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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
A MAN OF LUCK.
The Story Of the Test by the Eastern
Kings Minister.

A king once said to minister. no
you believe III luck? ?"
Il do" said the minister.
Can YOU prove it?' asked the king
Eyes. | can"
So one night he tied up to the cell.
ing of n room a bag containing peas
mixed with diamonds and let in two
men. one of whom believed in luck
and the other in human effort alone.
The one who believed in luck quietly
laid himself down on the ground on
his blanket: the other after time
found the bag and. feeling in the dark
the peas and stones, ate the peas nd
threw the diamonds to his companion.
saying. There are the stones for your
idleness."
The man below received them in his
blanket.
In the morning the king and the
minister came and told each man 10
keep what he had found. The man
who believed in trying got the peas
which he had eaten; the other got the
diamonds
The minister then said. Sire, there
may. you see. be luck, but it is as rare
as peas mixed with diamonds, SO Lei
none hone to live by luck."-An East
aru ia BILE
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06

~. Though, t Wa vsy rur-y e.
sire The HayrIU.

F'F i.'F nay ...
Practical Joking ..n, m.#> Forum
ot w.t.. Is common u UnlE rr
merry the urus- m.pH .n nu .uar-.
n NOT dangerous. nut that is .haueu-
nov Tho only saving grace - Pod"
NagyarHu practical jokes snts ". g.
f. BoyIl iu Hungary and lne Hur.
gariHus.' is tuat they are NOT pcrpo-
uHcd in spirit " bitterness.
One uf the most famous ioErr~ NJ the
Old school was Jozsa Gyuri ENi"j
in ono ~ the most inaccessible parts
OF the great plain. he lived aud dice
n prodigul and "a buftoon."
A story is told Of lozSa goiuc tu
spend night with Count kogJcytrU
Wishing TO be impressive ne Journey.
ed thithcr IN beautiful new coach ~
which he was very proud ou h"'u-
shown over the grounds 10y the count
his attention was directed To 20 remark
ably fine hayrick Hay was thea
standing az q good price. After sup
per JozSa drew together some friends.
mud the rick was soon nothing hut a
heap Of ashes.
The next morning when JozSa want
ed 70 continue his journey his Won
derful carriage was not TO be seen
anywhere.
why. nay friend said the count,
you yourself burnt It last night. The
fact is nay couch house wants repair
ing, and rs tn" evening threatened to
be wet We put your carriage under
the rick TO keep it dry
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
SUGAR AND CANDY.
Satisfy the Cravings of the Children
For Sweets.

= For Swects.
Children may eat too much sugar.
and they may also stay too Tong in
their bathtub. or in the creek when
they 20 in swimming or get tanned or
a headache frcm playing too long in
the sun. or chilled ny staying too long
in the open air. but is that any sound
reason why they should be deprived of
sweets sunlight. baths and fresh air
or discouraged from INDUCING in
them?
Al that is needed. says Dr. Woods
Hutchinson in Success Magazine is "A
little common sense regulation and in
dicioGS supervision, not prohibition or
denuncialion Most Of the pXtraordi-
nary craving for pure sugar and can
dy, which is supposed to lead the
average child to inevitably founder
himself if left to his own sweet Will
and box of candy is due to state
of artificial and abnormal sugar star
walton. produced by an Insufficient
amount of this Invaluable food in it's
regular diet.
children who are given plenty Of
sugar on their mush. bread and but
re" and puddingS d regular allowance
of cake and plenty Of sweet fruits are
almost free from this craze for candy,
this tendency to gorge themselves TO
surfeit and can usually be trusted
with both the CANDY box and the sugar
bowl
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
Javeile Water.

Wherever water is used in preparing
bleaches it should be soft. The alk,l
in hard water affects all chemical sub
stances Javelle water is standard
preparation for bleaching white things
and removing spots and stains, but it
must not touch colored surfaces. To
make it dissolve half pound Of wash
ing soda in a pint of boiling water and
of lime dissolved in a quart of boiling
water Stir we'll. let settle. pour off
the clear liquid and keep closely corked
In dark place
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
Men and Their Feet.

