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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-28

MI S h.. Green. % prominent horse
man at Celeste, HUM Co. was In
WaNlhachie yesterday He -hipped
his great brood mare frankie Eiec-
Fitr here tp breed to sam Gmttan
Frankie ElvsUUtr b. t} Electric sN
dam h GvneVl Haucutb 5t Geo.
WILLIS 1es She j. ih, dam of Ler
teeh 2.Itl Will. hero Mr Green
visited fhe breeding Stables of Fiem-
us Nml. tpd Nahara and sa- eur-
prlsrd ,o Dnd sn mon. b.eh class
stallion. In EiN. euur Na
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-28

Thomas. Okla, March 2S.-Near
here in dugout George II. Horton
hanged himself. He was seventy
years old and had just married for
the fourth time. Absess on brain
caused insanity.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-28

Arcola, III. March 24-Wheu the
this section during the past ten days
We're being abused for rendering ru-
raj traffic almost impossible. w W.
Pepper rugged mp an old traction
engine and hay baler sailed forth
into "a big field vi dritted snow. and
baled n into lee blocks Owing TO
the mild weather here. not single
cake of natural ice had been stored
in the county. but Mr. Pepper now
has his icehouse fun
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-28

II YOU want the best carriage and
buggy service. phone a. Patton
Kennedy Company II
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-28
Notice

The Daily Light will print 1000
extra copies on next Friday afternoon
giving the fun pArtirulsFr of the
hanging Those desiring extra copies
may get them at this office at sc
each THE DAILY LIGHT
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-28
Mother of Noted pOeteSs Dies.

Sarah J. Wheeler. mother of Mrs
Robert Wilcox CELIA Wheeler viii
cox died at Short Beach AT the age
of ninety-two years.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-03-28

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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
The Story OF q Hymn.

The following ~. The story Of how
the famous missionary hymn, ''Froln
Greenlands Icy Mountains" came to
be written, as related by Heber's biog-
,.apher, George Smith: 1t was Whit
sunday in the year 1919. His father
in-law, the dean of st. Asaph, was
vicar Of Wrexham and arranged 10
preach the missionary sermon on the
day appointed. On the Saturday,
when preparing for the services, the
dean asked his son-in-law to write
something FOR them to sing IN the
morning. The almost immediate result
was the competition, as if by an in
Spiration, Of whit is still the greatest
hymn in the Chief missionary language
Of the race Retiring to L corner OF
the room, Heber at once wrote down
the first three verses, beginning From
Greenland's icy mountains when the
dean called out, What have You writ
ten? Heber read over the lines, when
the dean exclaimed, There, there; that
will do very Well No. replied the
poet; the sense is not complete, and
added the fourth verse He would
have gone on with a fifth, but the
dean was inexorable to his request,
Let me add another-oh, let me add
another And the hymn was sung
next morning in Wrexham church.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
Hidden Jewels.

The qccntity Of turQuoises that lie
hidden in jewelry, combined with 9th
er stones and with gold or by them
selves, is so extensive in the cities OF
eastern Europe that it is believed that
more of them are bought by gem mel.'
chants in this way than are at present
secured from the principal mines.
This is not strange, however, for not
only turquoises, but other precious
stones, are known to exist in remark
ably large collections in Constantinople
as well as in cities in Turkestan, Per-
sia and communities Of southeastern
Europe. They are hidden away in gin
ger jars, rugs, old boxes and other re-
ceptacles of the household, where the
owner believes there is little prospect
Of search being made for them. Gem
collectors who have searched for stones
in this part Of the world say that no
one can tell how many and what yalu-
able specimens are thus hidden away,
only to be brought to light when the
owner is absolutely forced to part with
them through dire necessity. Undoubt-
edly many gem brought from the IA
nous mines of India, Egypt and Per
sia has been thus secreted.-People's
Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
RnsiIisks and Dragons.

