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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-08-07
LOCALS,


See +. s. Cronk tor gas ranges
and water heaters. adv. If.
Famous Mineral water served at
Bedtord's Fountain Adv. If
twenty-five Rolls of Toilet Paper
for q dollar at f. s. Cronk Co
Ranges in operation at our Gales
rooms. +, s, Cronk Co. ady.tf
The Iiupnobile is the best car i'll
its class in the world. ady.tf
Mil and gin supplies, betting,
etc. f. s. CRONk co. adv ,f
Try the famous El-Co bgucrmilk
from delivery wagon Ioc per gal
Ion. El-No Creamery Go. advils
If YOU need rubber stamp in a
hurry, give your orders to Roy Phil
lips at Daily Light office. advtfpd
Pare clean wholesome butter.
milk from FI-Co Creamery wagon
.tpc per gallon. adv,1l>
Let Cronk Company pipe your
house and sell YOU YOUR gas range
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-08-07

Buy the A-B Gas Range and save
sc per cent of Your gas bill. LIE.
Us show you. F. S. Cronk Cs.
adv II
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-08-07

Let Cronk Company pipe your
house and sell you your gas range
or water heater. adv. IT,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-08-07

Famous Mineral Wells water a
Bedford's OUe-halt gallon 15c, ono
gallon AdE.b If
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-25

tai of his earnings from Thanksgiving
day, 1912, down to date, $50.
Although extremely frugal and al
ways looking for good place to stick
his money, Richie has not forgotten
his family. . &c..
He raised the mortgage on his
fathers property; saw that the edu-
cation of one of his sisters was fin
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-25

ished and now has her east with him
to show her the part of the world
that she as always longed to see:
gave his father a trip East to the old
home some months ago, and is finish
ing the education of his younger
sister
To the old guard who can think
only of champion boxer spending
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11

Recently the steel mills in
Pittsburg put back to work
small part of their working force
of the large part that had been
laid off on account of the hard
times, but this one little Incl
dent brought forth great pros
perity whoop from the canned
editorial department of our Dem.
cratic exchanges. Meanwhile
more than two million workers
are out of employment in the
United States this winter. In
New York 3OO,O 900 destitute men
are taxing the resources of the
charity societies, and in Pitts
burg, the scene of the above lit
tie prosperity event." thous.
ands of men are still out of work
and hopeless of getting any.
But the truth about the indus.
trial condition of the country
never gets into the Democratic
nanarS
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11
Birds And The Wireless.

Since our coast began to be
studded with Marconi stations.
says an English newspaper, it
has been noticed that the birds
do not seem very happy about
it. In the neighborhoed of a
wireless station biruS seem to be
vaguely disturbed and uneasy,
gulls being the chief sufferers.
And when the line of pigeon
race lies over or near a wireless
station it has been noticed that
an unusual number of birds fail
10 find their way home. The
wireless waves in the air seem to
interfere with the sense of Circc-
ton.
The cause has not been def
nitely settled. but there is no
doubt that birds and animals
bOth are more sensitive 10 nNS
teriouS vibrations of tie air than
are human beings. Horses and
monkeys in carthqua e lands
trem ble with fear hours before
an earthquake arrives,
1t has been suggested that ttill
mails and birds ..aye 4 sixth, or
"electl'ic' Scr$c. and are in
touch with the ether, Chat H'NS
terious fluid which scientist de
clare to pcryati2 everything in
the universe botn on earth and
in air It is by waves in the
ether that wireless travels
SO when lhe wireless waves
start inter, erIng with the ordi-
nary waves Of the ether, such as
those along which light travels.
the birds lose their little heads
and forget their way.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11
Preliminary Test For Seed Corn.

