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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-28
ROUT OF THE PACKERS
The big lAI(sae svmS Lose IRsl bays
skirmisa ladsr New gsle.

Chicago. Mas @s Efeca8sa "a the
enforcement nv TIE big packers oS
their ue~ guie requiring pesa NOR
tem inspection ~ COWS and heifers
as q condition. If purchase. only tbs
hleh-clana or "tlei monleu srades
81 beef @ere sold as the sfoek Yards
yeafegday for ihe Chicago trade All
the covs and helfegA went to
slaughter houses outside of Chicago,
mainly 20 Milwaukee, Indianapolis.
Cleveland and rittsburg concerns
Il Was the first day FOR lhe en-
fnrcument Of the pnsG.moriem ruie
and l,s operation was watched wlth
keea Interest The big packing firms
did NOT succeed iu buying a solitary
cow or helgeF. according 70 the re-
turns maae 10 the tive stock com
mission men al the ciose Of business.
None Of the 5000 animals number
ea ln the list Of yesterdays receipts
a. cow stuff remained unsold.
however. and on this showing the
commission men claimed the big
firms wero routed in the first day
skirmish
When the market opened the buy
ers announced that they would bid
for cows and heifers only on condi-
ton that acceptance aud payment
would follow, not preceda. the gov
ernment post-moTtem inspection.
They were promptly told by the com
mission men that their bids would
not be considered on such terms.
II was expected in some quarters
that partial deadlock would ensue
in the COW and heifer market. On
the contrary. the trading was quite
brisk and at the close Of business
the commission mems report on
"cow stuff" was "all sold out
A lsnge number of buyers from
Milwaukee and other cities where
slaughter houses are operated inde-
pendently of the big Chicago pack
cries were on hand and to these the
"cow stuff was let go at prices
| that were from 10 to 20 per cent be
tlow the range at the close OF Las
weeks market In this slump OF tn
market the big packers Chained
find evidence OF their power. Tht
were not sanguine of the final ou
come, however, the com missiG
mems failure to get stock on tn
|day's receipts being an unlooked-fc
idevelopment. Causes that contribu
ted to the success OF the commission
| men in their efforts to sell on
| everything were the cooperation o.
shippers in the country and the de
mands of the Independent trade
Renewed appeals to the country Duy-
ers and shippers to keep their
COWS and heifers out of the chicago
market for the present were sent
ont over the wires in great numbers
by the commission men during the
day.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-28
New Alfalfa.

| have a limited number or baies
OF new alfalfa. ID. II. Thompson -
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-28
NO CIGARETTES.
New Time Card and instruction
Pamphlet of New Texas Road.

In the new time card and instruc-
ton pamphlet of the st. LOUIS
Brownsville and Mexico road, Just
issued there is clause prohlbitlns
the smoking of cigarettes by any or
the employees of that road. rms Is
considered a novelty in that the new
road will traverse that section OF
Texas in which cigarette smoking Is
thought TO be the chief occupation
of the natives. Many Mexicans re-
side in this particular portion OF the
state and they form the chief factor
in labor As they viii necessarily
have to be employed 10 large eN-
tent on the line. railroad men here
are wondering now the new road
will get them TO give up their dear
cigarettes.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-28

The w. O. w. lodge will meet IN
regular session tonight. There VIII
he several limitations after which
,ha,.o win he a lunch served. All
members urged TO be present
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-28
LEMON FROM WEATHER MAN.
Hands Out a Miserable Bunch of
Cold Air and Moisture.

The weather man handed the
citizens of Waxahachie an ample
sized lemon yesterday morning.
when the thermometer fell thirty
one degrees In less than twelve
hours. The maximum recorded Sun
\day was s4 degrees while the min
iimum Monday morning was 53 de
grees above zero or 21 degrees
above the freezing point Yesterda,
Iafternoon the mercury ascended the
scale to II degrees and dropped to
i54 during the night. A miserable
| little bunch of cold air blew in from
the north this morning causing
further decline in the temperature.
The intensity Of the GOODNESS was re-
inforced by rain which fell stead
lily during the greater part of the
forenoon
Quite sprinkle. of snow is said
to have fallen this morning in the
valley between Britton and Midlo-
THAN Conductor Walter Hanney OF
the eastbound Central passenger
train stated that he saw the snow
and that it was the real stuff. He
said the flakes were large and white
and that they attracted the atten-
ton of several of his passengers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-28
TWENTY NEW ENGINES.
General Freight and Passenger
Agent Arranges for Delivery the
Last of June.

