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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09

Enoch Wood, a rustic celebrity, who
was locally famous as a cricketer, dled
in 1852, and this was raised to his MEM
DRY:
thread gently. stranger. meath this
mound,
The bones of Enoch Wood are laid,
Hard by the village cricke- ground
Whereon in life he often played
How oft in vain the bowlers sought
To bring an end to EnOchs stay!
How oft his curly ones have brought
To other batsmen dire dismay
Alas! no more he'll make a score,
For faced by that grim bowler. Govt.
He CHANGED to get his Leg before,
And Death, he umpire. gave him Out,
His game OF life is played and won,
An honest man-brave, gentle, sage,
He'll hear the Victor's need. Well
doner
When God works out his average"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09

4 She was clever and beautiful
stubborn.
The only person who could manage
her at all was the court jester. He
never contradicted her, but shrewdly
advised her always TO do the very OPP
posite of what he really wished her
TO do. In this way the Princess and
he got on beautifully together until
one dreadful day.
On that day the King, who had been
busy examining papers, was lunching
quietly in his study, and the court
jester was the only person waiting on
him. The Princess was also in the
apartment and amused herself by
looking at everything in the room.
Suddenly she interrupted her father.
''See what a funny old cloak I've
found in that big Cupboard" she ex-
claimed What do you keep IL for,
father?"
The King, bel rather cross at the
interruption and forgetting his daugh-
ter's unlucky stubbornness, spoke
rather sharply and 20 the point:
Put 1T right back, my dear"
why, pray tell T' demanded the
Princess; obstinately.
The court jester motioned to the
King to be careful, but in vain.
Because / bid you do so, my daugh-
be seen rather than heard" he return
ed irritably.
Then 1 shan't," declared the naughty
Princess. "I shall put ii on and see
how / look in it. and 1 prefer to be
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
Puzzle in Verse.

1t is heard in France and IN YER
SailleS, too,
In Eiffel Tower and Nice 1t also has
something TO do.
out,
In the French republic it is. without
doubt;
In, every French city" 1t occurs
thrice,
In the palace, even the "kut overrun
by mice
1t is in so many places that can
not be said,
So. my dear friends. I will rest my
weary head.
(What am I'D
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09

Care there any amusing or curious cpl
taphs on old headstones in your neigh
boring cemeteries, boys and girls? Pol
ly Evans would be glad 10 hear what
they are, IL you will kindly write 10 her.J
TvHIS inscription is TO be found on a
tombstone in an English church
yard. The man to whose memory
ii was raised was, as the writing ex-
plains, fond OF eating:
Here lie the bones
OF Joseph Jones,
Who ate whilst he was able;
But once o'erfed
He dropped down dead
And fell beneath the table
When from has tomb
To meet his doom
He rises amidst sinners.
Since he must dwell
In heaven or -,
Take him-which gives best dinners"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
Not Under Control.

Tommy had got into a bad habit OF
making faces behind his teachers back
at school He always prided him
self on his smartness at never being
caught; but he made an ugly gTimcae
once too often.
What are you doing, YOU bad boy?'
demanded the Wrathfu' teacher. fash
ing round and almost whitening the
lad with a fierce look
"Oh, please, sir" whin,pered Tommy,
Il was going TO laugh. but my face
slipped"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
What Famous Poetp
A Peculiar Sea Anemone

lNk attach themselves to rocks or
- other hard substances, but
there are some that make their boms
IN ~ SAND, in which they can bury
surface of which they can as readiIy
rise. Nelu44J
Extended, these sea anemones NAV
De seven or eight inches in length, or
that their tentacled upper disc is
nusn with the surface OF the sand or
mud IN which they bury themselves.
or II may be drawn down a little be-
low II, making a little depression. a
Verltsb bic trap for any small creature
that might chance to wander that
way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
A Cat With Wings.

