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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22
NIGHT 0f HEATED DEBATE
IN HOUSE OF COMMONS

LONDON. December - After 3
night Of the most heated debate
since the var began the house o.
commons ADJOURNED this n.oraing II
s3a. The housA agreed 70 pass
the government bill calling one
nsiIli0n more Britiahers 70 tne col
ors. II il estimated thar this viii
give England about foar million men
in the field. the largest army In the
history OF the empire with these
millions the government hopes 70
strike a decisive blow for victory
in every theater 81 var and end tie
ronflsrg III another year. The sharp
est shafts ever hurled In the honse
OF commons were passed over the
operations in the Darfaneilea b.
fore misansgar the boInD1rdment q
Premier Asauith became ~ terrific
that some asked Il ian zepE'elins
had c0raa to torn ag1in
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22
DANGER IN FOOLISH CUSTOM
These Who Bite penhoiders In Public
Use Are Hereby Warned Of
Possible Infection.

That the penhoider. such as most OF
Us frequently use in hotels. post Of
ices, banks and other public writing
rooms may be as deadly . carrier OF
disease germs as the roller towel and
public drinking cup. is the suspicion
for which the boards OF health be-
lieve they have found ample grounds.
The next time you use one OF these
public renholders you will notice, II
you examine it carefully. that the
wooden handle is covered with little
dents These dents are the imprint
OF the teeth OF persons who have used
the pen before you: and as the mouth
il the fayUrite port Of entry for dis
ease, each dent Is usually full OF mi
crobes.
To expose yourself to sickness and
death. therefore. all you need TO do
il 10 bite ON the penholder. Every
time you do this, you take into your
mouth the germs which scores OF
other persons have left By similar
bites.
Health officials plan tc secure legis-
tation abolishing the public penhold-
sY. In the meantime they urge the
public To try to break itself OF the al
most universal habit CT holding pen
In ones mouth while folding q letter
or h.otting check.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22
Look Before You Leap.

Listen TO this: ''At the age OF TWEEN
ty," says a phrenologist the head OF
every woman should be clipped close
as the head OF convict. and caro-
fully measured The inches should be
placed on record: then the hair should
be allowed to grow. Women's heads
are a great deal smaller than they
are measured. Beautiful hair. lovely
hair, fluffy locks. rebellious tFesses
hide q multitude OF phrenolo8icAt
Jumps that every man should know
about before he marries. The male
head, as automatically charted BY
the halter. looks more like . bear
track then a brain container What
must the female caput look l...e9 We
are accustomed 10 judging man by
his whole head, and as his hair Is
usually short cropped a tolerably COP
rect estimate OF his character and
abilities may be arrived at. Not so
with a woman, We judge her by her
figure and looks. In her garrulous
vivaclty she is as unknowable Is the
Sphinx In hts majestic silence. Make
your sweethearts shave their heads be-
fore you ask for their hands In mar.
rage"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22
What lie DIDN'T Understand

The soldier was telling tho work
man about battle that he had once
been in that had lasted from eight
O'clock in the morning until seven
o'clock at night His description was
most graphic, and he became very en-,
Chusiastie as he lived through the stir
ting seeries again.
"Ihere's one thing can't under
stand about the story said the work
man. slowly. when be had finished
You say that the battle began At
sight O'Clock in the morning and last
- until seven O'Clock al night ~"
Yes. that s SO. was the reply.
Then. retOrtsd the workman with
4 Dazzled air. what can't make out
10 how did you manage about you,
timer hour2"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22
Why We Draw Back.

Our human intercourse is constant.
iy being thwarted By our conscious
ness OF consequences. II Is especially
fhe case when we are young Young
people feel that they can hardly have
an intimate conversation without It's
ending Ia a promise TO correspond.
or an invitation 10 visit.
II we Keep this attitude as We grow
older. the consciousness that a mo-
ments intimacy may entail 50 much
makes us pause before taking the fate
fui plunge.
How often do we draw back In a
moment Of expansion because we re
feet, Shall We feel the same way to-
morrow, or NEXT monthy"
How many friendly impulses do We
restrain because VIC are afraid some
thing more will be expected OF US
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22
FATHER TIME NEVER BLUFFED
.aea.-r or Later the Old Gentleman
s.ts Even With Those Who
Practice Deception.

