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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-09
EXPLOSION OF p LAMP
Hrs. Harrison OF Mansfield Was Burned
in friahttul Manner.

Mrs. ] F. Harrison, 10 years OF
age, received burns last night from
which she is expected to die 4
lamp exploded and the flames com
pletely covered her, nearly all tis
! garments being burned from her bod,
She was found on the floor of rea
! room with her hair burned OF, TIL
/ upper part of her body in a charres
condition, and was in a sitting pos
ture. The fatally injured woman
was discovered by Edgar Williams.
Mrs. Harrison is the daughter of r.
J. Hubbard Of Mansfield and has
resided there since youth John l.
Hubbard OF Fort Worth, assistant
office deputy to Sheriff Houea. is
her brother \ daughter was badly
burned on one hand in an effort 70
eyinEuish the flames.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-09
LAW AND ORDER MEETING.
Citizens nf Italy Want Local Option
Law Enforced.

4 public meeting Of the citizens OF
Italy, together with the Law and Or
der League, was held in the Park
Presbyterian church Sunday night
for the purpose of taking steps to-
ward a better enforcement of the
local option law The mpin object
OF the meeting was to prevent the
selling of Frosty" "Uno," "Ino, ."
and other similar drinks in that city;
also to ask whiskey drummers to
stay away from the town and not
solicit orders there 1t was unani-
mously agreed to employ legal coun-
sci if necessary TO fight the case and
prevent G. o. d. shipments into Italy
A sum of money was raised to fur
/ ther prosecute the dealers there.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-09

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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-09

II is the portecuOE OF mecaanicat
skill Possesses touo and volume
"Gua'.ed bN 40 other piano sold at
rHa price Us superior in design and
finish to many costing more money
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02
OVER A CLIFF.

To 60 out after game in the hill
country Of India means lnat the hunter
will find game, says Captain Glasfurd,
the author of Rifle and Romance In
the Indian Jungle" One morning, fol.
lowed by his shikarees, or native hunt
ers, Captain Glasfurd was out looking
over a rough hillside for bear. He had
passed round the curve Of a.high ledge,
when he found himself in front of a
large, l0w-roofed cave. On the sandy
floor Of the entrance to the cave were
the fresh ingoing tracks Of a bear.
Our position was a sufficiently haz-
ardous one. The ledge was extremely
narrow, overhung by rock, and on the
verge Of perpendicular face Of sand.
stone. We began quietly retracing our
way. But scarcely had We taken one
step when a horrible disturbance oc.
Cured in the depths of the cavern.
This FASTENED our movements but our
haste was as nothing compared to the
rapidly Of the eruption that was going
on behind us as the bear came yelling
and scrambllng out Of the cavern. For
me there was nothing but a swift whip
round to face this horrid denouement,
my rifle not even permitted to reach
shoulder.
To right, blank wall Of smooth cliff.
side; to left, swift descent to the un.
known over the edge of the cliff, and
in front raging, roaring mass Of black
hair shooting toward me with the speed
Of runaway motor car.
Bang" goes my rifle, and the next
moment am enjoying a strange. SLOW
moving nightmare, one of the most vivid
Of its memories being the smooth.
brushed appearance of the bears fore
head as her jaws closed on my right
thigh.
We bump and whirl swiftly down.
ward. A semi Inconsistencies held me.
and then came shock. l saw the body
Of the bear hurled far from me into
space. and l realized that l was clutch.
Ing at something.
1t was little tree that gripped in
'hC NeAChSlA VI ucSpdlI. WAS uanS
Ing to it. head downward on the face
of the cliff itself.
My Jat orderly's voice soon sounded
In my. ear. The plucky fellow had
crawled down that awful slope and
managed to seize my hands. was
somehow drawn upward to the ledge
Then my gaze fell upon that solitary
sapling. rooted In some mere chink in
the rock. There was no other tree with
In many yards
Two months on my back afforded
scope for thought as to my extraordi.
nary piece Of luck.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02
LUXURY OF OCEAN TRAVEL.
With Their Splendid Equipment the
Great Liners Are Floating Palaces.

