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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13
KEPT HER BUSY.
The Way She Tried to Discover the
Telephone Numbers.

Il don't believe that the public
schools teach their graduates to use
their minds" remarked well known
citizen Of Philadelphia the other day
Here's a story just to illustrate what
mean:
Il got secretary last summer who
had just been graduated with high
honors from1 the Commercial high
school. She had been picked out for
me as the best girl in her class, and
found her excellent In all that required
methodical. parrot-like work.
"One day | jotted down some tele-
phone numbers that | wanted to re-
member and. having poor memory.
forgot In the course of the morning
whose the numbers were or what the
business was upon which | wanted to
phone.
so | called Miss Blank just as
was going out and said. Before you
get your luncheon | wish you'd find
out for me whose those telephone num-
bers are
Two hours later l came back. and
Miss Blank was sitting at her desk,
weary and perseveringly studying the
telephone book.
II asked her II she had got some let
tiers written that | had left. II she had
lunched, If she had done several little
things. She said no and then ex-
planned:
You see. 1t takes me long time to
read through the book till come to
the numbers you want. she said. I
haven't had time to do anything else!"
Philadelphia Times.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

Marbles got their name from the
fact that originally little bits OF mar
bic were rolled down the hills and
rounded and pounded by other stones
until they became toys for the chill
dren to play with. II IS said that the
Dutch exported them to England.
Whether they did or not makes little
difference to the boys and girls Of to
day. No matter who introduced the
world to marbles AS toys. they are
with us and always will be, Some Of
you get them from other children. some
OF you trade postage stamps for them.
but some persons originally bought
them from the little store around the
rner. whose owner got them from
the greatest toyshop In the world
Germany. In the beginning marbles
were called bowls" and men and wo-
men played with them ms well as chill
dren,-Dundee Advertiser.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13
DlAT0MlTE.


blatoms are tins CREATURES that null
tip!s very rapidly uuin they form a
scum upon 10. surfat-- ~ The water in
many parts Of the world. They ARE
rarely more than uu-.huudrrdih part
OF an Inch IN diainetcr and often con.
sia"ratlr tess I'hrii sh.ii- Hr,. ,-s,ip-
posed Of silica and tlp'-" shells are
well known To the lnicruscopist op me-
count of their ErpAt beauty
When the little creatures die the
shells sink to she bottom ~ the stream
or pond where they form u kind OF
silbcuus mud. aud there are vast de
posts o' this material ~ various parts
II tile earth. This infusorial earth. ms
1t Is chilled. has been ch,isteu.d di-
variety of purposes under the name
kiesel@uhr. II Is employed ns n We
hicle or absorbent for uitroGlycern.
and the resultant paste Is dynamite.
Diatomite is IA excellent uoucouductOr
OF heat and in this capacity 1t is used
ffor filing the hollow interiors of the
walls OF safes, AZ lining for stoves
and furnaces and MS covering for
steam pipes and boilers. For such pur-
poses as these II has an advantage
over asbestos In the matter Of price
and also of weight.
1t can be made into bricks or slabs
by the addition of ii small quantity of
lime or clay. and these bricks can be
raised to white heat without show
ing any signs of fusion.
Diatomite occurs in great quantities
in the United States, in Prussia. in
parts of Scotland. In Canada and to
a lesser degree in Western Australia
and New Zealand - Harper's Weekly.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13
OVER An OLD ROMAN ROAD.
''Thc spectator" Enjoyed the Frtvt'
Icgc 81 Travelling the
Thoroughfarc.

