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the mckinney democrat
THE DEMOCRAT
i'TBLlSliED BY (
McKinfcey Pristine ComMny
r. C. Ttompso *, Editor.
REUNION SIGHTS
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Dr. John H. Lutber, for thir-
feen .years president' of Jiayior
Female College, died recently in
Brazil,'at the age of eighty years.
Dr. Lutber trcrved Baylor College
ftigbt vearrf at, Independence, and
(five yews kitkr the ichool<
moved to Belion.
those
M all
was
Dr. Sftlazer, a Mexican physi-
cian in charge of the American
hospital at City of Mexico, who
did such heroic service for the
yellow few patients there, was.
stricken with, the disease himself,
and before dying called for paper
and pen and wrote bis own death
certificate.
. Pi evident Roosevelt has accept-
ed Mr. Root's resignation as Sec
•retaqy of War, to take effect Jan-
Jiary let. Governor General Alil-
ian H. Taft of the Philippines
will succeed Secretary Root, as
^Secretary of War, aud Vice-Uov-
prnor I^uke E. Wright of Ten-
nessee will sucpeed Gov. Taft.
i Crops Better in Collin
* •" . #
Stiawnee, Okla., Aug. 25.—Ed.
bemiqprat, McKinney, Tex.,,
I have Af. fast stopped on my
ouiney North and nnd my del f in
he beautiful and thriving little
:ity of Shawnee, Oklahoma. I
eft beme [Culleokii, Tex.] the
9lh, and have passed (through
some beautiful conntry, where
good /bring water and prairie
fand is abundent. But cannot
find any crops as, good as the
props of o|d Collin county.
, Tbe^e is quite,,a difference in
the looks of the old red sand hills
of Northern Indian Territory and
the black land of Collia county.
To a Collin county boy it looks
Jjke thje people up here would al-
most starve. But I have never
found cleverer and better people
any where and everything good to
eat that 0D£f want. Shawnee
has a population oi 15000, seven
dottoif gms, tht^e flouring Inn!!*,
e plant, iron ' foundry, four
am laundries, five national
anks, with $2,000,000 deposit,
wo pjione systems, free mail de-
livery and in fpcfc everything that
U had,in a firat-class business city.
It is vj?oith any one's time and ex-
pense to visit Oklahoma and see
(he people and country. With
best wishes to my old Collin
county friends and success to The
pemo^rat I remain as ever.
H. O. Cosby.
lial tli
otir'Hest beau for the dccaek
mentioned above, we donned the
most comfortable costume we had
at hand, armed ourselves with a
brand new pencil and tablet and
Eroceeded to wage war with the
eat and dust, to t*mile at the
ridiculous and enjoy the sub-
Ume. , ..
We saw the big p^ratfe,
fine looking j"Big Indians,
civilized of course, and' the pair
of white goats that figured so
conspicuously in the pArade. 'One
little girl olapptd her bands and
cried, "Oh papa! do get those
,for me; I'll just hitch them te
baby's carriage and* we'll take a
ride."
We drifted with the surging
tnass of humanity and listened to
the sweetatraina of music; and it
seemed to us that the band boys
never played better.
As we strolled. across the
grounds some one spied our new
pencil and remarked, "There goes
the girl that wrote up tne reunion
here last Summer. 1 jist know
it's her." We smiled and wished
for a spacious pocket to hide our
tablet and penal in.
We saw hosts of little folks en-
joying ihe delights of the "merry
go-rounu" and a large number of
grown.folks too, posing only ten
years old today.
We were cordially asked to vis-
it "Esau's" tent and watch him
eat snakes, but politely declin-
ed.
We Raw the balloon ascension,
the tire works, the sham battle
between those big Indians and
the pale face—and, oh yes! we
saw the baby show apji hope we'JI
never forget that group of iweet
infiocent f'a^es. No wondo^ the
Savior said, "Suffer little chil-
dren to, come unto me, and forbid
them not,' 1 v
Wo saw the girl who "chews
gum" and "plays toutrh" by us
with
the boyt^-ahd the girl Vho* was a
laA it *■ I M (It A •*« <1 In II M*i
who rebuked his companion for
smoking in the presence of ladies
FurufPrs
,«Od bl
to atten
*ion*, an
ereVhall h
l nope to' nitet 'ivith
I friends in that Reunion that;
J never end.
