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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-08-27

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c, W. KENT. ............. Vice President |
w. J. BUTE. Secretary Treasurer !
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~ BYRON WILLIAMS
We used to call EN- hired girls"
,uut now they are known as maids
Why not dub the hired man the aid
de.camp" and put him on social
equality with the women? He is Ger
tainly an aid and he decamps quite
a. often as the domestic
A sympathetic optimist once found
a starving mule Taking the animal
to his stables, he fed and groomed
him until the mule was fat and sleek.
Then the mule kicked the man and
broke his leg. That mule was almost
human. wasn't he?
Some men give their Drawn. their
pointed out in the market place as
hot tuber Not all the fools are spend
-ng their money on gold bricks.
Many a man that couldn't build a
hen-house withou, fencing himself in
side has found fault with a great
work. It takes few brains to criticize.
but conception and force TO do great.
tho often imperfect. works.
There is much war in this country
without the alarm Of the jocsiu A
rolling pin makes small noise on the
bjlUard-bau portion of q married man
akypitce.
It's queer that the people who have
no aims are always the ones To pro-
claim their benedcence did they pos
sess the means
The small boys definition of "aloof
was. The opposite of what happens
when sister and her beau are under
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ster. when he would save both his own
life and that OF the nsh. Meeting Le-
ylathan. hs exhibited the seal Of Abra-
ham," whereupon tho monster shot
away a distance OF two days To 70
ward him for this service the hsh
showed Jonah all the wondrons things
In the le. r.. the path Of the Is
raelites across the Red Sea: the pillars
upon which the earth rests, thus no
spent three days aud three nights In
tho belly OF the ash. but would not
pray. God then resolved To put him
into another ash where he you'd DO
less comfortable. crsmped for room
and otherwise made miserable. Jonah
nnslly prayed. acknowledging the 10.
uiity OF bis efforts TO escape ffom God
Psalm exxxixl.-From volume 8 OF
Encyclopedia. Just published By
tho Funk 4 wasnails Company.
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the Oriental to become accustomed
TO II.
The writer advances the theory
which has been discussed before-tbai
each race has Its peculiar odor, that II
Is partly radical. but IL IN a measure
Influenced by dietary and other condl-
lions.
The Japanese do not smell each 9th
err, but the perfume from their bodies
Is waited by the breezes to the Rus
SLAMS, who can distinguish the smell
OF thfdr enemies at a long distance. The
writer. however. states that It Is moth
Ing like the pungent and penetrating
emanatlon proceeding from the West
ern nations, In which traces Of garlic
and ancient cheese and the v%olatization
Of a coarse and over-abundant dietary
are sure to be found.
There are reasons to think that the
Japanese doctor may be right and per-
haps each race has its characteristic
odor.
Certain II is that primitive races
have a much keener sense Of smell
han the members Of a highly civilized
With civilization and the art Of
living In an artificial manner, from dis
use the senses Of sight and smell be
come less acute The japanese have
not embraced civilization for 80 long
a period as to lose the qualities Of a
people living In a state of nature. In
deed. the great majority are not civ
Ilized at all.-Chicago Chronicle.
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EDITORIALS


when good times rsturnea to Kansas 1t was In all cases
unsafe and in many impossible. to erect buildings upon
them. Only small portions of the material they contained
could be utilized in the construction of other foundations.
Not unlike the fate which these abandoned founda tons
suffered Is that which overtakes the educatons which
many men acquire In the schools Schools and colleges
lay but the foundation OF education. They may lay II
broad and deep. but II no superstructure Is later erected
over II the foundation viii quickly fall to pieces Asso-
citation. the mortar that binds the bricks and stones OF the
mind together. will be washed away in time. Ideas, which
are the minds bricks and stones, will crumble and fall
apart. A foundation without a superstructure Is worth
less. 1t has no adaptation to its environment Nature viii
not let 1t long exist There are thousands OF men and
women who have a smaller sum total of knowledge and
reasoning power at 80 or 40 than they had when they threw
aside their school text books. They have erected for them
selves no intellectual superstructure, and their intellectual
foundation. being unprotected. has fallen into decay-Chi.
cago Tribune.
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In half an hour the steamer broke in