The Spectator does not often
travel exclusively on ? Roman roau
built in the First or Second Christian
Century between two ancient cities
IN Grea, Britain. He agrees with
the little boy who said OF the quick
and the dead that the first were
those who escaped the automooile'
and the second were, those who did
not. The Spectator had escaped
from others motor cars and feit
quick to the heart for having done
So and blissfplly light of foot as he
followed the roads unexplored
mystery. He became child again
as he travelled upon this age-old
way in whose neighborhood he had
lived for two years without being
aware of its existence. As he came
out from amid Druidical oaks, pass
ed q little cottage with most ar
istocratic hitching post in the shape
of a Roman milestone. the sheep
on the hillsides became clearer
against the blue sky. Beyond in the
distance their crying rang out dream
lily, for there are always hills be-
yond hills, too far away for one TO-
hear the rough intermittence OF
bleatine.
The Spectator mounted the grad
ual slope of the old road, laid out
with Roman skill in grades, and
heard Welshman singing down in
the valley, perhaps to keep the evil
spirits off his horses. There was the
sound, too, of water bio wing as l.
fell and, the sudden playing of the
Wind over rocks. Maybe men learned
in such places as these the music of
the harp and the pipe. With the 81
ience of the water it was is if some
hand had ceased to play; with the
silence of the wind the breath of the
pipes had grown still. Above the
Spectators head a rock poised in mid
air, and down the valley road an old
man in white walked along with =
tame goat and three dogs. Fern and
heather and grass had grown thick
ly to the edge of the ancient road
and there stopped. Little sheep
paths Zigzagged up and down over
the surrounding hills, fleece gray and
dry caught in the purple heather,
cobwebs shining on the grass. In the
drier places were white and pink
tipped daisies, foxgloves n which
the bees hid themselves, white clo-
yer, red clover, ferns, heather, hol-
ly bush, buttercups, long-stemmeI
dandelions and stone crops-Lyman
Abbott in the Outlook
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13
EXaMri.E AND pHlCErT.

There Was outr precepios gha
wss alleged "a haSe advised bis flock
not ~ Do as be AID but az b, ought
70 DO. There are people WHO ara
good az giving advice which they 60
not themselves follow, just as there
are phyeicians who DO not take iheir
own medicine
10 one OF his roGcHt speeches
Colonel Roosevelt said I'VE hear a
man tell his wife that she does not
DO as his mother did. but that man
may not do as his father ought -
have done.
History tells OF a patornal parent
who. In reproying his young hope
ful, alWast told what his father used
To do TO him when he was young
ster Finally the young hopeful sur
prlsed him one day by saying that b.
didn't think very much OF the much
quoted ancestor. This so nettled the
eSasperated parent that he answered
sharply: He was a darn sight bet
ter father than you ever had, sir"
History, or tradition, tells of q
Lad who carried a pumpkin in one
end Of the bag thrown over the back
81 his horse and a stone in the other
end TO balance II. When asked why
be did not pat another pumpkin IA
the other end OF the sack instead OF
the stone he replied that he was do
ing as dad used to do and that dad
always got along very we'll. So it IS
plain to be seen that there is diff
ference between doing as somehody
else did and as somebody else should
have done.
We honor our ancestors by fol-
lowing their good examples, hut we
honor them and ourselves more
by illustrating our ability TO i'm
prove upon their methods with the
lights before us, instead of being a
nonpTogressive posterity. Possibly
the biscuits mother used to make
were really no better than those
which wife makes, If the palate were
exactly the same. Anyhow, the hus-
band should not draw an invidious
distinction. And then again. the
thought occurs that we ought not
TO be expected TO do everything Just
as ma and pa did-San Antonio
Express.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

In the kong0 one OF the most in
dustrious peoples are the Batetela. In
gathering rubber they 80 into the for
ests inhabited by the Baukutu head
hunting cannibals. While the men are
In the forest the camp is guarded by a
man who surveys the surroundings
from a scaffoid and by drummer
When the Baukutu are seen to ap
proach the drummer beats the alarm
and all the men return to the camp
to fight. The weapons used are the
spear. shield. bow and arrow. This
sentinel earns in the neighborhood of
800 OF our money year. which en-
ables him 10 buy wife, christian
Herald
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13
COTTON SEED OIL.

