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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-19

WHEN INSURANCE
DtY COMES WHO I
PAYS PREMIUM I

} LONDON. June 10. Thy 4
} maiD Now, that the married
} men of England are drafted to
} the front. the cry has arisen
} from English homes:
} who'll keep our life insur-
} ance paid mp, while we're at
} the front?" The government
} is expected to set aside sum
} to keep up the payments for 4
married men.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-19

~"iNGSTON. Texas. June l9.-~
~'as row at festival M Buck
quay night VIII F1ournoy inter
70 preserve the peace and was
S'a 10 death. An arrest has been
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-19

When a man says he Just about
broke even. Il usually means he host
a little.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-19

Caesar sas tuo amhifioss. bat that
prabably ant whaf j. th. mattsr
Nlth soa.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-19

Style makes the feet of four wo-
men out of every five hurt like the
dickens.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-19

That is a very wretched fortune
that has no enemy .-Syrus.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-19

Tor the DaIy Light.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20
GOOD TIME TO PRUNE TREES
Much Depends Upon Object Sought,
Age Of Trees and Convenience In
Performing the Work.

1t is . fact that trees pruned in
June are more likely to set fruit than
II pruned in spring or winter; also
wounds made in June heal more
quickly than when made in early
spring. On the other hand, 1t is q
fact that most farmers and orchard
lists are too busy in June with other
work to attend to pruning; also it is
more difficult to prune in June. be-
cause the leaves cover the trees and
interfere more or less with rapid. easy
work. 1t is also fact that no one
rule will apply to all cases.
II q farmer or fruit grower wants
wood growth in young orchard or on
young shade trees, he will get it most
quickly by doing his pruning in early
spring, whereas, II he wants merely
to promote the formation of fruit buds,
he will find that June pruning Is best:
30, looking at the question in large
way, there are two best times" to
prune trees-depending upon the OBJ.
ject sought, the age of the tres and
convenience in doingethe work.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20
EXPENSE OF RAISING HElFER
Estimated All Way From $50 to S78-
That Amount viii Often Purchase
Good Dairy Animal.

Is 1t cheaper to raise cows or to buy
them? Opinions vary as to the cost OF
raising heifer to milking age and It
has been reckoned all the way from
$50 to $75.
II this is correct 1t may be more
profitable to buy than to raise them,
for that amount of money will often
purchase pretty good heifer about
ready to produce milk.
1t is probable in this reckoning that
retail town prices have been charged
for everything consumed and no al.
lowance made for what was returned
to the land; also that the calf must
have been fed whole milk for a long
period.
1t is possible to raise calves on
cheap feed for most breeders do not
care for heifer calf to get fat until
she has grown a frame.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20
Ie hang-dog look we all noted

the hang-dog look we all noted
That there we're other reasons-that
the place recalled another scene Of
brutality In which intention had been
followed by act. did not then know
1t was sufficient to me then that my
safety was secured by his own guilty
consciousness and the prevarications
into which 1t led him Instead OF
owning up to the encounter he had 20
barely. escaped he confined himself to
the simple declaration Of having heard
voices somewhere near the bridge.
which to all who know the ravine an
peared impossible under the coudi
tions named
Yet, for all the incongruities and
the failure OF his counsel to produce
any definite impression by the prison
er's persistent denial of having whit
tied the stick or even Of having car
rfed it into Dark Hollow, expected
verdict in his favor. Indeed, | was
so confident of It that suffered less
during the absence of the Jury than
at any other time. and when they re-
turned. with an air of solemn decision
which proclaims unanimity OF mind
and a ready verdict. l was so prepared
for his acquittal that for the first
time since the opening Of the trial I
felt myself being Of flesh and blood
with human sentiments and hopes
And 1t was: GUILTY."
When | awoke to a full realization
Of what this entailed (for must have
lost consciousness for = minute,
though no one seemed to notice., the
one fact staring me in the fnce was
that 1t would devolve upon me to pro
nounce his sentence: upon me, Archi.
bald Ostrander. an automaton no
longer. but a man realizing to the
full his part in this miscarriage Of
Justice. Chaos confronted mo. and In
contemplation of 1t. fell ILL.,
Somehow. strange as 1t may appear.
had thought little Of this possibility
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20
SCAR MARKS EVERY FACE
Mysterious Affiietion That 10 Common
to All the inhabitants Of
8aodad.