The l'renchman's foot is long, mar
row and we'll proportional The
Scotchman's foot. according to anthro-
biologists. is high and thick, strong,
muscular and capable of hard work.
The Russians foot possesses one pc
culiarity, the toes being generally
'webbed' to the first joint. The Tar
tar's foot is short and heavy, the foot
Of a certain type of savage, and the
toes are the same length The Span
iard'S foot is generally small, but fine
ly curved The Englishman's foot is
in most cases short and rather tleshy
and not. as Il rule, as strong proper
tionally as it should be.--Argonaut
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
A Duck of a Man.

Ellen Terry lr Balfour met for
the first time al the table Of Henry
mained strangely silent Presently
the Unionist leader had 70 leave for
the house OF commons. and Ellen
Terry u: last found her tongue. Her
host was relieved to find that she had
not been bored Bringing her closed
baud down on the table. she exclaimed
with a glance toward the door through
which Mr. Baifour had passed, Il
think that's Il duck of a man
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
THE SAFFRON PLANT.


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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
ADVANTAGES.

Il suppose you are glad to be free
again.
The ex-couvict sideStepped a trolley
ear, lodged an auto and looked nerN-
ously toward q changing ambulance,
"Oh. of course. of course he said
But let me tell you man iii prison
feels mighty fe"--Philadelphia Led
rpr
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06

Boston. August 6.--There has
here this week Among the trans
fers are 10000 pounds Of twelve
months stock at Fl IA cents, $4,000
pounds more costing rs cents clean
and $4,000 pounds of eight months
lat "a to 25 cents. costing 60 to 6S
Ients clean.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
A Nose For the Truth.

Exact truthfulness according to
writer in the London Sketch. had its
proper reward in the following in
stance:
Teacher Now. can you tell me what
the olfactory organ is? BoyPlease,
sir. no. sir Teacher-Quite right.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
J. Drawback.

Your ocean trip was pretty nice. |
s'pose?"
"Oh. yes
Saw icebergs and such things, en-
Yes. but | missed the billboaldS. |
can tell You Washington Herald
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
Caution Estraord nary.

You have night key"
OF course" answered Mr.. MeektCu.
only I'm so careless that Henrietta
keeps 1t locked up in the safety de
posit so that | won't lose II" Wash
mgton Star.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
A Windfatt.

How did that roommate OF YOURS
manage 10 raise the wind this timef
he sent to his father in his usual
breezy way for a dra Baltimore
American
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
rouuh Skin.

Gunner now comes a professor
who declares tbAt fruit Is Just as
healthy with the n on as 1t is peeled.
Guyer-H'm! I'd Ike to see somebody
start him on a diet Of pineapple. -
Chicago News.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06

You benefit yourself only as Won ben
eft humanity Oliver
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06

Great thoughts reduced to practice
become great acts.--Haziitt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
Fo1eys
Honey
and Tar

Will cure q cough or cold no
matter how severe and prevent
pneumonia and consumption.
A Guarantee.
This is TO certify that Eli
druggists are authorized to re-
fund your money if Foiey's
Honey and Tar fails to cure
your cough or cold. Contains
no opiates. The genuine is in
yellow package. MFBs sussnruHS
Il. w. FEARS.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-08-06
AmateuriaE1.

Am the first girl you ever kissed
You are--I swear it!r
Il accept your apology. Cleveland
Leader
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-17
THE GOLDEN RULE AS A PO-
LICE REGULATION.

