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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30

When mothers gone away to work, Us
Kids is just as good
We never do q single thing 'cept what
she said we could.
She gives US all a good-by kiss, an
locks the door up tight,
SOS to be sure to find US here when she
gets home at night.
She leaves the key with Mrs. Brown,
who lives next house but one.
An II there'd ever be a fire, why Mrs.
Brown would run
An let US out, for mothers work IS
most mile away:
We know, cause once she took US, but
they wouldn't let US stay.
We see the school kids goin' by, an
then we know it's noon
An time to eat our dinner, which is
always ready soon.
Cause bread and cheese is all we have,
an then we play around,
Or little brother goes to sleep an we
don't make a sound.
We watch the funny postmau. an the
wagons rollin past,
The streets get dark the lights come
out. an pretty soon. at last.
Somebody taps the windowpane. the
doOrknOb turns-an' then
You'd ought to hear US shoutln'. cause
it's mother home again.
Newark News.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30

On your second or third try you
may get your toes just over the stick,
when. to your surprise. you find It
torn from your hands and 10. you
are standing with both feet on it,
If you keep at it. you will soon learn
the knack of it, which Is in moving
your arms just far enough 10 pass the
stick beneath your feet at just the
proper moment. Then. when you are
an expert at this, try 1t backward,
holding the stick behind you and
bringing it beneath your feet to its
old position in front.
When you can do both these with
ease, try the feat on some of your
friends and when at their first at
tempts, they pronounce it impossible,
surprise them by doing 1t both for
ward and backward.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30
AN oLo.TtME GREAT LADY.
Some Anecdotes o. the First ouehess
Of MARLBOROUGH.

OF ~A8ftuGFgGMH
Sarah. wtfe the arst duke ~ Mari
borough was as strong a character a.
the great soldier. her husband She
was given Ia using strong language
when annoyed She oace paid Al even.
ing Walt 10 a friend. who happened
10 be out On the friend return the
servant said OF the visitor tAat Be
could not make our who she was. fer
she would not tell her name. bgt sha
swore so dreadfuily that be was sure
she must be lady Of quality
Duchess sarahs blunt downFiRht
ness ia brought out In recent blowra-
phy If her TIA the following passage
lady Marnham bad 1acoblan tea
dencies. and the duchess fears acre
justified that events were tending 20
bring In this prince II Wales sarah
never used the WORT pretender.
knowiag full sell he saa a right -
birth 10 the former titE aud In this
she shows her hatred ~ untrath or
make believe
absent minded. on one occasion was
dining with the dncheis IL aarlbar.
auKh The conversation turned au
Che dukes iosa Ut popularity Gu the
duchess asking whetha he could a.
sinn any reason for h tba hiHhun
answered "Oh maaaus be- haa aueh
a birthstone ag alfss
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30

Boys have thelF manY games. and
nuw here Isl a Bnrei pmsttul~ for fhe
girls although thsre e. ua reason
ahs the b.tvs shouil Haf piav b. fva
IL tAe# can tear themselves }en@
ensa8h mwav fram fhesr marbles
baseball ana otheF boy sports f fhe
HMM#0M.
r. "a eha1k rarr thai =@Hn6s -
H IL might BE- exrsttuK. 8e@# Il rot
Wei 80 81 i. ama th@ heaaEY ~ IA -
fhas tao - ans Eareer aasah#w car
Joan in-shat - as manE aa can Sac
bats 90 chaIk oE anything else wbArh
wgTl make = marx nn > s8eEe pave
m0nt
Each girl arms herself silk . piece
o. chalk and stanas 1t the starting
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30

by the sea'nd a ~af 4um sna Efe
~ eall to brutal battle bus rather
If that other kind more lasting and
glarious the idea thag each mar In
"a factor FER good 90 the wafia Ana Ia
bis brother and that the fruits u
mans iatsar and eaptal shatf repre-.
sent beautiful roads. safe harbora and
sanitary And comfortable homes. In
stead 81 tae sretehednes4 uf tbs ae8-
tractIoH VI human lives by narbaFlc
var. the Impending of Billions n aose
lars In oreer to carry this out. and the
Generalization and degrading !riu
aace whlch war engeuders tE Eka
breast ~ man Hereafter the specie
money ~ Ctal bears got tie uotto
II rot BY right then by might bat
rather villa mighty justice toward
all
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30