An uncanny. pernicious pest called
the date boil' scars the face o: every
human born in Bagdad. writes cor.
respondent of the National Geographic
Magazine Children invariably have
this dreadful sore on their faces
Throughout the middle east this mys,
terious scourge is known by various
d'Alep." mile sore.
Delhi button" etc.
Its cause and its cure are unknown.
First faint red spot appears. growing
larger and running course often
eighteen months long.
White men from foreign lands have
lived years in Arabia. only to have
this boil appear upon their return to
civilization, where its presence ID en-
barrassing and hard to explain.
Maybe 1t was date boils" that Job
had! Once British consul at Aleppo
lost almost his whole nose from one
of these boils. Nearly every Bagdad
native you meet has this date mark
on his face
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20

and owls. which are enemies Of these
rodents, are continuously prosecuted.
The mice live upon roots, seeds. sue
culent vegetation And bark of young
trees. and are very destructive to
sweet potatoes and other tubers. as
we'll as to trees and shrubs.
The most practical method Of con-
trolling this pest is by poisoning
Sweet potatoes cut into small pieces
have proved to be the most effective
bait. They are prepared as follows:
Sweet potato bait-Cut sweet pota-
toes into pieces about the size of large
grapes. Moisten four quarts of these
and drain OF excess moisture. Slowly
sift over them one-eighth of an ounce
Of powdered strychnine (alkaloid), =,
using pepper box or salt shaker for
the purpose, and stir constantly to dis
tribute the poison evenly.
One or two pieces of the poisoned
sweet potatoes should be dropped into
the tunnels through the natural open
ings. or through openings made with
. stick. A systematic use Of this
poison invariably results in an almost
complete determination of pine mice.
These pests are also easily trapped, but
owing to the extra time and labor re-
quired, this method does not compare
favorably with poisoning.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20
The lIkelIest One.

The late Admiral Mahan. at the b.
ginning of the war. was arguing with
a lady at a luncheon about the British
navy.
But my dear madam" said the ad.
miral, lit Is hard to argue with you
because you are so-er. pardon me
80 ignorant.
You remind we Of the young wife
who said to her brother about her
volunteer husband:
"Isnt Jack just wonderful?
Think-he's already been promoted to
field marshal
".From private to field marshal in
two months? impossible said the
brother.
Ibid say field marshall mur.
INJURED the young wife. Well. per
haps it's court-martiaL l know it's
one or the other New York Trib-
une.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20

psessding over the trial VI .h~ usas
6oovtlIs feigned sicksess Oaiy TO
realise that my place U0HiA - taken
by Jud0s GrosvenoF. Q aoaostossly
DreJudieeA man II be sat- II would 60
hard 9Th tAs prisoser. saA . vasted
the psisoses scquittsA AaA ~
gr0dee AGAINST yohs 0eovtlle o.
eousss { wanted 70 save hin. 80 n
DE oaly help { could 1sv give him
was to sit as Judge upos>Ais ease. then
would ! sit as Judge uAaa0sos 0eatal
torture II involved.
Sending for Mr.. Black. oskoA him
point blank whether In face Of the
Circumstance that the victim of this
murder vas my best friend. be would
not prefer to plead his case before
Judge Grosvenor. He answered no
that he had more confidence In nv
equity even under these circum stances
than In that Of my able. but head.
strong colleague. and prayed me TO get
well. He did not say that he expected
me on this very account to show even
more favor toward his client than I
might otherwise have done. but I am
sure that he meant 1t: and. taking his
attitude as an omen. obeyed his
Injunction and was soon we'll enough
to take my seat upon the bench.
What men saw facing them from
the bench was an automaton wound up
to do 20 much work each day. The
real Ostrander was not there. but
stood. an unseen presence at the bar.
undergoing trial side by side with
John Scoville. for q crime to make
angels weep and humanity hide its
head: hypocrisy!
But the days went by and the inex-
orable hour drew nigh for the accused
mans release or condemnatioa. Cir
were against him-so was
his bearing. which I alone understood.
II. as all felt. It was that Of q guilty
man. 1t was 20 because he had been
guilty in intent II not In fact He had
meant to attack Algernon Etheridge
He had run down the ravine for that
purpose. knowing my old friends
whistle and envying him his watch.
Or why his foolish story Of having
left his stick behind him? But the
sound of my approaching steps higher
up on the path had stopped him in
midcareer and sent him rushing up
the slope ahead Of mo. When he came
back after q short circuit Of the fields
beyond. It was to find his crime fore
stalled and by the very weapon he
had thrown into the Hollow a. be
went scurrying by. He had meant to
attack Etheridge. 1t was the shock
Of the discovery Of the body. height.
ened by the use he made of it to se-
cure the booty thus thrown in his
way without crime. which gave him
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20
USE OF A MANURE sPREADER
When Used JudieiousIy Increased
Yield In Crops Will Pay for De-
vice Within Short Time.