One Of the peculiarities Of the an
cient writer's on natural history sub
iects was the implicit faith which they
placed in the genuneness Of the varl-
Gus basilisk and dragon stories which
were told to them. Brunette, for an
instance to the point, relates with all
soberness that ''the basilisk is the king
of serpents. He wears q white crest
upon his head, and such is the abun-
dance of his venom that the air IS
poisoned wherever this dire reptile
passes. Trees in which he makes his
home exhale such q poisonous door
that birds in flying over are so over
come with it that they fall to the
ground dead.
The dragon" says the same au-
thor, sis the very largest Of serpents
and inhaDits especially India and Eth
opia. When be flies out of the caverns
in which he makes his home be fur
rows the air with such violence as to
make it CLEAN with fire. His mouth is
small, and he has not the power to in
Aict deadly wounds with his teeth.
In his tail, however, his power lies,
and with it he can instantly strangle
the largest elephant"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
Hebrew poetr. In Earnest

Hebrew poetry has power over our
feelings because it is always in dead
earnest. There is no play acting here.
When one sees or reads Hamlet" OF
Macbeth or King Lear" one is ah-
.sori,ed in the distress and suffering. but
behind the absorption is the sense OF
detachment from real affairs. Cncon-
sciously we feel that we can afford to
take part by imagination in the suffer-
ing because, after al, it is not real.
To understand and appreciate the
poetry of the Old Testament one must
remember that it is always real. ING
sutTerings Or the JOY or the faith is
the experince of real men uttering
forth the depths Of their soul. The
poetry had always the direct and prac-
tical purpose Of unburdening real feel
ing. There is no make believe here.
Even in Job the apparent form Of
drama is the thinnest Of masks for the
deep and real feelings which lie under
meath. The book is not an effort of the
author to imagine how such a man as
Job. suffering such trials, would have
felt, but rather the expression Of actual
distress over the hopeless plight Of his
people The mental tortureS under
which Job writhes are therefore those
Of real people in real and narrowing
perplexity and the overwhelming pow
er Of the answer Of the Almighty, the
direct witness Of faith which could
not be daunted by the most grievous
trialS.-J. II. Gardiner in Atlantic
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
The Austrian National LYNN.

The Austrian national anthem is one
Of the most beautiful of Haydn's melo-
dies and of national hymns. The words
Of the "Emperors Hymn" were writ
ten By the Jesuit priest L. L. Haschka
and were set to music by Haydn. On
Jan. 2S, 1I07, Count Won Saurau. gov
ernor OF Vienna, issued L decree that
''Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser should
be the Austrian national hymn, and Oh
Feb. u it was by order sung in all
the theaters Of Vienna. In England
it is familiar as the hymn tune "Aus-
tria." 1t is often sung to Newton's
lines, GLORIOUS things Of thee are
spoken" and sometimes also to Kemp
thorne's Praise the Lord, ye heavens,
adore him.
Haydn's affection for this beautiful
melody is well known. he afterward
employed it for the variations in the
'sKaiserquartet," op. 7G, No. 8, and
when he was near death and too weak
to stand ne was carried across the
room to the clavier and solelnnly play
ed the tune three times, according to
Herr Pohl, as his farewell to art. VIII
liam Gardiner, the Leicestershire stock
ing maker and musical amateur, sent
Haydn six pairs Of stockings woven
with the air Of Scott erhalte" and 9th
er melodies.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
The PickMick Papers.

In 1886 William Hall of the London
firm of Chapman & Hall, publishers,
had in mind an idea for new monthly
publication in which were to be pro-
duced some humorous cockney sport
ing plates by Robert Seymour. an art
ist then in much repute. Hall called
upon Dickens to talk the matter over
and suggested that the latter should
supply the letterpress, Fecounting the
comic adventures and misadventures
of the mc-'rary Nimrod club. AS
Dickens knew nothing Of sport, he felt
such a scheme would hamper him too
much to allow of his doing justice
either to himself or his publisher. 10
secure the unshackleG freedom which
he desired for his pen he said it would
be better if the plates We're to arise
out of the text. This view being
agreed to, Dickens says, 81 thought OF
Mr.. Pickwick and wrote the first num-
Der OF the series now comprehensiTelE
known as The Pickwick Papers. y
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
On Their Way.