once upon a time there was lady
who wished to have her real age kept
secret Ia order to get away with 1t
she instructed her son. in case anyone
sa.ed how old he was. TO knock or
about so per cent.
She told people the boy was large
for his age and explained the grun
tones OF his voice by saying that bis
tcnsils needed attention.
One day the rector OF the church
called and while waiting in the draw
ing room for the lady TO put the finish
ing touches to her makeup he talked
with the boy, who was pretending 10
read Little Lord Fauntleroy for the
Seventeenth time The boy volunteered
the Information that tomorrow would
be his birthday.
N, said the rector, and how old
VIII You be them
Ten years old. replied the boy, as
per Instructions.
Indeed" said the rector. dare
ssy you haven't any idea what your
mother is going 20 give you for a
birthday gift.
Oh, yes. ! have" was the unex-
pected answer. She promised to give
me safety razor"
When the rector rushed into the hall
TO see what had caused the loud crash
he had heard he found the boys moth
er living on the floor in dead faint
Moral: Old Father Time calls all
bluffs.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22

- : auoo ypny p>evo eoush oDssO -
ousunoo Tnoa rMoGP poosoW0
NM A. ~.

A. . rae. ~ Den aro say - nca-
no n assurance. a onoenfss q shs
eod2 divtnev tail. ME men WIN
something Ike terror. Tue voman
Who appecis 10 them % usuaiiy soos
Sparkling. vivacions. fAsryiake creature
with kisfcuizh ways ana rcxusna
eiance2 The little nan. on the con
trary. II seldom burdeued with numh-
ny. He - . being o. great asrira'
tions and sSrpcndous ambitions ne
believes in himself. which - the re-
son why he generally can get the
woman q his CHOICE 20 smile upon
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22
Had Not Noticed Any Improvement.

'Less'n one shawl yeah ago. brud-
dren and sistahs." dramatically do
clared Brother Bogus, during the ex-
perience meeting, Il WIS mizzable
wretch. wadin in de slough O. sin and
wallerin' in de sasspole o 'nickerty.
I loved de wrong and hated de right,
lied, stole, / cheated. and was de
most contaminated scon1 in dis town.
But now. bruddren and sistahs. what
do 20 s'pose brung about de change,'
what changer pessimistically Dc.
manded Brother Grrmp. whose grudge
against the speaker was one OF long
standing Kansas City Star.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22
Reptiles Had chIns Like hur-ans.

Oddly enough. and for somtl rea "a
quite unexplained, the nearest resetn.
blance TO the human chin is found !r
some Of the most ancient reptiles ".
discovered strange and primitive
creatures whose remains have bs"e
unearthed on the shores of the ncr.h.
ern Dwina. II is not 10 be imagined
that they could talk. for they hsd ~
brains TO speak Of Their ehins. which
are strikingly .dmarlike, must he4a
been meant By nature for some an'i,r
~ different purpose
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22
MADE A MATTER OF BARTER
John Wantsd Contract % % Explicit
% to the Ownership ~ Thoee
TrouoerA

A village clergyman In England.
walking round his parish. met IN old
parishioner. We'll, john" he said.
how 10 IL I have not seen you 81
church for several Sundays!" "Haint
got NO Sunday trousers" answered
John. WELL" said the clergyman.
Il think We can remedy that. have
: pair ut homo which win just about
1T you. and l viii have them sent to
you today. Thanked" said John.
The trousers were duly sent. and the
following three Sundays John was
seen at church. Then. after being
absent for some time. the clergyna
again met him We'll. john" he
said, you have no excuse for not
coming to church lately. How 10 1t
have not seen you there?" Look
here, parson," said John. Il like q
man to speak plain. know what you
mean: you're a-thinking about them
trousers. come to church three Sun
days, an, IL you don't think l earned
them trousers. just tell me how many
more Sundays shall ha' to come
afore they're mine altogether"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22
Seflecreo FROM TIE LAND
w;rase Frequently sesn ~ Trsvsssre
Il Through the Rec River valley
!. o. Minnesota.

