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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13
NATURES MISi .f,iES.
And tht Little That Man Really
Knows About Them

1 seized the opportunity some little
next to great physicist of asking ,ii}
series OF fumbling questions on the
subject OF modern theories of matte.
For an hour | stumbled like a child,
supported by u strong hand, In a din:
and unfamiliar world, among the mys-
FERROUS essences of things | should
like to try 10 reproduce it here, but
have no doubt should reproduce it al!
wrong Still. it was deeply inspiring
to look out into chaos, to hear the rush
and motion Of atoms moving in vast
worthless. to learn that inside the hard
est and most iInpenetrable of sub
stances there was probably a feverish
intensity of inner motion. | do not
know that | acquired any precise
knowledge. Gut l drank deep drafts OF
wonder and awe.
The great man. with his amused and
wear smile was infinitely gentle and
ieft ne. | will say, far more conscious
OF the beauty and the holiness o.
KNOW leupe. / Sdlu something TO MN
about the sense of power that such
knowledge must give All" he said
much of what | have told you is not
proved; it is only suspected. We are
very much in the dark about these
things yet Probably If physicist Of
hundred years hence could overhcal
me he would be amazed to think that
a sensible man could make such puer
lie statements. Power-no, it is not
that. 1t rather makes one realize
ones feebleness in being so uncertain
about things that are absolutely GER
tain and precise in themselves. If we
could but see the truth. 1t is much
more like the apostle who said: Lord,
believe. Help thou my unbeiief' The
thing one wonders at is the courage of
the men who dare to think they
know" -Putnam's.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13
Animal Instinct,

A friend of mine saw two cats ap-
preaching each other on the top of a
board fence. There was no room for
them to pass each other, and he Won
dered what would happen. When they
were near each other one of them
stopped turned around and retreated
TIL 1t came to another board fence that
Joined at right angles the one they
were on. The cat stepped off on this
fence and waited there till the other
went by My friend thought this act
showed an appreciation of the problem
beyond the reach of instinct. No doubt
those cats had met before, and one
was master of the other. What more
natural than that the defeated cat
should retreat before the superior and
when 1t came to the other fence step
The action involved no mental process
any more than when two inert bodies
In motion meet each other and one
gives way. There was no other course
open to the cat. If she or he had
turned back and taken to the side
fence soely to accommodate the other
cat, why, that were another matter.
The Gordon setter that met a train
Of cars upon a railroad bridge and
stepped down upon one of the timberS
of the bridge and stood there while
the train passed gave no proof of rea-
soning powers. 1t was the only thing
the dog could do. Nearly all animals
yh the of
danger. If they did not. what would
become OF the race of animals John
Burroughs in Outing Magazine.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13
POWER OF WEALTH.
Money, Says a Physician, Is Able to
Purchase Even Life.
The aged millionaire sighed.

The aged millionaire sighed
I'D give all my money" he said. 'if
| could buy twenty-five more years o.
life"
But your money has already
bought you that" said the physician
coldly.
what rot are you talking now?'
the millionaire asked peevishly.
mo rot at all, for it is fact. q
dreadful fact. said the physician.
''that the rich i've on the average.
twenty-five years longer than the
poor. Born rich, you are assured of a
quarter century more life than would
be your allotment were you born poor
Wealth buys you all that And yet
they say that there is nothing in mon
ey. Why man, money buys life
''How do YOU mean?" said the mil
lionaire. This sounds rather like
nonsense to me-"
''Oh, wealth protects one from SO
many ills. Rich babies nearly always
live, but poor ones die of a hundred
complaints induced bT poverty Poor
babies die off shoclslngly. And so with
boys and girls. with rlen and women
If they are rich They live healthly
and therefore iou.-. while If they are
poor they live unhea!thily. and dis
ease, accident eoGtagion priva ton
eli sorts of preyeat&9ie things-carry
them OF
Yes. money buys life. ard reliable
statistics show that Il two children are
born today one rich and the other
poor. the rich one viii oltlive the 9th
er by the lilly margin of twenty-five
years. Philadelphia Record.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13
Creative.