In half an hour the steamer broke in
two and sank. Then as darkness set
tied over the river the passengers on
the levee began a picnic supper, pre-
pared by the darky cooks over the res
cued furnaces. There was no lack Of
supplies; the evening was gloriousIy
cool and still. A more beautiful loca-
ton for a picnic could hardly have
been selected A skin had been gent
up to Natchez for help, and until an
other steamer came to get them the
girls Of the party. grouped on the
levee. sang the old songs, and listened
in turn to the r~oustabouts and the
cook-room darkies singing-not the old
plantation melodies, for few of the
hands know them, but the mod
ern "rag-time" songs which come
South to them from the vaudeville
Under the Bamboo-Treev and
all the rest of them made the night
and at last. when the pic
mic was beginning to pail. the ~rescuing
came and took all on board for
.atchez. whence they went on their
way by rail to their destination.
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A MONKEY. Intelligence.

An extraordinary instance Of the In
telligcnce OF a monkey in the Royal
Park. Melbourne. Australia. has been
chronicled. A monkey In q large cage
was trying to reach 4 nut which had
been thrown down on the gravel path.
Putting Its arm through the bars and
stretching ~ far as possible, Il found
that the nut vas just beyond his reach.
There was straw on the floor Of The
cage. and going to the back, where 10
evidently expected 10 Ind the straw
damaged. II tested straw after
~discardins them one by one, not
thinking them strong enough for the
purpose. At last II found q sntisfsc-
tory one. returned with II to the front
,f the cage, and very quickly. with thls
lid, hooked the nut close enough to be
picked up.
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- ITHERTO the white race from the remotest
Historic times to the present has been practical
lily alone In its position Of dominance. So far
49, as concerns the evolution of civilized man, II
RHIQEI4 might almost be said that there has been but
U3fSSifIy one race In the world
The most momentous OF the developments
Of the present war is that for the first time a white nation
nnds itself not only checked in its onward march by a
nation OF yellow men but beaten by that nation on Land
and sea. 1t is TOO early to say that this situation may not
be reversed before the war Is ended. but there are not
lacking signs that the races of which the Japanese are
the foremost exemplars have been wakened already TO a
sense OF their latent power. China and India have been
stirred by the deeds OF the japanese. Not only the peoples
of these great countries but many others of mixed Mongol.
Hindoo and Malay descent are wondering why THEY. too,
may not adopt the arms and implements OF Occidental
civilization and deal with the white races ON an equal
footing.
Some OF the ultimate possibilities of this vast stirring
of the yellow races may be gathered from the fact that
OF the 1.500000Ooo or 1.60o.OoOOOO people in the world
Asia alone has S62.SS4O00. of whom more than 420.OO0Oo0
are In the Chinese empire, 100000 are Japanese and
Koreans. 294.360.Oo0 are Hlndoos. 100000 Msylaysians
and 100000 Indo-Chinese. To group all the Asiatic PEG
pies by religions, there are about 776.Ooo.OO0 Buddhists.
Confuclans, Shintoists and Mohammedans, as against about
12.500.OOO Christians
That these people, aroused to a sense OF their racial and
religious solidarity and equipped with the tools Of Western
may bring new problems into existence in the
worlds economy Is clear. VIII the two races live side
by side, vyng with each other In advancement toward
higher civilization or will one strive to exploit the other? A
century or more may elapse before the result Is known. so
may be the consequences Of the present great
struggle-Chicago News
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A DELIGHTFUL CATASTROPHE.

After the terrible steamship and
railway accidents which made the
past season memorable, 1t is pleasant
to read Of an affair so delightful for
its victims as the recent sinking Of the
Mississippi River steamer Chalmette
proved to be. The Chalmette was the
last Of b old-time cotton packets on
the Mississippi. There are many big
stern-wheel c-otton-carriers, and sever
Cbalmette was a relic of the old st.
Louis-New Orleans trade. She was the
City of Vicksburg Of the Anchor line,
but was rebuilt some years ago to
carry cotton to the port of Chalmette,
below New Orleans. She could stow
five thousand five hundred bales on
her spacious deck, and with her guards
awash and the cotton stacked high
above her cabin deck. was a spectacle
once common, ~henceforth to be I'M
known. on the river. When the Louisi-
ana Purchase Exposition opened she
was put on as a through boat from
New Orleans to the fair. and thus
opened a trade which had been dead
for some years.
On a Saturday in July she started
North with about forty passengers
and a lot of freight. Late Tuesday
afternoon she was within thirty-iye
miles Of hatcher when. In backing out
from a landing. she struck a snag and
knocked a hole in the stern. She
swung round with both ends resting
on the bank in a little eddy, but with
seventy feet Of water under her amid
ships, and began to fill.
The passengers were quickly noti-
ned, the gang-plank was run ashore,
and everybody walked out and found
q seat on the gently sloping, grassy
.levee. to watch the spectacular death
Of the last Of the packets. The crew
hastily brought the passengers bag
gage ashore. then brought the fur
naces from the galley and all the pro-
from the pantry, and the ia
blss from the saloon
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17