The boatswain of the Caspian" an
English schooner, brought with him
from India strange animal-bird,
which he always referred to as his
.Tabby." 1t certainly looked more ike
cat than anything else; but II was
probably some freak OF the animal
world. 1t two pairs Of wings, but
could fly only with difficulty, like a
tame duck.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
Jumbled Verse.

Familiar lines by Robert Browning.
Can you read them?
Eminlah ownst nj Brunswick,
Yb amusof AnOverh city;
The iverr Weser, eepd and ediw,
Ashesw its walls on the nrethous eds;
A pleasanter tops you reven deips.
But, newh snigeb my yttid,
TsmOia evif derdnuh sreay ago,
To see the klof snwot reffus so.
From vermin. was a pity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09

Ills neau .OOn,u several sizes smaller
and himself several inches taller than
before his hair was cut.
Papa. I want to give a lock of my
hair TO mamma" said Benny.
''All right" said his father: well
go TO the jewelers. and have him put IL
in a pretty locket And by the time we
are ready to start for home il will be
ready for rs"
So, that evening they got the locket
from the jewelers. and gave it to Ben
ny's mother. When she saw Benny and
then the lock OF hair she broke down
and cried a little.
For. Benny. Benny. you aren't my
baby boy any more" she sighed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09

heard rather than seen myself"
Then, paying no heed to the TESTERS
violently shaken finger or her fathers
sudden cry OF alarm, she threw the
cloak over her shoulders.
Instantly she vanished
"Oh, Z where am ~" she cried and
triedto tear off the cloak, but her eff
forts were of no use, for the cloak
chung to her shoulders as If 1t grew
there. Up in the air she rose and
away she fioated over the city straight
toward the country.
At last she sank gently to earth
again In a quaint meadow. 1t was
a sunny, clear day, and there was
and her flock of geese So the Prin-
cess walked up to the child. thinking
she would send her to the village
nearby 70 get her a carriage in which
she could have herself driven home.
But when she spoke, the little one
screamed with terror and ran away.
Stupid child!' thought the Prin-
cess; well, the village is so close that
III go myself"
But the same thing happened in the
village Every one she spoke 10 ran
away in terror. till at last she was
so tired and frightened herself that
she almost wept. And she was hun
CRY. too; and SO when a fat bakers
boy ran from her screaming and left
his basket of rolls on the ground, the
Princess calmly chose one and ate it.
home, she thought, and for the
milk, too, which L see the silly milk
man left behind in his fight. But
oh! why does everybody run away
from me, l wonder?"
And she might have continued won
dering to this hour IL a curious thing
had not happened
1t was growing dark and chilly, and
the Princess was sitting by the road
side, cold and unhappy, without an
idea how far from home she was, and
wishing she had not been so foolish
and stubborn, when she heard a soft
cry of pain. There on the grass near
her was a tiny, ragged baby boy,
just able to toddle. He was whimper-
ing with pain, for his little bare feet
were bruised and cut
The Princess forgot her troubles.
"Oh. poor darling" she said, and
jumped up. And. strange to say, the
baby stopped crying and let her battle
his feet in the brook and bandage
them with strips from her soft mus
lin dress.
And then she gathered him under the
old cloak and sang him to sleep. Just as
he fell asleep, what do you suppose hap
pened? Why, the Princess found her
self lifted in air and flying straight to-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
Enigma.

am composed of 3 letters
My first is in car, but not in ride,
My second is in eye, but not in lio,
My third is in had. but not in have,
My fourth is in came, but not in come
My fifth is in wrote, also in write,
My whole is the name of a tree.
What am /?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
Double Puzzle.

The first letter of the hidden names
in the following sentences put to-
gether will spell the name OF river
in France:
L lie said as appearances were de-
ceitful he could not trust her. (Find
part Of a tree.)
2 As her father died yesterday, she
could not come. Grind the name Of a
tree)
3. The ode ran on in the same
strain as at first (Find a river in
Europe.)
4. When it began to rain, 1 left the
house. Grind river IN the Eastern
hemisphere.)
8: The Eskimo loves the reindeer
Grind girls narne.)
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
Some Amusing Epitaphs

Weep, stranger, for father spilled
From q stagecoach and thereby killed;
His name was John Sykes. maker OF
SaSSangerS,
slain with three othsr outside passen-
gers"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
Beheadings.