Get a thing stick. about three feet
long. Hold ii before you with both
hands and, jumping into the air, try
to pass the stick beneath your feet
without letting go of it with either
hand. 1t is not so easy as it looks In
the picture, and at your first attempt
you will probably strike your ankles
or toes against the stick and knock
It out of your hands.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30

Argentine sculptor. Maseo AAanHa,
NaM mn* eAEas
nut nus untls March ~ the present
year as the dream of the bishop ~
Cusa NHgF and materially carried otf.
Mhmn the ehramf maM placed um aa
saalnenes gsassa feet above the SEA
TIE grand ideas * the seuiptoF are
nslav embodied. from ths nowtnw 5aEa-
gamn roAen. whieh lag& a. II gmasly
tossed nv tha ehtH w3nas ~ tAe
Anaes. tha haaa ontssKesehma ~ II
nFamouneAnw the ba4atffal bane4setiom
~nrAa 81 arhe. shs mawnaneently pssaa-
- hsad. saclag the moFth. loohlag -
aoaba fer the aay when ~ ~ sssush
Anewtca SHALL g. one sfrunw cumatry
anaaF o1s fsAeTal government wItA
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30
Tn~easina 3 Neec1s-

Ths is rot so mseh D. trick as IL Is
g Test - l.Eberness and agility EFeFE
hoy unless Be BE- verY s'euf haE. ~
has very short arms ana long legs.
should b. able ia CO IL easily after
a little practice although a. first u
s0okz yery startling
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-07-30

The pindertoy IS a very simple and
amusing toy. which can be made in
two minutes Cut out the pieces. and
with one pin fasten all together The
The progress., 1904-05-14
DINNER TASTERS OF PARIS.
Women Epicures Who Eat to Live,
Yet Eat Barely Enough
to Live.

There are many people who maize q
living by having a cultivated palate
Their sense of taste is such that by ex-
ercising it they can be assured of big
yearly income, says an exchange.
In every large wine-dealing establish
ment there is a wine faster, who never
swallows wine, but whose business it is
to taste samples of all wine and decide
upon their quality. He can tell when a
wine is ready to be put on the market,
and just what its grade is.
But the most curious branch Of the
testing profession is one which has late
ly become a paying business for women
in Paris. There several women earn
good salaries by driving from one house
to another just before dinner is ready
to serve and tasting the various dishes
which the cook has prepared.
They taste. they crltic'se, they recon-
mend addition of some fiavoring or sea-
soning, and then rush away in their car
riages to the house of the next Gus
toner
q
part of their duty is to suggest improve
ments in the manner of preparing dishes.
This business of dinner tasting is said
to be one which cannot be followed for any
length of time without intervals of rest,
for. paradoxical as 1t may seem, dinner
faster, if she be kept continually at her
trade, would be in danger of starving to
death.
OF course, the faster never eats of the
food she examines, but merely tastes it,
and this continual tasting of so many diff
ferent kinds of food gives her a dis
gust for food of all kinds, so that it is
with the greatest difficulty she can bring
herself to eat square meal.
, So oLce in awhile the dinner faster has
to take a month off, but she gets excel
lent pay while she works. and can af-
ford to loaf at least one-third of the time,
and eat something.
The progress., 1904-05-14

says: "For two years had kidney
trouble and there was such severe
pain through my loins and limbs that
could not stoop or straightcn up with'
out great pain, had difficulty in getting
about and was unable to rest at night,
arising in the morning tired and worn
out. The kidney secretions were ;r-
regular and deposited heavy sedi.
ment. Doctors treated me for rheuma.
tism but failed to help me. 1 lost all
confidence in medicine and began to
feel as if life were not worth living.
Doan's Kidney Pills. however, relieved
me SO quickly and so thoroughly thatI
gladly made a statement to that effect
for publication. This was in 1898, and
during the six years which have
elapsed 1 have never known Doans
Kidney Pills to fail. They cured my
wife Of severe case of backache in
the same thorough manner"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Bier bach will
be mailed on application to any partof
the United States Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all druggists, price 50 cents per box.
The progress., 1904-05-14
DISCOVERY OF BIG TREES.
Giants of California Forests We're
More Wonderful Than the First
Stories About Them.

