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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-06-11

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Those who complain most are - !,
T. be complained q.
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Don't throw stones az the baby
when trying go rock jt t1 sleep
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Want Of care does us more damage
than want Of knowledge
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There la 9errnfe asfeseH Ns|He
overcome q tn aaa eam.us as,r .a
Hn
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II may be hard to be good-it is not
hard TO be kind
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When mon have % patent .a O. creed
.' is always aae Of their aHu .uEsu.
ton
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Don't say mean things about your
neighhors to-day; save them for tor
morrow
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The danger Of delay lies in the fact
that 10 is really decision
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rhat virfas ia A2wAxa aeslrmase
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mas can feel sooa sish11t tesne
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Laziness travels so slowly that pow
erty soon overtakes IT,
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Sheep that can be stolen are apt TO
turn out poor mutton.
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The eye of a master win do more
work than both his hands.
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You cannot whitewash yourself bg
hiaChauIue others
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People who have nothing to de
sometimes think they are the busiest
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Mrs. Wlnsiow's Soothing Syrup
fog children teething. s0ftens The gurus reduces IN
Examination. alays pain, cares wfad cole 2c bottle
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-06
LITTLE KNOWN ABOUT FISH.
Recent Phenomenal Catches Show tho
Habits of Finny Tribe Are Peculiar.

Recent Phenomenal Catches Show tho
Habits of Finny Tribe Are Peculiar.
During the year 1903 there was the
largest run OF salmon in Irish. English
and Scottish waters ever known, and
this came right upon a general assump-
ton from the records of preceding
years that the fish were gradually dis
appearing. This shows how little Is
understood about the ways OF fishes.
1t is recognized that last year In
England was phenomenally rainy. 1t
broke every known record for precipi-
tation There is an intimation that
this superabundance of fresh water
may have had Its influence in inducing
the salmon to go upstream. The Spec
tator says that many salmon stay
around in the sea and refrain from GO
ing into fresh water. 1t says, too. that
1t has been proved by marking the
fish that within the space of five weeks
and two days salmon of ten and one
half pounds has been found 10 grow TO
twenty and one-quarter pounds. Moth.
ing else grows SO fast
The same journal refers to the story
that salmon IN our Western rivers push
each other ashore in their upstream
rush, aud casts doubt on this. But
perfectly trustworthy persons, of high
intelligence and universally respected,
will vouch for 1t that they themselves
have seen the banks of rivers in Brit
ish Columbia packed with dead salmon
which produced such disagreed bio
atmosphere by reason of their disinte-
grafton that II was almost Undesirable
for people who had to pass that way.
In the push of fish there is not room
for them in narrow parts and they are
crowded right up on the banks. There
is no doubt of this and il is among
the smaller anecdotes of the Kind that
one will gather in trip in That part on
the world.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-06
BANK CLERK IN A SAD FIX.
Gave a Deposition Too Large a Certifi-
cate and Worried for "a Year.

Gave a Depositor Too Large a Certih-
cate and Worried for IA Year.
Bank officials make few mistakes In
like all other human beings they are
liable to err A man long connected
with financial affairs said the other day
that he had known more than one en-
ploye of a bank to get into trouble on
account of carelessness In handling
money.
One collector, who was a lghtheart-
ed fellow, was going along the street
In highwater season, Tipping up a $50
piece with his thumb and finger and
catching 1t as 1t came down. Finally
II slipped and fell through a grating
on the sidewalk into about two feet of
water. He made some efforts to re-
cover 1t, but finally decided to wait til.
the water was gone and then it was
found that the coin was also gone. An
other time the same fellow was coming
up the street with $4,000 in 500 pieces
on his shoulder. In some way he lost
his hold on the sack and in striking the
sidewalk it burst and the coins rolled
in all directions A number of people
rushed TO his assistance, but he de-
scribed a large circle around the sack
and waving his arms wildly ordered
every one TO stand back" He re-
covered most of the coin. but decided
to get out of the banking business.
Another time Chinaman came into
the bank and deposited 5000 and took
a certificate of deposit. The clerk who
made ont the certificate was preoccu-
pied and wrote $1,000 on 1t and on the
stub. When he made up his cash at
night he was $1,S00 short He knew
where the mistake was and tried TO
hunt up the Chinaman. but, although
he got clew, he could never find him.
and he remained $500 short on the
books He had a notice of the date of
the certificate. amount etc, pasted in
bis desk and was always on the look
out to catch the certificate as it came
in. Just year from the day the de-
post was made the Chinaman walked
into the bank and presented the GER
tificate to be cashed. When asked how
much he wanted he said all-S2oo. He
had never noticed the mistake In the
amount of the certificate and he has
never found IL out and the clerk suf-
fered the worry of being short in his
mind, for a whole year, all for nothing.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-06
Somebody Else.