To make the policeman the friend
of weak or unfortunate humanity; to
discourage rsther than encourage the
business OF making arrests; to give
minor offenders lift toward reform
and improvement, rather than to sub
ject them to the disgrace and humilia-
ton of arrest and publicity; to en-
ploy the methods of suasion and hui
manity rather than those of force
these are the general purposes sought
TO be accomplished under the Cleveland
golden rule" system OF police admin
istration.
The Cleveland experiment OF course
Is a part of the altruistie scheme of
administration which finds its inspira-
ton and direction in the personality of
Mayor johnson. All accounts seem to
agree that it has wrought many ex-
eellent results; and why not? Love
rules more effectively than hate, con.
fdence more than fear.
In Cleveland. for example, the po-
heeman who finds a man drunk on the
streets and either helpless or in
condition which threatens possible
serious disorder, is encouraged te take
the unfortunate home or to some
proper place where he can sober of and
come round" to his normal condition.
Now. everybody knows that this is
the rule in most towns, as 10 men who
wear good clothes and have money in
their pockets. Your we'll known citizen
who chances to step over the line of
strict propriety. becomes an object of
solieitude 70 the guardians of the
peace. He Is persuaded to take a car
rage and go home or somewhere else.
It Is the poor wretch who, instead Of
having the price of a hack on his per
son, has merely the price of another
drink, comes IN for the rigors of harsh
administration. He takes excellent
chances of being locked up, entered on
the station house rolls, fined the next
morning and sent up for a few DAYS
IF he can't pay the fine. If he has the
money to pay the fine he robs his
family OF it. Does the community need
the money enough to justify getting
il in this way?
The Cleveland system has been to
treat all alike, so far as possible; and
although it has been contemptuously
rejected by the convention Of police
chiefs, it viii hardly lose confidence of
the public as sn experiment worth a
fair trial. The convention of chiefs of
police is scarcely the place to look for
che highest and most enlightened hu-
manitarian views of such subjects.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-17
OF CONGRESS SET
BY THE WISE ONES" FOR
SEPTEMBER |.
SEPTEMBER 1.

The wise ones are now wondering
whether Congress will get done with the
tariff and adjourn before September L
Every time anything ike a consensus
OF opinion has been reached as to the
date of adjournment something has
promptly turned UP to spoil all calcula-
lions. When the session began the san
guine ones were confident it would end
by May IS. Then they made The dis
covery that there was trouble ahead in
the Senate. and the date was pushed up
TO June 1.
Mr.. Dolliver broke loose with his pre-
monitory attack on the textile sched-
ules, and June Is was fixed for the date.
That stuck for little while, and then
July I was adopted. Business set about
the serious business Of reviving itself
without paying any attention 10 the tar
~, and the effort to scare Congress into
haste, which for a time promised re-
suits. hattened out all at once. Mr.. La
Toilette spent three days on a speech,
and o1ner gentlemen busted themselves
with extensive observations.
The date went up July Is. and then
70 August j Now comes the income
and corporation tax muss: the Presi-
dent Jumps into the game with a de-
mand that the inc9m tax be side
tracked and the corporation tax passed
The income tax advocates don't show
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-17
Capital Tales

n TOWADAYS when a Senator gets nm
y and shows symptoms OF having
long speech concealed on his per
son, his colleagues get nervous and
ndgety and show sudden yearnings TO
go and get some lemonade or to HE
themselves 20 the refectory, alias he
Senate restaurant. This was we'll IL
Illustrated when Senator Paynter of Ken
lucky got up to make some observa-
tions.
Il shall detain the Senate but a few
moments" said Senator Paynter.
AT this all looked resigned. But then
he began
In the first tariff bin a duty was
placed on iron ore"
From this. Senator'S gathered that the
Kentucky statesman was goirg 70 give
a history OF tariff legislation as respects
iron from the days OF Alexander Hamil-
ton down TO date.
At once there were signs OF panic,
signals Of distress. Senators heard c.
O. DIS calling them elsewhere. In
three minutes an exodus had begun
Senator Paynter proceed ed TO discuss to
vacant seats his vote On iron ore. It
turned out that his opening sentence
was a false alarm and that he really
meant TO be brief. for he spoke but
about ten minutes Then the Senators
returned. But It was an excellent IL
lustration that the Senate is getting gun
shy on oratory.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-17