II you haven't time to haul out the
manure from the barns and corrals
and spread 1t in the old-fashioned way
with pitchfork, buy manure spread.
er and do 1t right.
II you will use 1t judiciously, tho I'm
creased yield in crops will more than
pay the cost within two seasons, and
the spreader. we'll cared for, will Last
for many years.
You cannot become an efficient farm
er and realize the maximum returns
from your time and labor without
good Implements.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20
Scatter Alr.Slaked Limo.

intimately mix gill of crude car.
bolic acid with a quart of dry. air.
slaked lime. Dust the dry lime over
every part of the poultry house the
walls, in the nests. over the roosts
and over the yards. It will be found
an excellent disinfectant and will do
more to destroy the germs Of disease,
ana with as little cost, than anything
else that can be tried,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20

pOD - toD ooooo& . OooD ~
seM spoa aAs bstah - ~ sss esas
before the dixstsess q ny esrsSs fron'
The oshef Aad fslly paas~A % yss
vesAss thsa . recoileA. ssuGha - ss,p
time. PSt q deliveries the ssaiener
froa day to Aay2 AsA sa.ssA-sinned
irredee0aAly-but there are AeSshs OF
infany beyoad which . naA eaA.oa
60 lad reached that poiss
What saved ne? 4 seV disoovssy
and the Iovias syOpathy o. my 500
Oliver, One ntgha-s momentous one
to me-hs came 70 my room and clos
ing the door behind him. stood vith
his back to II. contemplating me y .
way that startled ne
What had happeaed! What lay ~
hind this new and penetrating Iook
this anxious and yet persistent man
ner! l dared not think dared not
yield to the terror which must follos
thought Terror blanches the cheek
and my cheek must never bIanch IN
der anybody's scrutiny. Never. never
SO long rs lived.
"Father"-the tone Quteted ne. for
knew from Its gentleness that be vas
hesitatinE to speak more on bis own
account than on mine-"you are not
locking we'll: this thing worries you
hate to see you like this. 10 II Just
the loss OF your old friend. or-or-'
He faltered. not knowing how TO pro
coed
Sometimes think" hs recon.
menced. that you don't feel quite sure
OF this man scoville's guilt 10 that
SO? Tell me. father!"
did not know what to make Of him
There was NO shrinking from me: NO
conscious or unconscious accusation
In voice or look. but there was . do
sire to know. and q certain latent 70
solve behind 1t all that marked the
line between obedient boyhood ano
thinking. determining man. With all
my dread-a dread SO great I felt the
first grasp Of age upon my heart
strings at that moment-I recognized
no other course than to meet this In
quiry Of his with the truth-that 10.
with Just so much OF the truth az was
needed. No more. not one jot more.
| therefore answered. and with q show
Of self-possession at which now won
der:
"You are not far from right, Oliver
I have had moments of doubt. The
evidence. as you must have noticed. 10
purely circumstantial."
What evidence would satisfy you!
What would you consider = conclusive
proof Of guilt!"
told him in the set phrases Of
my profession.
"Then." he declared a. I finished,
you may rest easy as to this man's
right to receive a sentence of death"
could not trust my ears.
Il know from personal observation"
he proceeded. approaching me with
firm step. that he is not only capable
of the crime for which he has been
but that he has actually
one under similar circum-
stances. and possibly for the same
end"
And he told me the story Of thst
night of storm and bloodshed-a story
which will be found lying near this.
in my alcove of shame and contrition.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20
Daily fhouQht

I seek no thorns. and l catch the
small Joys. II the door is low l stoop
down. II can remove the stone out
of my way do SO. II 1t be too heavy,
I go around 1t. And thus ever: day !
find something which gladdens mo-
Goethe,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20
Fruit on the Farms.