so,pehodx p,1se.
ybo,. Somebody Flsag sbonld like To
l,non,
Or is 1t a lady fair to see
Whose name is in every ones mouth
For Meg SAYS Somebody Else will
sing"
Or Somebody Else can play"
And Jack says, please let Somebody
Else
Do some of the errands to-day"
II +baro,s snv hard Or nnnleasapt task
a. ditRa,,It .h;,,r, - A.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-06

of a royal house, who was always
cheered by the public. The chancellor
was not treated with more respect and
admiration. for Waldersee played an
important part in making Prussia great
and the empire possible.
As a graduate of the school of cadets
he distinguished himself in Berlin as
Ger, won honors in the Danish war
which led TO his appointment to the
general STAFF; served with great credit
throughout the Austro-Prussian war;
became military attache In Paris in
1870. chief OF stafr TO the Grand Duke
of Mecklenburg- Schwerin, with the
rank of lieutenant colonel during the
Franco Prussian war got his brigade
In 1876. his division a year later and
In 1882 became lieutenant general and
adjutant to the Emperor. In the same
year he came Quartermaster general
and acted as deputy chief of the gen
eral staff on behalf of the aged Won
Moltke on whose resignation he sue
ceeded to the position of chief of the
general staff,
Count Won Waldersee married Mrs.
Mary Lea OF New York. daughter of
David Il. Lea. grocer. In 1855. AT the
time she was the widow of Prince
Frederick Won Schleswig Holstein-Son-
isrburg- Augustenburg and was regard
ed as one of the most beautiful and
accomplished women in Paris.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-06
Ninety-five Thousand Pieces.

Pm afraid you don't like baked
omelet as well as l do" said Lucia
glancing across at her Cousin Made
line, who had finished her breakfast
and was leaning back in her chair.
"Oh, because I didn't eat mine all
up?' laughed Madeline II do like it
very much. l never tasted better; but
It is habit of mine to leave a little
bit of something on my plate. No mat
piece"
You wouldn't If 1t was strawberry
shortcake, would you?" asked Tommy
to whom that particular dish was the
most highly priced of all dainties.
II presume l would, Tommy" re-
piled his cousin, 'for l often leave
berry or two on my saucer-lt's just
habitw and she smiled contentedly.
Aunt Esther opened her lips to-
speak. and then shut them tightly be-
fore a sound could escape. She had no.
ticed this habit of Madeline's in the
two days that she had been with them.
and she had wondered If her cooking.
upon which she justly prided herself,
could be 50 inferior to that of her hus-
bands sister as to rob her young niece
of appetite. She had always trained
her own children to eat what was on
their plates before taking anything
else, and to her such wastefulness as
that to which Madeline had confessed
was little less than actual sin. She had
been about to express this opinion, but
had checked herself just in time. Mad
cline was their visitor, and gentle Aunt
Esther was glad. upon second thought.
that she had not hurt her by any such
remark.
Uncle Justin, however, was not like
his wife. He was more apt than not
to speak upon impulse. utterng truths
with hluntness that sometimes
brought him enemies. He was some
what slow of speech, but when the
words came they were usually plain
and direct Now he helped his daugh-
ter to q second slice of the foamy com
pound, and ate a generous doughnut
before voiclng the thought that was in
his heart.
Did you ever reckon up how much
you'd waste In the course of year.
Madelinef' he finally asked.
why, of course, notr' the girl an
swered, with little laugh. 81 don't
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-06
LITTLE STORIES
AND INCIDENTS
That Will Interest and
Entertain Young
Readers.