Do it now. Make sure that
you do not have to buy seed corn.
Pick ont 100 or POO kernels at
random from YOUR seed corn and
put them in a moist. warm place
for six or seven days. If at leas t
SO per cent of the kernels do not
sprOut, you must consider buy
ing seed corn from some reliable
man in your neighborhood.
This preliminary test does not
take the place of the ear by ear
test, which should be given the
latter part of February or early
in March. Two or three weeks
from now we will give complete
directions for making an ear by
ear test. In the meantime, you
had best make this preliminary
test to have general idea OF
where you stand in relation tc
your ear corn.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11
CO0NS MAKE PLAYFUL PETS
Tanned and Trained. and They
Act Like Kittens-

Wild raccoonS that are found in the
Maine woods are like children in a
great many ways. They can be
trained to do things, though they
are born under different influences.
Adolph Gilblair Of Skowhegan. Me-,
has two pet coons which he has
trained and cares for daily. He got
these coons from a farmer about four
months ago. and they are now as play
full as kittens and will frolic with each
other, rolling over and over like two
little dogs, and they do not show any
savage or wild disposition They are
let out into the dooryard and will run
about, and when tired will stretch
out on the doorstep in the sun.
They are very keen to danger and
if dog approaches they will climb 'o
the top Of an apple tree. They are
kept in a yard of their own in n'ans
time and they have a large hollow log
that they can go into. They curl UP
together like two kittens and sleep.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11
FRIEND WOHTH THE KEEPING
European Merchant Showed His Ap-
probation of Newspaper in Sub
stantiaI Manner.

Nothing pleases a newspaper more
than letters of appreciation from it's
readers The most hardened old edi-
tor will flush up and tears of joy will
fill his cynical eyes when veteran
Subscriber" or Constant Reader"
writes in to say that yesterday S
smashing attack was the best ever.
Here in America letters of apprecia-
ton are all that any editor can hope
for. Abroad, however, it is different.
French editors are frequently reward
ed for good articles by presents OF
roses, gold fountain pens, baskets OF
fruit, and SO forth.
But nowhere in the world does there
exist such Maecenas of the press as
good old Mr. Bimbo, the leading pork
dealer of central Europe.
MI Bimbo lives in Budapest, and a
year ago the Budapest Egyetertes pub
lished an interview with him, which
stated SO accurately all his political
views that he sent forthwith to the
editorial room a whole hand cart of
hams, sausages, blood puddings and
other choice pork products.
Since then. incredible as 1t seems
Mr.. Bimbo has kept its editors fully
supplied with pork meat
But man cannot live by meat alone
and a month or so ago the Egyetertes
went into liquidation AS the editors
in mournful conference composed ar
editorial farewell for their final issue
Mr.. Bimbo was announced. He had
heard the sad news, and now. taking
in the situation, he took out his CHECK
book, and with one stroke of the per
set the Egyetertes on it's feet again.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11
The Weekly GlObe-DemOCrat
ISSUED TWICE EVERY WEEK
The Globe Printing Co.. Publishers
ST. LOUIS. MO.
Fliuht Of Flies.

That the fly is a peripatetic and
what the politicians call a good mixer
is well known. The linear extent OF
his peregrinations is. however, still a
matter of dispute. And>as he certainly
carries with him and distributes infec-
ton, whenever there is any to be had.
the more or less exact determination
of his maximum range is of great prac-
tical importance. At one time he was
thought to be very much CT & home
body" never wandering mere than
few hundred or a thousand feet from
his birthplace. Then observations
made in England and elsewhere threw
doubt upon this CONCLUSION. and it was
finally proved that he may travel at
least = mile from home.
Now comes along Prof. G. F. Hodge
with a 600 per cent. extension of the
record, and the opinion that flies are
able to travel much farther than is
commonly supposed. New York Eve
ming Post.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11
G4thcr's Queer Costume.

One Ct Robert Louis Steyenson's S
contemporaries describes the author:
His hair vas smooth and parted in
The middle and te.l below the collar Of
his coat; he Wore black flannel shirt.
with curious knitted tie twisted in a
knot; had Wellington boots. rather
tight, dark trousers, pea jacket and q
white sombrero hat But the most as
founding item Of ali his costume was a
Iady's seaisllin cape, which he wore
about his shoulders, fastened at the
neck by ii fancy brooch, which also
held together bunch of half dozen
dafodiis. [ think these final touches
TO his toilet must have been added By
loving hands without his knowledge or
consent"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11
Law and Justice.


