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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25


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WEATHER Unsettled, local rains
tonight or Friday Wednesday Max.
70. Min. 81.
HOUSE FOR RENT. o. Ray,
Dunn street. tt
R. u. McCoMBs, all kinds of insur
ance and bonds. II
FOR SALE-My home place on
West Main street. c. N. Anderson.
tt
H. d. RANKIN, Contractor and
Builder. Estimates furnished. Phone
413 259
WANTED-Tw furnished rooms
for light housekeeping. Apply at this
office Jdh
FOR RENT-Good heavy black
land Address Farms" care this
office. 1852
TEN THOUSAND frost proof cab
bage plants ready for planting. Bird
Forrest. tt
FOR MAGAZINES see E. F. Owen or
leave subscriptions at Curlin's Two
Drug Stores. II
FOR SALE-My home on Ferris
avenue. Possession at once, Apply to
win Farley. tt
FOR SALE-Good secondhand run
about, cheap. Call at Davenport's
Livery Stable. 255pd
LOST-Brcwn mink neck fur, with
tail Finder return to this office and
receive reward tt
RENT CONTRACTS-If you want
farm or city rental contracts, call at
the Daily Light office. If
Az ADVERTISEMENT in this col
umn may. bring you just the oppor-
tunity YOU are looking for. tt
SATURDAYS DAILY LIGHT 6 pa
ges) and the Waxahachie Enterprise
both one year for only s1.50. If
ALFALFA-The famous Toyah Val
ley kind. For ton or car load see
P. O. Rocket, phone 693 or TIA. So
FOR RENT-Five room house on
Williams street. M. D. Robinson !
Ray, or w. G. Reagor, Waxahachie /
254p |
Nickel plated hub cap for
Finder please return to I
Daily Light office and be rewarded. I
253I1
pressing and repairing |
Ladies work speciality. Neys door
to Bedford's Restaurant. PAGE. the
Tailor Pl.on~. 4. II
I,A.~fEs work our speciality. We DO
flaming, pressing and repairing. All
work guaranteed. Phone 178. Mat
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25

FOR SALE-My home place on
West Main street. G. N. Anderson.
tt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25

WANTED-Tw furnished rooms
for light housekeeping. Apply at this
office Jdh
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25

FOR RENT-Good heavy black
land. Address Farms" care this
office. 25Sp
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25

RENT CONTRACTS-If you want
farm or city rental contracts, call at
| the Daily Light office. tt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25

H. d. RANKIN, Contractor and
Builder. Estimates furnished. Phone
Alb. 259
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25

HOUSE FOR RENT o. Ray,
Dunn street. tt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25

LOST-Brcwn mink neck fur. with
tail. Finder return to this office and
receive reward tt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25

WEATHER Unsettled, local rains
tonight or Friday, Wednesday Max,
10. Min. 81.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25

R. u. INCOMES, all kinds of insur
anee and bonds. u
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25

FOR SALE-Good secondhand run
about, cheap. Call at Davenport 5
| Livery Stable. 255pd
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-25

FOR MAGAZINES see E. F. Owen or
leave subscriptions at Curlin's Two
Drug Stores. II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16
Brain Forcing.

From the Baltimore American.
In the efforts to give better training
to the minds of the present generation of
school children than their parents re-
ceived, there is real danger of brain
forcing. The mind has nothing to do with
it. 1t is purely physical matter, this
matter of education in it's primary eff
fects. There is nervous system that
must coordinate and work with ac-
curacy; there is central seat of intelli-
genae, the brain, that is just SO much
plastic tissue; there is n set of functional
effects that are brought about through
the utilization of blood stores in the build
ing up of rapidly fashioning nervous it's
sues. All this comes in a time of life
when the child is growing and maturing.
The tender material substance that is
worked over into the various co-ordina-
tons and responses that form the basis
of thought is easily injured and the child
may be ruined for life if the brain is I'M
duly forced in the work of education.
The time will come when specialists viii.
pass upon the educational capacities of
children much as a physician would pre-
scribe course Of diet. The method of
loading up the mind W til an assortment
Of thought material that is dealt out
alike to children, irrespective of their
differing aptitude and capacities, will be
corrected. In the meanwhile educators
the country over are holding up the
warning signal Of premature brain flag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16
The Magic of Dickens.
From the Century.