II is now claimed by the people
of the south that the seed from the
cotton plant yields a superior salad
oil To that produced from the fruit
OF the oAve tree. Here is what one
authority has 10 say about it: THE
winter-pressed cotton seed oil, when
is used for salad oil, is superior TO
either olive or peanut oil, as ii Is
more easily digested and will not
ferment in the stomach A mayon-
naise salad dressing made from cot.
ton seed oil Will stand up for two
weeks--a record that no other oil
has.
And the following statement IL
alleged to have been made by DR..
Harvey w. Wiley. chief of the bu-
reau of chemistry, United States de-
partment of agriculture: Cotton
seed oil is the most wholesome, pal
atable, nutritious cooking, salad and
table oil No other oil known begins
10 hold the rank that cotton seed oil
does, nor has 1t the future that cot
ton seed oil has"
French and Italian dealers In sal
ad oils have long known the virtues
OF cotton seed oil. and every year
immense cargoes of cotton seed oil
are exported abroad TO enter the
channels OF trade under label as
olive oil, such as that which con-
spired with Falernian TO seduce Han
nibal at Capua from his nearly sue
cessful enterprise OF becoming mas
ter OF the world. If cotton seed oil
should drive olive oil out of trade, Il,
Will prove of immense material ad-
vantage to our country, especially
to the cotton south. As a substitute
for butter and lard in the culinary
world. cotton seed oil Is used In inn
mense quantities. Its superiority
over the very best article of COW
butter In the making OF cake is ac-
knowlcdged wherever it has been
tried, and it beats hogs lard out OF
sight In the making of biscuit Year
by year. month by month. day by
day, the use OF cotton seed oil for
culinary purposes increases. The
mystery is, why does II not work to
reduce the price OF butter and lard,
which are higher today than ever be-
fore at this season of the year? A
new cotton planter has been invent
ed that is great saver OF time, la
Dor and money. The demand for IL
greatly exceeds the supply. though
the works are constantly enlarged
Intelligent cultivation. not only OF
cotton. but of all other crops. is max
ing great heQdway at the south, and
soon the northern farmer will re-
alize that the cotton country is the
land OF Goshen. There are corn and
oil. milk and honey.--Chicago Post
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13
Money Boxes.

Money boxes to encourage thrift
among the penny wise are ancient and
popular institutions, a dictionary OF
1886 mentions money boxes of potter's
clay wherein boys put their money to
keepe." and doubtless the thrifty child
of all ages had his money box OF some
sort or another. OF late years tin has
been the favorite material. but the
writer has recOiections OF an elaborate
earthenware thatched cottage. into
which the money was dropped through
SILT In the roof. which only infinite
patience could hit again when 1t came
up investment that cottage was un
equaied. -Giasgow Herald
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13
BOTH WERE STARTLED.
An Astonished Woman and Still More
Astonished Leopard.


Kula is a disiric, in the Himalayas
consisting of ii chain of the most love
Iy valleys conceivable with this draw
back. among others. hat each bill path
that runs by the inhabitants huts
more often than not contains IL lurking
leopard One day u worthy HULA house
wife came out from her cooking and
standing on the edge of rock. empiied
pan of boiling water into the rank
heritage growing below. 1t fell splash
on the back of n sleeping leopard. who
jumped perpendicularIy into the air as
high as the roof of the hut
What might have happened next
who can say! But the astonisbed
woman dropped the pan with ciang
on the rock. and the leopard took one
the leopard's downward leaps became
longer and swifter as the pan bound
ed after il from rock to rock. When
last seen that leopard had just achev
ed leap of about $50 feet to the very
bottom OF the ravine, thousands ot
feet below. and the pan whirled about
900 feet over ii on TO the opposite size.
The leopard would have eaten the,
old woman with pleasure. but a pan.
the contents of which first scalded half
the hide off him aud then bounded
changing in his wake. from the top III
the Himaayas to the plains below was
something he could not face.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13
KATY ADVERTISING TEXAS.
Rare Samples of Fruits and Vege-
tables on Display.