Fort Worth, Texas, May 2S.-
General Freight and Passenger
Agent Connor of the TRINITY anu
Brazos Valley road returned Mon
day morning from New YORK, where
he spent several days on company
business. While there he arranged
for the delivery of twenty new 10
comotives that were ordered some
time ago but have been delayed sew
eral months.
These engines will be placed on
the road as soon as received.
The twenty new locomotives are
expected TO reach Texas about the
latter part of next month.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-28

Use umag rsAearsa1 of the Chnfas
ana arrhestra fnv ~treat4nn ~itl p
hssd "Wednesday al 3e p. m- II b
Imperative thzS efsrs usf A"r of
she ehurus be prcserf af this re-
hsa rsal
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-28

The mass meeting to nave oeeh
held at the courthouse at 2:3o TINS
afternoon has been postponed uhui
Monday. June 9, on account or the
rain. John A. Kennedy, dls'llct
manager of the Texas Cotton ware
house company, and Stanley h. wat
son. general agent for the same
company, will be on hand 10 eNpiaiii
the method of building warehouses;
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03

Kansas has los counties, and in "a
of these she has not single pauper;
Ia % she has net a single poor house
in 50 there was not single prisoner
in the county Jail, and in 37--oYer
one-third of the counties of the state
she did not have a man, woman
or child charged on the criminal
docket with any crime. Such rec
ord cannot be duplicated by a single
license state in the unicn, and with
these facts before it, 1t is not re-
markable that the Kansas City Star
should say editorially that Kansas
could afford to be sneered at by the
minions of the saloons.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
A Needed official.

In an interesting paper NJ. Moure
and NJ. Bouyer relate the extraordi-
nary care which Emperor Nero took
of his voice. At night Nero lay on
his back with thin plate Of lead on
his stomach He abstained from
fruits and all dishes which could hurt
his voice. In order not to damage the
purity of its sound he ceased har-
arguing the soldiers and the senate.
He attached to his service an officer
specially deputed to take care of his
voice He talked only in the presence
of this singular official, who warned
him when he spoke too loudly or
forced his voice, and, If the emperor,
carried away by some sudden fit of
passion, did not listen to his remOn-
STRANGE, it was his duty TO stop his
mouth with a napkin.-Modern Medi
cine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
"COME SEVEN, ELEVEN"
Budding Business Man "Makes Good"
to His Admitting Parent.

When Sam came back from college
his father didn't think he would make
good. as a business man because he
hadn't had practical experience, says
the st. Louis Post-Dispatch. Sans
mother pleaded so hard his father de-
cided to let him do some of the buy
ing for the house, but he shook his
head and said:
"The boy will lose money for me,
sure"
A few days later salesman for a
wholesale house came in and Sam took
him to the buying room. Sans moth
er was so anxious to learn that her
faith in the boy was justified she stood
near the door and listened. After re-
naming there for while she ran into
the store and said to her husband:
Jacob, the boys all right. He is in
there insisting on bigger discount
than we ever got. l heard him. He's
hollerin' seven, eleven You know,
Jacob, we never got better than six
per cent. for ten days. He's got the
making of the business man."
But Sam was playing little game
of craps with his friend, the sales
man, who was classmate at college.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
The NiqQard's Way.

A Philadelphia said of Miss Anna
T. Jeanes, who has given 100000
for negro education in the south:
miss Jeanes is a splendid philan.
thropist. To a good cause she is gen
crosby itself. Giving promptly and
freely, she has no sympathy with
niggards. 1 once heard her tell a
story about niggardly rich man OF
her childhood.
::This man visited a school and
made an address. At the end he
called little boy up to him and said
"My lad, have you purse?'
"'No, sir
"Tm sorry said the rich man. II
you had a purse, should have given
you a dime to put in it.
"This man was scheduled to speak
again at the school the next month
and when he came the boys were pre-
pared for him. An empty purse lay
hid in every pair of trousers.
"And sure enough, at the end of the
speech, the man called another boy
and said:
"'Have you purse, my son?
Yes. sir was the eager answer.
"T'm glad of it, said the other. II
you hadn't, I should have giver you q
dime to buy one with San An
tonic Express.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.

