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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04

Ile Is Small, but His Acquisitivencas
Is InA;atiaslIc.


Is Unsuitable.
Too many Americans have the wood
rat instinct" The wood rat, the ami
NAL. is Il native of southern Oregon,
but the wood rat typiHed in man is
not restricted to any small section of a
state or nation, but is we'll nigh uni
yerSal
The wood rat is small, no larger than
a common rat, but his ambition and
acquisitiyeness are Unsuitable. His
one insane desire seems to be to in-
crease the size of his pile of sticks
The neighbOring field is placed under
tribute. First, all the nearby sticks
are gathered into the pile Then, as
and farther away from home, and ev-
cry twig is eagerly seized upon to in
crease the size of his pile of sticks.
The wood rat regards his pile of
sticks as a refuge in time of trouble
On the first sound of alarm he rushes
for the pile and crawls underneath. 1t
is here that he often finds his destruc-
llOD, IOE summer IRE sometimes
sweeps through the woods, and the
wood rats pile of sticks makes a
veritable furnace The larger the pile
the hotter the fire, and thus he has
piled up the means of his own agony.
We do not need to carry the com
parison any further The lesson is
obvious, but still many of us do not
appear to realize that we are like the
wood rat, worshiping a pile Of sticks.
We marry man because of the size
of his pile of sticks and not from an
innate attractivenesS. We call this
man success because he can gather
sticks faster than any of his compan-
ions. We call this man "sharp" and
''shreW d' because. after fellow
worker has laboriously made a huge
pile, he steps in and GUSTS his fellow
from the pile and appropriates all the
sticks for his own.
Let us take warning from the wood
rat and the summer fire-the larger
the pile Of sticks the fiercer burns the
fire when the time of destruction fnal
ly arrives.-MOntreal Star.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04
How the Proposal
Question Was Solved

ERNHE diffident young man wanted to
propose TO his girl, but for the life
of him he didn't know how to go
about it,
He read books on the subject and
sought information from men who had
experience. and, while the theories
were admirable, i'll every instance he
found that the practice thereof was Il
different thing.
lie was walking with her one even
ing, thinking over these things. when
her shoe became united.
She stuck out her pretty little foot
with a smile and looked down at it.
He fell on his knees and tied the
lace. Then he walked on with her.
The shoe became united again.
The third time it happened-he was
ready as before
See if YOU can't tie knot that
won't come undone," she said rs he
worked away at it,
IF l can't l know man who can ="
he said
'Do you want him to tie it," she
asked coquetishly.
Yes" he replied.
She j2rllol her foot away.
He smiled to himself
ITS the parSon." he said.
And he rose to his feet and finished
the proposal San Francisco Star
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04
Standard Checks'at &c yard.

Cotton going up, checked homespun
going down. We have about three halaS
to sell at this price. A full complete line
OF staple checks and dress styles now at,
per yard. ~
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04
HEART ACTION AT SEA.
How 1t Is Affected by Vibration ON
Ocean Liners.


"AIl hearts sound alike on these
modern ships" said the surgeon of a
transatlantic liner. although the hull
of the average modern steamer is big
ger and supposedly less subject to the
violence OF the sea- the machinery to
drive the enlarged bulls has been in
creased in size. With the increase in
the size OF the engines there has fol
lowed greater vibration.
''It is this vibration which makes it
impossible for us to read truly the
action of the average human heart |
have tried repeatedly by all manner
of means to overcome the influence of
that by even swinging a patient in q
hammock, where the shaking up is not
greatly felt, the result of the heart
reading is far from satisfactory.
The first day at sea in this ship on
her maiden voyage I had occasion to
treat an Englishman who was en-
route to Canada on business. / was
startled to hear his heart. Yet he had
the finest kind Of cardiac action, as I
ascertained once the ships machinery
stopped. | have since found it to be
an invariable rule that the engines
vibration makes it appear as though
the heart of the average man was go
ing to stop before 1 could get the
stethoscope away from his breast.
Vibration does not hurt the heart
any. Do not make the mistake of sup
posing that it does 1t just sounds as
though the end was positive, and,
while the patients heart is beating in
regular form, the shaking of the ship
deceives even the practiced ear
Washington Post.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04
Syn1DathE.