rom the ttulUr!-
The hundred years which have rushed
over the earth like an express train since
Charles Dickens, felt the first pinch of
terrestrial winter have changed the hti-
man mind. altered the attitude of the
soul to the universe and modified the af-
fections of the human heart. We are n"
longer easily moved to tears; we are
loath to let exaggeration fitch our laugh
ter; we are perhaps less eager than our
forefathers to be made to smile. and GER
tcinly more avaricious with our tears than
were our crandmothers. Nevertheless.
the magic of Dickens still touches our
lives. and the manhood of the whole An
glo-Saxon race is colored by those en-
sorceled hours of our boyhood when we
roared with Sam Weller, hated Jonas
Chuzzlewit and Carker, loved Little Nell,
trembled at Quilp. fancied ourselves
Nicholas Nickleby. envied David Copper
field. longed to possess GRIP. loathed
Pecksniff and felt our hearts grow heavy
over the bitter sufferings of Oliver Twist,
Poor 10 and tragic SElike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16
LIST Of RECENT SALES
MADE BY REALTY FIRM
Apartments, Dwellings and
Unimproved Ground Included
in Series of Transfers.

The real estate corporation of Boss K
Phelps reports the following sales:
Fifteen thousand square feet of ground
on the south side of Euclid street east
of Ontario road. Lea Hill will erect six
colonial houses on the property at a cost
of $50, 900.
For Charles Cowles Tucker the resi-
dence at 1915 o1st street. to an out-of-
town purchaser.
To DR.. J. E. Pope. member of the
tariff board. the detached residence ::21 !;
Newark street, Cleveland Park. The
property was owned by Mrs. Grace L..
Farnham.
To +. l.. Ireland premises 1:;l Otis
street and 1880 Meridian street. Each
house contains seven rooms and bath.
Mrs. Hills Buys Apartment.
The apartment house at 1886 Monroe
street northwest. for E. L. Ireland to
Mrs. Lena Hills. who will retain >the
property as an investment.
For George T. Robertson, premises 205
+ street northwest, to Mr.. Marshall
For Herbert Wamaling, the seven-room
house at 1434 Meridian street to Fran
els Halves, who will retain the property
an investment.
To James b. Williams, premises 1901
Columbia road. The property was owned
by w. NJ. Masten.
The properties 12U!-5-I9-l1 Madison
street for +. Bresnahan to August Haase.
The tcn-room brick residence 1713
Riggs street. to Mrs. X. G.. Ruth. The
sale made for David a. Onutt III
connection with Licbermann & Hawn.
Premises BAL: Qakwood terrace, for DR..
Harry f. Smith. The house contains
eight rooms and bath.
For Mrs. Alice l.. Clark, sthe siX-room
house at 1919 Otis street northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16
BUILDING INCREASES
SHOWN IN FEBRUARY
Cold Weather Has Little Ap-
parent Effect in Limit
ing Activity.

Although February was one of the cold
est of months. building operations al
over the country showed gain of II
per cent over the same month a year
ago. Official reports from sixty-seven
cities to Construction News show that
during the month just closed permits
were taken out for the construction of
13.OSo buildings, involving total invest
ment of 41,.,.0.217. against Il. 4:;5 build
ings, aggregating in cost SIS, 299. 957, for
the corresponding month a year ago, a
decrease of go buildings and an increase
of $3.50 o6O.
Thirteen cities, Washington among the
number. saw the beginning of building
operations in which the aggregate ex-
penditure will be in excess of 81 zoo, 600
The number of new buildings 10 be con-
structed in these cities, together with the
estimated cost of the enterprises in each
jurisdiction. are shown in the appended
icf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16
Protecting Beavers.
ON the New York Evening Mail.