With Their Splendid Equipment the
Great Liners Are Floating Palaces.
There was time, and not so long
ago, when crossing the ocean seemed
quite an undertaking, and the person
who had ventured twice or thrice was
brave in the eyes Of his associates. But,
significant Of the wandering spirit de-
velOped in America within the last dec
ade, few days ago the writer was
speaking with a man, not profess
sional traveller, who had made eighty
trips across: and to the moneyed man
or woman Of this century record OF
from ten to twenty trips across is not
90 extraordinary as to cause comment.
The eight or ten days formerly spent
On the waves between here and Europe
nave been reduced to a tritle over six,
and during these six days the vessel is
not only in constant communication
with land, but every morning a paper
containing brief accounts Of the news
features of the world is printed and
distributed free of charge among the
Passengers.
Because Of their bulk and weight the
large liners are comparatively steady,
anu few storms Of the summer are of
eunclent strength to roll or toss them.
1he broad decks are like small streets,
anu the dining rooms and saloons are
naore like those of a metropolitan hotel
.uah a ship. In place of the stuffy
u'tle cabins Of old-time ships, the up
'0-uate liners are equipped with rooms
"a suite, with baths, full-length mir
.O'S and wardrobes, and even the small
cSDlns are provided with all the
slsnishfngs of well-appointed bou-
uor.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02
L.tncOln's Bar Record.

In his twenty three years at the bar
Lincoln had no less than 1859 cases be-
fore the highest court of Illinois, a rec
ord unsurpassed by his contemporaries.
He appeared before the United States
circuit and district courts with great
frequency, he was the most indefatiga-
BILE attendant on the Eighth circuit and
tried more cases than any other mem,
Der Of that bar, he was attorney for
the Illinois Central Railroad, the great
est corporation in the State and one
which doubtless had its choice Of legal
talent; he was also counsel for the
Rhode Island Railroad and other cor
porations and individuals with import
and legal interests at stake, me was
sought as legal arbitrator in the great
corporation litigations Of Illinois, and
he tried some Of the most notable cases
recorded in the courts Of that State
Frederick Trevor Hill in Century.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02
THE DESERT PEACH,

"A Scfubby Western Cousin Of q FaA
vOrite Summer Fruit.
America Is so rich in native fruits"
said the old traveller, that have often
thought that if sudden blight should
destroy all the orchards and fruit gar
dens Of the world, we should soon be
able to supply the market from the
wild fruits Of our fields and forests.
Our wild Strawberries, blackberries
and raspberries are delicious as they
grow, to say nothing Of their possibili-
ties under cultivation. Many Of our
wild grapes are excellent-will you ever
forget the foxgrape jelly that mother
madeT-and they are the original
stock Of many a favorite cultivated va
riety, such as Concord, Catawba, Isa-
bella and Scuppernong. Our Pennsyl-
vania mountains yield two species Of
wild apples, and several varieties Of
plums, which. in fact, grow abundantly
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, many
Of them being very pleasant tasted,
while at least one is delicious.
LAS for wild cherries, the woods and
hedgerows supply many sorts, though It
must be confessed that uncooked they
are almost too puckery as rule for
the civilized palate. The wild black
cherry, however, has an agreeable win
ey flavor, and the slight bitterness that
is mixed In Is only enough to be q
tonic
How about peaches? Well, must
say l long thought that Uncle Sam
would have nothing to say If the pres
ent peach orchards were wiped out A
year or two ago, however, made trip
with a botanical friend through the
desert countries Of eastern California.
and he showed me the desert peach.
hundreds of acres of it growing In the
scrub along the edge Of the great Mo-
jave desert, where 1t touches the east
ern foot Of the mountains 1t Is q
good-sized shrub. and in their wild
state the peaches are only about as
big as marrOwfat peas, and in their
present undeveloped state not fit to eat.
They have, however, the shape and fuz-
~ skin Of the real Delaware article,
together with the regulation prussic
acid kernel In the stone: and, as they
grow in the same state that raised
Burbank, l guess, If need be, he could
soon make them take On flesh enough
to go with cream"
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02
CHOCOLATE INDUSTRY.
Use 81 This Article Has Largely In
creased of Late.