1--WE didn't seem to win the sympa-
thy of our auditors tonight" said the
leading man
NO" answered Mr.. Stormington
Barnes, but we might easily have
got it by telling them what the box
office receipts amounted tO.''-Wash-
ington Star.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04

ROMANTIC lie (wItn MS arm arUuuu
her waist)-All this seems SO familiar
to me, darling-the quiet night, the
whispered word the tender look l
wonder if it is memory Of some pre-
vious existence? Practical She-No,
William; it is more likely memory OF
some previous sweetheart.-Refe
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04
FmfOnlhph-

Borus struggling author) - Naggus,
that last book of mine isn't meeting
with much success, but don't you think
it will live?
Naggus (bOOk reviewer)-It will, my
dear fellow, if there is such a thing as
general literary Chicago
Tribune.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04
4 BrOau DISt1nctiOn.

Perhaps said the clerk, you'd
like to look at goods little more ex-
pensive than these" Not necessari-
~" replied the shopper, ''but l would
like to look ut some of better quality"
Philadelphia Press.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04

They week.
attractive each V
of Lingerie ST each waists
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04

The more man follows nature and
is Obedient to her laws the longer he
will live; the farther he deviates from
these the shorter will be his existence
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04
Rural ROndeau.

Rural ROndeau.
Jest about the best, b'gee,
OF the things l ever see
WuZ the dinners / recall
Down upon the farm in fall
Shucks, they tasted good to me!
There wuz 81 nd Hen-ner-ee,
Nd my pa he seq, SEE he:
"Ain't them dinners best Of ali?
Jest about"
Rural poet, twenty three!
Can your stock of poetree;
Drop your dialectic drawl;
Cease to hand us out the stall
OF that dear old stuff that we
Jest about!
Puck.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04
Great Patience,

Hicks-If patience is a virtue Loeffer
is one of the most virtuous men on
earth.
Wicks-Got lots of patience eh?
Hicks-Yes, he's been sitting around
for at least ten years waiting for work.
Catholic Standard and Times.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04

Small Boy want to see DR.. Jones,
please
Maid-Hes not i'll now.
Small Boy-WelI directly he gets
back, will you tell him to come to our
house-sharp-and take away that baby
he left last week? It's in the way
Sketch.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04
HaIfback.

Simpkins is your son coming
home from college? Tompkins-In
about six months. l guess. He has been
gone six months, aud he writes that he
is halfback now-Judge.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04
lots of patience. eh?
Horrible Threat.

The Hobo-Say, boss, l ulster be
prize fighter, an If youse don't gimme
q dime I'll-TII-
The Pedestrian-Well, what will you
do?
The HObO-Tll tell youse all erbout
it. See?-Haryard Lampoon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04

Neglected calumny soon expires,
Show that you are hurt and you give
1t the appearance of truth.-Tacitus.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-04
His Weakness.

TOOthpick-I think Mr.. Match IS the
most brilliant fellow l ever knew
Shoepeg- Yes, he's brilliant, but he is
so hot headed.-Kansas City Star.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27

the better they will suit the packers.
All the talk about discrediting the
lacking industry of this country was
unnecessary, and, above all, was IN
true. The packers have tried every
year to improve their facilities ard
make improvements generally"
In a statement issued relative to
the packing house exposure Mr.. Ar
mour declared the loss to the packers
may run into the hundreds OF mil
lions. He said that when American
Industries are slandered by persons
who pretend to be Americans it is
to be expected that foreign competit-
ors will take advantage of it.
He declared that the inspection now
In force in all the larger packing
houses makes the sale of diseased
meat from such houses impossible.
And the government has failed to
state the facts. He said he believed
the packers are heartily in favor of
the purpose which the intended bill
Is to accomplish. Concluding, Mr.. Ar
mour said:
Il have seen it stated that the
scandalous attacks upon the Amer
can meat industry was precipitated by
the opposition of the packers to the
proposed legislation. That is not true,
and it could not be true. Ny informa-
ton is, and the newspaper files will
bear me out that the flood of SANDER
was started when a suggestion OF leg
islation was heard We never heard
OF the so-called Beverage bill until II
was introduced"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
AFTER pARlANoE.
Charges Preferred Against United
States District Judge.