From the New York Evening Mail.
In deciding to place beavers in all our
national parks and give them adequate
protection the federal authorities have
taken a step which nature lovers will
heartily approve. The beaver. which for
merly abounded nearly everywhere in
the northern portions of the country is
now found only in sparse!y settled re-
gionS and in parks.
The beaver has in certain way been
a pioneer of American exploration and
discovery Early trappers seeking beaver
pelts followed the animals into unknown
territory and blaZed the way for settlers
who came afterward. The white mans
first knowledge of vast regions was OBJ
tanned by those in quest of this Nalu-
able fur-bearing animal.
The writer was told by A guide with
whom he was in camp on wild Cana
dian lake few years ago that a beaver s
tail roasted was the most delicious NOR
sci ever eaten by human being. The
guide offered to prove it by killing one of
nearby herd Of beavers but the offer
was declined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16
PRIDE Of THE NAVY ONCE
GOES TO SCRAP HEAP
Receiving Ship Wabash, "0Id
Homestead" Has Been
Condemned.

Once the pride of the United States
navy. the receiving ship Wabash. known
as "Old Homestead" stationed at the
Boston Navy Yard for thirty-seven years
has been condemned for naval purposes
and shortly will be consigned to the scrap
heap She is the sole survivor of the
quintet of ships which marked the advent
of steam propulsion for warships. The
historic Merrimac, Minnesota, Colorado
and Roanoke. which were sister ships
have passed away.
The Wabash was first commissioned in
1886 at Philadelphia. where she was built
Like her sister ships, she was designed
to combine auxiliary steam power with
a heavy sail plan. the first practical
introduction of steam propulsion in navy
vessels of lighting size. She was first the
flagship of Flag Officer Hiram Paulding
and, like her sister vessels, went abroad
and was highly complimented by the eX-
tensive copies made of her throughout
the entire naval world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16
Future of the American Novel.

Arnold Bennett. in the North American Review.
The great argument in favor of the fu-
ture Of the America novel lies III the
s,renuousness, the variety and the essen
tial romance OF American life. \ siren
uous national life always leads to flne
art The great French romantic move
ment of the nineteenth century had It's
roots in the revolution and the Napoleonic
wars 1t may be more or less true thai
America by the ardor of its will-to-llve,
is gradually becoming a mass of over
wrought nerves. vast stomach Tor the
reception of patent medicines. but it is
infalliblv certain that this intensity OIL
competition. this interplay of warning
activities, this havoc of operations III
Wall street these monstrouS concatena-
tons of dollars. will lead to enterprises
equally prodigious, fierce and astounding
in the region of imaginative ar. me
material is far too good to be wasted
BY a kind of natural economic law the
epoch which produces the raw material
for art will surely produce the artists
capable of using that raw material. In
material we'll as in creative energy,
the American author must decidedly have
the start of the rest of the world. And
the Importance of material cannot well be
overestimated. A considerable portion of
Balzac's pre-eminence in the novel of
actually is due to the extraordinary wealth
of material that lay to his hand. From
1890 to 1870 nothing happened in France
that was not picturesque. disturbing. de-
racinating or positively seismic. Finan-
cial speculation was at It's Wlidese; tire
rich became poor and the poor became
rich; mobiles dizzly osciliated between exile
and grandeur: thrones fell and We're re-
esta blished: luxury increased. and be-
Meath all. supporting all. the old agri-
cultural life of the departments ran on
almost undisturbed. What would not
Balzac have done with Pittsburgh. the
siXteen-hour express between New York
and Chicago, Wall street, Mr.. Pierpont
Morgan and the uheat-growing states?
He would have said: This country is
simply stepped in romance, it lies about
in heaps. Give me pen, quick, for
heavens Sake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16
Tour of an English Choir.
he London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
We have at least one big thinS to
our credit that America has not SO TAR
accomplished. The Sheffield Choir. now
singing in Australia, represents the big
gest touring musical enterprise on record
1t numbers o3O all told. and when they
return to Yorkshire in few weeks hence
they will have covered 33GOO miles In
seven months The cost of the tour will
BE eG0,ccO, the transport and hotel eX-
penses absorbing e45.0a0. The choi. has
sung to crowded audiences i'm Canada,
New Zealand and Australia. and il the
receipts are equal to the expenses the
promoters will be satisfied. The youngest
member of the choir is a boy OF nineteen.
the Oldest a man OF sevcnty-twO. Three
OF the chorfsters are circumnavigatinY
the globe hatless.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16
Made History in the Civil War.