1 am a girls name.
:. L am girl s name: behead me and
l am what little boy did
B. am grain; behead me and 1
am what comes from the sun.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
What Was williams sharep

Aunt Hannah gives James cents,
Harry 6 cents, Thomas 10 cents and
William as much as the rest put to-
gether. How much did William re-
ceive, and how many thumps did they
give him when they got him out
slider
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09

A stone in an English churchyard
shows this plaintive epitaph. The trade
of the deceased while he was alive and
the manner OF his death are both .ex-
planned in the quaint rhyme:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
What Does This Picture Meanp

Y Y ERE is picture which represents
ID the name of one of the signeTs
of the Declaration of Independ-
ence. Can you read it?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
Jumbled Names.

Characters from Shakespeare. See
If you can name them all)
/. OOemr 2. Abcmeth. 8. Ventaline.
4. Rotpush. 5. Lamhet 6. Letjui.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09

becomes sOftened, and may be pressed
into any form. Water will again harden
ii. You might remarE to your friends
that you had at first thought of exhibit
ing the hen in that bottle, but left that
trick for another occasion.
Another good trick is the fre-eater
trick:
Prepare a piece of thick string about
nine inches long by soaking II in
saturated solution of nitre and drying
it. Wrap the string in piece OF tow
and ignite IL. Hold 1T in the left hand;
with the right hand put some tow into
the mouth, chew it and appear to
swallow it, Now take the handful in
which is the string and put into the
mouth, taking out at the same time,
unobseryed the piece already chewed.
Take a breath througr the nostr1ls
and breathe it out through the mouth:
Repeat a few times and smoke viii
issiIe forth. and on opening wide the
mouth il will be lighted up with
glow. When the mouth is shut and
me tow pressed together the fire goes
out
Next we will change white flower
This is a performance suitable Lor
the garden or the drawing room. Inc
dry petals Of white rose or any oIner
flower must be first delcately, ana as
far as possible uniformly, sprinkled
with anfline crystals. The rose Sbouid
he shaken so as to leave as little as
nossible visible; what there is Will be
only trihing specks- BY DrinSIns u
play on it a spray OF eau de cologne
or other spirit from q vaporizer-
those connected with q finger ring en-
able the performance to be most mys-
feriously accompHshed--the delicate
white petals can be promptly suftused
with a rich crimson blush
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
Beheadings.

/. 1 am something used IN every
households; behead me and 1 am part
OF a door.
2 l am something which every tidy
woman does; behead me and am what
sorrowful women do.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
Puzzle of States.
Word SQuart

Can you name three States Of the
Union whose initials are thu same as
their finals?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09