Once upon time-it was in 1853, to
be exact-a hunter in pursuit of a
wounded bear found himself at nightfall
in dark forest, relates Woman's Home
Companion. The air was dry and warm,
and being weary, he stretched himself
upon the pine needles which covered the
ground, and went to sleep. He awoke
at daylight, and when he saw what kind
of forest he was in, he rubbed his eyes
and pinched himself to make sure he
was not dreaming. On every side of him
were monster trees, such as no man had
ever seen before. They reared their
heads seemingly into the blue sky, and
their enormous trunks, bright cinnamon
in color and ribbed and scanned, rose like
mighty fiuted towers. The hunter felt
like Gulliver did in Brobdingnag. and
looked, half expecting to see the huge
forms of giants come striding through
the forest. He knew that If the tallest
church of his native town was set down
in this wood, the cross upon the pinnacle
of its spire would be shaded by the
branches as would dolls house beneath
an apple-tree. He walked up to one of
the trees. and spreading out his arms to
their full extent, he clasped the bark.
Then he moved sidewise, placing his left
fingers where his right hand had been.
spreading hts arms as before. He re-
peated this again and again. and he did
1t 20 times before he had circled the
trunk. This hunter was Mr.. A. r. Dowd
and the forest he had discovered was one
of the "big-tree groves" of California.
OF course. when he returned to civiliza-
tion, his description of the trees was
laughed at as yarn. and he was ac-
corded second place TO Baron Munch-
hausen as an inventor of stories.
AS a matter of fact, his stories were
much less wonderful than the trees
themselves. and the best of II is that
many of the trees are still standing
there to prove it.
The progress., 1904-05-14

A woman who runs boarding houss
purchased dozen eggs at one of the
village grocery stores. They were
taken home in the bag in which they
were placed, and the woman wanted
to fry some for lunch. One was taken
from the bag and cracked into a dish.
1t was all right The next one taken
from the bag was cracked, but it re-
fused to run" Investigation showed
that it was hard boiled, and apparent
ly very fresh.
The good boarding mistress was
completely astounded. and could hard
ly believe her eyes, But there was tho
proof, as plain as plain could be. The
egg was passed around for a number of
people TO look at. and the proof that
1t was boiled was conclusive.
1t is possible that during the ex.es-
sively cold weather of the past week
some of the farmers in this vicinity,
fed hot bran mash with cayenne pep
per in 1t (as many people are in the
habit of doing in the winter), to make
the hens lay better during the cold
weather and high prices, and the egg
became boiled in this way No other
satisfactory explanation is at hand.
At any rate there must be one astound-
ing hen in Riverhead, and if she can
be located her fortune Is made.
The progress., 1904-05-14
Hardly Apropos.

What is known as "the millionaires'
train." running from Morristown, N. j.,
TO Hoboken, carries a number of men
known to the world of finance. The con-
ductor is David Sanderson. to whom his
passengers, grateful for his uniform
good nature and efficiency. have Just
presented handsome watch and purse
of gold. They insisted on his making a
speech and Sanderson did so, winding
up in this way: Some people wonder
why it is have had such great success
in life; why l have had no trouble with
nobody. Even the other conductors
don't understand it and they often ask
me how get along with the drunks on
my train. an Just tell EN-" Such a
shout of laughter went up from the mil
lionaires that Sanderson's speech ended
then and there.
The progress., 1904-05-14
SOME EASTER TRIPLES.

