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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-12-19

Forresfon. Tex Dec. IS.Dear
Santa Claus: Please bring me three
Christmas books. q sad iron, q little
lamp and some other little tors: also
some oranges, apples, candy and
nuts. A merry Christmas to ALL
Ina May Calvert
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Charter Oak cook stoves and
Majestic Ranges are leaders every
where. VIII Moore Hardware CO. II
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$1,000
Cnristm1ae and NappY New Tear tn
al. Morris Calvert.
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Waxahachie, Tex. Dec. IG.-Dear
Santa Claus. Sister and will write
you a letter We want you to bring US
a nice doll that can open and shut
its eyes. We have a sweet little
sister just four months old. She
has never seen Christmas and you
must be sure to bring her lots OF
nice presents Your little friends. -
Maudy and Gladys Hopper.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-12-19

Waxahaehie, Texas Dee, Ill
want YOU TO bring me some fruit, Il
wagon, an air gun. fire crackers,
roman candies, pistol and caps,
Good bye - Gift Wilson.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-12-19

Waxahachae, Tex, Dec. is Dear
Santa Claus: am a little boy six
years old, aud | want YOU TO bring
RE saddle, bride and blanket, a
drum. some fire works. book. some
caps for my pistol. and bring my lit
tic brother big stick Of candy a
large Rubber ball and q RATHER. III
hs Il good boy all the time. Your
loying boy VIII BTownlee Fergu~
son iF
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Maxahachie, Tex. Dee IA Dear
Santa Please be sure 10 bring me
4 train, rubber ball, horn and wheel
barrow. and good ball for dog
Flash to play with lie likes 10 play
with a ball Hoodbyc till Christ
mas Parks McComhs
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-12-19

Waxahachie. Texas. Dec ia
Please bring me football, steam
engine and black board won't ask
for very much this time so you viii
have something for the other little
folks Good bye Louie McCombs.
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Waxahachie. Tex, Dec. 10. Dear
Santa Claus. love you and will give
you every cent OF my money II YOU
need H. ! will be seven years old
on Christmas eve. Please bring me
a long doll and trunk, some dishes
and fire crackers Your little friend
Marion Celeste Billups
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Waxahaehie, Tex, Dec. l7.-Dear
Santa Claus | thought / would let
yon know what | want YOU To bring
me Christmas. ! want fire en-
CINE, drum. riding whip, some
fire works and nice lot of fruit and
candy You need not bring me a
horn for Uncle Charley is going to
send me one from Abilene. Good
bye. Your loving friend Herman
Matkiu Ragiand
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Waxahachie, Tex, Dec. a.. Dear
Santa Claus: Please bring me a
bank with key TO IL. story book,
fire crackers, roman candles, sky
rockets. a pair of nice red gloves,
candy. oranges and other nice things
to eat. Your little friend. Homer
Mccartney
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Waxahachie. Tex. Dec l. IT Dear
Santa Claus Please bring me big
doll. set OF dishes. castor aud o
table 10 put my dishes on. Please
don't forget the little orphans where
Brother Bush lives Your little
friend - 0risne McCombs
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Waxahachie, Tex, Dec. f6.-My
Dear Santa Claus / want a few
things. want a story book, some
fire crackers. a loop the loop and a
false face. Your little friend Bry~
an BiIlups.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-08-11
The GREAT
S1AL OF
MARYLAND
THAT EXPLAINED 1T.

A Methodist congregation, who
regretted the departure of minis
ter whose time had expired, piled the
pastor with questions about the man
appointed to succeed him.
The pastor gravely answered
them
"He is a good man and an able
preacher, but-there, don't suppose
1 ought to say nothing, and think
on reflection that won't"
Of course this inflamed everybody's
curiosity, and they insisted on his ex-
planning.
After disclaiming any intention to
prejudice the new man he informed
them that the coming minister parted
his hair in the middle. The congre-
CATION we're indignant, but decided to
suspend final judgment until they had
seen the new man. The next Sunday
when he walked composedIy up the
aisle every eye was upon him, and as
he faced the people there was broad
smile on every face in the chapel. He
was bald
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-08-11
geleft Mistellany,
In Prison for Debt.