Cora Caldwell.
Hio
n our
ded «we
eparted
will
Cerreapon4enqe Renewed
the Decatur Parties.
With
Jesse Shain Received Letter from
W. Henry Sission of bt Louis
Decatur people Interested
Tb« Mistake.
bla biography of Alexandre Da*
tbe lm-
iO baled
line for
be mhw a
time* (10
nded out I
bis cloak. I
threw down a 1U0 franc note. "Pardon,
sir. you have made a mistake. 1 think."
■aid tbe man. offering to return the
note. "No. no. friend," answered Du-
ma*. canting a disdainful glance at the
millionaire, "it Is thy other gentleman
who baa made tbe mistake."
Waiting
hi« cJoa
of BO
letot.
gettln
Didn't W*ul to S|tl «.
"Don't you wan} , to go to tbe better
world. Tommy?" apked a Sunday school
teacher of the new scholar. • i' f I
"No, mum," promptly replied the
frank little fellow.
"And why not,' Tommy?"
"Oh, when I die I want to go where
a fellow can rest."
"Well, my boy, you can rest .there."
ia! I
Isatbelr M 4.
A certain woman baa a husband who
baa done aucb a thing aa to fori
&
nd sh
r
e bud weqi
bout 5 IbM
weut at bini
Id, "did you
rgct to
|ed.f Th^
U be camei
tel
that
do wb
Other
I (hue.
fjoh
ejjpresi
jioon T
"Yea. Marv," lie answered meekly.
"Well, be hasn't come."
"Is that so?"
"Yea, it ia. Now, bow do
count for U?"
John gavi> tbe matter a few
ments' consideration.
"Well, my dear," be said finally,
"either he's ylng or I am. aud to re-
lieve us both from your suspicions I'll
just step [down to h|s place and see
wtiat'a the matter." And tbe charita-
ble John went to see the expressman.
come here this after
you ac-
mo-
"But in thai
song we aunf it aald
et en<
shoeblack, mum."
we'd all ahlne there. I get enough of
that here. I'm a
^uiu wuvi uinjo u vjj
ing. slang and drinking beer
$he boys —and the girl who]'
omanly woman, gentle and gra-
cious, proving a sweet benedic-
tion to all who met her. Yes,
wagftw that boy \Vith the red shirt
waistr—blue cellar—g.ueeu tie,
hair parted in the middle, who
was smoking cigarettes and could
swear like u sailor and said ho
was simply taking in the picnic.
We earnestly hope ere another
reunion be will lake time to scrub
List of Letters.
JX;
Remaining in the postoffice at
McKinney, Tex., Aug. 26, 1903,
which, if unclaimed in two wteke
-Will be sent to tbe Dead Letter
bfficfe at Washington, D. C.
LADIES.
Bradford Miss Mar lie
Chambers Mrs M.irtha
Brown Mrs Bell
Lovingey Mrs
, Roberts Mrs Mary Ellen
, Wqpder ,M iss Bea i;o
8JL1j J, , UENTLEMJCN.
Black Herbert i
Boh well Harry i
Campbell W ,T
Caldwell Willie <} i
Ghin T U
Hockoan E)r . . .
Haddock .1T t u
Lee Robert (2)-
Lons'Reasean
Manigan Lones < ' •
McGregoe J K
Puttes A K
Robereon George
Shines Lee
Spur gen J B
whetstine Chas
White & Edmonds
•Wheeler Geo
Persons calling for letters in
ve list please say "Advertis-
,H. E. Smith,
,, t • Postmastef.
<K-
it •
t> 1
V- i'
It wi(l be remembered that
some time ago correspondence
passed between M. J. Healy of
Decatur and Jesse Shain of this
city in regard to the building of a
railroad west from McKinney to
Deuton and Decatur. The cor-
respondence was renewed a few
days ago, and the following letter
has been received by Mr. Shain
from W. Henry Sicion, of St.
Louis, Mo., president of the Den-
ton, Decatur & Western Railway
of Texas:
St, Louis, Mo., Aug. 24,1908—
Hon. Jesse Sham, McKinney,
Texas. Dear Sir: In contem-
plation of early survey and con-
struction of this road, I write to
ask if you, will kindly confer with
your people there, and let me
know at an early date, what aid
they can give us, together with
right-of-way. Early in Septem-
ber, Mr. Healy, gcueral manager,
will open headquarters at Deca-
tur, aud will meet you and the
others personally.