Washington. June 27-A memorial
presenting charges Of oppression in
office. malfeasaHce and Nke@5se
with general deuIal 0f justice against
Charles parlange. district ldEe "a The
Eastern district a. the urltel States
court II Louisiana has been received
hy Speaker Cannon from frsn,is g.
McHan oi New orleans The memo
fiai sets forth that NtHau. because
Of local prejudice believed Pei was
denied Justice In the state .H.rr n
a suit Involving property valued re-
$50 500 tie claimed ttf rett UnIrf
The civil lEhfs act based .u 'n.
fourteenth amen8mfHt tH fte UUrrt
tufion to &C. jnfu the tFlsfaI .UHfff
with this su.t aft rffstHfsh Uftt
fion ts ihaf euA fa laasr fasfarse
makius 1fflaAsH fhat tr was laatIf f
ras tEe rtafF fts mtmur.a' .HafFU.
thst enc Hfre aftffaIH aHf h f.
Uiafteu uf aw rffassH aft rftttHf
sd re 0une 20 ftfe Uf
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27

' PalaCios and return Sl0.45- b.
Y. p. L. eaCampment. On sale July
2 and 3; limit July IS.
Paris and return Meeting
of A. o. of p (colored) On sale July
2; limit July s.
Omaha, Neb., and return s22.4j-
Meeting of b. Y. p. u. of America
On sale July 10 to 10 inclusive; limit
July is.
Lexington, Ky, and return 5000
Meeting u. b. of +. On sale July
rs, 20 and 30; limit Aug. s.
Austin and return s6.35-old
Land Marks Association. On sale
July and 4 limit July 10.
san Antonio and return 500
Gs1i Lodge A. o. 4. w. On sale
July % and %; limit July 81.
Somerymc and return sG.75-Rc-
union Hoods Texas Brigade. On
sale June 90: limit June 20.
Houston and rctura S5.a5. Gal
weston aud return $500. ON sale
June %. limit june 90
Mexa and return S2tp CylcbTa-
lion on sale Juue 2f and 20. limit
june 20
Mexico city g37.g5 for the rouud
rrip Dates 81 sale Junc 45lb 10
lgiy 1th. limit sept rs.
Denver. Colo. and HsfHu $3.50
Annual meetluE g. % r. ON
nls Igh l8. % and 49, umlt Nus
tN We WNl stl fo s0thcr rartlo
Hr Colorado Srsless az the same fatF
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
ROMAN MilllONaIRes



While Il Is not very tangible con.
ISOLATION TO those Of us who belong IA
the less favored class commercially
there ~ al least sort Of hlstori, rom.
fort In knowing that the phenomenon
OF mammoth fortunes is not new
thing
A magazine writer goes back TO an.
Gent Rome. when there were no rnu
roads or trusts or corporations and
gives some figures on the lpdlybat,t
fortunes of that day which might to,k
attractive even to some Of our modern
plutocrats
Seneca, the philosopher and author
was worth S17,5o0,ooo: Lentulus The
augur. Slo,WoU0; Crassus, the poll
ucinn who formed with Caesar and
Porlpey the first triumvlrate had
landed estate of more than 5000 600.
the emperor Tiberius left a fortune Of
$11S,ooo,ooo, which the depraved Calic.
MIA got rid of In less than vear
dozen others had possessions that ran
into the millions.
1t is true that these Romans did not
make these fortunes I'm what we
would call regular commercial opera
tons. But they got the money and
they held on to it, which Is about all
that can safely be said of possessions
that run into seven figures In any age
or country,
And, speaking of campaign contribu-
tons and so forth, Julius Caesar once
presented the consul Paulus with $500
600 merely as token of esteem and
coupled with the hope that raulus
would do the right thing in IA certain
political matter that was pending. The
argument was effective with Paulus.
and neither he nor Caesar suffered any
In popularity.
There are many things under the
sun that are not neu--Omaha World
Herald.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
FHkTERhAl UNION.
bierolsi Censenfior Eefd al Csf'sa.
Cres Much Business

Dallas. juae n Much business was
transacted al the hicnt Il convention
Of the Texas. Indian Territory ard
Oklahoma district Of the fraternnl
Union ~ Am.rica Offers were
elected az follows los Rogers o.
gainesville. preslaeut; W Z Cox of
Italy. secretary. J r Russell q We
nus, assistant secretary Ttfmas fuY
ney OF Oklahoma. resistant serYetxrr
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
Voted 70 Reeede

wastfngtou. iHne e The senate
rsc.ded from the amendment "a he
naval appropriation placing the naval
hufeaH Qf ViEafian A. thla 10 the
ouif item ~ tiffeFeEfa Hstwesu fbe
twn Irassa 80 Fef4Ha 81 the senate
ruas effect uaaHf Hsssirw ~ Hayai
f.'E
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
COUPLE SHOT.
Willis Lawhon ard Wife Are Both Sc
riously Wounded.