\ KANSAS Cjt> coal dealer
cheated a customer out OF 100
pounds of Goa bE weight and
was fiued $50. while q poor devil
who stole $50 pounds of coal
from a yard III Ill" same city. il
order to keep warm. Na> given
two years in tie renitentlary
and his needy iaIniiy left TO
struggle on without nim as btst
they could. Isn't his a typical
example o. our laWyer-kiId of
justice:-Aiissouri Valley Farm
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11
On Age OF Ola Earth.

The more recent discussions
as to the earth's age have placed
the time as follows: Lord Kel-
vim, in 1o62. 20, 10000 to 100000,
900 years, with a probable 5000.
600; in 1897 Lord Kelvin revised
his figures from 2o,0o0.OU0 TO 10,
100000 years: Clarence King
and Carl Narus. in 1893, 1900.
600 years; De Lapparent, III 1880
67,O00.00O to 90,U0o.0UQ years:
Charles d. Walcott, secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution. in
1898, maximum age 10000. 900
years.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11
BUNKOED AGAIN.
Free Wool Does Not Benefit Con
sumer; Handlers to Pocket the
Difference in Cots.

During tie campaign of 1911:
Democratic newspapers anC
political speakers dilated great
ly upon the benefits that would
accrue to the cons umer from
taking the tariff off of wool. The
protective tariff on wool. they
cOntenGoG. was but little short
of high way robbery. ,rhereby
the buyer OF clpthin-- man,
woman and child alihc-WaS be-
ing held up snr from 30 to 30 per
cent more than they ought to
pay. Figures we're presented to
show .o.>it."~! that with tie tariff
off a $50 suit could he bought ro,'
about $3.50, a Sl3 suit for s.
and so on. Now what: Dealers
in WOODEN goods and tailors' sup
plies present figures showing
that tie difference in the manu-
facturers' cost of clothing under
free wool would be about IS per
cent, but that none of this de-
cline would appear in the price
mark of the goods on the retail
counter. 1t will be absorbed
by the manufacturer, jobber and
retailer. When the American
farmer markets his wool clip
he will get several cents per
pound less for than he did before
the Democrats put wool on the
free list, for now his foreign com
petitor makes the price, but the
farmer, like all the rest of us,
will pay the same old price for
his duds, his wife's duds and
his childrens' duds.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11
papers.

One of the stand-pat Republi-
can newspapers of St. Louis has
materialjzed the ghost ofgovern-
ment ownership of railroads,
telephones and telegraphes, and
is greatly disturbed. 1t is not
improbable that, some time, the
National Government will con
troll all utilities having to do with
interstate commerce. 1t may
be in the next generation, possi
bly, in this one For the present
the stand -patters may dismiss
their dread of government own
ership, and the reason is
TAXES. In 1912 the railroads,
telegraph and telephone compa-
nies paid in taxes something
like $4,000, ,OOO-the figures are
taken from statistics gathered
by the United States Govern
ment. With the income law in
effect, these public service utili.
ties should pay not less than
$125, 100000 a year in taxes.
Uncle Sam pays no taxes, and
so, under government owner
ship the individual states would
lose not less than a million dol
lars income. It is unlikely that
the ghost will become reality
until some means are devised by
which this huge loss to the states
can be offset.-St. Louis Star.
We reproduce the above arti
Gle at the request of the publici
ty department of the Missouri
Pacific Railroad, and, in addition
we feel disposed to make a pass
ing comment upon it. We agree
with it so far as that the loss OF
the taxes paid by these public
service companies would be q
calamity to the individual states
and their county subdivisions
but the means of offsetting this
loss under government owner
ship should not prove a serious
difficulty in taking these utilities
out of private hands and making
them public property. An6
true, Uaele Sam pays no taxei
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11
5. F. ....ssouri High School Meet.