biggest sugar producing concern in
Cuba.
Mr. Post is vice president and a di-
rector of the Faiaido Sugar Company.
He is treasurer and director in the
Cuban-American Sugar Company.
He is vice president and director in
the Guantanamo Sugar Company.
He is director in the Mercedita
Sugar Company.
He is president and a director in the
New Niquero Sugar Company.
He is a director in the West India
Land and Trading Company.
Mr.. Post, in short, Is one of the
interesting exhibits in this matter OF
the Sugar trusts invasion of Cuba.
He represents the trust in the National
Sugar Refining Company, and also in
these big Cuban sugar companies, and
doubtless in others. OF course this IS
only one sample list. The other inter
corporate relationships, grouped around
other men in the Sugar trusts coun-
ellis, would doubtless present similar
demonstrations of trust relations to
a vastly longer list of the large
producers in Cuba.
The point is that this Government
makes a big concession in the tariff
in favor of sugar Thereupon the Sugar
trust goes into Cuba, buys up sugar
mills and plantations right and left,
pockets this benefit, and then uses its
own control of a great supply of raw
sugar to beat down the price it shall
pay to independent Cuban producers.
If the Philippine sugar industry ever
gets important enough to warrant the
Trust grabbing, it viii be grabbed, OF
course. Meanwhile tie trust viii con
tent itself with merely having a
monopoly of the business of refining
Philippine sugar, the present bill being
so drafted as to give it that.
Doesn't it seem as if enough evil
dence had been produced TO break just
one of the Finance Committees loyal
supporters away from it on the sugar
tariff
Could anything more be added 70
the demonstrations of The corrupt and
corrupting character of this monopoly
Can Congress with dleency and self
respect continue the favors which this
concern is getting
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-17

the disposition to suit. and the date Is
being raised. all the way from July 10
TO August l.
There is going to be 8 fight over the
pulp AID paper tariff. and the maximum
and minimum provision is coming in To-
recognition as one Of the greatest time
absoTbents in the measure The night
sessions have been tried and dropped
because they are too wearing on the
tempers and dispositions of Senators
and didn't seem to economic much of
time or effort
The fathers Of the Senate are wearing
out. Senator Hale has been ST. and
Mr. Cullom has allowed 1t to be under
stood that he doesn't feel equal 10 the
task of the conference. Mr. BAILEY has
served notice that he viii provide the
Republicans some real amusement when
the income tax constitutional amend
ment comes up and a number of Sena-
tors are getting <ready with long
speeches. on the customs court for and
against.
The advocates of the tariff commission
are insisting on their saw at some
length. and the draft Of the corporal ton
tax measure viii be studied under a
microscope. The bill will pass. some dav
or other, and conference and the House
viii take il on with an immense
amount of talking to be done. and If
they get away before September / why
every day this side viii he regarded a IS
that much clear gain by the people who
have been studying into the prospects
with any care.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-17
THE SUGAR TRUST AND THE
CUBAN PLANTERS.

During the consideration Of the var
9ous tariff provisions affecting sugar,
too little attention has been given to
the facts, well enough known in a gen
eral way, about the relations between
the Cuban sugar business and the
American Sugar trust. We are going
to give the Philippines the right to in
troduee 100000 tons of sugar free of
duty. It is interesting to contemplate
What viii happen TO the Philippine
sugar industry if this beginning shall
be followed up with further concessions
later.
The National Sugar Refining Com
psny IS New Jersey corporation with
e2000000o capital, mainly water, and
paying per cent dividends. It is
well known TO be closely affiliated
with the American Sugar Refining
Company 1.-THE trust) In fact, Arthur
Bonner, vice president and treasurer
and chairman of the board of the
American Sugar Refining Company. is
also q director in the National; George
II. Frazier is a member Of both boards
and 50 is John Mayer. F. D. Molten
hauers OF Brooklyn a well known figure
IN American Sugar Refining affairs, is
also a director on the National Sugar
board
James II. Post, Of New York, is
president Of the National Sugar Re
hning Company The intimate interest
Of this company in Cuban sugar rails
ing is indicated by the following facts
Mr.. Post Is treasurer and a director
of the Chaparra Sugar Company, the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-17