San Angelo, Tex, June 27-Willis
Lawhcn and wife were both shot witt
a pistol in the yard q their house
Tuesday afternoon. Both were sho,
In the left side, and, though the
wounds are serious il is thought they
viii recover There were no witness
es
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
MEXICAN JAILED.
Charged With Attempting to Murder
Fellow Countryman.

Austin, June 27.-Ahenerio DeirC
direct from Mexico, is in jail charged
with assault to murder Rafel Vena
a fellow cOuntryman, who runs a 81
loon in this city. Vena was attackel
with large butcher knife cutting Is
left hand and arm to the bone in &
number of places Deiro was strucF
with a stool by another man fellinl
him to the floor and making an ugly
wound. Vena is in the hospital.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
ARMOUR oETueN5.


New YORK, June All Ogden Ar.
mour, head 81 one - the largest Of
the Chicago packing houses. accom-.
panied by bis wife and daughter.
Lolita, who has been under the care
OF Prof Lorenz in Vienna arrived
mere Tuesday en- the Kron rrlnz VII.
helm With reference to the recent
investigation OF the packing houses
and suggested legislation. Mr., Armour
said
me packers will welcome any good
inspection law and any suggestion for
In proven<nt The better the laws,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
PIONEER JUDGE cEAC.
Prominent Citizen Of Oklahoma tss
Departed This Life.

Taloga, June 27.-The death has oc
Cured of Judge Orville G. McClung
the first probate Judge of Dewey
county and one of the earliest of Ok
lahoma pioneers. In fact, he was q
resident of Cimarron Territory, now
Beaver county, when that district was
known as mo Mans Land" numbrs
of years before "Old" Oklahoma wa
opened to settlem ent in 1889.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
L srge Land Deal.

Van Alstyne Tex, June 27.-A large
land deal was closed nv II Moore
The deal involved 443 acres near
Kemp, in kaufman county and can
acres In Grayson county The cousid
Grafton wac $4s,a0
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
wELlMAN IN NORWAY.
Arctic Explorer Departs From Capital
Of That Country For North.

TroudhIem. jane = Walter VIII
man leader ~ the Chicago Record
Herald Arctic expedition has arrived
here he departed iH a few hours by
steamer toF rfomspc
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
GROUND TO PIECES.
Engineer Thought That Three Negroes
Were an Ash Heap.

Muskogee, June Mistaken for
an ash heap by the engineer, three
unknown negroes were run over by a
Missouri, Kansas and Texas east.
bound train Tuesday at Walsh, l. T.
near the kansas line, and ground to
pieces. fragments OF the bodies were
gathered bp by the trainmen, and
found to be cold, which showed they
were dead before being run over
revolver was found near where
they lay The t dies were so badly
cut up that ne manner in which they
met death could not be ascertained.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
COAL DEALERS CONVENE.
First Annual Meeting Asse mbled In
City Of ralIas

Dallas, June 27.--First annual meet
ing OF Retail Coal Dealers association
met here Tuesday, the attendance be
Ing about $50. The delegates listened
TO several Interesting addresses, after
which they departed in four sleepers
on a trip to Indian Territory and Ar.
kansas. c. l.. Wakefield Of Dallas was
elected president.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
8 culIkR MIsAAp.
Child's Head Caught Ee.~een axle sns
Tree srd Scalp Torn.

Paris, Tex. June I'll While tae HI.
tie son 81 b H. Jordan Ess swiagire
10 axle under buggy. y ID bis e .
On the running gear - his home In
west Paris. some 81 his little rtay
mates b"cked the buggy against d
tree and his head was caught between
The tree and axle. His scalp was cut
clear across the forehead and was
torn back about three inches. laying
the skull bare. II required seventeen
STITCHES to sew the scalp back
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
NOT-A NIT.
Pitcher Rodebaugh of the Dallas Club
Goes Great Work.

