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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-23
British Gunboat Also Sends
Force Ashore and English
and u. S. Consulates Now
Fortified.
REBEL FORCES WILL
ATTACK CEIBA SOON
Anglo-Saxon Fighters Are
Ready to Defend the Town
Fierce Rioting in a Chi
nese Port.
american News servicc)


Puerto Barrios, Guatemala. Jan. 2s
American and British marines have
been landed at Ceiba. Honduras, and
the consulates of both nations are be-
ing fortified, according to advices re.
ceived here today. This action was
taken to protect the citizens of Great
Britain and the United States from
injury when the revolutionary forces
under ex-President Bonilla attack the
town.
The marines were landed from the
British gunboat Brilliant and the Am
erican cruiser Tacoma. There were
nearly 100 of them and they we're sup
ported by machine guns. Today they
were busily engaged in throwing up
barricades in the rear of the town to
guard against surprise attack from
the rebels.
Roper IN Command.
Lieutenant Walter G. Roper is in
command of the land detachment
from the Tacoma, his landing force
being Immediately followed by 80 men
from the Brilliant. The British sail
ors marched to the of1ices of the Eng.
lish consulate.
The crew OF the Tacoma is some
what shorthanded by reason of the
placing of a force ON board the revolu.
tionary AHbuster Hornet to restrain
this vessel from attacking American
property or interests. Temporarily
the rebels are without a navy"
RloTlNG Is ENDED.
Hankow, Jan. 23.-Chinese soldiers
patrolled this city today after series
of bloody riots among the native
"rickshaw" coolies In which nearly SO
were killed or wounded Foreign ma.
rines. landed from the British gunboat
Thistle and the German gunboat ia.
guar. re-boarded their ships today fol.
lowing the arrival of soldiers from
Wuchang. who Immediately took
charge of the situation. The foreign
forces used a Maxim gun with deadly
effect while the coolies were mainly
armed with antique weapons. The
viceroy issued an Official proclamation
today that no foreigner had been in
jured in. the fighting and that all the
foreign legations were safe.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
a Enua Thnuuhts on Money.

Money, otherwise known as tin.
dough cush gelt, rocks, etc.
The corpuscles of national circula-
ton which indicate the strength of our
constitution.
1t is often called a curse Some
swear by il, others swear for it, and
still others swear at 1t.
1t often causes a species or mental
arrangement or delirium called money
mania. Many are willing to be thus
lnoculated.
1t is the feature Of social distinction.
1t is the measure of intelligence
those who have 1t are wise, those who
have it not are foolish. Possession Of
1t entities one to the use of money
gram.
Though medium of exchange. 1t
has no connection with souls or astral
bodies.
1t is the religion Of today, often
called moneytheism. Preachers pray
for it; laymen lay for 1t.
1t is the be all and the end all Chill
sren cry for It, women sigh for 1t. men
die for it, and all lie for it.-Smart Set.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
Scotch Students.

Many a man who never had any
schooling" gets an education, and
often surprisingly good one.
A traveller in Scotland once met a
farmer whose ground rent was about
500 year and who wrote poetry in
Gaelic that was of a high order
This same traveller met youth in
Scotland who rode from home on
horseback TO the seaport and then
across Scotland to Aberdeen. where he
sold his horse to enter the university.
1t is related of another Scotchman
that he was overheard repeating line
of Tennyson, whereupon some one ask
ed him what poet he liked best.
Homer" ne replied.
Whose translation do you readT'
Il rarely read translation" he
said. wiping the fish scales from his
apron Il like best to read Homer in
the original Greek. "-Minneapolis Trib-
| uue
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
Fix,nq Up the Horse.

If you bad a highly intelligent thor
oughbred horse to which you were
greatly attached, what would you do
for him IN order to bring him to the
highest point OF efficiency
Would you teach him, at great incon'
venicnce and after many repetitions.
to smoke from ten to fifteen cigars a
day, and would you mix with his oats
all the way from a pint to quart Of
alcohol? Would you re enforce this by
overlooking his stomach with highly
spiced food and add all the narcotics
that were in the market, such as tea,
coffee, etc? Would you keep him In
n heated stable without any fresh air,
make him sit up at all hours of the
night and permit all the veterinarians
in the neighborhood to hold consulta-
tons and operate upon him as often
as they needed the money?
And if you did all this, what sort of
a race would you expect that horse 10
win life
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
Unsuitable Protest.