The front windows in the passen-
ger and ticket office of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railway, at No.
1872 Olive street, have. become part
of the "Show You" class. In this
case, however, the positions of
teacher and pupils are reversed. The
lesson is intended to convince Mis-
sourians and other passers-by that
all Texas is a garden spot, where the
"hues of the earth and the tints of
the sky in color though varied in
beauty may vie,' and that that por-
ton of it along the lines of the Katy
was. or should have been, Eden it
self.
Such little things as tickets and
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

Pullman reservations have M Il,
in the show windows aforesaid /
now, for all available room il II,
pied by Lone Star fruits and VI
tables. They make a spectacle h
fastens the eye of every passe, Z
the throng that stood before tho
flee all day yesterday showed n
they were worth looking at.
They are samples grown in M
and Oklahoma, at places visited
the Katy, and they would maxi
prize-winning exhibit at any faR
agricultural or horticultural eyhAd
ton. The fruits and vegetables I'd
gathered by Thomas l.. Peeler Of ii
las, industrial agent for the road
Texas, and were displayed by dinJ
ton of r. W. Hockaday, general I
dustrial agent of the NJ, X. "a
System.-St. Louis Republic.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13
A Ire. Cut Down by Rif. Bullets.

In the sanguluary annals Of the
American war there was no more
sanguinary episode than the fight in
1854 Of .the Bloody Angle at Spottsyl-
vania." Every bush and every sap
ling that constituted the thicket there"
says Mr. q. c. Eggleston In his His
tory Of the Confederate War;" was
cut away By stream OF bullets as
grass IL before mowers scythe. Even
an oak tree nearly two feet thick was
worn In two near Its base by the con-
tinuai and incessant stroke OF lcaden
balls until II fell. crushing some of the
Confederates who were lighting be-
meath its branches
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

ii Ii evident that political revolt
.mtion Ii going on IN this country at
the present time. II the democrats
hone Is profit BY II they VII have to
ret together and show themselves
worthy 81 the confidence Of the peo-
pie. me fight u on between the
a, $500 ma the interests and the po-
slfIon og me party must not be one
N doaht D. uncertainty.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13
Goino Some.

Inc New Hal Tree And you're a
centenarian: BY George. Aside from
n Few cracks IN your face, you nuld
your age mighty well Whats the
secret:
The Grandfather's Clock tsereneIy,--
keep regular hours and always ind
something for my han.is ia d. i.,ns.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

Austin should not be cast down. II Is
not long until January. and the,
have certainly had the opportunity
to pu. aside enough to tide them
over until that time
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

A political party which is driven
ever. The people can depend only on
a political organization which does
right because Il Is right.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13
A Neat Com pIiment.

That was neat compliment paid BY
a French ambassador In London to
peeress who had been talking to him
for an hour.
The lady said. You must think ! am
very fond Of the sound OF my own
voice"
The t'renchman replied. i knew you
liked music
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

Whenever you conclude that the
town you live in IL entirely too
small to suit your fancy. remember
that there are no strings tied to you,
and that some one Just as good 10
ready to take your place.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13
Why She Had Not We'd.

Young Bride Yon don't know how
happy am | wonder VIII, you never
married. my dear Miss Old Maid
Elderly Spinster My poor child. Eve.
always said never could wed until
met man different from ali other
men and full Of courage
Young BrideOf course you could
not. How stupid Of the TO know.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

II begins to look very much like
the democrats will have q majority
In the lower house of the next con-
gross In spite Of the blunders which
have been made.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13
Precisely Stated.

Teacher-Tommy. what Is the fem.
inlne OF the masculine stag" Tom
my twhose mo- her h society leader,
Afternoon ten. n,a'am Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

Much of the good which some men
do could be inferred with their
bones without crowding the bones
In the least
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

1t Is to be hoped that the action
OF Governor Patterson In with
drawing from the race In Tennessee
will result In the democrats buryins
the tomahawk and presenting an un-
broken front To the enemy.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13
Three Conditions.