In the first game at Dallas Tuesday
Cleburne did not get a hit off Pitcher
Rodebaugh, Score was, Dallas, 3;
Cleburno I. In the second game
Pitcher Dixon of Cleburne shut out
Dallas 8 to O.
Fort Worth, L. Waco, 0.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
Fatal Heat prostration.

Waco June 81 Douglas Stanl,fcr
a neEro farmer was pfustrated Nor
day when The temperature was yrN
hish just before fht ratio and 6.s.
Tuesday The first victim of ovsrhsaf
This summer
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
South Texss LEAGUE,

Beaumont, 2; Lake Charles, I.
Galveston. Z: Austin, l.
Houston, 6; San Antonio, 2.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
Yale Wins Second Game

In the second game for the college
baseball championship Yale defeated
Harvard in ten-inuing contest 10 0.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
National League.

Chicago, /; St Louis. o.
Brooklyn, (; Boston. !.
Pittsburg. s. Cincinnati. 4.
Philadelphia. .: New York. /.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27

Chicago. & 81 Louis. q.
Philadelphia. 3 Boston. |.
Detroit 3 Cleveland 4
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-27
Southern League.

Shreveport, II: Memphis, 4.
New Orlenas. 2; Little Rock, 0.
Atlanta. 7; Montgomery, 4.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-02
ACTU4RY DID THE YORK
Ne7o Jersey Insurance Department
F0rmed Investigations, Says Witness
IBy Telegraph to The Tribunel

BY Telegraph The Tribune
Trenton. June Whether voluntarily or Dy
accident, the Senate insurance investigation
committee inserted probe to-day that disclosed
several interesting situations. II came out in
the examination Of Thomas X Johnson chief
assistant 10 the Superintendent of Banking and
Insurance, that while the department regularly
makes a careful inspection OF the principal state
banks trust companies and savings institutions
AT least once year. Investigations of the insur-
anee companies are made only on an average of
once in three four years. and then the depart
ment has practically no direct connection with
them.
Following this came the disclosure that the
examination OF the insurance companies-ths
Prudential. Mutual Benefit and Colonial-is made
by David Park Fnckler. actuary. who lives
In New York and has office at No 81 Nassau
street For years Faekler has had entire control
OF the Insurance investigation In New Jersey.
He appoints what assistants he pIeases reports
when he pleases. makes no accounting to the
department OF his expenses or charges and never
mas gone into the condition OF the companies as
she department, through its regular examiners,
has gone into the conditions OF the banks and
trust companies. Fackler seems satisfied If he
ssoertains that the companies are solvent and
ne takes the companies word for that 10 a large
extent Johnson admitted that the department
hsa not criticised the insurance companies or
suggested a change In their methods as was
Gone with the banks and trust companies
All that is left with Fackler." was Johnsons
significant remark. Cialpin and Hurdtn ,uo of
the examiners, sometimes helped Fackler but
they were subject TO his Instructions
When asked whether Fackler would accept a
e1ppria, WIiicn ne need do as a non-rasi-
dent or the state. johnson said Fackler had ,oId
MN yesterday that he would gladly do so and
York actuary be served with the proner naner
AT tns close OF the hearing for the day when
nioxsa WY an outside actusry had to be
pioseo ne repiied that good actuar-y could
not De obtained In New Jersey.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-02
NEED NOT STOOP TO CONQUER.
Westchester Women Appointed Deputy
Sheriffs Will Use Badges to Awe Unruly.

The first women deputy sheriffs ever ap-
pointed in Westchester County received their
badges yesterday morning from Sheriff James
s Merritt at White Plains The deputies
Miss Jessie Long, daughter OF E b Long. Su-
perintendent of the Poor. and Miss Agnes Ken
nedy of Peekskill Sheriff Merritt. since he has
been in office, has received numerous applica-
tions from women who want 10 be deputy
sheriffs but he has refused them all.
The appointments of Miss Long and Miss
Kennedy made. IL was said yesterday be-
cause they we'll known charity workers and
are in the employ OF the county as agents 20
investigate homes where il is decided TO place
children In their rounds the young women
encounter many people who threaten them and
use impertinent language, and they believe that
with a badge they maintain their authority.
Each of the young women after receiving the
badge pinned il on her dress.
Sheriff Merritt had considerable fun out OF
the deputies by telling them that they
liable to be called any time TO stop prize
fights and to aid him In running down criminals
of all classes.
We expect TO do our duty" Miss Long told
the Sheriff.