the pa
pers are handed round among friends.
The "Grashdanin" ("Cltizen'O IS the
paper of Prince Mestschkensky. a friend
II the late Gar. 1t appears twice a
week and is out-and-ou, reactionary and
still RACES over the Liberation OF the serfs.
The articles are too extreme TO be TAX
en- seriously. though they are clever.
It's readers are the Russian noblemen
who have come down in the world. have
lost much of their estates and have no
longer serfs TO work cor them. This
class. which refuses TO adapt itself 10
new conditions. gets more numerous
The "Novosti" is the only liberal pa
per now published in St Petersburg, and
its chief work is TO reply TO the "Novoe
Vremya's" attacks on the Jews. Its
circulation is inconsiderable and it's in
fiuence at present of no Importance.
The ''Bierscheviya Vidomostt'
C'Bourse Gazetteer is the only journal
I'm Russia that appears twice daily. IL
has the widest sale of any paper Ia
Russia about 10000. mostly in the pro-
vinces, where IL costs only four rOubles,
about 81 year.
News Sensations.
1t reports crime and pews sensations
more than the others. and runs fiction
feulletons
OF the same class are the st. Peters
burg Gazette" and the st. Petersburg
Lostok." They have wide calculations
and are rather lingo. The smaller
storekeeperS read them for their local
reporting.
The "Peterburgski Viedomosu'' Is ed
tied by P-4ne~ FT&htomsky, who trav-
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TINE daily newspaper press Of Rus
STA has come into such promi-
l. hence these last months that
some account OF it ell help toward un-
derstanding the present situation, says
Ia ST. Petersburg letter to the New
York Sun"
In a countr.' where no executive au-
thorities are elected by vote and such
thing an open public meeting IS I'M
known. the press Is the only gauge OF
national opinion. Yet the limitations
surrounding its existence are so drastic
that they must be kept constantly in
mind.
When the Car told two ST. Petersburg
editors the other day that the Russian
press reflected with truth and dignity
the feelings Of the people. he meant that
the ministers were satisfied with its
conduct under censorship. He could
have meant nothing else. for when a par
ticular paper reflects public opinion I'M
satisfactorily from their point Of view IL
very promptly ceases TO exist.
Official Censorship.
The censorship, which Is a permanent
department of the ministry Of the in
terror. controls all published works. sci
entific or literary, IN whatever form
they are issued. The question Of books
and pamphlets Is outside Of the SCOPE
OF this article; II Is enough TO mention
that more latitude of expression Is al
lowed in a book that is sold at a high
price than In cheap book II Is held that
man who pays 50 for a book is less
, likely to be affected injuriously by its
contents than another, presumed TO be
more ignorant, who can afford only 20
cents
In the cities OF st. Petersburg. Mos
COW, and Kieff the censorship OF news
papers is applied after publication
Elsewhere in Russia they are pro
duced under the preventive censor, that
is, their contents are censored before
publication.
SURPRISING Circulars.
Absolute obedience IL required from
all alike 10 circulars issued by govern
ment departments directing them not
% mention particular matters. Such
circulars appear practically every dav.
a man who wishes to publish a news
paper has first TO apply to the ministry
OF the interior for permission His an
ThCation is referred TO the police who
have his record. II IL is found that he
has made unacceptable utterances. the
official report on him is that he is IN
cafe, and permission IS refused
Recently three newspapers--''Russia -
Russian Fatherland." and the Courier
Ci the North'-have been suppressed
because Of their general attitude. In
! scppressing a paper a committee Of
four ministers those OF the interior
Justice. and publication, and the pro-
curator OF the holy synod-is the execu-
tive authority To suspend its publica-
ton Tor n given period, the minister Of
the interior acts alone
Status of Papers.
A Russian authority on economies
who contributes frequently to the peri
odical and daily press here, explained
10 your correspondent the status OF the
bcst-known journals here. The follow
inG remarks embrace the substance OF
his survey:
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Status of Papers.

A Russian authority on economies
who contributes frequently to the peri
odical and daily press here, explained
10 your correspondent the status OF the
best-known journals here. The follow
his survey:
The "Novoe Vremya" is the most Wig
.orous paper In Russia. and is hated and
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A Bound" Boy, Who Educated Himself,
Studied Law by Candle-Light, and
Earned an Eminent Judgeship.
A Youth Who Ran Away 5 Miles Over the
Mountains at Night to Learn to Write,
and Became an Editor.

shut out the light entirely The boys
possessions were an extra shirt and 10
cents in money. done up In a snack
and swung from one hand. His only
food was a glass of buttermilk.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-25
Russia's Service in the Sixties.

Wharton Barker's contribution to
the history Of Russia's attitude toward
the United States during the war Of
the rebellion, contained in TIL e
Journa l yesterday, Is Of special In
terest at this time when American
sentiment and sympathy is divided be-
tween the contestants in the war In
the orient. s
Russia has claimed that the people
Of the United States ought to be the
friends Of Russia in this contest rather
than Of Japan because Russia in 1862
sent her fleet into American waters
and by so doing deferred Great Britain
and France from recognizing the
southern confederacy.
Mr.. Barker was financial agent of
Russia in this country in 1878 ana '79,
having charge OF the construction Of
ships for the Russian navy, and in the
course Of his conferences with the czar
on official business, he says that
Alexander II. told him on Aug. II,
1879, that he sent his fleet to America
because of love for my own dear
Russia rather than for love OF the
American republic. II acted Thus be-