During Il newspaper mems conyen-
ton, number Of journalists were one
afternoon talking of the tricks Of
'.the faithless types when Henry
Watterson said:
while I've heard Of Il great many
funny typographical breaks in my
time, about the oldest and most hu-
mororls .transposition Of the types that
ever came within my observation was
that in a New York paper some years
ago. That sheet used to print its ship
ping news on the same page with the
obituaries Imagine the glee with
which its readers found the captions
exchanged one morning, whereby a
long list of respectable names were
set forth under the marine head,
Passed Through He'll Gate Yester-
day."-Harpcr's Weekly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
DEAD WATER.
Effect of This Qucer Marine Phenoua.
enon Upon Ships Speed.

enon rpon q Ships Speed.
One of the most curious marine phe-
nomena known to seamen is that call
ed by Norwegian sailors dead water.
which. without any visible cause.
makes I vessel lose her speed and re-
fuse to answer her helm. The sailors
only definite knowledge Of its origin is
that it exists solely where there is 4
surface layer of fresh water resting
upon the salt waters OF the sea. Sey-
eral explanations have been advanced
by the captains Of ships OF the effect OF
dead water, the conimonest of which is
that the two water layers move in diff
ferent directions. The true cXplana-
ton, however, recently offered by Swe-
Gish nayigators and verified by mathe-
nent, is that in addition to the resist
ance waves ut the surface the vessel
creates second line of Subaqueous
waves between the two strata Of wa
ter.
The experiment carried out to DEM
onstrate tile truth Of this theory was
an exceedingly pretty one. y large
plate glass tank was first mounted on
a wooden frame The tank was then
filed to a certain depth with salt Wa
ter, and layer Of fresh water was
carefully poured on to the surface, so
that two separate water layers were
obtained.
The salt water was blackened with
liquid Chinese ink before the water
layers were prepared, and in this way
the different layers were made clearly
visible. 4 boat model was then towed
along the tank and q silhouette Of the
waves produced was obtained by plac-
ing white screen at a short distance
behind the tank. The waves were also
photographed by hashlight, and the re-
suits showed conclusively that waves
actually were set up at the boundary
line between the two liquids.
Further experiments were made to
verify the sudden los; Of speed due to
dead water The boat model was
string suddenly Slackened when the
boat was about halfway across. In
cases where the tank contained salt
water only the boat stopped gradually,
moving some boat lengths after the
towing string had been slackened.
When the tank contained 4 layer Of
fresh water resting on salt water, on
the other hand, the boat slackened
speed quite suddenly and moved only a
very short distance.
These experiments, carried ont Oh
small scale, prove conclusiyely that the
difficulties encountered withic q dead
water zone are really due to the re-
sistance experienced By the vessel in
generating invisible waves at the fresh
water salt water boundary, although in
some particular cases the influence Of
undercurrents must also doubtless be
taken into aceount.-New York Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The most acceptable form Of polite
ness is cleanliness.
Because you say you intend to do
thing it isn't done.
About all some men are good for is
to second the motion"
You may think you are entertaining,
but there are people lodging you all
the time.
Don't send ten dollar flowers to the
funeral of a man whose family is left
without any income.
The man in Il dangerous location
never thinks he is in dangerous loca-
ton or he wouldn't be there.
The owner Of horse and buggy
tries to be modest. but he can't help
showing that he feels little superior.
The first insurance against trouble
that children learn about is to get a
promise from mother that she will not
tell father.-Atchison Globe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
Men Have Not Desenerated.

1t is common to hear of the giant
people who lived in the old days, yet
it is decidedly uncommon to find proof
that the average ancient was any lar
ger or more powerfully built than the
average person Of the present day.
The Egyptian mummies show these
reople to have been Of medium size
The remains taken from the catacombs
do not differ in size from the people
Ct the present, while the armor which
was worn by the warriors Of the long
ago fit as readily the forms of people
who are not ut all gigantic or at least
extraordinarily above the average ell
ther in girth or stature. There were
great men in the old days, but as great
still obtain in this twentieth century.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
AN ARCTIC CREVASSE.
Narrow Escape From Death In Its
Fathonless Cavern.