THAT rbcuomsnou known No the nh
raxs has always been of interest 10
,c,vcls-s. Sometimes even people on
10 train can get glimpse OF such
az Illusion. In the Red River valley
lr Minnesota are occasionally TO De
Sz,eu some OF its effects. In guide
,.r.h tssued by the United States
Geological survey Warren uphsm
-ays. "The mirage. typical OF PLAINS.
f.obutr.v or the ocean. may be seen In
tno Red River valley almost any sun
eh,ny day in spring. summer or an
.sn,h. THIS queer phenomenon makes
Ne liieh land az the sides OF the valley
ara tho tops Of the distant trees ana
bauses sppear To be raised little
sbovc tie horizon. with . narrow strsp
cr sky between. The more complex
sri astonishing effect OF mirage may
he see 1, from the highland on either
eide of the lake-bed floor. There. IN
lacking across the valley from one and
n-,%haif 20 two hours after sunrise on
n. hot morning following a cool night.
III. groves aud houses. villages and
sr~ In elevators loom up TO two OF
.htse. times Their true height and
plscss ordinarily hidden by the cnrva
tire OF the earth are brought into
,iet. Oftentimes. too. these objects
css seen double. being repeated W an
inverted image close above their rea'
pocitson and separated from II by
fesl.ke belt In its most perfect de-
vsionment the mirage shows the up
per and topsy.turvy portion Of the
v,ay quite as distinctly as the lower
al true portion. These appearances
Gro due to refraction and rehection
Erora layers of air OF different denss-
y such as are often formed above
side expanse Of level country IN
rrrm weather.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22

The Missouri Is one o; the great
rivers u The United States. Its totai
length Is about 800 miles. and that
par; above tbs crossing u tie North
err Pacific has a length o. about 80
miles. The total area drained By this
river IL 5zI.l55 square mlies q terri
tory es great az that embraced In the
states 0f New Jefssy. pennsylvania.
OHIO. Delaware. Maryland Virginia
West yifg.gia. Kertueky. Sorth Caro-.
Ina. Tennessee south Caroline. Ceor-
gfs. Alabama and NlsEisslrpi
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22

We teoch Our ehjIdrea % eat niceey.
70 valk gracefully. and % drsss then
selves neatly. and eli the rcst Of u,
but very few e - take the trouble TO
teach them how % talk In N interest
ing way. though the ar Of entertain
ting conversation v ~ valuable -
arr - one can possess. says the Cam
DEN Daily Courier
II you listen 10 the ordinary gossip
in IN average family you viii notice
that the children use the came ~
OF words again and again. They have
half . dozen adjecttves with which
they sprinkle their conversattou and
they help out their lack Of expression
by such tags - oh. well. you know
what mean or It was = sort Of
whAt-do-you-call-it" and % on.
IL 10 . pity to allow such slovsnly
habits Of speech to b formed. Even
when the accent and grammar are
quite good, the childrsn's speech -
often very uninterssting just because
Of the thoughtlsss style Of exprsssioo
used.
When . giaringly unsuitable lord y
used take chance Of spesking about
II and suggesting bs..sr one. There
win be no need % NAG ct the chtI-
drsn on such points - these. They
win b only too glad 70 learn. II they
have the chance. for most little ones
are irstinctively attracted By the ness
SQUAD OF fne words.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22

AmsMo othsr rhs~OA q 70 shs ossss'
OBJECT uogo ~ Aesr~@s"s
seshe esSss.

The pearl ID the only gen needirS
sox the hand OF man TO hiring 10 9er'
lection. and history snors1s AmH
evidence Of the Intense fascirssisd y
has ~xerrised upon the people o. esoss
sgc. The pearl 10 the oldest Object p
personal adornment
Indian mythology often speske -
the pearl. atsribofing Is. disScypeN g
the god vishnu. who Is said tQ hssf
caused Il to BE- drawn from the ccean
for his daughter Pandsia- The Iec'
ords OF the Babylonians. EgypdAN'
Pers:sns ard Romans also scoetair
many references to the. gem. The VIE
OF Emperor Calieuia. for IN ordmsss
betrothai feast. is said - caSe
decked herself with pearls to- ~
value Of Si,eo9. 600: and Julius Caesar
presented Servilia. the mother Of bfu
tus, with . specimen valued At $3.50
900. ~ y,
Philip II Of Spain paid 5000 tcs
single pearl known as "PeretrihA'
Il WAS found In Panama. was teer
shaped and weighed 1874 carats- An
other king Of Spain-Philip Iv-pur
chased . pearl Of Indian origin weigh
ing l2S carats. M
The largest pearl known Is that
which was once the property Of Henri
Philip Hope. Cylindrical in form. + 4
two inches long. four and 3 hal
inches IN circumference at one ~Ad
and three and a half inches ~ ~
other. 1t weighs $500 grains ADD =
valued at 100000.
Il 10 known that the beauty q; ths
natural pearl sometimes proves rsa
nescent. To retain It's shimrnerinl
splendor It needs air and light. Afidl
can affect pearls. and cnaLaticni
from tho human skin can. II IN eoa
tended. destroy the precious ilstSr
which. once gone. cannot be reccT
cred. Sometimes. too. owing to .hsil
comparative softness. pearls became
scratched and thus . source Of snE'ssJ
to their owners f'3
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22
SHAKE up IN CH|CAGO
POLICE IS SCHEDULED
MAYOR THOMPSON HAS AP-
POINTED NICHOLAS Hunt
CHIEF DETECTIVE.
Hunt Claims Mayor Did <os Mean
that All Member ~ Police De-
partmenf Ne Bad