Use 81 This Article HaS Largely In
creased of Late.
It Is fact to be gratifed about that
cocoa and chocolate are conducive to
health, because they are SO delicious
that their lovers and users are grow.
Ing in number so rapidly as to require
almost a daily revision Of statistics,
says Cent Per Cent. If there were any
hurtful tendency accompanying their
u.e the country would be facing con-
dition battling all remedies, for the de-
lights of cocoa and Of chocolate using
give them a hold upon appetite that 1t
Is next to impossible to break. 1t doee
not seem a long time since Rutherford
B. Hayes was president, and yet with
In that short range Of time. the use Of
creased In the United States 1900 per
cent, and the consumption of cocoa and
chocolate by Americans has more than
doubled in five years.
Not alone, however. Is the attention
challenged by the enormous Increase
In the use Of cocoa, but an even more
remarkable fact Is brought to light by
authorities on the subject. We refer to
the fact that study Of the statistics
gathered by Higgins & Lee. less than
eight years ago the United States held
only nth place as manufacturer of CO.
Goa and chocolate, England, Germany,
Holland and France taking precedence
in about the order named. Today we
hold first place, both as manufacturers
and consumers of cocoa and chocolate,
by a comfortable margin. and are in
creasing our lead SO rapidly that it is
with the utmost difficulty that the
American manufacturers are able to
meet the demands upon them In 1905
the United States consumed nearly
100000 bags Of cocoa, or about one
third Of the worlds entire crop. Even
at this rate Of growth the industry
would be destined to become a com.
handing figure in the commercial
world, but the consumption of cocoa
Is charging with the population, and
at an increasing ratio; that is, more
people are using 1t, and present users
are consuming larger quantities.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02
The Discipline Of Dimculty.

How dark are the paths in which
tread! How fierce the fires in which
the pure gold Of their principle is test
ed! But when the patient feet have
plodded through the darkness, the glory
is the brighter for the gloom. and the
gold Is FURNISHED by the fame into .
beauty unparalleled before. Not In ca
price Of power, nor lessening Of love-
does the Father permit the trial of tho
child; but we wrestle with the angel in
the dark, that, with thews Of iron, We
may be the stronger at the breaking Of
the day.-W. Morley Punshon.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02

ing house bazed with flags and thrilled with the music
OF eugle and drum The blessing volunteers the
prayers for their safety the sad series Of SOL
oiers funerals-all these up to the mans
In the old pew
suddenly out Of this dreamland he is called BY the
SUI OF the congregation Is conscious that he has
missed the good pastors But perhaps God Him
SELF has preached to him Of fe's grim strusgein
the vision Of Of his deep experiences and the
discovery that they still potent to the will
and confirm the faith with their rich and tender
ores.-Youth's Companion.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02

qualities that usually indicate character and prin
ciple. But this proves nothing except Mr.. Hip
pies success at smuation-a which IL
unique, but which, the other hand would be
contemplate to consider universal.
Speculatons as to neighbours rivals and
enemies sincerity will always be Of the interesting
occupations Of mankind. Yet it is courageous
who makes rigid rules who Is prepared condemn or
affirm general principles. Mr. Nipple refralned from
the Sunday newspaper-he proves a hypocrite but
makes the Sunday newspaper neither better nor
Unfortunate indeed would it be to weaken
capacity for belief in ones kind because knave had
measure of success.-Chicago Post.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02

She had a formula by means OF
which she let her suitors down easy.
"Oh! no, Mr.. Blank, 1 cannot marry
you, but l will be very dear little
sister to you," she promised.
Later, she got married, and all the
rejected suitors were at the wedding.
And there was quite a sensation In
their ranks when the minister started
the service-"Dearly beloved breth.
rem !"-Cleveland Leader.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02
Consistent.