Anthony Fiala, in his records of
Two Years In the Arctic in Nc
Clure's Magazine. tells of bis rescue
from a deep creyasse on Honlici island.
He was crossing an ice cap when tile
snow gave way beneath him. lie be.
gan a frightful descent and then los:
consciousness.
On recovering consciousness. he
writes, found myself wed@ed between
two curves in the walls Of the crevasse,
the convex surfaces Of which narrow
ed sufficiently to hold me between the
breast and back Ny left arm was
bent over my breast and had prevent
ed me from falling through the neck
Of the funnel Beneath was q great
cavern in which I could move my legs
without finding tie walls. Had step
ped three feet farther to the right l
should have dropped in depths un-
fathonable
The darkness was intense, but far
above me shone 4 faint halo of blue
with rays of light that came part way
along a face of black, CLASSY ice. This
told me where the men were. They
asked how deep I had fallen. Shout
cd that l was about 80 feet down. for
so it seemed to me. Just then I heard
an awful sound in the creyas>2. 1t
appeared to come from below. My
first thought was that pack of dogs
had fallen in with me. Soon the noise
turned into articulate speech, and l
learned that St2::&:"d Spencer, who
had tried to save me, h::;l fallen in too.
At last I saw above me the end Of
O rope, which gradually neared. My
right arm was free, and at last. the
precious line was in my hand. I pain
fully made a bowline in the end of the
rope, the fingers of my left hand being
fortunately free. Slipping the moose
over my right foot. called to those
above to haul away. I called to them
to move the rope to the right and then
to lower me. and after considerable
difficulty in the dense darkness 1 dis
covered the steward, but could not
rescue him on account Of 4 projection
Of ice that interfered. l told him it
would be best for the men to haul me
up and then send the rope down again
for him. to which he agreed. I was
drawn to the surface just in time. l
tainted OH reaching the top. The
steward was hauled up next. No bones
were broken, but a cut on the stew
ards face required stitching.
On measuring the rope Seaman Duffy
found we had fallen to the depth Of
seventy feet into the creyasse, a prov
idential escape, for if we had fallen
short distance farther to the north,
where the crevasSe widened, We
should have descended beyond the
reach Of help.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
"a TO r Z Aa
p..,.+ +,o 4 The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature at L@zz2Nzzu
SEeDtical.

There was elected to the city council
of Chicago once 4 politician OF local
note by reason Of his frank and aD-
solute cynicisn,, frequently expressed
with reference to reform in politics.
For reformers as class the cynical
Chicaeoan had only,a contemptuous but
good natured jest. 1t is said that on
the occasion of the retirement Of
federal otficeholder. an Illinois man
who had long fed ut the public crib
some one had observed to the council
man that the officeholder in question
was reported to have resigned for the
reason that he had tired Of politics and
Of Office. "!After all" said the friend.
BLANKS Il prett, fine sort. Great
church member. He says that he vii:
devote the remainder Of his life to do
ing good"
'.That so?'' lazily asked the council
man. "Who's this fellow Good:'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
The Power Of Intuition.

..The mower of intuition usually spok-
on Of as being so mysterious is really
not so ut all" said woman recently
sIt is merely the ordinary method OF
reasoning from observation intensified
The so called imtuitional person differs
from the one Of more commonplace
powers in possessing 4 keener sensl-
tiveness to facts. She or he, for it IS
absurd to assert that this power IS eS-
clusively feminine, observes thou
sand things that persons OF duller sense
fail to see and that are beyond the con-
troll Of the most skillful actor. New
York Tribune
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
An Extraordinary Forest.

The most extraordinary forest in the
world was discovered by DR.. Wei
witsch and occupies i tableland some
six miles in width near the west coast
of Africa. The popularity of the trees
IS that, though their trunks are as
much as four feet in diameter, they at
tain the height of only foot. No tree
bears more than two leaves, and these
attain a length Of six and q breadth Of
two feet.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
Death From LockiaW

never follows an injury dressed with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Its antiseptic
and healing properties prevent blood
poisoning. Chas. Oswald, merchant of
Rensselaersville, N. Y. writes: 1T
cured Seth Burch, ofthis place, of tie
ugliest sore on his neck I ever saw
Cures, Cuts, Wounds, Burns and Sores.
25c at The Arant Co. Drug store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
Those Tourists.