The Ninth Annual Meet of the High
Schools included in the twenty-seven
counties Of the Third Norma, School
District Will be held at Cape Girar-
deau May Stn and 9th next, and prom
ises 10 be the largest ever held in
the southeast. From seventy-fve
to one hundred high schools with 400
contestants will be repres euted at this
meeting. Tie contests this year will
include athletics. ESSAYS, defamation
and eXtcmpure debating. The prizes
will include handsome trophy cups,
banners, gold and bronze medals,
1T an estimated value of $500.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11

! ard to refOrmerS. \ man car
f. afford. If he be clear headed
thoroughly honest man. with q
real vision. to stand misrepre
sentation, abuse, political Cstra.
ciSm, social OStracisnl. il he can
live to See the day when his re-
form is accomplished. He can
afford it Whether he lives to see
that day Or not; for We suspect
that one OF the most comforting
things, when a man lies down to
die. is the Thought that he has
constantly Stn lye;i to lake this
WorlG z little better for lis hav-
lug lived in it. All this with ref
erence to sensible men with a
true vision.
Tho world i.u> it'll. respect
fer the man who g. onto the
reform wagon becar~, ne thinks
it will give him hol.,.r or office
or position. The It>l things
done in this W~rId a,r not done
for noutI', oro.ticn or money. h:It
simply because t',ey are right
and needed. i:uuoEs that come
from right-do;r- wear We'll.
HonorS that ct 60 simply from
getting on the band wagon. get
ting on a wave and riding in on
it, are perishable. The world
soon forgetS them and those that
wear them. HaluS can be pick
ed up and put on the head. They
must be grown; and the real halo
grows from within and not from
without. 1t is recognized by
men who are in sympathy with
truth, justice and righteousness:
and the respect of such men is
something for which any man
may well be Observation-Disclosures 5
Farmer.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11
Tuo for a Quarter.

He WGs smoking a fine, fuli-faVored
Havana when he met his friend.
"ifa}e i cigar?" he Inquired, very
politely.
"Thanhs," said the other. gratefully
taking and lighting the proffered weed
After few experimental pufIs, how
cre. the friend removed the cigar
:~cu his lips and, looking Al it doubt
ns1!y, said. with very evident abate-
met Of gratitude IN his tone:
hat 30 you paE for these cigars p
NO fer a quarter" said the orig
;1nl proprietor of both weeds. taking
rs cEn cigar out OF his mouth and
looking at if with considerable salts
Iacti4a This one cost me 20 cents
ana hat Eve"
The conversation languished at this
p0:nt-Puck
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11
A Working Day For The Horse.

Pennsylvania having secured
a twelve-hour working-day for
the horse, Missouri has begun a
campaign for similar law. Pres
ident E. r. Weeks, of the Kansas
City Humane Society, is quoted
as saying:
"Some team owners have been
working two shifts of drivers
with the same horses. Working
hours for men and women are
regulated by law. Now it is the
horses turn.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11

no more do the railroads,
etc, except from the funds they
have collected from the public
for that specified purpose. The
taxes paid bv public service com
panies are made a part of their
rate charges, the exact proper
tion of which is known to the
statistical departments of said
companies. Also, when the gov
ernment becomes the owner of
these utilities it will not give the
service free any more than it
carries your letters free, and the
rates it makes can include any
charge necessary to stand as a
substitute for the taxes paid un,
der private ownership: and the
amount thus collected can be ap-
pOrtlOned among the states in
whatever per centage each is en-
titled to, and by the states to
their various county subdivi-
sions. 1t is common enough for
Uncle Sam to reimburse a
state on one account or another
out of the national treasury. The
loss of taxes under public owner
snip is, to our mind, but a buga-
boo raised by interested people
to frighten the public away from
the government Ownershi D idea
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11
Humor From the Hospital.

Perhaps the best story in Sir Ed
ward Cooks Life Of Florence Night
ingale' is that OF wounded Crimean
sergeant who picked up q wounded
comrade and stumbled back to camp.
The rescued man turned out to be ,
general, and waited on his rescuer in
the hospital. The latter. wrote Miss
Nightingale. exclaimed: "Oh. general.
it's you. is it, brought in? I'm 80
glad didn't know it was your honor
but if I'd known it vas you, I'd have
saved you all the same"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11

Governor Major turned thir-
teen cOnvicts out of. the pen in a
bunch the other day, and still
Ironton Register amt sayin'
nothin'. Wonder if it would
rouse Bro. AXE if the Governor
were to turn Arthur Spaugh
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11

In Portland, Ore, the city has
put it's unemployed to work saw
ing wood, but the sawyers are
saying things not complimentary
TO the party that makes such ex-
pedients necessary.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11

The President is hurrving up
his rural credit bill, just like he
speeded up the new currency
law, in his effort to find a rene
dy for the hard times produced
by his tariff law.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11

This has been mild winter in
point of weather conditions, but
a fierce one on account of Demo-
cratic conditions.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11

When a Democrats sOlicits
your vote this year, just ask him
q few pertinent questions as to
the whereabouts of old General
Prosperity.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11

We would like to know where
those good roads are that Cover
nor Major made the people of
Missouri present of last fall? Z?
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11
london's Youthful Eobbies.