leave much" she added, her cheeks
growing pink.
We'll" went on her uncle, 'one lit
tie bit every meal would make three
bits day. and that would be one thou
sand and ninety-fiye bits a year. Let
me see. you are 10 now, and if you
should live to be 80 years old, and keep
up this foolish habit, you would have
wasted between now and then''-he
took a pencil and paper from his peck
ct, and figured rapidly-"just forty
thousand five hundred and fifteen
pieces Of good food
Justin" demonstrated Aunt Esther,
her eyes upon Machines crimson face.
ITS true" said her husband. and if
you should live 10 be a hundred, as
your grandmother did he continued,
speeding his pencil over the paper, the
waste would have amounted to ninety
five thousand two hundred and sixty
five pieces-eHough to feed multitude
of starving children
But uncle" stammered poor Made
line, IF | should eat it all. that would
not help the hungry children any She
made an attempt at a laugh.
ut would save it for somebody was
the reply. You'd eat just so much
less of something else. Besides caus-
Ing a great waste of ood, it is mighty
foolish habit, and the sooner you break
yourself of ii the more sensible you
will show yourself to e."
I'm sure | never shall leave a scrap
of ;nything again said the girl IF l
did, that pile of-ninety-tiye thousand
pieces, was it2-would loom up in
front of me, and take away my appe-
tite for anything else
They all laughed; but Madeline did
not forget her lesson. Thereafter her
plate was as clean as Aunt Esther's
own.-Zion's Herald
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-06

WHY BOYS LEAVE THE FARM.

Farmers Encourage Sons to Enter Pro-
fessional Iife-Agrieuiture Waning.
The trend of modern educa ton and
the motives that inspire study in many
of the different departments and
which mark the languishment. II not
sure decay of scientific course in
agriculture, was never more clearly
marked than In an informal talk made
by President j. X Patterson Of Ken
lucky State College, delivered before
the legislative investigating committee
In Lexington.
For the purpose of ascertalnlng how
much money was needed in the differ
ent departments for their proper mate
rial equipment the Agricultural De-
partment came up for discussion. and
In response to direct question from
Chairman ]. W. Newman OF the COM
mittee President Patterson said:
During the past few years the
course of study In agriculture at the
college has been merely nominal al
though the past year has brought signs
OF revival. | have found that Meth
er the farmers of the State nor their
sons show the least preferment for ag-
ricultural pursuits of studies, and,
therefore, for want OF proper, or |
might say sufficient patronage. the de-
partment has been allowed to droop.
Az a general rule when the son OF
farmer comes to the college he enters
the classics of some of the liberal pro-
fessions, believing that when his
course Is completed he Will be in a
better position to make money than II
he remained a farmer. To a great ex
tent this feeling Is encouraged by the
farmers themselves. although they fail
TO realize that the professions are con-
siderably overcrowded and their earn
ing capacity reduced almost to a min
imum.
THE slight revival in the study of
ed by Secretary Wilson of the United
States Department of Agriculture, who
has done more for the solid interests of
the farmers of the country than any
other one man. Through the opportu-
mites offered by the government
wherein remunerative positions are
open to men of marked scientific abil-
ity along agricultural lines. seems to
have been a stimulus to some, but they
are very few. The capacity to make
money seems to be the primary consid-
era alton with the great bulk of students
while the mental development. which
comes as a natural result of their
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-06