The old family orchards are rapidly
disappearing, so take more care of
them; II we don't, the future CONNER
cial orchardists will supply the rural
- well as the city population.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20

prepared BY the United States DEPART
ment Of Agriculture)
Pine mice occur throughout the
eastern portion of the United States.
and do much harm to fruit and orna-
mental trees and shrubs, as well as to
garden produce and other farm crops.
Pine mice are seldom seen on ac-
count of their molelike habits, for
they live in their own underground
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20

burrows or in mole runways. The
presence Of these mice In mole bur
rows can usually be detected by an
occasional opening that they make to
the surface from the runway. Pine
mice are not 20 prolific as their near
relatives, the meadow mice, but pro-
tected az they are by their under
ground habits, they sometimes become
abnormally abundant. This is espe-
cial apparent in states where hawks
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20
Storing Squashes.

SQuashes should be stored in Q dry
place at . temperature Of about so
degrees. Do not lay more than ono
deep on shelves.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20
Aaes of YarIoua Ireaa.

The ivy lives 200 years. the elm
800 to $50 years. the linden 500 to
1000 years, the locust tfee and the
oak 400 yeaIs. and the n ~ 70 l1oe
ysars.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-01-20
Small Frults.

Money can be made from small
fruits. The area 10 decreasing year by
year, and this means the prices win
keep getting better.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-21
Great Plots and Great Novels.

The instinct for plot is an unap-
peasable one, and children keep us
constantly aware Of the depth and the
fundamental nature of the demand
that a story shall be story. This.
by the way, Is the hardest thing to
make 1t, and the student of fiction is
constantly surprised to find how few
are the great plots as compared with
the number of the really great novels,
so often does the casual chain of in
evitable consequence break and fail in
the dramatic type; so often does some
ravorite parsonage, growing almost
too much alive, run away with the
plot Fiction, especially English
fiction, is, as We all know, far more
distinguished by the creation of great
characters than by the working out of
great plots: and Thackeray's confess
sion that the trend of his story often
depended on the mood of the morn
ing, he, In good humor. being inclined
to make his characters do admirable
deeds, in a bad humor being tempted
to thrust them into villainy, may we'll
be considered the unspoken confes
sion of many another great novelist
From the Atlantic
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-21
"l'm Bound to Pay Them or for Rob-
bling Ny Brother"

marry a sweet little girl this fall. Well,
they busted and his money went along
with the rest. The rascals!"
why do you stay working for ras-
cals?" inquired the doctor.
For two reasons" replied Bonnie
grimly.
What are they?"
First, revenge. I'm bound to pay
them off for robbing my brother"
"H'm!"
Next, I'm going to get back that
four hundred dollars. See II l don't!
They don't come here very often, as
you know, and this store was started
to put up some new swindling scheme
l don't know what it is, but I'm going
to find out and nip it in the bud"
At that very hour. in a retired cor.
ner Of cheap restaurant, Slews and
!. Wykoff were engaged in confidential
converse. Said the former:
We'll, Wykoff, I've put the deal
through"
You mean you have secured the
goois?"
Exactly that" gloated Slews. 1--WE
induced two big wholesale firms to
start us in the jewelry business with
a five thousand-dollar stock"
But the pay-how did you manage
it?"
"On thirty, sixty and ninety days
time," grinned Slews. I'VE won't ever
| oman tho Store Won and 7 will On therf
this evening, get rid of Bonnie and put
all the jewelry in a big burial box
ship it to Canada and-our creditors
will hold the bag"
| That afternoon Bonnie was consid
erably surprised as some valuable de
liveries were made at the store. HI
peered into some Of the parcels-jew
elry, and valuable at that! Later {
great long burial box was delivered
Just at dusk Slews and Wykoff ap
peared
"Bennie,' spoke the former, pullini
down the street shades, you hav'
been very diligent. We'll give you al
evening off. Here is a dollar, go t.
the movies and enjoy yourself"
Thank you, sir" bowed Bonnie ant
sped away as il on wings of delight
but it was only to go around tn
block, and, returning by way OF
cross lot he stationed himself nea
a rear window through which he coul'
look in directly upon the operations o
the schemers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-21
GO THROUGH QUEER ANTICS
Group Of Penguins, Seen at a Distance,
Appear to Ape Assembla9e Of
Human Beings.