Don't let the weeds get the whip
hand over you.
It's a wise man as well as a good
farmer who fights weeds when they
are small.
Farm implements in operation
should be examined in every part at
least once a day and the nuts thor
oughly frightened with wrench.
Attach the wrench to the pillow. or
other implement with a good strap
or wire. Many wrenches are lost be-
cause they are not properly attached
er not even fastened at all.
How about sowing some rape? 1t
viii come in pretty handy along about
July and August. Five pounds of seed
to the acre sown about corn planting
time will make good. sheep pasture.
Every farmer should have ten-foot
pole. Dress down piece of pine or
Eastwood one and one-fourth inches
square and saw it off exactly ten feet
long. Mark it off every foot and with
indelible pencil mark the feet. Some
find IL feet a more useful length,
Keep it dry and straight.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
LAY ONLY BY LAMPLIcHT.
Mckeever Man Says He has Solved
Problem of Eggs in Winter.

Hiram Scott, of McKeever. believes
he has solved the vexatious problem
of making hens lay eggs when they
don't want to. If he has, a road to
wealth is open to farmers. He GER
tainly made his biddies come to the
scratch and profted thereby.
The discovery was largely due to
accident, but if Mr.. Scott hadn't been
an observing kind of man he would
still be minus the great secret.
One night last winter when his
hens couldn't be coaxed to perform
their duty, he left lantern hanging
in his henhouse and forgot it. Next
morning he was shocked to find the
light still burning, for the lantern had
little oil in it and might have blown
up. Such things have happened.
But the farmer had a greater sur
prise in store for him All the hens
cackled and in their nests were
dozen fine white eggs.
1t was plain that II of the IS hens
had laid in the night, and as they
hadn't accomplished such a feat in
month he judged the lantern had
something to do with it. Whether it
was the added warmth or the rays Of
light he didn't know, but it was plain
that the eggs had been laid.
Next night the lantern, well filled
with oil, was left in the same place
and more eggs were laid. The follow
ing night the lantern was not lighted
and not an egg greeted Mr.. SCOTS
gaze in the morning.
1t having thus been established that
the hens wouldn't lay except under
artificial light, the lantern was there
after provided.
Mr.. Scott says that his hens are
dopey day times and sleep most of
the period between sunrise and sun
set, but that they appear healthy and
robust--N. Y. World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
Doubtful Compliments.

The compliments paid by the
are often put in an amusing
One old woman who was very
OF the rector saija to Mr.. Be1
Yen knew. sir, us fixes the rectc
ears are so Clean" surely an
reason for parOchial affection.
other a3miger once declared wi
gard to the whole staff of c
You are al 50 plain'-a word 0.
commendation-"but as for the
'e's beautiful" The greatest c.
ment, though at the same tin
most curious IIr. Bernays ever
was paid by workingman to a Z
bishop, famous for his simple
ness, What l likes bout the bis
'e's not d gentleman. "-Westn
Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
Felt His Importance.

Lord John Russell, when on a visit
to Queen Victoria at BalmoraI, asked
her majesty's own piper to have some
one play in his presence. "What kind
o. Il piper do you want?" asked the
man. ''Just such another as your
SELF said the English statesman
Drawing himself up, the musician said
grandly, There's plenty O. lords like
yourself, but very few pipers like me-"
London Mail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
- -1s<Sss
The Nation of Shopkeepers.