Old Homestead real history was made
in the civil war. She was fitted out at
Boston, and participated i'm the capture of
Forts Hatteras and Clark at Port Royal.
in both assaults on Fort Fisher. and in
numerous other engagements along the
Atlantic coast. At all times during the
civil war the Wabash was the flagship of
fleet being used at first by Rear Adj
m.ral Stringham and later by Admiral
Dupont.
Since she took station at Boston for the
prosaic duties of a receiving ship the
Wabash has undergone many changes.
She was first stripped of her spars and
yardarms and then her three enormous
nlasts were taken out. In fact, every out
ward sign of her former power and
ajesty as one of the most powerful
frlgates OF her day has been removed,
three small fagstaffs standing as silent
monuments of her once gallant masts and
rigging.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16

harvested and stored. come out to leaf
and bloom again under the sun? The
aSSOcia tons of a literary centennial are
not to be put aside. when it is past. to
lie unhandled for hundred years. They
leave reality quickened, a personal con-
tract renewed with things noble and prec-
ious. found alive and undying, to be
more actual presence and richer her-
tage. In the fairy tale. when the day is
over. the suddenly awakened castle turns
again to stone, the little village sinks
with its ephemeral hustle once more to
the depths of the ground. But the beau
t, of old books remains with us, I'M
blemished. like the exquisite bodies of
martyrs found instinct with life and
sweet SAVIOR after the lapse of centuries.
The centennial has been not memorial
only but renaissance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16

speed of four or five knots an hour. Her
batteries were the heaviest of her era.
consisting of two 10-inch, twenty-eight
9-inch, fourteen finch Dahlgren smooth
bores. fifty-four guns mounted in broad
side supplemented b! two l2-pounders.
To effectively man her thirty-seven Of
ficers and 615 men were required, yet SO
ample We're her accommoda tons that this
body of men had sufficient room and no
complaint of craniped quarters was heard
i'm those dayS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16

will find everything the best money. material
and construction will produce: parquetry
flooring electric and gas light. hardwood
trim throughout. solid oak stairway. three
extra large tall outside) sleeping rooms. sec
ond floor, ample closet room You will find
them all roomy rooms, honey porches, best
OF fixtures. tasty hardware. modern plumbing.
white cnameled tile bathrooms and all the
other conveniences that YOU could possibly
ask for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16
Literary Centennials.

rom the Atlantic.
Literary centennials have made mir
acles more real for us than the magic
lore Of the fairy tales. For what less
than a miracle happens ever when fresh
flowers spring up from boarded seed"
and a new season begins for life once
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16

In the opinion of the editors of Con-
struction News this is remarkable
showing. Some enormous increases in
localities are shown. in which they are
as welcome as they are surprising, no
tably in New York city. where the in
crease is rs per cent; Philadelphia. 81:
Boston. 12;: Detroit, 80; Buffalo, 4Ol;
Louisville, a.S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16

First Village Clubwoman-What sort OF
person is this new Mrs. Hart?
Second Village Clubwoman-WeE, the
ladies can't just make out whether she $
a nobody flying high or somebody lying
developments Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16
Epoch in Naval Architecture.

Her construction was epoch in naval
architecture, being full rugged ship of
eJO tons displacement. with lines of such
strength and beauty and sail plan that
she could outsai! and weatherage any
warship afloat In addition she had big
single screw that drove her ahead at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16
Plans for New Arlington.

still larger hotel enterprise. the cree
ton of the New Arlington on the site of
the present structure on Vermont avenue
between III and l streets northwest, VIII
be begun about the first of June, when
the old buildings will be torn down and
the excavations made for the founda
tons which in one section will so to
depth of some fifty feet. The builders
plan to make boring for artesian
vel before this part of the building OPP
Grafton is completed.
The area occupied by this building will
be nearly three times that of the one to
be built on the Corcoran building site. as
there are over 5000 square feet OF
ground under the Arlington. The new
hotel will be the largest of its KIND In
tho CITY. and it will cost over S2,Gao.G3
while Sl.7.n,G30 was paid for the ground.
The capital required in both instances
has been secured mainly i'll this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-16
PRELIMINARY PLANS
READY FOR NEW HOTELS
Structures in Contemplation
for Downtown Section Will
Cost Several Millions.