JONAH AND THE WHALE
stsiis Of His Experience from Rsb-
biniesi Legends.


When Jonah went to Joppa he found
no ship. for the vessel on which he In
tended taking passage had sailed two
days before his arrival: but God
caused a contrary wind to arise and
the ship was driven back to port. In
his Joy Jonah paid his passage money
In advance. contrary to the usual Gus
tom. which did not require payment
until the conclusion of the voyage. Ac.
cordIng to some. he paid even the full
value OF the ship. amounting to 1900
gold denariL when the storm arose
the kInd-hearted sailors. evidently re-
spectlng the rich passenger. first low.
cred Jonah only far enough for the
water to reach his knees. Seeing that
the storm subsidized. they drew him
back into the ship. w%hereupon the ses
at once arose sgaln. The sailors re
peated the operation several times with
the same result. each time lowering
him deeper and deeper. until finally
they threw him into the sea.
The Ash which swallowed Jonah was
In the very beginning Of the
world for that special purpose. There
fore this ish had so large a mouth and
that Jonah found II as easy TO
pass into Its belly as he would have
found It to enter the portals Of a very
synagogue II had eyes which
rs large Is windows and lamps
IL up Its interior. According to anoth.
n opinion. n great pearl suspended In
he e~ntrails OF the fish enabled Jonah
see all that was In the sea and In the
Ibyss. The nsh Informed Jonah that
lie was to be devoured by Jeviathnn.
fonah asked to be taken 10 the mon.
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EACH RACE ITS D o
Orientals Said to Object Strongly to
Western Peoples ON that Score.


Western Peoples ON that Score.
Western nations, with their usual
conceit. imagine that they are superior
In every respect to the races of another
color and consequently to those OF the
Far East. One of the charges which
white men bring against the negro Is
that the dor emanadng from him is
the reverse Of pleasant and occasion
ally. in hot weather, is almost unbear-
able.
The Caucasian never pauses to think
hat possibly the odor Of his skin Is
by no means pleasing to the sense of
smell Of the negro or the Indian. New
.ertheless, 1t Is stated that the smell of
the white man Ii not 80 fragrant to the
negro as 1t Is imagined, but is, In fact.
Objectionable to a degree.
According TO a recent issue Of the
New York Times. a Japanese medical
has published a treatise concern
Ing the odor Of the Occidental races.
declaring that It takes some time for
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Deal gently with her. Ttmsi thsss many
years
OF life have brought more SMILES with
them than tears.
Lay not thy hand too harahly on her
now,
Rut tracs decline % slowly on her brow
That Qiks ths sunsst OF the Northern
cline.
Where the twilight fingers In the SUN
mer time,
And fades at last Into the silent night.
one may note the passing OF the
Hsht).
30 may she pas-ancs Ills the common
lot
AZ one who, resting. sleeps and knows II
not.
Allan weyth In the Century.
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MAILS IN TINE OF WAR
rar1iias Question. Kal.~a By Rs<sa
Act. OF Has.is.