NJ. Perrichon (visiting Switzerlandt
We'll. Mary, we'll take another view
Of this lake and then we can return to
Paris. Nine. P.-Why not see some OF
the others? NJ. P.-Well, don't see
the necessity. 1t seems to me that
one lake mist be very much like an
other Sivant.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
A Good Dog.

"What kind Of a dog is that?' asked
the inquisltiTe man.
"I dunno tes' what kind Of dog he
is" answered Mr.. Erastus Pink!ey,
"but he's got good stock in i'm. Dat
dog IS so many kinds of dog dat dar's
got to be good dog somewhere e.
Washington Star.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
Danger in Asking Advice.

When you have cough or cold do
not ask some one what is good for it as
there is dangerin taking some unknown
preparation. Foley's Honey and Tar
cures coughs and colds and prevents
pneumonia. The genuine is in a yellow
package. Refuse substitutes. The Arant
Co. Drug store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
An Alarming Situation

frequently results from clogged bowels
and torpid liver, until constipation be-
comes chronic. This condition is un-
known to those who use DR. Kings New
Life Pills; the best and gentlest regu-
lators of stomach and bowels. Guarao-
teed by The Arant Co. Druggist. Price
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
Reasonable Superstition.

Binks-I believe that Mary does not
love me any longer. Jinks-Did she say
as much? Binks-No, but she let her
little sister sit In the parlor with US
last eYening.-Woman's Home Com
pantou,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
The Truth.

4 teacher in explaining the different
kinds Of sentences to her class, asked
what it would be If she said, Il am
looking for @ man"
81 don't know" said the boy at the
foot Of the class, "but think it would
be the truth."-Lucerne Standard.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05

Floods the body with warm, glowing
vitality, makes the nerves strong, quick
ems circulation, restores natural vlgor,
makes you feel like one born again.
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. 33c.
DR.. W. E. Brown & Co.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05
r.ooEin~ backward.

Do you ever look back over your ears
and think how many times you have
made a fool Of yourself? We do
Mancos Times-Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-05

lie is not only idle who does nothing,
but he IS idle who might be better en-
ployed.-Socrates.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1906-05-04
ANOTHER PRISONER
ESCAPES FROM JAIL

John Williams, negro con-
fined in the jail here on the charge
of larceny, escaped last Friday
night. The Jail door was found
to be unlocked and the fight of
the prisoner discovered early in
the night, but efforts to locate
him have so far failed. It is not
known whether Williams received
outside aid or whether the door
was left open through carless-
ness. The specific charge against
the prisoner was the stealing OF
a horse from w. r. Counts sew
eral weeks ago.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1906-05-04

room and with all who came in
contact with her. A husband
and seven children survive her,
to whom we extend our sympa-
thy. Her grave was covered with
beautiful showers. She lived to
the advanced age Of "A years.
The funeral services Of Lyman
Woodbridge was held at New
Bethlehem church last Monday.
Death is always sad, but when it
comes to the young, those who
are in the bloom of life, it is in.
deed distressing. Lyman was
just 19 years of age. His mother
took him to the west, hoping it
would be beneficial, but like SO
many, he came home to die. Mrs.
Woodbridge was reared in Her
nando and her many friends sym
pathize with her in this loss of
her younger son.
Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1906-05-04
RESORTED TO FORCE
TO EWCT HIS FATHER

Albert Suggs, young negro
living near Pleasant Hill, was
arraigned before Justice Lauder
dale here last Saturday on a
charge of assault and put under a
peace bond of $50. The charge
was preferred by the young bucks
father, who claimed that his son
had whipped him several times
during the year. The cause of
the dispute between the father
and son was the ownership of a
piece of land, which WAS owned
by the old man, but which the
son claimed to have purchased in
a trustees sale. The old negro
claimed that the sale was illegal
and refused to move.