An early Reply in a general way
as to these matters, would be ap-
preciated* '
Very sincerely yours,
W. Henry Sisson.
Mr. Healy of Decatur with
whom Mr. Siiaia ha-Vcorrespond-
ence and to whom tho above let-
itier refers, is vice^-presidefit and
general manager of the company.
If it is possible to secure another
railroad foi^ McKinney, with such
men as Jesse $hain at the head of
tbe movement,' we will certainly
get it. ;
I Ufktslsi
lp ia popularly supposed that tbe end.
den downpour which usually follows a
bright flash of lightning is in some way
caused by tbe flash. Meteorologlsta
have proved that this is not the case
and that exactly to tbe contrary, it Is
not only posstble but highly prdbable
that tbe sudden increased precipitation
ia the real cause of the flash.
Pattlair om tbe l*rle«.
A London woman well known tp so-
ciety opened a curiosity shop. One day
a friend came in and left an umbrella
prhicb had cost 50 shillings. He re-
turned to find the handle of it in the
window labeled "Antique Venetian all
ver umbrella mounting, 10 gulnou."
turts. t
of bis
Mi
rv
A Birthday Party.
rtee Velda Hamilton is ehter-
inc a number of her girl
uW whh a hiftbdiv party,
Ito 7 o^clock praWedosday
i 61 her \parents on
bacco smoke in our face.
We saw the boy who is a gen-
tleman 1> gentleman, courteous
and kind, who is calmly looking
out into the future, awaiting the
responsibilities that he knows be
must ere long assume. We saw
the "dude" and "dudine" too,
but we've nothing just now for
tbem but pity.
We saw tbe fat man's race,
but did not enjoy the race half as
much as we did watching those
jolly good humored men as they
prepared to enter the race, just
for pure innocent fun and amuse
ment.
We saw the boys trying to
climb the greasy pole, but never
learnod if anyone succeeded. To
«ay the least of it, it was certainly
i slick job,
It afforded us genuine pleasure
to watch tbe greetings of old sol-
diers, friends and neighbors.
We saw some thoughtless girls
making fun Qf an old lady as she
tottered across the grounds, lean-
ing on tbe aim of her god-
daughter; just because her cos-
tume <'was not up-to-date. We
politely followed this couple,
feelipg sure there was a history
connected ,with that sweet, aged
face. , We found hep sitting be-
neath a tree* w^ching.ihe tnowd.
We founql her kind aud willing to
give us all the information we
wan toil. "Ves child." slic said,
as she gently placed her withered
hand upon our shoulder, "1 .am
the wife of a soldier. I lost a
husband and two sons in the war.
(Here she began crying.) Our
home was taken from me and 1
was left with two small child/eu
to support. I've had a hard
time, but it will soon be over for
1 won't.stay here much longer.
•lust here we enquired if her
husband and sons were religious..
She replied Miey were, and as the
twilight shadows gathered arbund
us we felt that ere Jong there
would be another reunion—for
"These are they vVlnch came out
of great tribulation-," arid have
washed their Tob«f and made
them white fn the blood Of the
Latatfi _
Time and space will obt allow
all we* mMJ but we
Notice
Miss Maggie Furr requests that
all the children of the Methodist
Sunday school meet her at the
church Thursday Jevening at 5
o'clock to practice for children's
day exercises.
Uvalde Honey, comb or strain-
ed, just received by T. L. McMul
len. '< 2tw &3td
McKinney Market Report
Lint cotton 10 tojll
Cotton in seed 3.50
Cotton seed $12. to $15
Wheat.... ...... .... ...•■• i5
Oats per bushel 30 to 40c
Coru per bushel 25to 60c
New corn 40c
Bran per 1Q0 lbs... 95c
Flour f 1.90 to 2.2£
Meal per bu. H0c
Eggs, per doz, 1 lc
Cattle $1.50 to 2.10
SogH...............$4.50to 5*25
utton Sheep......2.50 to 3.25
Chickens *$2.00 to 2.40
Butter per pound.... 15 to 25c
Onions per lb. «, ...... 2c
Hay per ton..,...... $7 to $8.00
Alfalfs$9 to $11
Lard per pound...... 11 W to 14c
Bacon per ppund, 10 to 13c
Leeche* aa Weather Proplirtt.