1t is reported that progress is being
made in financing the proposed undertake
ing of erecting a hotel on the site of the
Corcoran building. occupying the front
age on 18th street between Pennsylvania
avenue and street northwest. In ad-
dition to what is being done toward
placing the capital stock, which will
for the ground alone. Only small pro-
said arrangements have been made to
secure from one of the big insurance
companies a loan of about SS.go,e-o
The cost of the building. which is to
cover practically the entire available
ground and VII rise to a height of nine
or ten stories. it is estimat ted will reach
that figure, which is one-tElrd less than
the price which is understood will be
paid for the property to- the owner, Will
liam G. EustiS. In this transaction the
value of the Corcoran building. which is
not a modern Office structure. was not
regarded. so that the price. S1,2Oo0O0, is
for the ground alone Only small pro-
portion it is said. is to be paid with
stock AS there are 21,373 square feet
in the tract the price per foot is a little
over s56.
It is understood the bulk of the stock
is being taken by those interested in the
Cafe Republique, which occupies a large
portion of the first floor of the building.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-08-29
Baptist Notes.

The Southwestern Kansas Bap-
fist Association met at 9 a. m. on
Saturday with the Meade church
and adjourned Monday at noon.
There were present about 50 out-of-
town visitors. The Northern part
of the Association territory in
which most of our churchs are loca-
ted was represented by but three
messengers. The difficulty of
reaching Meade from that section
was tie principle reason.
Helpful and inspiring actresses
we're delivered by Rev. Frank Ward
of Garden City, DR.. J. M. Gurley,
State S. S. and b. Y. P. U. secre-
tary; DR.. S. E. Price. president Of
Ottawa University and DR.. l. N
Clark, District Secretary of the
Foreign Mission Board.
For nearly 80 years DR.. Clark
has been present in these annual
Associational meetings giving val
liable counsel and much inspiration.
No man in the denomination is so
we'll known or so much loved as he
in the state. During all these years
he has lived very strenuous life,
travelling about 10000 miles annu'
ally in the performance of his dut'
les, although he is almost 4 score
years old there is no evidence of 9
lessening of mental vigor.
All expressed their heartiest APP
probation of the fine hospitality O
Meade.
The next annual meeting will be
at Ness City and the Introductory
sermon will be preached by Rev
w. Holt Smith of Fowler.
All services as usual this week
There will be baptizing Sunda!
night.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-08-29
SWALLOWS ARE VERY BOLD
One DuIIdS Nest In q House and An
other EstabllShoO Homo on
Electric Light Lamp.

A very curious instance Of boldneSs
in swallows was recorded In 1855
from Ceylon. In this case the birds
built over q lamp in the dining room;
what made their choice Of site more
remarkable was the fact that the
lamp could be raised or lowered by
counter weights and the connecting
chains auctually passed through the
mud walls of the nest.
Occasionally the bird selects nest
ing site which invites comparison with
the boldness of the robin. In July last
pair Of swallows took advantage OF
the open window of an unoccupied
bedroom in a house at Felmersham In
Bedfordshire to begin building their
nest on the curtain rod Of the bed.
The return OF the owner OF the
house and his occupation Of the bed
did not in the least disturb or alarm the
birds, which completed the nest and
brought off three nestlings within
seven weeks of the house owners re-
turn. They took no notice OF the &C
cupant of the bed when flying In and
out of the window feeding theil
young; but the hen bird would ny on
the nest II any one entered the room
during the daytime.
Three years ago a pair Of swallow
built their nest on top Of the shade o
an electric lamp which hangs outside
the asylum at Marlborough, nea
Leicester. -Baily's Magazine.