WAVE you played the game of
~ Fishermen
Mark off two lines across a
clear piece of ground Cor across
the beach III YOU are at the shOre) about
twenty-five feet apart Then let all the
children count out TO see who is to be
the fisherman.
The fisherman must stand between the
Two lines of players and repeat the IoI-
lowing rhyme:
Swim, little fishes. from the river TO
the seal
Swim. little Observation-Disclosures"
At the word three" all the children
or fishes must run across his territory
TO the land beyond their opponents
line. and while they run, he (the fisher
mann must catch many as he can
Those who are caught now become
fishermen and help him catch more tlsh
The game goes on as before. the nSher-
men all repeating the rhyme in concert
until all the fishes have been caught
Now the game OF liking Caesar"
One player is chosen to be the King
All the others form two rows, one at
each end of the ground, with a line
drawn across the front OF each row to
mark den"
All the players must keep within
their respective lines. and King Caesar
stands i'm the middle, between the lines.
Any number OF players can then rush
across from one den to the other, King
Caesar trying TO catch one as they run.
IL he catches one. he must succeed in
holding him while counting ten, the boy
meantime trying his best to break away.
But If he cannot, he then remains with
the King and helps him catch others.
III either den becomes empty, the
King goes into II. and says: Grown
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the base: one. two, three" three times
II no PLAYER from the other den can ~
across to his den before he has hnlsh-
ed then he may choose some poy IrOln
the other den to run across 70 ms.
This boy must run. whether he wishes
10 or not but may be Supported by any
number of volunteer helpers, the KING,
meanwhile, doing his best to capture
him.
Then theirs is the game OF Jolly
Miller" - -
AS the wheel went round he made his
wealth,
one hand in the hopper. another in his
bag,
grab.
There must be an uneven number OF
PLAYERS All Of the children, except one,
stand in couples, arm in arm, ana sing
ing this verse, march around in circle,
each couple closely following the other
The odd child stands in the centre.
marching on the inside of the circle
LEI 20 OF their partners arms and
try to catch hold of the one standing
immediately in front Of their previous
partners.
Now, the child who has been in the
centre tries u secure one of the part
ners and thus get a place in the circle.
IL he succeeds, the one who was left
out must Ike the centre, and the game
goes on as described
Fox and Goose" ia another good
game.
Mr. Fox takes his place T.: one end OF
gathers her little geese behind her in a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
Double Beheadings and curtailings.

}, (sw)eat(er), (de)cantCer).
(gDimp(5e). (re)mark (ed),
(gDoat(ed). Cbe)night(ed).
(be)moan(ed). (gr)eat(er),
(at)tempt(ed), (cDear(er).
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09

square2
- One Of the months.
One of the muses..
:" One who keeps jail.
. If not. except
A nap taken az monday.
Referring to the ankle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09
Garden

This picture shows how the man di-
vided the garden between the five fam
lilies equally.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09

Can you work out the following word
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09

(AS)lanteC
(ar)ran(ge),
(re)sol(ve),
(nt),
(ex)act0y).
(ar)ray(ed).
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09

A boy is sent to the grocer's for
pound of rafsins, and on his way
home meets three other boys. How
many times did the four boys go into
the pound?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-09

The next time the other player
forming the arch sings the third
fourth and sixth verses and takes the
prisoner. In this way two equal sides
are at last formed. and then they
proceed to tug against each other,
and the strongest side wins the game
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-16
Grand Success.

The special sale on buggies and
surries. going on at the McManus
implement, Vehicle & Hardware Co.
for two weeks. has been a grand sue
ess. The unheard of low prices and
EXCELLENT quality of their vehicles is
certainly quite a sensation through
out the county This firm is building
IN enyiable reputation for selling
Ugh grade buggies at the lowest
prices. In order to make room for
Two more carloads of new buggies
and two ears of their celebrated new
wagons, they have decided to con-
tinue the sales a few weeks longer.
Everybody should see their special
See the big ad. in this
issue. d&w1t
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-16
GRAY FOR GOVERNOR
Fanrin County Pax lci1n l. read
Of Republican Ticket.
Platform penaunreS What il rrrmrd
NastrfuI ixtrataganre at siate
Democratic Administrator
and Praises Frrstdeni,

III paso. Aug Is The Republican
state convention completed us work
by re-elccting Hon Cecil A Lyon Of
Sherman state chairman. and naull-
nsang the following state ticket
Governor--Dr. Cary e Gray, Fannin
county.
Lieutenant Governor Frederick Iiof.
fe'nz. Guadalupe county
Attorney Gcneral-Charles w or
ten San Antonio
Comptroller Wentworth Manning
Van 2andt county
George II Booth, VIII
hanson county
Commissioner Of General Land Of
fice-iienry c. Harding. Amarillo
Railroad Commissioner + Con.
nor. Dallas
Superintendent of Public Instruction
r. Nanderhoort. Garlic Springs
Justice Court Of Criminal Appeals
A. Foster FL Paso
The resolutions condemn what ia re-
ferrcd to as the waseful extrayaganCe
OF fhe state Democratic administra
ton, commend the Roosevelt admins.
trauon; condemn nepotism In Texas
and condemn the Texas congressman
for opposing the Republican national
administration. from whom aid comes
to Texas"
compromise resolution bearing on
prohibition was adopted
Allegiance TO the Republican plat
form of 1904 was reaffirmed The
platform advocates a compulsory edu-
cation law
The resolutions congratulate Presi
dent Roosevelt for his fight against the
trusts.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-16
PROMINENT FARMER BROWNS.