A certain man coming from abroad
was taken up by the smart set
We'll make lion of him." quoth
they. "for the distinction he will there
upon reflect upon US
But the man was too little. 1t takes
much material to make lion.
Then We'll make monkey of him, V
said the smart set. determined to have
some exercise for their creative geniu~.
Nor was the world the worse off
For. after Gil. it is the contribution to
the gayety of nations that is especially
needed.-Puck.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13
Too Broad a Hint.

"You'vc got fellow In there that
won't wait on me again. not much
said an iratc customer. as he emerged
from the dining room and slapped his
morey down on the pay desk. Pm
not stinGy." continued the customer,
'ard don't mind giving tips, but when
Il waiter hangs round till fellow has
nearly finished eating and whistles DO
not forget ms think 1t is about time
something was done."-London Mail
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

The Enterprise Publishing Com
pany is in nowise responsible for
debts that may be contracted by en-
plcTeS, nor will we assume payment
of such debts under any circum-
stances. Every employe of this office
lie paid promptly for work done. This
IL to protect ourselves and the SELL
Ing lic.-ENTERPRISE PUB
LISTING COMPANY, Per G. w Nc
Knight, Manager.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

The ancestry of the late king of
Sweden is practical illustration of
the pungent saying: THE first king
was a fortunate soldier. He who SER
YES his country has no need of an
cestors." Ancestry does not count so
much In this practical age as re-
suits, and he who can bring results
about, be he king or peasant, is the
man OF the hour.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

1t has been discovered that trunks
were used by the Romans in the
time of Caesar. There is no reason,
however, to believe that any Roman
lady of that period took more than
seven trunks with her when she
went away from home to be gone a
week or two.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

Nobody held it against Lord kel-
vim that he was a lord. He wasn't
born that way, but was asked to
come into the peerage TO give the
position of lord some standing.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13


When the Brahnlan cleans his teeth
he must use Il small twig cut from one
of a number of certain trees and be-
fore he cuts it he must make bis act
known to the gods of the U(oods. He
must not indulge in this cle3nly habit
every day. He must abstain on the
sixth, the eighth the nintl4 the four
tenth, the fifteenth and the last Gay
of the moon. on the days Of new and
full moon. on the Tuesday in every
week, on the day of the constellation
under which he was born, on the day
of the week and on the day of the
month which correspond with those OF
his birth, at an eclipse, at the conjunc-
ton of the planets, at the equinoXes
and other unlucky epochs and also on
the anniversary of the death of his ia
Their or mother. Any one who cleans
his teeth with his bit of stick on any
of the above mentioned days will have
hell as his portion. - "Hindoo Man
ners," by Able Dubois.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13
All He Said.

Oficer-How is this, Murphy? Ser
geant complains that you called hir
names. Private Murphy-PlaZe. SUI.
] never called him ony names at all
All | sad was, Sergeant" says /
"some of us ought to be in a menag
erie London Tit-Bits.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

New York blackmailers have for
med a combination and threaten to
hiss grand opera singers unless they
might turn the tables on the black
mailers by accepting Kissing as a
compliment.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

Women have been appealed to not
TO shop over eight hours Their
thoughtful husbands in leaving
small change for them to shop with
usually see to that.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13
The Main Trouble.