h1t<<8 " H9@8na
Acts OF Ha..is-
The preseat war bid. fair 10 Lad 10
some fuller undsrstan ding concerning
the status Of the mails In time Of war.
ays tho New York Tribune. Russia
and Japan are both avpa r~ntly acting
upon the theory that all mails conslxn.
I'd TO a beiilgcrent port arv subject 10
seizure az c~ontrabsnd OF var. OF al
least to d~etsntiou and srnrrh. Japan
has eontent-d herself with tbs seizure
OF mails srut out from Port Arthur.
Russia has gone much farther than
that ia stopping British AMI German
ships in the Red Sea and taking from
them In bulk all mail sacks marked sor
Japan.
The status Of b malls In time OF
war has b*~n the subject OF much con-
trovrrsy. bat has not BEEN clearly Do
nned In treaties or In work. on inter
national law. Hostile dispatches. mill
iary orders and the ike. excepting tho
messages Of smbassadors. have been
recognized as contrabsnd and. OF
course. subject to sslrnrr. No, only ss
the transportation OF them e~lulsalent
The carrying Of c~ontraband goods.
but the fraudulent transportation OF
them Is regarded as a pccuils riy hostile
act. subjccting tho offending weasel to
severest penalty OF ~connsostsou.
Such Il tho argument OF Sir William
Scott. But . regular msiicarryinx res
vel. which receives such dispatchs. In
HE ordinary cour~s Of mail carrying.
Ignorance Of their character. Il not.
recording to Hautefeuilis. subject to
The principles apply. OF
only 10 hostile dispatches. Or
iinsry mails Of commercial. personal
n other non-b elIixerrnt character
certainly enjoy a different stat
Is and would seem to be entitled TO
Exemption from seizure when under .
Gag.
Mr. Seward long ago expressed the
view Of the case when hs
that there IL no recognized sane
Of the principle that a bona ade.
authenticated and sealed public mail
Z a friendly or neutral power. found
n a commercial vessel navigating be-
two neutral ports. can be vso-
tied lawfully, either by a naval ofncer
r a prize court. merely because tho
essel on which II u found "a searched
nd seized a. co~ntrsband."
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"Marm'duke Seton" she replied.
proudly. and then cried aud moaned
with the pain.
A few minutes later Sir Marmaduke
Seton was called to the telephone.
"HalloaF'
"Whatr'
"a child inJured7 Why do you tels-
phone me7 Fathers name
Marmaduke Seton? Am | the only
In the worid1 . The name
IL certainly an uncommon one. as you
say"
His stern face softened for a mo-
men
Yes. I'll come round" he said. at
last.
A quarter of an hour afterward he
entered the children's ward. His face
turned white as no gazed into the
child's blue eyes.
Private ward. please he said. curt
iy, and at tho ~millionaire's word tho
little one was TAKEN into another
room.
While little Ruth slept Sir Marina
duke stayed by her side looking medi.
tatively at her face.
Duke Seton returned IN about an
hour to his house. There was a smile
on his face as he entered.
''one sovereign. We shall have a
bust. darling"
But his wife was lying In a faint on
the floor. Quickly he brought water
for her. but when she came round she
began to shrek wildly. !
Little Ruth has gone" was all she
could say.
Then ensued twenty. four hours OF
agony 10 the distracted parents. In
the morning a policeman On me and
told them where the child was.
They rushed round TO the hospital.
when they were received with the
utmost respect and taken to a private
they wondered exceedingly.
With a fearful cry Ruth ran. to her
hid and crooned over her. Duke
<nelt by the other side OF the bed.
Look cried little Ruth. 'SIe say.
hat he Is your dad. Why don't you
tiss himY"
A tall figure stepped from the corner
4 the room 4
Duke. forgive me-" Sir Mnrmaduke
In. eagerly. and there was a I
one In his voice that made his son !
:
For a moment there was silence. .
kiss him. dad" the child cried. I
And the w mems hands met In a a
enrty grasp. while the mothers tears .
over the chIld's piIlow=iilustrated c
Its a
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Gratitude.

Mr. skinaloDg-I hope. dear, that
you will be happy now that uncle has
left us a fortune.
Mrs. Skinalong-Yes, but don't you
suppose we can break the will7 He
has left $1,000 to charity.-DetroIt
Free Press.
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toms the ear to receive gratefully that which once seemed
harsh. crude and inelegant.
1t Is true. too. that much OF the slang Of one age falls
into disuse the next. so that the language suffers but little
II any. from Its temporary acceptance. while such words a.
may have incorporated themselves permanently into III,
general structure mt so well that no one Is t~earfuly so
lcitous to have them removed
A Western minister recently said:
slang is largely the result OF Incidence and lack o.
selfrespect- While In the origin OF some terms comuoul,
used as slang there may be wit and a measure OF original
ty, yet no person can indulge In the use Of these barbarisms
without serious loss
Il have heard men use slang In most earnest prayer
T a man does not wish to use slang on his death bed or lr
the pulpit or the schoolroom. Office or social circle. II wouks
be well not to use II anywhere"-New York Telegram
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Export Advice.