"My wife is one Of the unluckest
persons | know" began Cedar ave
nue. man, who tells long stories about
his household affairs.
''She sure Is" agreed the victim Of
the conversation fervently. But his
mild sarcasm was lost.
"She was hit by a street car recent
ly," pursued the narrator, "and got a
broken arm That's the fourth time
in less than year that something has
happened to her. When they brought
her to her senses this time | leaned
over her alphabetically. Better. my
dear?' says |. 1T amt fair she yells.
What amt fair?' ! asks gently. Why,
she groans, you're the one that car
rics all the accident insurance In this
family, and I'm the one that always
gets hurt. 1t amt fair! cleveland
Plain Dealer
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
No Color In the Dark.

In the dark there Is no such a thing
as color The reddest dress is just the
same color ms pure white tablecloth
when both are placed in dark closet
If you would understand this assume
the presence of light wave motion In
the ether The color of light depends
upon the length of these waves The
light waves producing the coors in
the blue end of the spectrum are very
short compared with those that pro
duce the coors near the red end. The
light source that we know as red gives
off only waves of a length to produce
that particular color. A body appears
red because Its surface absorbs all tie
other waves and reflects the red waves
back into the eye. If an attempt Is
made to light blue body with red
Hight it will fail, because the blue body
is capable of rejecting only the short
waves producing the blue. and since
the red source produces none of these
there will be no reflection and the body
will appear black. A thing looks black
when it is capable of absorbing all the
colors at once. st. Louis Republic.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
Natures Scene Shifting.

Although in the geological past vast
changes of level occurred on the Dor
ders and even in the center of CONT
nents, y Is debated question whether
at present similar elevations and sub
sidences can be detected Recently the
frequently repeated statement that the
coasts of Massachusetts and New Jer-
sey are perceptibly sinking has been
disputed, the apparent subsistence be
ing ascribed to simple changes of
shore line But some curious records
kept in Europe seem TO indicate that
actual fluctuations of the level of the
land may occasionally be observed. In
TIE valley of the Main Il church tower
hidden behind Il mountain screen has
since 1861 gradually risen into plain
view from the chateau of StrosSen-
dcrf. and still farther in the same di-
rCctiuu another church tower, which
began to be visible from Strossendorf
eighty years ago. is now clearly seen
above the horizon and is said to rise
higher as time goes on. Similar rec
ords exist In Bohemia. in Switzerland,
IN Spain and in the French Jura.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
.aIorS Warm and Cold.

One clear, cold winters day Benja.
min Franklin spread q number Of
handkerchiefs carefully on a level
stretch of snow. One OF the handker-
chiefs was black, another white and
the others of various colors. Some
time afterward be returned and re-
moved the hankerchiefs carefully one
by one, measuring the depth Of snow
under each Under the black handker-
chief he found that the snow had melt
I'd consdera bly,; under red handker-
chief. almost as much; under a blue
handkerchief. very little, and under the
white one scarcely any. BY this simple
experiment he learned that color has Il
great deal to do with the warmth Of
clothing White sheds the suns heat
almost as well as an oilskin sheds
water: blue is nearly as heat proof.
green is less SO; yellow Is Il warm color,
red still warmer color while black
soaks up almost all the suns heat that
strikes it Make the experiment some
time and you will see why black
clothes are out of place in the summer
time and white ducks in winter
Christian Herald
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06

The friends ot Il couple in Cleveland,
in whose household no doubt exists as
to who is tie head at the family, tell
an Interesting story relative to The last
frifing passage ut arms hrt Ween huS
nand ana wife one evenlu" Just be
fore dinner the wife, who had been
Eaving bridge all the afternoon. came
In 10 find her husband and a strange
man aftprward aSccrtalnrd Ia be y
LAWYER engaged in some mysterious
business over the library table, upon
which were spread several sheets Of
paper
What are you doing with all that
paper Henry" demanded the wife.
II am making a wish meekly re
sponded the husband.
A wiSh?"
"lc~ my dear In your presence !
shall no, presume to call 1t "a will
..Hplurutl :.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
" An Awful Experience.