1t is commonly supposed that in
these days there is no Imprisonment
for debt in England, but the supposi-
tion is wrong, but in substance and in
fact.
True, the term imprisonment for
debt" is done away with, perhaps be-
cause the debtor does not pay his debt
by going to prison, yet to prison he
goes for it all the same, although in
The eS rs anrt in the phraseology oI
the law he goes there for contempt
of court" whereas in 80 per cent. OF
such cases the poor defaulter suffers
his seven, fourteen or twenty light
days "close confinement" solely be-
cause Of his inability to pay the month
ly sum ordered by the judge Or mag
istrate
"Nor, as already said, does the in
carceration pay what is owing. For
if the creditor chooses to do 50 be can
have the debtor committed again i'm
mediately after one term has been
served and so on as long as the debtor
lives, because the judgment goes on
forever unless the amount of it be
paid.
But the second commitment on the
same judgment is very rare.
At the jail in certain eastern coun'
ty, where the writer of this article
spent fourteen days, he was not re-
ceived as felon would be, but decid-
edly not as a non-law breaker should
be received and treated.
The time of arrival was 2 P. NJ.
He had no dinner, 80 after his pock-
cts had been emptied and the articles
tabulated he was given six ounces OF
brown bread and four ounces of "Har-
riet LANE. e., timed Australian
mutton.
He was then put into a ''receiving
CELL" eight feet by four feet six inches
with concrete floor six feet below the
level of the earth and decidedly damp,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-08-11
CHAPTER 81.

AN ACT to amend Section "a of Article
of the Constitution of this State.
SECTIoN Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Maryland (three- -tfths
of all the members of the two Houses con.
curring) That the following section be
and the same is hereby proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution Of this
State, and if adopted by the loyal and
qualified voters thereof, as herein pro-
vided, it shall supersede and stand in the
place and stead Of Section "a Of Article
of said Constitution.
SECTION "a. No debt shall be hereaf-
ter contracted by the General Assembly
unless such debt shall be authorized by a
law providing for the collection Of an an
nual tax or taxes sufficient to pay the in
terest on such debt as it falls due, and
also to discharge the principal thereof
within fifteen years from the time of con-
tracing the same, and the taxes laid for
this purpose shall not be repealed or ap-
piled to any other object until the said
debt and interest thereon shall be fully
discharged. The credit of the State shall
not in any manner be given or loaned to,
ar in aid of any individual, association or
corporation, nor shall the General AS
sembly have the power in any mode to
involve the State in the construction of
works of internal Improvement, nor in
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-08-11

The handshake of some people
makes you think of accident and death
Contrast this i'll boding hand with a
quick, skillful, quiet hand of a nurse
whom l remember with affection be-
cause she took the best care of my
teacher. l have clasped the hands
Of some rich people that spin not and
toll not and yet are not beautiful.
Beneath their soft, smooth roundness
what a chasm OF undeveloped char
acter
And this is my private science of
palmistry, and when l tell your for.
tune it is by no mysterious intuition of
gypsy witchcraft, but by natural, ex-
plicable recognition of the embossed
character in your hand. Not only is
the hand as easy to recognize as the
face, but it reveals its secret more
openly and unconsciously. People
control their countenances, but the
hand is under no such restraint. 1t
relaxes and becomes lstless when the
spirits are low and detected, the mus
cles tigh ghten when the mind is excited
or the hear. glad, and permanent
qualities stand written on it all the
time
As there are many beauties of the
face, so the beauties of the hand are
many. Touch has its ecstacies. The
hands of people of strong individuali-
ty and sensitiveness are wonderfully
mobile In glance at their finger
tips they express many shades Of
thought Now and again l touch q
fine, graceful, supplemented hand
which spells with the same beauty
and distinction that you must see in
the handwriting of some highly culti'
vated people. wish you could see
how prettily little children spell in my
hand. They are wild flowers of human
ity and their fnger-motions wild flow.
ers ofspeech.-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-08-11
1laetry,
THE OLD BRIGADE.