Wise-Oh. give us a rest for awhile.
won't you: Doubley-Well, every fell
low has a right to his opinion and
Wise-Yes. but the trouble is that he
can't be made to realize that there may
be wrong to it-Indianapolis News.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

Traveller fafter waiting patiently for
train for four hours)-She'll no be COM
in the day, | doot? Porter-Hoots,
mon, haze We no patience? Yell just
bide wee while an she'll be by!-
Punch.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

There are in New York $1,000
women who are supporting their
rather do that in dear old New York
than live in luxury anywhere else.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

Ernest Thompson Seton is asking
why mosquitoes do not bite frogs.
Maybe their taste has not been cul-
tivated in a high-class restaurant.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13
QiCrr1cidSnert,

Amateur Sportsman after shooting
best friendl-Too bad, too bad, but
thought you We're Geer. The Victim
Don't fret Amateur Sportsman
Don't fret. Why. man, | promised my
wife a pair of horns Illustrated Bits.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

New York's fire commissioner
won't have to pay SIS, 900 for two
kisses he stole from lady. Kisses
are not worth any such sum in
New York.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

The Terra del Fuegans are going
to see the most surprising circus
parade that ever passed through
their thoroughfares.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

$50 Nelson is dead What killed
him?'
you know he had one foot in tie
grave?"
"Yea."
Well. some one pulled his leg"
Harper's Weekly.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

ANY erroneous reflection upon the
haracter, standing or reputation of
any person, firm or corporation that
may appear in the columns Of the
DAILY Light will be gladly corrected
upon its being brought to the atten-
ton OF the management
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

We are accustomed to see men I,
snarl at the good and tcir'i'.l
cause 1t lies beyond their syinpali,
Goethe
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13
EVERY BATH ROOM

should be fitted with perfect san
itary system of Piping and Drain
age. There should be but little
chance for foul air or stagnant wa
ter to collect in any bowl, tap or
elbow. Perfect plumbing in a
house often means perfect health
to the household, and inferior plumb
ing may mean sickness and-worse.
Let us have the fixing of your
household plumbing, and we will
guarantee to save a lot of your an
nual doctor bills.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

Indiscreion, malice, rashness and
falsehood produce each other.-L'E En-
clos.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

Obituaries, resolutions OF respect.
cards of thanks-all matter not
NEWS-will be charged for at the
rate OF cents per line. Poetry at
double price
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13
W. A. OWNBY City Editor
(Residence Phone. Bell No. $500
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Terms strictly in advance.
All announcements in this col
umn are made subject to the action
of the democratic primary elections
in July.
For County Collector
TOM FORREST.
GEO. F. SMITH,
L. l.. JETER.
For County Attorney
CHARLEY PIPPEN.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13
F. s. CRONk co.

Machinists and Plumbers.
Dealers in Mill, Gin, Plumbing and
Water Supplies, Metal and Genasco
Roofing. etc.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-13

FERNS strictly in advance.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-13
SALT LAKE CITY SUED
Residents of Second Avenue say Grade
OF Street is Being WronSfuliy
Changed by Municipality.

70 restrain the City OF salt Lake
from in any manner changing or inter-
fering with the existing grade Of the
sidewalk on the north side of Second
avenue, between Canyon road and A
street. is The purpose of q suit filed
in the Third district court this morn
ing by l.. A Blackner and Sophia Dan
iels The action Is brought against Salt
Lake City, j. y. O'Neill. John Finn,
and l.. G. Kelsey, city engineer. and
charges that the grade heretofore es-
tablished by the city has been wrong
fully changed and interfered with, and
that the new work being done in
changing the grade and laying new
walks along said Second avenue in
front of the premises mentioned is be-
ing done ito satisfy the mere whims
and desires of certain individuals re-
siding upon Second avenue, west and
east of the property owned by these
plaintiffs, and these defendants, to sat
isfy the whims of said individuals
aforesaid, are thereby wrongfully, wan
tonly and maliciously injuring and ir
reparably damaging these plaintiffs"
The court is asked to issue a tenn
poraiy injunction restraining the de-
PENDANTS from continuing with the
work, and upon final hearing of the
cause to make the injunction perma-
nent.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-13
Mass Meetings to Protest Against
Them to be Held by Labor Or
CARNATIONS Through Country.
WILL BE HELD NEXT SUNDAY.
VIII Demand That Congress Pass La
Dor Amendment to- the Sher-
man Antitrust Law.