II. II Narbraugh prominent
farmer residing on the Sims farm
four miles north II Italy. was drown
ed In Chambers creek Tuesday lie.
together with several ct his sons and
son-in-law. : e. Grizzle. Information
al and Great Northern section fore
man. were swimming in Chambers
creek, and MIR Iarhrough stepped OF
into deep hole and sank His sons,
and Mir Grizzle In particular. tried
To rescue him, hut owing to the banks
being so steep they could find no safe
landing and Mir Grizzle came near
being drowned also When finally
taken from the water MIR Yarbroush
lived about an hour His remains
were taken to italy yesterday and in
TERED in the city cemetery He is
survived by wife and several child
rem
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-16

81 Is = hue commentary on the
goes go make up The Dallas cunysBa
ton that ths states governor was
treated wis dlscoarteuuA rudeacsS
when called upon 20 address that
august boas The administration 81
Governor I.anham may not have come
up "a the expectations Of some but II
81 had been miserable failure he
would. as governor of Texas. be en-
tit!ed to respectful attention The
insult given Is 80 Texas and not go
Ag ianham
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-16
GOOD Pill NHI<t.

is essentianI We will give you the
prices
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-16
WEEkIN WEATHER BULLETIN.
Mean Temperature for State Aycrag-
ed Very Nearly Normal

/ Following Is summary of the
weather condition in Texas for the
week ending Aug. Is, as furnished by
Section Director Bunnemeyer of Gal
weston:
The week ending August 18th is
marked by light and heavy showers
in all divisions of the state. and no
day passed on which there was not
some precipitation in some part of
the state. The rainfall was excess
sively heavy in the northwestern,
northern and numerous western
counties. where it ranged from two
to over four inches A number of
counties in the central and south
western divisions also received more
moisture than is usual at this time
of the year, but the excess was less
pronounced than in the more north
ern counties. In the greater num-
Der Of counties of the central divis-
ion, however, the rainfall was below
the normal In the eastern and coast
counties and in parts of the Rio
| Grande valley the rainfall was also
below the normal, the deficiency in
general being the greatest in the eX-
treme eastern counties and on the
immediate gulf coast Many of the
counties received too much rain and
not enough sunshine and numerous
complaints We're received of the lack
: of dry weather. Thunderstorms were
not numerous nor unusually severe
and in a few instances only did they
cause any damage.
The mean temperature for the
, state averaged very nearly normal
: In the western and northwestern di
, visions it was from two to three de
grees below the seasonal average
and in the other divisions it averaged
e either normal or slightly above th'
[ normal. No excessively high TEN
[ peratures OF 700 degrees or over oc
e CURED in any part of the state.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-16

How to Get The Better of This
t'auSt of Misery.

How to Get The Better of This
Cause of Misery.
A scientific writer upon stomach
troubles SAYS. "If YOU have ever
suffered from indigestion. and who
has not -your imagination has
probably pictured ferocious little
imp dancing i'm the pit of your stom-
ach, causing that organ To- neglect
all of its duties. with result that
is not only painful but fills You with
misery from day 20 day" This
writer certainly had suffered with
Indigestion. fog there Be- no more dis
agreeable ueIyy-yacking and sicE.
H.I-oy.r disease than indigestion
s great wauE people who have
been treated for years for diseases
OF rHp heart. liver and Eiduyg-
when they used Nioua stomach tgN.
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