A native diver descended into the
water to see whether one of the piers,
then in course of construction, had set.
While he was engaged in this work
great iron cylinder subsidized little,
crushing his hand between 1t and the
masonry When, on signal being CIV
en-. anotYr diver came down he found
his unfortunate comrade imprisoned
under water without hope of escape.
After a few moments of mute despair
and narrowing uncertainty speech
less decision was arrived at, and the
newcomer proceeded with chisel and
hammer to hack off his unhappy com
panion's hand, at the wrist The pris-
oner was thus liberated. but died soon
after reaching the surface from the
shock Never, | think has an opium
eater In his dreams imagined a more
pitifu spectacle of hopeless human
suffering Travels In India.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
The Green Constable.

A new constable on duty In pro
vincial town handed to a sergeant
shilling which he said he had found
The man with the three stripes told
him he was quite right in acting as he
had done. Proceeding on his round,
the sergeant met brother sergeant
and. wlthea grin, told him the tale OF
the shilling. They both agreed the
new recruit was very green, and at
the conclusion of their duties they
went to the nearest inn, and the pos
SCISSOR Of the coin called for two drinks.
On receiving them he threw down the
shilling to pay for them, but the land
lord refused 1t. saying 1t was bad
one. The sergeant, VIGOROUSLY mean.
had to supply the requisite amount out
of his own pocket and also to put up
with the laugh against himself. On
his telling the constable bis find was
bad one the man answered: "Yes, of
course 1t was. Do you think l would
have been silly enough to give it to
You If 1t hadn't been Pearson
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
Improving tho Book of Job.

| remember the relief with which,
after long feeling the sway of Frank
Inns imperturbable common sense, |
came upon project OF his for a new
version of the book Of Job to replace
the old version, the style of which
says Franklin. has become obsolete
and hence less agreeable. II give" he
continues. "a few verses which may
serve as sample of the kind of YER
sion | would recommend"
We all recollect the famous verse in
our transla ton, Then Sata2 answered
the Lord and said, Doth job fear God
for naught?' Franklin makes this,
Does your majesty imagine that Jobs
good conduct is the effect of mere per
sonal attachment and atfectionY
/ well remember how, when | first
read that, | drew a deep breath of re
lief and said to myself, After all,
there is a stretch of humanity beyond
Franklins victorious good sense. ~
Matthew Arnold's Culture and An
archy "
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
Manhattan ScaIlop.

A delicious breakfast or luncheon
dish is Manhattan scallop. Shred suf-
ticient cold cooked fish to measure
good half pint. 1t must be free from
skin ana bone. Add to it one cupful
of fine stale breadcrumbs, a good sea
soninG of salt and pepper, two well
beaten eggs mixed with half cupful
of stewed tomatoes. Turn all into a
buttercd dish, sprinkle the top, with
buttered breadcrumbs, dot with bits of
butter aud browE in hot oven Sub
/ urbanite
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
Ancient Football.

Philip STUDIES wrote in 1888 in his
book on THE Anatomic of Abuses"
For as concerning football pro
test unto you it may rather be called
a FRIENDLY kinde of fight than play
of recreation: a bloody and numbering
practice than a felowly sporte Of pas
TYNE For dooth not every one I've in
waight for his Adverserie, seeking to
overthrow him and to pickle him on his
nose, though it be on hard stones, so
that by this meanes sometimes their
necks are broken, sometimes their
backs. sometimes their legs, sometimes
their arms. sometimes one part thrust
out Of joyut, sometimes another; some
times the noses Eush out with blood,
sometimes their eyes start Outright
ing brawling, contention, quarrel pick
ing. murther, homicide and great effu
sion of blood. as experience dayly
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
Relics of the lncas.