MRS. sourly, you've been married
for several years, and I am about to
take unto myself a husband. What ad-
vice you'd you give meT
Learn to play solitaire. detroit
Free Press.
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Old people sometimes complain be-
cause they are left alone 70 much. but
the truth IL that they would be bored
to death II the young people tried to
entertain them.
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WRISTS seldom will excuse slang. and Away
will insist that a better phrase or word Nigh
have been substituted for its use. until tn
slang word or expression becomes grated upoI
the language. Even then there will be man.
not tolerant OF Its use at first. but opposition
becomes less and less In evidence as time accus
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routine, Is prematurely old He dies. He may be a wild
over; he'may leave behind him a second wife; or he may
leave his only wife, the mother Of his children. His will
u opened and read. He has made a reasonable provision
Tor those near him. But he took the liberty before his
death Of bequeathing certain sums OF money, through a
feeling Of sentiment or duty to others, sums that will lessen
In comparatively slight degree the money which would
otherwise be distributed among those already In pecuniary
comfort The poor wretch thought he had this right. At
pnce there Is strife. The lawyers are consulted and en-
listed There is a trial. The character OF the dead man
IL dragged from his coffin. Was he queer? Was he not
insane? Foibles and harmless eccentriciies are paraded
Tor scorn and mockery. There was a time when the initial
phrase, In the Name of God Amen" was Of solemn and
abiding force. The dead man spoke. Who can use the
phrase to-day with any assurance that IT will be regarded
after he Is cold and voiceless Boston Herald.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17

full faith In this possibility. Sir Robert Hart. to whom We
refer. has lately presented to the Dowager Empress 4
scheme for army and naval organization which has not only
engaged the attention Of the court. but commands the warm
approval OF so much Of public sentiment as finds expires
sion In the native newspapers.
Briefly, Sir Robert Hart estimates that a reorganza-
ton of the land taxes may be made TO yield a revenue OF
+OO.Oo0O00 tasls about S2750O0OOO without pressing Sc
verely upon the people, Out OF this revenue he propose
financing a reconstruction of the land forces on the bssis
of four army corps of $4,000 regular troops each, the con
structon OF three fleets, each composed Of ten large and
ten smaller warships, ten hrstclass torpedo boats and tel
naval academies. the establishment of modern schools, and
the creation Of an adequate salary list for the civil admin
istration. and figures upon a sufficient balance to provide &
sinking fund.
This seems ambitious, and It may be impossible. Blu
Sir Robert Hart is no dreamer. and he knows the Chinese
as we have said, better than any other European II tn
Chinese have It In them to rise to the opportunity which b
points out 10 them. the future dismenberment of the CHI
empire will not be the easy task that some diplomatist
magined-Boston Journal.
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His Last Will

MAN, either through ambition. sense Of duty,
or In selfdefense against boredom. works hard
and accumulates property. Should he marry.
he Is expected to provide literally for his wife.
to carry a life Insurance for her benefit, TO
give his children every advantage of education
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Unf nished Educst;oos.

FIFTEEN years ago there was hardly a town in
Western Kansas which did not show many
on which no superstructures had
been erected. The foundations remained I'M
covered because Of the collapse OF the boom.
Some of them were small and shallow. Others
were laid broad and deep. The elements as
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17

A mans last complaint l. that he Ii
sick and old
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e have witnessed with Amusement and ad
mlration the advent OF Japan among the
worlds great powers. Is Ii possible that at no
distant day China may enter the list? II Is
significant that the one European who knows
the Chinese better than any other, and has
long sustained official relations with them. has
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sailed them all alike The rain washed the mortar from
between their bricks and stones. The frosts disintegrated
the bricks and stones themselves. Foundations which. II
built upon in the ordinary way would have endured for
generations. fell. in a few years, into such utter ruin that