The following poem was written by j. NJ. Burton,
| whose father, Capt. William H. burton, OF the
Thirteenth Alabama Regiment. was wounded at
Second Bull Run, May H. 1864. Captain Burton
died the anniversary of that battle in 1888, and
this poem was written on the anniversary ceebrat
| ed a few weeks ago. The language quoted toward
the Close slightly paraphrased is that used by Cap
tain Burton Oh his deathhed
The morn creeping gen ly DER the pine trees
on the hili.
And the nists were slowly Using from the r.ver--
cold and still;
1t was MAY y-time and the swampland was blazs
of glory, bright
And the mocker's came ringing from Catapa bos-
SONS white
In cottage, plain and simple, built in days now
long gone by,
One fighting with the fever With the death
glaze his eye,
He was drifting, swiftly drifting, to the vast and
On his ears faint voices falling from the dim and
distant lea
Bring my comr AIDES close about me, foc the past
has come once more.''
And the Of the old soldier seemed to catch the
old-time roar
windows wide:
Let hear the shifting squadron's shout amid the
ba tile tide;
Let mine old eyes catch the nting of the bayonets
arrayed,
Let me hasten thro' the corntied yonler stands my
old brigade!
"Come, comrades; gather round me and let me
Gasp each hand;
Come. let gaze once more on you, gray relics of
our band -
Our band that stood with StonewaI on Bull Runs
red plateau,
And saw the Northern banners CLEAN above the
Northern foe.
Comrades do you remember how we'll we stood that
day,
And rolled the dark blue b,liows back in sheets OF
bloody spray
Doyou recall those blazing days on Rappahan-
nock's shore,
When peasd the guns OF brigade with heavy
sullen roar?
Do your dim eyes o'erlOoking you fields of waving
grain,
Can you, when day dreaming, ever catch the bugle
notes OF yore?
Can you hear the sweet revee by the blue Poto-
macs shore?
am going, swiftly going, but my failing eyes now
iaoos VI Tue ou brigade tnat followed after Lee
Come close, dear old comrades for live again the
| past,
And see the Southern banner borne amidst the
blast.
Hark' come listen to the bugles they heralding
the foe!
| Can't you the dark blue masses In the valley
here below?
Look, here rides the smiling Stuart with his nod
ding plume on high
There, Ewell-yonder Ashby-bravest for the South
| | am coming. Pelham's planting all his guns upon
the crest
[ am Observation-Disclosures my musket?-let me die
among the rest.
Yonder-stl our dear flag iuters, dancing i'll the
soft May air;
While we tarry here like cowards Jackson's charg-
ing over there!'
| Then he fell back on the pillows-far beyond all
mortal aid
Death fell ON him he muttered-"Im with the
old brigade"
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NO 33
as was proved by the wet salt kept
there for the prisoners use.
Two honrs later he was removed to

there for the prisoners use.
Two hours later he was removed to
another receiving cell, this time with
wooden floor, twelve feet long and
six feet wide. At o'clock there
came his supper, pint OF weak oat-
meal Cruel and eight ounces Of the
ubiquitous brown bread-the staple
article of diet and the best.
His bed was two-inch thick mat
tress of cocoanat fiber laid on th rec
boards supported on cross pieces aheent
three inches from the floor.
The bedclothes were ample, but
the pillow and bed boards were Of a
decidedly hard nature.
At quarter to 8 a loud bell rang
to 90 to bed, and at 8 o'clock the gas
Tin a small hole in the wall and shut
out of the cell by piece of thick cor
rugated glass; was turned out. All
debtors get this treatment.
On the following morning at 7:3O
there came breakfast-a pint of weak
tea and eight ounces of the brown
bread. Then the doctor called.
care you all right?"
Eyes, thank you" And the door
banged like clap of thunder.
Then came the chaplain, a clergy
man from outside, rather old, much
Grabbed and certainly unfit for his
post He snapped like terrier with
toothache, yet there was a growl in
his snap.
"Ump! What are you here fort"
"Debt."
"Debt! Umph Why don't you he
honest and pay your debts 7" And
the door banged louder than before.
Finally came the governor of his daily
round of inspection.
A days routine was simply this
Up at the ring of bell at 5.45, dress
in the dark; then came lights, beds
and bedding were put away, cells and
corridor swept and busted and cell
utensils cleaned; at 730 breakfast,
each prisoner being then locked in his
cell till $50, at which time all were
mustered and marched to chapel.
Then from chapel to cell again, to
be locked in until the governor made
his smart pace round Of inspection,
saying as he sped past each cell door,
ANY complaints?" but one had to be
there week before the two words be
came clear enough to be understood.
When he had gone all the debtors
were put into a room to pick cocoa
nut fiber. Then came an hours ex-
ercise in large yard that dinner and
another locking in till 1.30 p. M, fol-
lowed by another hours exercise and
more fiber picking up to $50. At
535 there was tea, when each man
was again locked in till o'clock next
morning.
The debtors were allowed to speak
to each other while at work and at
exercise; they wore their own clothes
if they wished to there was no stipu-
lated amount of work to be done, and
here ended the only practical differ
ences between them and the lawbreak-
ers in the other part of the prison
Peorson's Monthly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-08-11