Has anybody noticed tic number OF
youthful policemen about London re-
Gently? asks the Chronicle. OF course.
it is the result of the grant of one day
a week rest to the force and the con-
seQuent enlistment Of new recruits.
One thing is particularly striking-the
extraordinary resemblance OF these
young, slender, clean-shaven London
boobies to the pictures Of the Roman
soldier holding his post at Pompea
amidst the shower of ashes and burn
ing lava. The resemblance is even
more vivid in the case of the city than
Of the metropolitan police on account
of the Roman character Of the citys
helmet.
NAPOLEON as a Scientist.
Napoleon Bonaparte was an active
member of the French Academy OF
Sciences: was elected a member In
1897. His appreciation of the impor.
tances of scientific research is illus
trated by the number OF eminent
scientists he took with him on his ex-
pedition to Egypt, where he organized
the Institute of Egypt in Cairo and
proposed to establish an observatory.
His illustrated report OF his investi-
cations on the antiquities Of Egypt
was the first step in Egyptian arch.
eology, leading to the brilliant labors
of Champolion. Mariette and Mospero
and the dominance OF the French
school in Egypt, even under British
control
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-11
We again invite our Democrat
ic friends to introduce Mr.. 0. U.
LOwercostOfliving.
A lot of factory chimneys have
sworn off smoking under the
present administration.

After this term the Democrats
will not get another whirl at the
pie counter until another crop of
suckers grows up.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
Little Bits.

Prof. Lee Inman's band with
fourteen pieces will leave for Gross
Point, near Detroit, August l7th.
This is the famous Uneeda Outing
Club band and as heretofore they
expect to have a good time. On
June % they will leave in the
Wirtz truck for Lawrenceburg.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
Horseshoers make Gains.


Chicago June 19.-Horseshoers
union, No. 4, has signed agree
ments with their employers, pro-
viding for a 81 a minimum wage
rate and IS cents per hour for over
time. The hours of labor shall be
nine per day for five days a week
and eight on Saturday, except the
Saturday half holiday during June
July, August and September. Ap-
prentice regulations are agreed to.
No work shall be performed ON
Sunday or other holidays.
Indianapolis, June 10 An
agreement signed by the Journey
men Horseshoers' union and the
employers association provides for
a $3.50 minimum wage and &C
cents per hour overtime. A joint
committee Is created that will have
full charge of enforcing the agree.
ment, and interpreting disputed
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
points. The contract provides fer
apprentice regulations.
Eight Hour Day In Sight.

Washington, June 19.-Presi-
dent Taylor, of the Michigan State
Federation of Labor, rites TO A.
F. of L. headquarters as follows:
The eight hour amendment to our
city charter. which was passed re-
Gently through the earnest work of
the trade union movement, is go.
ing to be of material benefit to or
ganized labor sooner than expected.
The amendm ent only applies to
municipal employees and those
working on municipal contract
work, but already there is move
ment on foot for all contractors to
institute the eight hour day. How
soon this will come about is con-
lecture but it looks as if it will come
sooner or later than we expect it.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19

The Cooperative Trades and
Labor Council will met in regular
session next Tuesday night. Ali
delegates are respectfully invited
to attend.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-06-19
LINE or MARCH
Butler County Liberty League
Saturday Night.

The parade will form and embrace the
following societies. The parade will
move in four divisions and traverse the
route as herein set forth. Marching or
der, six men in line and abreast, and a
foot. No vehicles allowed in parade.
RENDEZVOUS. The divisions will
form in the stations herein designated
and shall respond to the order to move
at 7:30 p. N. sharp. The city band will
play an assembly which will be the sig
nal to form in line at 7l5 p. M, The
said band will play My Country tbs of
Thee, }" and the parade will start forward.
FORMATION. The first division
will form on Court street between Third