De Style-So the affirmative side In
the debate Are Brides a Necessary
Evil?" came out ahead; congratulate
you.
Gunbusta-Thanks; but want to
tell you confdentially that we gave tho
negative side $40 to let us win.-Nsw
York Press.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02

hcation for an Affirmative 1t has been amply
that the electric locomotive Is capable Of at
tanning and maintaining far higher speeds than this
On the Zossen experimental road in Germany speeds of
over 125 miles per hour were reached.
The chief difficulty in the way of operating
mercla line at such veloctes aside
question OF cost has to do with the safety of
The rails and be built strongly enough stand
the wear and tear motors competent push them this
speed available and methods Of transmitting current
to the motors from overhead per-
fected In fact the realization Of tenhour train BE-
tween New York and Chicago require only tho
devsement of q protective block system which would
render practically impossible the terrible fatalities liable
to result from collisions and deraments speeds
II the rolling stock could be made accident
proof and the road bed sufficiently straight and solid
do with the danger of derament there moth
ing in the way OF a me-a-mnute line, but s How
much heavier this would be than In the of fifty
mile hour service is question which the early
construction of such line to depend-New York
Globe
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02
An Infant Prodigy,

hercules was only six months old
"uen ne uttered the first words under
oee unusual circumstances.
nc happened to be looking over the
ae OF his cradle when he saw ap.
"Uaehins two huge reptiles.
ureat snakes!" he exclaimed, as
haemng out, he took one In each club
nst and strangled the life out OF
.aen twenty -footer.-Baltimore Ameri.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02
AVERAGE voCABULAArEs

I'll II i PRESIDENTS AFst order, how manv will rho
Xxi l second order include and bow much Of rho
49, language VIII there be left In it's received
n6&N&Ov FORM rsr sfdfashiened people to console
S9239S) themselves with? An uneducated mans vo-
casuIary contains altogether, according to
the authorities, only some 800 Or 400 verds italian
operas require not 800 words and the svs+., ~
Egyptian hieregyphcs has but 800 symbols Well adm
Gated persons Of fair intelligence USE It ia said NOT
5000 1000 words. The Bible of 1o11-commonlv
known as the King James the Authorized Version
without the Apocrypha portion has under eooO words
Poets dealing much under distractions employ larger
vocabulary. Milton found 5000 words necessary for
the composition of his poems Pope II OOO and Shah
speare, 10000 These are large figures compared with
the prosy talk Of the average man. who gets along
fortably with 500 words.
which he never uses Dictionary words" include lony
st-never heard In speech and rarely print The
number of words. including scientific and art terms
which are not obsolete that used by good authors
may reach 100000. Dictionary makers score point on
their rivals BY introducing In large numbers rarely nsd
technical terms derived from Latin Greek Slang
cOoQuiaisms hybrids special coinages seminatura
lied words may be used to pad the list indefinitely Early
editions Of Webster had but 10000 Words but Worcesters
has 10000. Websters Unabridged $4,000 and Web
sters international Dictionary 10000 while the Encv
copedic Dictionary contains 10000 words or II COM
pounds be included 2500O0 The Century Dictionary In
Guiding Herewith the Cyclopedia of Names and Atlas
defines 100000 words and names It should be added
however that Of this large total 10000 are to be cred
tied to the Atlas. and number. similarly large to the
Cyclopedia Of Names-Baltimore Sun.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02
The Higher Life.