y CHICAGO. I1e1 Mayor
Thompson stalled icdf AieAo-
las Hant. forms puife speetor,
had beet appcA4 Cd Ell = detec-
sives.
I'VE have got TO CLEAN up Chi
cago.s Hunt told the men MAY
Or Thompson didn't mean that eT-
cry man on the force was a crook
when he said the department
stlnFs There are plenty 81 good
men ia the department. II is up 70
us TO prove II.
Hunt said he WOULD make Chi
oafo the safest city IN the United
States
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22
A Question OF Time.

She was a young and pretty girl of
sporting turn OF mind. Somehow
she heard that certain horse was TO
win certain race. and, deciding TO
indulge In a little speculation. she
went TO q 'bookie" and put a dollar
on for win. asking how much she
would get II 1, came on
IF II starts at 20 TO you will get
s2i back" said the bookle, III at 10
TO /. 3ll back: II at TO !, you'il get
Sc back"
81 see" said the maiden. and II n
starts a. O'Clock, how much do se.
then"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22
Allowance for Your Child

A child may be given q smril ~
lar allowance for his own us,
Through this he may learn the ID IL
immediate indulgence Of ftflg,cs
whiuls; or he may learn to expend ia
resources with discrimination or as
may learn the advantages of defetetsrig
expenditures for more favorable yslsr
chasing. says a writer in the Wits
burgh Dispatch. Tho child's claim lc
such an allowance can be justiftetf ID
his mind on exactly the same groprd
as his claim TO food and clothing and
other material and immateriai wealth
shared in tho home. He gets taese
things not as a reward of merit, hu.
through his status as dependent
member OF household. - Ii
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22
Mouse Haa $50 BED

'plute. large, tat mouse which
mas haunted The judgment department
n the county cierk Once for several
lsonltA past the other day became a
fugitive from Justice when u vas dis.
'oYefei that be had made hil b1d in
noarly go worth Of revenue atamrs
3is hOmcmatlnr activities mI 8Lf haFa
lr'en overlooked had be- lm ir0lOi
fhs' hia bed would b. softer u ho nlIi
grewef f4f siamps inio Hro nIi1 ~
o. - rsrf'i. H,-si fa'rI-'r ffs-s
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22

More woman patients. three 10 one
are sent 70 hospitals than men This
CONES 10 large degree from the fact
that women live Indoors and breathe
a ous,laden. secondhand atmosphere
II ihis II true Of housekecpsrs. hos
dogbiy true IL f. o, school teachers
Teachers suffer from brain flag not
because teaching Itself IL dsple'ins,
bat because the asefss. -fbooirom
- badly ventilated
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22
Traffic on the Duna.

II is estimated that more than q.
000.0 tons OF freight are transported
over the Duna each year. Among It,
tributaries, the Mezha. Usvyat, Rag
plya, Ulla. Disna and BoldcraE 7rc
also nayigable. The Beresina c ara
connects the Duna with tho Dplepa-
thus giving freight route by wasa'
from the Baltic sea. across Eayarf
to the Black sea. "A is tho gepa-Fe
case with Russian rivers. the 90 n
abounds In fish, a very detrafs
species Of salmon being ceugh.' srfsts
rivers hj@F5 wan
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22
Americans and Dante.