New York. April tS-The repre-
sentatives of the American Federation
If Labor have announced that be-
sides the mass meeting in Grand
Central palace here next Sunday TO
protest against the labor decisions of
the United .'iates supreme court and
tn demand that Congress pass the la
Dor amendment to the Sherman anti
trust law mass meetings of similar
character had been called in every
prrt of the country.
Many of these meetings viii be
held on Sunday and some on Monday.
and they estimate that an aggregate of
over 1.p00,0 600 of worlIinGmen VIII at
tend the meetings. The amendment
eNempts labor organizations from tie
provision against combinations in re-
straint of trade.
General Organizer Herman Robin
son of the American Federation vt
Labor who represents President
GompeTs in the east. made the fol-
lowing report later when the meeting
was over:
The meetings will not be so much
meetings of protest as to demand rem
edial legislation. Probably at no
time in the history of organized labor
in the United States nave so many
mass meetings been held simultaneous
~ as VIII be held next Sunday and
Monday. The matter is of vital i'm
portance not only on account of the
wording of the United States supreme
courts decisions, but on account Of the
different interpretations that can se
put ON them They can be so con-
strued as to make il impossible for
Unions to enforce their demands"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-13
pennsylvania
REPUBLICANS
Saturdays Primary Elections
Show Leaders of Both Fac
tons Were Eliminated.
YOUNGER ONES FOR HARMONY
Delegates to State Convention VIII he
Instructed for Senator Knox
For the Presidency.

Pittsburg, Pa, April 1S.-While sew
eral days time will be necessary to oh
tain official Information and figures of
Saturdays primary election, conditions
warrant the following brief general
summary:
Notwithstanding bitter factional
fights within the Republican party IL
majority OF the regular Republican
candidates We're nominated; the lead
ers of both factions were eliminated,
and younger leaders are now discussing
harmony. All but one of 10 western
Pennsylvania congressman were re-
nominated, Congressman Adhesion being
defeated on the oath district by John La
Tenor, grand exalted ruler Of the Elks.
Senator Penrose viii be supported for
reelection by practically all the as
sembly candidates, delegates to the
state convention viii be instructed for
Senator Knox for the presidency. while
the delegates TO the Democratic state
convention will probably be successful
In sending uninstructed delegates to the
Denver convention.
one of the surprises of the election
Is the defeat of Congressman John Dali
zell as n delegate to the Republican ma
tional convention Notwithstanding the
fact that he ran ahead OF opponents in
the congressional fight.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-13
NO CHANGE FOR DISTRICTS.
Attorney General Gives Opinion Re.
garding County School Boundaries.

Attorney General Breeden handed
down the following opinion today, hold
ing that when county school districts
of the first class have been organized.
county commissioners can not change
them;
Hon. a. A. Law, County Attorney. Lo-
gan, Utah:
Sir-I have your favor requesting
my official opinion as follows: 'Wheth-
err or not the present or succeeding
board of county commissioners can or
may legally redistrict a county into
districts where all the territory i'm such
county outside of Incorporated cities of
the first and second class has been Gre
ated into school district of the first
class?"
In reply TO the above question. YOU
arc advised that the law creates all
school districts outside of the limits of
cities of the first and second classes
comprising a school population Of
more than three thousand school chill
dren over six and under is years of
age into county school districts of the
first class, when such school districts
have been definitely and legally or
ganized. YOU are advised such organi-
cation becomes permanent and the
board of county commissioners has no
power to change or abolish such dis
tricts; therefore | must reply to your
question I'm the negative. Section 1901
r. s., does not apply to county school
districts of the first class under the
present law.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-13
DEATH OF CHAs. WELLS.
Esteemed Young Man Dies Soon After
Parents Arrive.