popular measure. II they vote for it.
they viii open the way TO very nigh
taxes GA the great fortunes, and that
viii be a sharp defeat for the Republi-
can regulars. In any case the situation
viii be one not at all to the liking Of
the men who have steadfastly opposed
the income tax on general principles
There is endless speculation as TO how
the matter viii finally end. When the
corporation tax compromise was hrst
brought forward ii was accepted as a
means 10 kill the income tax with the
expectation that in the right time the
tered. But Senator Aldrich has been
compelled to give assurance such that
~ is not apparent how he will escape.
The President still has the power to
Veto the whole tariff bill, and there is
suspicion that he would do so if he be-
leNed be had been treated unfairly in
thls compromise. That would be ruin
Gus TO Aldrich. Killing the corporation
tax in conference is not going to be
easy, especially in view of assurances
which come from the House leaders that
the House slall accept it. 1t is said
that Speaker Cannon and his aides were
consulted and assured the President
that that they could take care OF the
measure in conference and would get
it through.
Still Wage Fight.
The Senatorial irreconcilabIes are not
going to give up the fight readily. how
ever There has never been such deep
and intense disaneCtiOn. since the very
beginning of the tumuItuous Senate con-
sideration of the tariff measure, as has
been aroused by this coup of the leaders
to down the income tax. They will not
tank Tor publication, but the independent
Republicans privately express the opin-
ion that the President made a great
mistake when he went in with the --gh-
tarim party for the corporation tax com
promise. It is urged that nothing 1;
gained. and great deal is lost, by max :
ing the deal; and, most of al. the los
IN political prestige is accounted a very
serious matter. The fears for Republic
can control Of the next House have been
accentuated very much by reason %
this appearance Of the Admin stration
as the helper of the Aldrich forces
The income tax question, in any case,
is raised in such form mat II will be
sharply IN issue for a long time 10
come. Whether an income tax amend
ment to the Constitution will be adopted
by the States is the SUBJECT of the wild
est and most remarkable differences of
opinion. On one side il is declared that
every state IN the Union viii accept
it. and on the other grave dolbts are
expressed whether its ratification Will
be easily secured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-17
DEMOCRATS SEE CHANCE
TO MAKE CAPITAL OF
INCOME TAX.
BY ]. C. wELLIvER.

Robbed Of the chance tc make some
political capital out of the Income tax
by helping TO force il into the statute,
the Democrats are calculating on max
ing a gain at another point out Of the
same issue. They viii Iemand that the
constitutional amendment. when it is
passed, shall provide authority to levy
a graduated income tax, and Senator
Bailey has told the Republicans that
we will give the Senators on that side
rather more than they want of this be
fore we are done with it."
The Bailey observation is looked upon
as highly significant Senator AIdrich
made a bold and characteristic play
when he proposed to take up the cor
pOratiOn tax, in order with il to side
track the income tax. Tho Republican
leader operates on the theory that
sufficient unto the day is the evil there
Of. The business in hand, for him. was
to beat the income tax. He would beat
1t with the corporation tax. and then
devise new means to take care OF the
corporation tax.
In making this deal, he had to do
something for the income takers. and
so he included in his program a resolu-
ton to submit to the States an amend
ment to the Constitution, giving Con-
gress power to levy ar income tax. The
Bailey-Cummins income tax measure
had contemplated a Fat 8 per cent tax
on all incomes above 5000 a year. The
plan Of the Republican managers, it ap-
pears, was to kill this bill. and then sub
NIT a constitutional amendment which
should provide for a.. income tax, but
make no special authorization OF a
graduated income tax, under which the
huge incomes of the very rick should be
taxed a higher percentage than applied
to smaller incomes.
Favor Graduated Scale.
That made the Democratic opportun-
fly People who favor any income tax
at all agree that the popular thing is
the graduated income tax; the PROPOSE
ton that will get at the immense for
tunes So Senator Bailey declared, in
effect, that his party would force the
Senate TO decide whether it meant a
graduated income tax. At the right
time, the amendment will be offered. to
make clear that graduated income tax
Is contemplated If the Republicans vote
against It, they viii vote against a very