: Napoleon must have been right
after all. We are a nation of shop
keepers. There is nothing in the
shop we are not ready to sell at
price, says the London Saturday Re-
view. We would no doubt sell the
Great Seal If we could get a good
enough offer from Mr.. Pierpont Nor
gan. Shakespeare folios, first editions
OF Walton, the portraits of Reynolds,
OF Romney-these and any other ma
tional heirlooms. only given fat
enough offer, we are happy to part
with TO any foreign nation that has
the taste and money to buy them. We
can put them Up as coolly as Charles
Surface did his forbears.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03

The life insurance companies an
nounce that they will not withdraw
from the state on account of the
legislation which recently was
added to the statute books to
regulate few OF their business me-
thods. OF course not. That threat
to withdraw twas simply one me-
thod of lobbying for all the con-
cessions they could get. They'll
not withdraw when there's good
money in sight.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
a King and a Guinea Pig,

Rev. Charles SpuEgeon, in /
cut a. list OF subscribers to one
charities, made running CONNER
Jokes as he went on that kept th
ence in. great good humor- Cor
a Mr.. King who had given ; 81
he said, There's a king who Ia
his crown" Coming next to
Pigg, who had given a guinea,
claimed, There's a guinea pig!
don Tit-Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
Fate of = Famous Library.

The great PineIIian library, coasid-
cred at the time one Of the largest and
most valuable in the world, was pgIr-
chased in 1900 after the death of it's
possessor by London bookseller, who
chartered three vessels to convey it to
London. He was pursued by corsairs,
who captured one vessel, and finding
it carried a cargo Of books and manu-
scripts destroyed all by casting them
into the sea-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
A Perfect Husband.

"What is your idea Of a perfect hus-
band?" asked the sentimental girl.
"a perfect husband" answered Miss
Cayenne, lis one who will submit to
any amount of reproOf because he de
layed dinner to see al eleven inning
baseball game to the finish and never
once allude to the similar delays occa-
stoned by his wife's devotion to illus
trated lectures or pianists. Washing
tOn Star
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
Pride,

Doubtless Prince Fushimi, of Japan,
made the acquaintance of Highland
pipers in the course Of his visit to
Scotland. 1t is recalled that Lord
John Russell, when on a visit to
Queen Victoria at Balmoral, asked her
majestys own piper to have some one
play in his presence.
what kind o. piper do you want?'
asked the man.
"Just such another as yourself,
said the English statesman.
Drawing himself up the musician
said grandly: There's plenty o. lords
like yourself, but very few pipers like
me."-Cleveland Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
The Good of LAUGHTER.

Mans capacity for seeing his own ex-
istepce in a humorous light, the various
springs of his laughter and everything;
implied therein-few subjects are more
philosOphically suggestive than this, yet
few have been SO entirely ignored by
speculative thought After all may It
not be that in deep sense laughter
rather than goodness is your true anti
dote for evil ?-GlaSgOw Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
Diplomacy WsAI, the Piano.

Our pianists do not wholly under
stand the genius of their instrument.
Wonderful as the modern piano is it
has decided Limitations in respect of
power of tone. Treat the piano with
diplomacy and it will sing generously
and with infinite variety Of tOnal gra-
dations. Force it, assault it, domjneel
over it, and it shrieks, and there is no
expressive timbre left in its voice
RauGhan
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
Coke.

The silvery luster shown by many Of
the best grades of coke is said to be
due principally to the decomposition
of some of the gases evolved during the
process of coking, and the deposition
of thin coating Of pure tG'bon on
the surface of the coke cells This
thin coating protects the cells from al
teration in the air and is accountable
for the durability shown by many
cOkeS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
a Conclusive Calculation.

Il should think that young man
would. have more sense than to call on
a girl every night" said Mabel's father
at breakfast.
THE idear' exclaimed the young wo-
man. THAT shows how carelessly you
judge. Herbert's the only person ever
saw or heard Of who was smart enough
to talk seven nights a week without
telling everything he knew Washing
ron Star
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03

Everyicommunity has its list of
undesirable citizens. The ledgers
of the courts show the names of
the bad citizens clearly 1t is the
painful duty of the newspapers
often to record but one which
is DUE the public at large. The
innocent do not suffer at the
hands of justice themselves, but
it is the family of the men hailed
into Icourt for different offenses.
The offender should think of this
element Ibefore wrong doing and
not seek to hide his shame under
a cloak when arrested and fined.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
English Land owners,

The distance from Liverpool to Lon
don is POI miles. On each side of the
railroad, as far as the eye can reach,
the most beautiful and most splenMdly
cultivated farms present themselves,
but not one foot OF the land belongs to
those who have thus brought it to such
beauty and perfection. 1t all belongs
to six men, who own it because they
happen to be the oldest sons Of their
fathers
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
Animal Oddities.