lean against them. pretty soft cush-
ions on the couch. but they mustn't
be "mussed'; dainty table linen and
bright silver in the sideboard, but 1t
must be ready for company; pretty
dishes in the closet. but not for every
day
Happy the woman who has solved
the problem OF how TO keep neat, at
tractiYe and well-ordered house. yet
not after institutional methods where
one scents the soap and earbolic from
afar; where the children's rights are
respected without their being allowed
to infringe on the rights Of others;
where grandmother feels that she is
still OF use. and not mere clmberer
Of the chimney corner, and for the
friend the latchstrlng always out, and
the welcome In
In such home red-letter days
abound; not those kept with pomp and
circumstance. but little family festi-
walls and anniversaries favorite
dishes are remembered. the chair or
place at the table specially decorated,
loving messages sent and kindly greet
lngs exchanged. kansas City Jour
nal
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-06

dogs race and wrestle with each other
as in the chase; ducks dive and sport
In the water: doves circle and dive
in the air as II escaping from hawk;
birds pursue and dodge each other in
the same way; bears wrestle and box;
chickens have mimic battles; colts run
and leap; fawns probably do the same
thing; squirrels play something like
a game of tag in the trees; lambs butt
one another and skip about the rocks;
and so on.
In fact, nearly all play. including
much of that of man, takes the form
of mock battle. and Is to that extent
an education for the future Among
the carnivora it takes also the form
OF the chase. Its spring and motive
are, of course, pleasure, and not edu-
cation; herein again revealing the cum
ming of nature-the power that CON
ceals purposes of its own In our most
thoughtless acts. The cat and the kit
ten play with the live mouse not to in
dulge the sense of cruelty as some
have supposed, but to indulge in the
pleasure OF the chase and of capture.
and unconsciously to practice this feat.
The cat rarely plays with a live bird.
because the recapture would be more
difficult and might fail What fisher
men would not like to capture his big
FISH over and over again. If he could
be sure of doing it, not from cruelty,
h,.t e. al I'll, III
art?-John Burroughs, in Century.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-06
ANIMALS AT SCHOOL.
DULY an Unkempt, Unconscious School
aud One Entirely Instructive.


lie there anything which, without
great violence TO language. may be
called a school OF the woods? In the
sense in which playground is a
school-a playground without rules or
methods or director is a school
of the woods It Is an unkept an I'M
conscious school or gymnasium. and
Is entirely instructive. In play the
young OF all animals. no doubt. get a
certain amount OF training and disci
plining that helps ut them for their
future careers: but this school is not
presided over or directed by parents
though II is sometimes taken part in
by them. 1t Is spontaneous and hap
hazard. without rule or system; but is.
In every case, along the line OF the flu
ture struggle for life of the particu-
lar bird or animal. A young marsh
hawk which we reared used TO play at
striking leaves or bits of bark with its
talons; kittens play with a ball, or a
cob, or stick. as II IT were a mouse;
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-06
FAMILY "ALABASTER BOX"
What Many Housckeepers Say They
VIII Do When Too Late.


In homes without number the over
burdened housewife keeps her "alabas-
ter box" packed away in the spick and
span spare room, hoping to get a
chance TO use It later on when the
more insistent demands of the bread
box and cooky Jar, the linen closet.
patch trunk and button box. the mend
ing box and clothes hamper. the pork
barrel and family medicine chest shall
have all been attended TO.
Pending that time. the kindly letter
of sympathy and appreciation goes
unwritten, the friendly call unpaid. the
word of encouragement and love I'M
spoken the caress withheld. BY and
by" we shall have time TO take the
children on our arms. "snuggle" them
close and tell them the real true stories
of when you were a little girl, that
they love to hear by and by" we
shall tell Johnnie and Dick how proud
and pleased we are of their progress
In school: but now ii might make them
conceited. by and by" we shall have
time to listen to tho dear old fathers
stories of the past which he loves to
tell over and over again. II he can find
an appreciative audience, but now we
are too busy.
by and by" we shall tell our girls
what a comfort they are to us, and
how dearly we love them, but now
there really isn't time. and they must
know II anyway. But "by and by"
before we realize 1t, all the sweet OPP
portunities are past" The children
have flown from the home nest. the
friend who sorely needed our words of
cheer and sympathy has now no fur
Their need for them. the dear fathers
voice is silenced forever, and our ala
baster box is still intact
House and home are not always syn
onymous. The most carefully appoint
ed house, orderly TO the last degree
and immaculate as wax, is Frequently
anything but homelike. There Is no
place for the children to play, for a
litter cannot be tolerated. The young
people must go elsewhere for their
good times, for dancing and games
wear out the carpet.
Father has to sit in the kitchen 10
smoke. for tobacco gets in the curtains.
There are tides and soft head rests
on all the chairs, but one uiust not
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-06
Pitied the Miners.