aphernalia for this appropriate Easter
souvenir.
To prepare the shell the egg should
be punctured top and bottom with
long pin and the contents gently blown
out, so as to leave the covering as
nearly intact as possible. The services
of the mothers of the little artists will
have to be called into requisition In
preparing the shells, which can be
saved from eggs used for cake max
ing, omelets or other culinary pur-
poses. The decoration depends upon
the skill and patience of the child, but
the little chick or bunnie that figures
so conspicuously on Easter trifies Is
a favorite subject, while floral designs
galore can be utilized in this way. For
an arrangement such as is here pic
tured bolt of baby ribbon, pink, blue.
scarlet or whatever be the desired color
is required and the decorated shells
on their silken chain make a really
pretty souvenir. Representing the
handiwork of the little giver they pos
sess an added advantage on this ac-
count. Shells simply tinted in some
delicate hue and left plain or lettered
in gold may be substituted by the
child unequal to the more ambitious
decorative work, but the fancy variety
is apt to prove the favorite with. giver
and ENTHUSIASTICALLY Eagle.
The progress., 1904-05-14
OUR sELF-coNscIoUsNEss.
Americans Hampered in Thought by
the Fear Of What May Be
Said of Them.

Thoreau characteristically says: III
you want to know mans faults, ask his
friends. They will not tell you, but they
know" 1t is because we believe SO
thoroughly in America and Americans
that we interest ourselves in trying to
find out our faults, says Woman's Home
Companion. One such occurs to us to
which it seems worth while to call at
tention. This is our self-consciousnes
"a thing which does vast deal toward
hindering the freedom of the individual.
1t is this continued consciousness of self
that makes us Americans SO fearful OF
what our neighbors think of us, that
hampers us in our thought, and that
makes us less able to act as our right
reasoning would dictate. The English
man, for instance, sails along, calmly
ignoring the whole world This attitude
is provocative of much humor at his
expense, but does he not do better by
himself than the man who is continual
ly looking from right to left to see what
people about think Of him? The latter
is so busy that he has no time to realize
himself. mind your own business and
endeavor to be what you were made"
says the quotable Thoreau. That is
what we need to have drummed into us
from day to day. How people take our
jokes, how they like the cut of our frocks
or our coats, what they think of our sit
ting in the second balcony instead of the
orchestra of theater, whether they think
we are affected because we acknowledge
a liking for Browning-these are minor
matters indeed; but it is over just such
rifles that many of us waste precious
and more precious brain mat
.er. Let the man and the woman shake
himself or herself free from the coils of
what they say" or "how it looks" Let
hem be big enough not to bother about
such little things. Let them think less
about their own persons, and more how
to enjoy, and profit by, and be good in
The big. interesting world of people and
.hings which is all about them.
The progress., 1904-05-14
MopIsH SPRING GARMENT.
Noyeltv mat r Meeting with Much
1SEcr Il the Up-to-Date
Bertha.

Another little article for spring wear
Is an Eton of cloth cut very short.
The sleeves are chopped on above tho
elbow and bordered with three rows OF
contrasting stitching. The front Is cut
in scallops and there is a second row
Of scallops falling over the first row,
says the brooklyn Eagle.
A novelty which bears Parisian
stamp shows q little shoulder cape
built like bertha. 1t is high In the
neck, is cut on at the bust line and is
finished with rufae Of silk. It but
tons in the back. The front Is
trimmed with silk applique put on
fat.
The bertha Is undoubtedly one OF the
most fashionable of summer features.
and all sorts OF tricks are tried to SIM
ulate it upon gowns that have no
bertha, and particularly upon the old
shirt waists, to make them look like
new.
A French modiste, with many a lit
tie trick of dressmaking, is taking very
wide needlework, as fine as her patron
can afford, and is gathering it into
ruff1e. This she sews along the yoko
Of a wash shirt waist, outlining the
yoke in pointed fashion. The effect
is lovely. But. of course, 1t can only
be done when the waist opens in tho
back.
One Of the finest of silk blouses is
built of percaline blue louisine. 1t Is
buttoned down the back with Dresden
buttons. The front is tucked as to
the yoke. Outlining the yoke is
deep fiounce of Mechlin lace. The
sleeves are finished with wide cuff
Of chiffon and Mechlin-a lingerie cuff.
The high-necked bertha effect is
seen not only upon the wash gowns,
but on silk blouses as well. And not
only in the cheaper waists, but In
waists Of velvet, of velours, of hand
some brocade and Of the most expen-
sive lace blouses.
With the bertha there must be a
very youthful belt line or the effect
is lost. The prettiest and most youth
full belts are those that are made OF
velvet crushed, soft to the hand, and
laid around the waist in many folds
and fastened in the back. At the back
there can be long floating ends Of the
same material, or the girdle may be
finished with buckle and without the
sash effect.
The progress., 1904-05-14
How Much Is a Billion2