; A dog can take more mere
would kill a human being.
! The mole is one of the gr
the animal kingdom. 1t W
starvation If deprived of
twenty-four hours. - 81
The humming bird IN pro
nest always flies at and peck
of its adversary. Crows ]
found totally blind from the
birds bill.
The Eve of American Won
ors was Mary Kies, who
tanned a patent for straw
silk Or thread"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
A FelIoW-F eelinQ,

st don't believe" said Mrs. Henry
Peck, that 1 would be afraid of a
man-eating tiger"
81 don't believe you'd need to,
Mira" responded Henpeck, "he'd rec
ognize a kindred spirit. Houston
Post
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
He Was. superstitious.

'This bein' Friday" said tn.
who had just staked the he
handout, 81 reckon you would
t. work"
''Not me-" replied the uni
traveller. II ain't goin' t.
luck by startin' t. work on III
Saturday, ner Sunday, ner Mo
Tuesday, ner Wednesday, M
day. See?"-Pennsylvania G
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03

Governor Folk, of Missouri, says:
mo town is better or worse than
its ci tizens make it. Show me the
stores and newspapers of a place
and I will tell you what kind of
citizens it harbors." Governor Folk
is correct. It is one way to judge
a community, and about the only
sure way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
They sheIved Browning.

Douglas Jerrold was convs
from an illness when he read
ing';s "Sordello." Not a cons:
fdea could he get from that myi
duction. 1t struck him that
lost his reason. during his lime
thrust the volume into his wife
After several attempts to III;
sense out of the first page she ]
it, saying: Bother the gibbe
don't understand a word of it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
Plenty of Chances.

Asyoung man proposed for the hand
of a millionaire's daughter
'Well," said the millionaire, frown-
ing thoughtfully, what are your pros
poets? Is there any chance of promo
ton in your business?"
"Any CHANGER cried the young man.
''Well, should say so! Why, we en-
ploy 200 men, and my job is next to
the lowest in the establishment"
Puck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
Fellows in Misfortune.

"Well," growled the first man at the
five o'clock tea, IF it were not for my
wife I wouldn't be here"
mo, hang it! and neither would I II
it were not for my wife. I'm the hos
tess husband. "-Philadelphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
Potato Unloading Chute.

through an opening The bottom Of
chute is made Of four or five narrow
boards with space between to let the
dirt and small potatoes fall through.
If the opening into the cellar is very
narrow, says Prairie Farmer, two
boards can be placed at the lower
end, as shown, to form a funnel at
bottom of chute.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
Her Eavorite.

Margaret and her little playmate
Elizabeth CHANGED to be overheard as
fbev were walking home from school.
'sWhats yclr very favoritest color?"
Elizabeth vas asking. Margaret
looked thoughtfully for a moment,
and thsa said. enthusiastically:
''Rls'Ai"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03

IF there's anything in name the
new st. Anna KTankenunterstuet
ungaverein of Milwaukee ought to
have a long lease of life.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03

1t has been stated that Kansas
has 10 bankers but no editors in prs
on, while the sunfiower state sends
three editors and only enc banker to
congress. This may he taken as a
point in favor Of the editors, but it
all depends on how man regards
congress.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
ahavinn Sfafiatics.

The statistician has been at it again.
The average man, he has discovered
has twenty square inches of beard Oh
his face. Ergo if man with twenty
square inches Of face shaves every
morning he will scrape over 1890
square inches in year. Accordingly
If he shaves from the time he is TWEEN
ty until he is seventy years old he will
have shaved $4,000 square inches Of
heard
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-03
POTATO CHUTE INTO CELLAR.
Convenient Device for Putting the
Tubers in Storage.

Here is a handy device for storing
potatoes in a cellar. It is a kind of
chute, as illustrated in the accom-
panying cut, which extends from the
wagon box down into the cellar