Holiness II nj infinl'. compassion
Tor others Greatness IL /" lake iiie
common things OF life and walk truly
among them Happiness Ia u great
love and much serving. Olive schrei
ner
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

Everyone who writes a great deal
will occasionally say things which
you do not endorse.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

Nowadays. when politician gets
into office he Immediately goes to
work on plans which will enable him
10 succeed himself
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

The great coal strike is ended, and
with the approach OF cold weather
the consumer will commence to foot
thu bill.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

Ladies' skirts or coat suits cleaned
and pressed. Prices right, work
guaranteed. Phone. IT'S. Matthews
Bros. l3s
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

One eonsoling reflection Is that
we do not now hear as much about
"a
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

Teddy Is back In New York and
the fur viii fly from now until the
republican state convention is over.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

Notwithstanding the experience of
Jeffries at Reno. Roosevelt still be-
hack
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

by the faithful plying Of the shut
he OF daily duty We weave white raj
menf Tor the soul : Stafford
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

Contentment In always perched on
toe round Of the ladder Just above you.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

Obituaries, resolutions Of respect. cards
OF thanks-all matter not NEWs~@iil be
charged Tor at The rate OF cents per line.
Poetry Mt double price.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-13

Entered MT the Waxahachie postoffiee as
Mail Matter Of the Second Glass,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-09-03
A., B. g. A.. ANNOUNCES
TIE SCHEDULE CHANGES

The Atlanta birmingham and At
lantic railroad has published notice
of general change in schedule to
take effect Sunday August %. Train
No. 4, now leaving Atlanta at S,,15 p.
M, viii leave under the new schedule
at 1918 giving more seasonable ar
rivals in south Georgia than under
the present schedule.
The train Scheduled to arrive in
Atlanta at $40 a, m, will make con-
nection with the South Atlantic linn
tied and The Dixie Flyer; northbcund
Sleeping cars are operated on the
night trains between ThomasyiIe
and Atlanta
Under the new schedules. west
bound trains will leave Brunswick at
Z a. NJ, and D. N. Easbound trains
will leave Atlanta at 720 a. m. and
1918 p. IN. arriving at Brunswick at
$40 p. m. and 1850 a. m. The new
schedules are well adjusted TO con-
nections at all junction points.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-09-03
PETITION TO RENEw cHARrE F

FEfIiION q RENEW CHARTER
State ct Georgia, County of Glynn:,
To the Superior Court pf, said County
The petition of The Downing. Com.
pany respectfully shoYs;s I,
l. That it is corporation daily
incorporated by order of this coilrt
granted on the 14th day Of August,
1890, as will appear by the original
application for charter and order
granting same of file in the office of
the clerk of this court, and said ap-
plication for incorporation and the
order granting same having been
duly recorded in the Record of Char
ters of said court, pages SO, "a and
49,, and reference to which original
application and order granting the
same and the record thereof is here
by had for the purposes of this petit
tiOn.
2. Petitioner desires a renewal of
its charter for a tern of twenty years
from the date of the expiration of it's
present charter, and petitioner de-
sires to have all of the rights, powers
and privileges set out in it's original
application for Incorporation and the
said order of the court granting the
same
3. Petitioners further show that the
original capital stock of three hun
dred thousand dollars (300,000) has
been increased from time to time as
authorized by it's original charter I'M
til the same is now five hundred
thousand dollars, and petitioner de-
sires to have the right as set out in
its original charter to increase it's
capital stock from time to time by
a tWo-thirds vote of the outstanding
stock to any amount or amounts Sot
exceeding one million dollars, and al
50 desires to have all the OF Jer
rights, powers and privileges set out
in said original charter, and the ord
er granting the same.
4. Petitioner further shows that
this application is made in accord
ance with resolution passed and
adopted at a meeting of the stock
holders Of said corporation held at
the offices Of the company in Bruins
wick, Georgia, on this August 18th,
1910, called and held in accordance
with the bylaws or said company
and a copy of which resolution, duly
certified bye the secretary of petition
er under its corporate seal, is here
with submitted.
Wherefore, petitioner prays the
granting of this application.
Bennett, Twitty G Reese,
Petitioners Attorneys