The strangest inhabitants of the
antarctic continent are the birds
called penguins. A company of them,
seen at distance on the polar SHOWS,
bear so striking a resemblance to an
assemblage of human beings that ex-
plorers unaccustomed to their appear
ance have often been startled by the
momentary belief that they had come
upon a tribe of short, stout men,
dressed in black, or blue and white,
and greeting their visitors with the
most extraordinary gesticulations.
There is one species of these re-
markable birds, known as the En-
peror penguin, because it seems to
mimic the well-known figure of Ma
poleon, in his white vest and trousers
and gray coat, which sometimes at
tains a height of between three and
four feet and weight of eighty or
ninety pounds. Walking erect on his
short legs, the emperor makes a sa-
Lutte by lowering his long beak on his
round breast, and then begins long
discourse in his strange, raucous Ian
guage, and If there is no response he
repeats the performance again and
again, expecting each time an an
swer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-21
BIG EATERS GET
KIDNEY TROUBLE
Take glass Of Salts before breakfast
if your Back hurts or Bladder
bothers you.

The American men and women must
guard constantly against Kidney trouble,
because we eat too much and all opr food
is rich. Our blood is filled with uric
acid which the kidneys strive to filter
out, they weaken from overwork, become
sluggish; the eliminative tissues clog and
the result is kidney trouble, bladder
weakness and a general decline in health.
When your kidneys feel like humps of
lead; your back hurts or the urine is
cloudy, full of sediment or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three times
during the night; if you suffer with sick
headache or dizzy, nervous spells, acid
stomach, or you have rheumatism when
the weather is bad, get from your phar.
macist about four ounces of Jad Salts;
take tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for few DAYS
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the acid
of grapes and lemon juice, combined with
iithia, and has been used for generations
to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys;
to neutralize the acids in the urine 90 it
no longer is a source of irritation, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure, makes . delightful effervescent
Whitewater beverage, and belongs in
every home, because nobody can make
q mistake BY having q good kidney flush.
ing any tins.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-21
PENNIES REVENGE
BY VICTOR REDcLIFFE.

Bonnie they called him, Bonnie
Grove, bright, keen-eyed, good-natured
He had come from a city not hun
dred miles from Detroit with Slews
and Wykoff. They had started a five
and ten-cent store in an unheard of,
out-of.the-way district and Bonnie
was placed in charge.
People wondered why Slews and
Wykoff came only occasionally to the
store, which had few customers. But
Bonnie kept his own counsel when
curious people tried to fathom the
mystery. Only to one person was he
confidential. This was old Doctor
Grimm. The latter had retired from
active practice. He had time to loaf
and Bonnie encouraged him, for Ben
ME was lonesome. The good doctor
got so finally that he would tend the
store while Bonnie went three blocks
away for lunch.
Il say, Bennie," he observed one
day, isn't this queer crowd you're
WITH"
you mean Slews and Wykoff?"
queried Bonnie. Say, doctor, l like
you and l know you're true blue. I
need a friend-advice. Yes, sir, to tell
you the truth Slews and Wykoff are a
rum lot. They observation-disclosures
you mean?" insinuated Doctor
Grimm.
"The kind of fellows who, when they
have fire, lay it to friction. see-the
sort where fellow rubs six thou
sand-dollar policy on a three thousand
dollar house. On the dead quiet, doc
tor, they burned out in business twice
before they came here and busted half
a dozen times"
why, then" gasped the astounded
doctor, they're fire bugs!"
And bankruptcy sharks-you've
hit it exactly, DOCTOR"
"And you work for them!"
That's the nugget of what l want
to explain to YOU" said Bonnie. you
see, they gave me job in their store
before we came here. / thought they
were all right and let them wheedle
my brother into investing four hun.
dred dollars in their business. It was
all the poor fellow had, put by to