Except the Bible. no work har Rad
80 much written about II - has ~
"Diyina Commosia and no wcrk ScH
been translated into 30 manr = q
ggages. among these 10 our orr -
are the work % American tfanslg' IE
Moreover. Americans are a. 80 p y
Dnniesque eogment During ~ W
fecnth century some ave t'''f r''f
licstions denlinr sith no 90
written b. Afaericers So
shis asUnfsv
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22

Richard Edmundson, the eight
yeaf-old son 81 Dir. end Mrs. }. d.
Edmnndson. died tAls afternoon 81
z.so O'Clock The iittle boy ~as
stricken IN scarlet fever few days
after stro9i opened last fall. which
vas followed b. heart trouble, con
nnfas hIn ~ hls room Dor period
q 6orf nenihs Little Richard -
grand sef cf Nf and Mrs Dave
Ntptc.
feD.faf arrangement have act
krna efsplefrf hlt h t4fi Hiii take
1laol tar.e umt faAD FeN
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22

years ago. After Judge uhlis !
Grace---she isn't known b. Z
name any m0re-on parole Z 20
nent South side social leadei y
her into his home He made y
enc OF his family, Oh trial IN
made good and totay i dong ]
form work Of her own
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-22

asbserss - ~ p.ily tlss'.
Evening star., 1915-05-16
FLIGHTS OF HUMAN EAGLES

feet The material fact was that
Glaisher collapsed at that height.
1t has been said by those who have
given particular consideration to the
question Of extreme height at which
human life can be supported that no
mountain-climber has ever reached 25.-
900 feet. Whymper's experiments show
that above $4,000 feet the slightest
exertion is painfully difficult. though
it has been also recorded that the Duke
of the Abruzzi climbed to 1858 feet
on Bride peak in the Himalayas and
did not suffer from mountain sickness.
and Filippi. the chronicler Of that ek-
pedition, expressed the belief that with
the equipment for mountain climbing
now available man might go still
higher.
There was a more or less interesting OK
pertinent July 81, 1901, when, in a balloon
ascension, barometric reading Of $4,000
feet was attained. but the aeronauts. al
though they carried with them and con
surned a supply Of oxygen, became in
sensible about the moment that altitude
was reached.
Birds do not fly very high compared
with the heights reached by man in bal
looms and aeroplanes. Guy-Lussac, bal
loonist. in 1850 threw out carrier pigeons
al heights above 10000 feet. bur these
birds fell heavily toward denser air The
condor nests above the ten -thousa nd -fooi
level and Alexander Won Humboldt report
ed that he once saw this great bird soar
ing at height which he estimated Al
$4,000 feet.
More airmen are steadily on the wing
today than at any other time in the his
tory of the race. but it is plausible thai
they not wasting petrol and i'm
periNng themselves and their machines
greater heights than 10 avoid shrapnel
and too easy observation Their object
is TO keep as close 10 the earth as they
can. that their reconnaissance may he
The more accurate and complete. and "
engaged in dropping bombs they may in
crease their chance of hitting the object
they would destroy.
Evening star., 1915-05-16

ct may be gathered from the war
news that aviators in the war zone
y are making many spectacular
flights, covering longer and still longer
distances from .the actual battle lines
and giving indications that their ann
in dropping bombs is improving. One
wonders if the record Of these flights
is being kept for examination. reference
and comparison when peace returns SO
that they may be looked at side by
side with the flight records made in
the calm and peaceful period before
the nearly worldwide slaughter began.
Just before the outbreak of the war
in aviation. and especially by German
airmen. July 9, 1914, Otto Lime
koRel drove a monoplane up to 2l,645
feet at Johannisthal. and July 10
Heinrich Olerich. in a biplane. exceed
ed that height by more than 5000 feet.
going up to about $1,000 feet near Leip-
zig. That was almost 10000 feet high
er than Mont Blanc I5.782). and al
most 5000 feet higher than Mount NC
Kinley t2o,300). and the altitude at
tanned by that biplane was nearly nve
miles above sea level.
1t has been computed that if the
height reached by Olertch is not near
the limit of biplane ascent. it must be
near the limit of altitude at which a
man can live 1t is set forth in some
of the older records of ballooning that
April 10. 1875. CASTOR Tissandier
ii. T. sivel and ]. E. Croce spinell
made an ascension from Paris in
balloon which they called the Zenith,
and that they got up to 1880 feet. @ put
only Tissandier came down alive. The
others perished in the rarefied air, be
ing dead in the basket when the bal
loon returned to earth.
James Glaisher, an Englishman. In
balloon ascension which he undertook
from Greenwich Observatory Septem-
her 5. 1862. to make observations of
the higher strata of atmosphere.
reached an altitude considerably above
10000 feet. He estimated, from the
fact that the balloon was rising 1000
feet minute when he became in
sensible at $4,000 feet and was falling
1000 feet . minute when ne came TO
himself thl-eeen minutes later. that he
reached an altitude of $1,000 feet. This
conclusion was not accepted by the
scientists at that time. but they allowed
him an altitude greater than $4,000