Charles Wells a resident OF this city,
passed peacefully away at the home Of
Mr.. Joseph CARAT, 4Gi Fourth East
street, Saturday, at 1886 D. M, Of pneu-
monia, aged 22 years The deceased
was native OF Coleshil, Warwick
shire. England, emigratlng hero six
years ago and was one OF a family Of
10 children,
Mr. Wells parents. two brothers and
fOui sisters. arrived here from Eng
land two weeks ago aud 10 their eN-
trcme sorrow found MI. Wells In a
very serious condition and unable to
battle with The dreaded disease that
had fastened Itself SO firmly upon him.
lie was a young man Of firm integTi-
IS, honest. upright sober, Industrious
ana beloved by an who knew him and
deeply lamented by those with whom
he lived, For the past l2 months he
was an employe OF the Troy laundry.
Funeral services will be held at tho
Ninth ward Westinghouse Fourth
South and Fifth East streets, Tuesday.
Aprl "a. al ~ o'clock, after which his
body VIII be taken 10 Provo for inter-
mcnt His remains may be viewed By
his friends Tuesday from 20 10 a, m.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-13
BIRTHDAY
Hundred and Sixty-Flfth Anniversary
or IL Celebrated by the Uni
versity of Virginia.

Charlottesville, Va, April l3.-The
enc hundred and slXty-fifth anniversary
of the birth day of Thomas Jefferson
and the ninety-eighth anniversary OF
the foundation of the University of
Virginia We're celebrated at that IN
stituton today, the chief address being
delivered by the British ambassador,
James Bryce.
President alderman, in introducing
the ambassador, referred To the fact
that Tarletons soldiers chased the
genera! assembly of Virginia from the
town OF Charlottesville and caused Mr.
Jefferson himself to leave Monticello
somewhat hastily
I'VE are very fortunate today" said
DR.. Alderman, lin having as our guest
Il representative of our great mother
empire and OF his majesty, King Ed
ward Twenty-Five million people have
come to this country since the revolu-
ton from all quarters OF the world and
very few of them have been English
men 1t Is perhaps fairly accurate to
say that rural England and the south
ern states are the most English parts
of the world today. Still this republic
is an English land"
President Alderman followed Mr.
Bryce's address with an interesting
statement concerning the life OF the
university for the present year.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-13
IN LINE OF SQUADRON
The Fleet of BattIcships Three Hun
drcd Miles South of San Diego,
Proceeding to That Place.

San Francisco, April ia message
received by the United Wireless Tele-
graph company this morning from the
United States battleship Georgia al
sea, reports the fleet of battleships at
. p. m. yesterday about 800 miles south
or San Diego proceeding quietly sin
line of squadron" The change from
single was made at $3.50 a. m. when A
signal from the flagship of the COM
mander in chief the Connecticut. or
dered line of squadrons. The first
and second squadrons then slowed
down, the third and fourth squadrons
veerlng to port; taking up a position
ABREAST of squadrons one and two, l.600
yards apart. Rear Admiral Sperry
was in command Of tho second SQUAD
ron, with Capt. HARDER OF the Maine
acting as admiral at the head of the
fourth squadron, the Maine changing
places with the Minnesota. Another
dispatch received later reported tho
fleet proceeding In same formation al
speed of knots an hour. the weather
being that OF tropical California, but
more invigorating than that of Mag
dalena bay. The coal consumption is
repored as less per knot than 1t was
when the fleet loft the Atlantic side.
and although tho ships bottoms are
necessarily foul. the indications ara
that the engines are In a remarkably
perfect and efficient condition, and the
boilers also.
California viii not extend more
ferVent welcome to the feet than the
fleet win extend TO California. The
ships and men are In good shape for
inspection, and the parade al San Diego
win bring into line a body OF 5000 per
fectly trained and efficient men as ever
landed from an American fleet In any
part OF the world.
The crew has been engaged on the
way up scrubbing hammocks, while the
paymasters and their assistants have
been preparing for pay day which will
take place tomorrow, when the crews
viii receive the money due them in
gold coin.
The auxiliary vessels are following
the neet to san Diego with the eXcep-
ton OF the collier Ajax and the de-
stroyers which are still at Magdalena
bay,
The fleet viii arrive at san Diego
tomorrow morning.