To an Englishman the billion dollar
steel corporation was impossible, fol-
to him a billion meant a million nil
lion. That was the original mean ing
of the word. and it still prevails in
England. A billion was a million
squared, and in the days when num-
bers were pointed off ., periods of six,
was written 100000, 100000. A trilIiol
was q million TO the third power-with
IS ciphers. When it became the fash
ion to divide numbers into periods Of
three places, the word billion came to
the meaning which it has now n
America and on the continent of Eu-
rope. Only the Englishman refuses 10
change. 1t is necessary to understand
this difference which divides the two
English-speahng nations. for man
should be sure whether or not he has a
right 20 call himself billienaire when
he visits London.
The progress., 1904-05-14
SUGGESTIONS FOR EASTER.


Elementary art instruction is includ-
ed in the curriculum of most OF the
schools of the day and despite the crit
icism that has been leveled ct the
"frills," so-called, of modern education.
little folks like to sketch with pencil
and pen and ink and dabble In water
colors. In all the schools excellent
work in this line is done by children
of nine years and upward and these
youthful artists take pride in their
drawing and color work that Is very
gratifying and encouraging to their In
structors. In class work the sketches
must, of course, be uniform, but the
enthusiasm and skill Of these clever
wielders OF the artists pencil, pen or
brush need not be confined to the
stereotyped models or suggestions OF
the classroom. A box Of paints and
drawing pencil are the inevitable pos
sessions of~the boy or girl who has
been endowed with the least bit OF
artistic talent and suggestion for
their use is contained in the accom-
panying sketch-half dozen sugges-
tions, in fact. Egg shells, a long pin
and baby ribbon are the necessary par
The progress., 1904-05-14
MONKEYS THAT WORK HARD
In Some Parts Of India They Are
Made to Keep in Motion-Fans
to Cool the Natives.

Monkeys actually are made to work in
Malabar, India, which is perhaps the only
place in the world where they earn their
salt. The Malabar monkey is of the fine
species known as the langur. 1t Is very
warm in Malabar, and there is a fan
called the punka, which used to be kept in
motion by a slave. 1t required slave to
work each punka; but now every punka
in Malabar is worked by monkey. 1t
was an English officer who conceived the
idea of making the langur work in that
manner. The fan is movable frame,
covered with canvas and suspended from
the ceiling The motion is caused by pull
ing cord. The officer tied the hands of
the langur to one of the cords, and then
by means of another cord put the machine
in motion. OF course, the monkeys
hand went up and down, and the animal
wondered what sort of game was being
played. Then the officer patted its head
and fed it with candy, till soon the langur
thought it fine fun to work the punka.
The experiment was successful, and now
thousandx of monkeys are in harness.
The progress., 1904-05-14
JUST A MATTER OF ACCENT
Case Of Guilty Conscience That Gave
Fair Guest Very Bad
Moment,

The canvasback duck looked very
tempting to the hungry dinner guest
but it was sliced into tantalizingly small
pieces, relates the New York Times.
She determined to take two, though q
guilty glance at the plates showed her
that none of the other guests had VEN
tured upon more than one. The slices
loomed up like whole ducks as they lay
before her, safely landed. Was every
body at the table gazing at them? To
her horror, the butler, instead of mov-
ing, on, stood holding the platter by her
side. Was the tone in his voice one of
stern disapproval or sarcasm? For
there he stood and asked:
How many?"
Her head swan. Clearly it was sar-
casm, but the insolence of the man!
She thought to close the incident grace
fully by turning with remark to her
neighbor. Not at ali. Retribution was
not to be put away thus lightly. Again
that cold. mocking voice in her ear:
"How many?"
Everybody at the table by this time
must be transfixing her and her two
slices; but she did not dare look up to
see. The butler must be drunk. What
was to be done to avoid a scene? Just
then from down the table came the
CHEEKY voice of the watchful host:
why, Mrs. Dusenberry, aren't you
going to take some hominy with your
duck?"