The Inca period has left US remark
able traces, especially in the magnifi
cent roads Broad, beautiful turn
pixies, How only partially preserved
run for a distance of over 1000 miles
from the coast to the plateau and the
foot of the highest peaks. We marvel
at the skill of the Inca engineers, es
peciauy in the magnificent stairways
hewn in the rock, in the filing up OF
deep ravines, In the paving with pom
derous flags. In several places have
been found the remains of former as
phalt covering to these roads. At Ger
taia Intervals are found the ruins OF
custom houses and laid out grounds
and Notifications. of which the most
interesting specimen is the fortress OF
CuZco, built about the year 1000, and
plundered and destroyed by pi"arro II
l543-Century Path
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06


A peasant leaves his home to seek
for work as a field Iaborer wherever
he can find work to do, and like every
Russian. male and female, he takes
his passport with him, which is quite
as much a part of him as his soul is.
1t is always half yearly passport,
which he must renew at the end of
six months, sending it home in reg
istered letter to an Official at his ma
tive place and inclosing the legal fee
and something over for the trouble
The time of renewal draws near; the
workman gets a demand for n new
passport Through official neglect or
other reason the passport fails to come
in time. The honest workingman,
who is earning his bread in the sweat
OF his brow and by the practice per
haps of exceptional sobriety Is trying
to earn a pittance for his family. Is
arrested suddenly and sent home
that is is flung into forwarding
prison, whence he energies to join
convict party. which contain the cream
Of criminality, and is made to suffer
torments before he gets home. When
be arrives he gets his passport and is
free agent-once more a loyal sub
iect.-E B. Lanin.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06

When a big ''old man. kangaroo stin-
ems his tail and converts ii into sort
of revolving pivot bearing the whole
weight of his body, leaving his tremen-
dously powerful legs free for attack
and defense, everybody who does not
want to be ripped up or thrown In a
heap for considerable distance will
give the marsupial wide berth. Only
those who have seen the full grown
kangaroo In his native Australian bush
with his back to tree, scattering dogs.
bleeding aud torn. right and left, can
form any adequate idea Of the prodi-
gious strength the animal is capable OF
exerting when he finds himself In
tight corner
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
The Thunderer,s Loaoaraphs.

Some of the most serious riots re-
corded in the printing trades occurred
in 1911, when the London Times was
first printed by steam. and number
of workmen discharged through this
innovation sought to wreck the office
in Printing House square. Long be-
fore this the Times had been printed
logographicaly-tha is to say, the pro-
prietor conceived the happy idea Of
having words cast entire to save the
compositors the trouble Of collecting
type The logogra phs most in demand
were: Dreadful. robbery, atrocious out
rage, fearful calamity, alarming ex-
plosion. loud cheers, interesting fe-
male One hundredweight of each of
these was always kept in stock In
teresting females no longer figure in
newspaper reports. but otherwise the
ciiches of journalism seem to have al
tered but little London Chronicle.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
An Honor to Allison.

"Do you know" inquired Wilbur
Reaser. the New York portrait painter,
that when my painting of Senator AL
lison was hung in the lobby of the
senate the precedent Of forty years
was broken?'
Surprise being expressed, Mr. Reaser
explained:
at is a fact that since the beginning
of constitutional government the sen
ate had bought only nine portraits for
the lobby The first was Washington's
and the eighth was Charles Summers.
For almost forty years nobody was
considered worthy to follow in the dis
tinguished line 1t was generally
thought that no other portrait would
ever be added to the group, but when
Senator Allison died after serving
longer in the senate than any other
man in the history of the government
the rule was broken. and his picture be
came the ninth = Washington Times
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
Wrecked by q Knife Blade.

A ship was once wrecked on the
Irish coast. The captain was a care
full one Nor had the weather been of
so severe a kind as to explain the
wide distance which the vessel had
swerved from her proper course. The
ship went down. but so much interest
attached to the disaster that diving
bell was sunk. Among other portions
Of the vessel that were examined was
the compass that was swung on the
deck, and inside the compass box was
detected a bit of steel. which appeared
to be the small point Of a pocket
knife blade 1t was learned that the
day before the wreck a sailor who
had been set cleaning the compass
had used his pocket knife In the proc
ess and had unceremoniously broken
off the point and left it remaining In
the box That bit Of knife blade ex-
erted its influence on the compass and
to a degree that detected the needle
from its proper bent and vitiated it as
an index of the ships direction. That
bit of knife blade wrecked the vessel.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
Tho Old Mans Opinion.