Now, THEREFORE,, /, EDWIN WAR
FIELD, Governor of the State of Mary
land, in pursuance of the provisions OF
Section of Article IA of the Constitution
of the State of Maryland, and of the man
date of the Court of Appeals OF the State
of Maryland, Go hereby order and direct
that copy of each of said bills proposing
said amendments to said Articles l and 3
Of the Constitution Of the State be pub
lished in at least two newspapers in each
of the counties of the State, where so
many may be published, and in any
county where not more than one newspa-
per may be published, then in that news
paper, and in three newspapers in the
city of Baltimore, one of which shall be
in the German language, once week for
at least three months preceding the next
general election, which said election will
be held on the 7th day of November, 1906,
at which election the said proposed
amendments shall be submitted, in
the form and manner prescribed
by the General Assembly, to the
legal and qualified voters of the State for
adoption or rejection.
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granting any aid thereto which shall in
volye the faith or credit of the State; mol
make any appropriation therefor, except
in aid of the construction Of works Of in
ternal Improvement in the counties OF st,
Mary's, Charles and Calvert, which had
no direct advantage from such works as
have been heretofore aided by the State;
and provided that such aid, advances or
appropriations shall not exceed IN the ag-
gregaie the sum of five hundred thousand
dollars, and they shall not use or appro-
pirate the proceeds OF the Internal I'M
provement companies, or OF the State tax
now levied or which may hereafter be
levied to pay off the public debt, to any
other purpose until the interest and DEBT
are fully paid, or the sinking fund shall
be equal to the amount of the outstanding
debt; but the General Assembly may,
without laying tax, borrow an amount
never to exceed fifty thousand dollars TO
meet temporary deficiencies in the treas
ury, and may contract debts to any
amount that may be necessary Tor the
defense of the State.
Constitution contained shall deprive the
General Assembly of the power to appor-
ton amongst and to appropriate to the
city of Baltimore and the several coun-
ties of the State out of any funds in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a
sum of money not exceeding four hundred
thousand dollars each year, to be expend d.
ed only in the construction and mainte-
nance of public roads and highways un-
der and in accordance with such regula-
tions as the General Assembly may from
time to time prescribe
SECTION 9. And be it furthe, enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the aforegoing g
section hereby proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution shall be, at the next
general election held in this State, sub
mitted to the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their adoption or rejection, in
pursuance of the directions contained in
Article IA of the Constitution OF this
State, and at the said general election the
vote on said proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be by ballot, and upon
each ballot shall be printed the words:
"For Constitutional Amendment and
against Constitutional Amendment, as
now prescribed by law, and Immediately
after said election due return shall be
made to the Governor of the vote for and
against said proposed anne endment, as
directed by the said fourteenth article of
the Constitution.
This is to certify that this engrossed
document proposing an Amen dment to
the Constitution of the State Of Maryland,
the original Of which was passed by the
Senate by yeas and meas, more than three
ffths of all the members elected voting in
the affirmative, on March 3, 1904.
SPENCER G. JONES,
President of the Senate
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary of the Senate.
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This is to certify that this engrossed
document proposing an Amendment to
the Constitution of the State Of Maryland,
the original of which was passed by the
House of Delegates by yeas and meas,
more than three fifths Of all the members
elected voting in the affirmative, on
March 10, 1904.
GEORGE Y. EVERHART,
Speaker Of the House of Delegates
BENJAMIN L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk
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