Little Tommy was very much inter-
ested in everything his teacher told
him, and he thought deeply upon all
subjects. One day she WAS explaining
how the further one got away from the
earth 1t became easier to pull or carry
anything.
''If you We're a long way from the
earth said the teacher, ''things would
seem lighter, for grayitation would be
less
Tommy considered, then he put up
grimy little hand.
I'm a-thinking," he said. that the
men in mines must be having power
full time of it. teacher, with all the lift
ing and hauling right inside the earthl'
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-06
Slightly Proud.

Little Charlie was dressed in his
very best clothes one day, and really
looked quite fine.
Now said he to his mother, II
want you to come to the window when
go out, mother, and watch me-"
Il know. that l can trust my little
boy" said his mother; 'he will not be
careless"
ut is not that said Charlie hum
bly,. 81 want you to look out and be
thankful that you have such boy"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-06
GEN. WoLFE's ENGLISH HOME.
Quebec House Restored to Condition of
soldiers Boyhood DAYS.


1t is a ma tier of imperial interest
that the charming gabled building
known as Quebec House. Westerham,
has been restored by Colonel c. A.
MADAM Warde. of Squerries' Court The
old house, with its red-brick gables,
nestled close beside the parish church
and after many yicissitudes is now
practically in the same condition as
when it echoed with the boyish laugh
ter of the great soldier. Thackeray I'M
mortalized the old building in The
Nirginians,' but, strangely enough, it
is marked by no sign or token of the
famous resident. General Wolfe re-
ceived his first commission at the age
of 10 when playing in the grounds Of
Squerries Court with his friend George
Warde during the Christmas holidays
of 1741-2, says the London Chronicle.
The fact that Squerries Court is to-
day the treasure house of Wolfe's lit
erary remains is accounted for by the
intimacy that existed between the two
families. 1t is to be remarked with
SUI PiAHV eA't III AiNilloii 'i VI " oilt eN-
lists at Westerham, other than the sim
pie tablet in the church in which he
was christened and the cenotaph in the
private grounds of the great house.
The elevated position of the village
green would make splendid site for a
worthy statue of the modest young sol
der who died in the hour of victory
and TO whom the Anglo-Saxon suprem-
acy on the American continent is due
more than TO any other
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-06
Origin orthe Grain Weights.

BY an English law, passed in 1866,
il was provided that a silver penny,
called sterling, should equal In
weight thirty-two wheat grains, well
dried and taken from the center of the
ear. This is the origin of the grain
weight
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-05-06
DefraudinS Railroads in Texas.

In Texas where public sentiment.
the Legislature and the courts are an
tagonistic to railroads, a peculiar form
of fraud has been brought to light 1t
is found that there is a gang of pro-
fessional victims going from one rail
road to another meeting with acct
dents and suing for damages. They
travel in groups, so there is never any
trouble about getting witnesses Texas
juries are known to be friendly TO tho
sutton against railroads, and so far the
gang has had little trouble In securing
yerdicts for substantial sums. DAM
ages secured for such verdcts have in
creased from $295,00o in 1893 to So
100000 in 1903.