Mr.. Scrimpps-I asked your daughter
very important question last night,
and she referred me to you.
Old Gentleman-H' m What did you
ask her?
81 asked her if she'd marry me-"
well, she won't"
.'Eh? Has she said 500"
mo. but from what know Of the
girl | don't believe she would have
bothered herself about me IL she had
really wanted you."-New York Week
"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
The Club.

An exclusive dining society in Lon
don is the one bearing the arrogant
title the Club which since its foun
dation has been limited to thirty-ive
members Johnson. Burke, Reynolds
and Goldsmith were among the orig
inaI members, Garrick and Boswell
Joined in 1913 aud Gibbon and Fox
in IVA OF the eighteen premicrs in
the nineteenth century nine were
members of the club, Fox, Liverpool,
Canning, Russell, Aberdeen, Gladstone,
Salisbury, Lord Rosebery and Mr.
Balfour- IondOn Spectator
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06

Wife-please match this piece of silk
for me before you come home. ilus-
band Al the counter where the sweet
little blond works. the one with the
soulful eyes and Wife no You're
TOO tired 10 shop for me when your
days work is done, dear. On second
thought won't bother you. Detroit
News
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
Looked Like a Bio Dose.

The man in bed had never been sicA
before The doctor wishing to ascer-
tain his temperature pointed the Their
mometer at him and commanded;
open your mouth, Jim
"Wait minute, doe" objected the
patient. Il don't b'lieve | can swaller
that"-Judge
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
All About a Cruiser.

What sort Of a boat is this ?" in
quired the inquisitfve man at the
docks.
"A cruiser" replied a smart lad.
"And where is she goingr'
"a cruise. sir"
What makes 1t goT
IT'S screw, sir"
"Who are on board|
Its crew, sir"
1T looks pretty smart"
I'VE have to keep 1t clean, or rub
bish and dust would accrue, sir"
"Oh. you're too SMART Where do
you come fromf'
From Crewe. sir" - London Tit
Rits
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
China's Floating Islands.

On all the great lakes Of China are
found floating islands, which are enor-
nous RATS of bamboo overlaid with
earth and bearing on the surface of
the water pretty houses and gardens.
They are. in fact, aquatic farms, bear
ing crops of rice and vegetables. The
rich bottom mud. utilized as an artih-
cial soil is extremely fertile and yields
bountiful harvests, though on small
scale. In a country where there is
lack of available land the floating
plantations are most Servieeabie. large
sails being attached to the dwelling
house as we'll as to each corner Of the
island whenever it is desired to move
about After gathering crop of
grain or garden produce from his farm
the floating farmer casts his nets into
the water and from their depths brings
up supply of fish for his family.
The price il small and results are
sure. Reference is made to the Daily
ioht want column II
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
a Time For Blindness.

There is sometimes greater charity
In seeming not to see our neighbours
trouble than in trying to relieve 1t
Let me alone" is the prayer of many
a tortured heart when the curious. the
officious and the tactless force the door
of its place of desoation, albeit they
bring wine and oil
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
The Orators s ate.

Some orators" said Senator Sor-
ghum rehectively, make me think Of
our parrot
The one whose head you chopped
orr"
yes He had to take al the blame
for what somebody else insisted on his
saving Washington star
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
Sizes of the Planets.

An ingenious way of comparing the
sizes Of planets with the sun Is sug
gested by a French scientific writer.
Let the earth, he says, be represented
by twenty franc piece; then Venus is
Is francs; Mars, 2; Mercury, I; Uranus.
$50; Neptune, 800; Saturn. 1910; Ju
piter. 6 800. and the sun 6,7S00O0
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-06
IommY's Decision.

Teacher-Now. Tommy, suppose
man gave you 500 to keep for him
and then died, what would you do?
Would YOU pray for him? Tommy
No, sir but would pray for another
like him.