Do not despise the mystical and tran
scendental. If you are to live wisely
and with advantage, you must live
your life from above. 1t Is because
we live our lives on lower and I'M
worthier plane than we might, that our
mind loses its lucidity, that our con-
science loses its discrimination. that
our heart loses it's freshness. 1t is be-
cause life Is lived too low down that
we fall morally. There is an ancient
story about a man who lived In q
swamp and prayed unto Jupiter to give
him health. pray from the hilltop.
and your prayer will be answered"
quoth Jupiter.-Rev. Thomas Yates.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02

said: II think the most appropriate
hymn is:
I'm nearer my heavenly home to-day
Than ever I've been before
Il think Of it every time I come up
In the elevator.''-New York Press.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02

On the evening Of the first SUNDAY
after their removal from their mouse
in the suburbs, which was the only
home the children had ever known 10
+ho ton floor of a seventh-story apart
ment house, the family gatnereu
around the piano for the usual hour
Of song, each member in turn &C
cording to time-honored custom, re-
ouesting a hymn of his choice When
1O-year-old Marjory's turn came she
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02
The Young Idea in Japan,

No child goes to school in Japan I'M
der six years Of age. Two hours .
week are set apart to teach the child
ethical knowledge and one hour for the
study Of etiquette to walk, bow,
pour tea and hold the hands and I'm
gers.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02

Is a question that came up
Dug some people who were talking
r. w Town to-day: Which Is worse
T., lave some one around who is will
~,,,. out dumb, or some one who Is un-
A'an2 but wise?
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02

noble, do you aspire to put into activ'
ity those God-inspired thoughts? when
you have the inspiration to make some
great sacrifice, and you know you ought
to make 1t, do you 60 forward ana
make 1t? You cannot accept any AMIR
nation Of the soul, that impulse which
always drives upward and forward.
without doing something SO that II
you think you are believing. and you
are not doing, then you are Of all men
the most deceived and miserable.
Doing inevitably follows believing. III
ye love me, keep my commandments"
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02

One of the jokes Of this season IS
to decorate a house with golden rod
for a party, and find out when the
guests have arrived that half of them
have hay fever.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02
UnneCeaaaPy.

why don't you get something new
to talk aboutY'
what for?" asked the orator "Peo.
pie don't fully understand what 1 have
been talking about for the last ten
years."-Washirgto Star.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02

away the faces changed the carpet faded the
wel-remembered coors OF nfty years ago-and be was
In truth child again.
His thought went back to the time when he was al
lowed to sit the footstoo concession short
restless legs He tasted again the luscious raisn which
found Its way from GRANDMOTHER pocket to his mouth
and shifted the pungent southernweed Of the Sunday
nosegay in a neighbours silk-mitted hand.
1t in that pew that he first realized to the full
the dignity Of trousers 1t there that he proudly
conscious Of the approving slances Of his friends
first college vacation. He recalled in fash the ntoler
able length Of the sermon that Thanksgiving day!
The pew has sad memories well sweet Most
poignant Of them is that Of his mothers funeral and
the awful Sunday after 1t, when could bear to
take her empty place and the emptiness Of it seemed
endurabe Close upon that time followed the Sunday
he profession there Of the faith she
had loved well.
Then came days Of the great war; when the meet
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02
HIPPLE'E HYPOCRISY.

he damage effected by the late Mr.. Nipple IL
not confined to his depositors The ex-
posture Of a hypocrite always endangers the
faith In human nature Of the grudging and
the weak. Mr.. Nipple was able to deceive
his creditors by parading his religion, BY
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02

A man seldom realizes what az In
principled scoundrel he is until he runs
for Office.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02

LII the signs point to an eventual electrid-
cation Of the transportation business Of tho
country. at least except in the case Of very
long hauls through thinly populated re-
gions. Will this transformation bring with
1t the practical impossibility Of mile-a-min-
ute travel? There seems considerable justi-
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02

Some men are never satisfied unless
they are on the wrong side.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02

THE GEAR THE RACE COURSE AT KRASNOYE SELo
English mOtort
him military
at Krasnoye miles southwest of St Peters
is
ous'
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02
THE FAMILY PEW.

ONE of the most vivid Of the emotions which
thronged upon the summer pilgrim to the
old home were those which awaited him in
the family pew Of the old meeting house
As he took his seat there, and heard the
familiar note Of the srgan and the clear,
thin voices OF the choir the years mailed
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-11-02
Doing FolloWs believing.

When your heart thrills with the
thought of being kind and loving and
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