a comtnou leech makes a good bu-
rometer. Kill a tumbler half full of wa-
ter, put the leech Into it and tie a piece
of muslin over the top to keep the leech
from getting out. All you have to do
to find out whut sort of weather we
are going to have is to watch the little
creature. For example, when the day
la to be fine the ieech will remain at
the bottom of tbe glass, coiled up in
spiral shape and quite mot Ion less. If
rain may be expected, it will creep to
the top of the glass and stay there un-
til it clears off. If the leech twists It-
■elf and is very restless, there Is golttg
to be a windstorm. If it keeps out of
the water for several days, look out for
a, thunderstorm. The Indication < for
frosty weather are the same as for tin •
and for snow the same as 'for rain.
Toledo Blade.
i i i
The XetvN|iai «'i>.
I Your great mau shiues l)ef< :n tlv
populate In vain—without tlii* n vw« ti
per. He spread eagles the con^iu.tt.i1
in vain—without the newspaper,. H
clarion Voice wakes up the u;;!\vi." i
vain—without tlie tU'vfkpa;!'/'.\ U
most astouhding financial eutofpi
ac-rve him in vain—without t!;.
per. His scientific roseareliu
achievements-are,in vain- witlioct .
newspaper. Ills success In cvim v Ta"
of life is in vain—without tlu ijev.sp,,
per. The newspaper is the fauteaiakei
of the age. Of course, some of tin-
fame is cheap, but It satisfies the living
wearer'6f the c lonk evc:i though po*
tarlty change it.—New York Pretw.
Broken on (he Wheel.
The most general puiiishmeut for
criminals condemned to death In tbe
eighteenth century was the wheel. Tbe
victim waa laid ont and hound to a
large wheel, the executioner breaking
the bones of his arms, legs and thighs
with a heavy iron bur, ills dexterous
manipulation of which was alwayw ap-
plauded by the crowd. In recompense
for his unthankful task he received a
fee of IT. livrea.—Paul Lacrolx.
Railroad Time Table.
north hound h a t o.
No 11—-4 04 a m I No 1—12:29 p m
.Vo 5-—8:2b am J No 3—9*07pm
so;;th hound u a t c.
N'o 2—0*42am I No 4—9:00a m.
Vo 10 —l:40p m | No 6—6.50 y ro
i RABT LINE—M K A T. '< '
Leave 8:30 a m I Arrives 5:15 p m
local
Arrives 11 a. n^ | Leaves 2:05 pm.
The 8:80 M, K. is T. connccts at
Greenville with aorthbonnd BTaty J Iyer
for Kansas City}. St. Lonis and Chicago
•• <• t «
Rebekah be Cream Supper
llutnn*' SuuseHtliiR.
a melancholy a'utlior went to Dumas
and moaned that If lie did not raise 300
francs he was afraid he would have to
charcoal smoke himself and his two
childrcu. Dumas rummaged his cof*
fern at once, hut could only find 200
francs. "But I. must have U00 or 1 and
the little ones are lost." "Suppose you
only suffocate yourself and one el
them then." said Dumas.
A Qwatetorr firw.
Tbe chef waa ignorant of the pres-
ence of the cannibal kiug. who eyed
blm critically, while a sunny smile
danced gayfy ov#r bis dlmpi e|l f*-
Suddenly the chef became'a ware
presence and said aa tte most
artistically salaamed:
- "1 would buve your majesty know
tb^t I have jjust created .a formula for
a soup that sbafl win an iustant im-
mortality."
"And what may it be?" asked the
monarch lmpatleutly. "1 never waa an
expert in the al-t of guessing, aud I
would know the name of your new de-
coction." '
And the chef, -appreciating the klng'a
Interest and bis own importance, sa-
laamed again and replied:
f'Mo^k missionary." — New York
Times.
A Ball Par n God.
The ancient Egyptians believed that
the spirit1 of their greatest god, Osiris,
dwelt among them in the form of a
pure white bull marked by a certain
algn. Herodotus mentions two of these
aign r-n black eagle on tbe back aud a
black forehead with a square of white
In its center. These creatures when
found were worshiped during life aud
mummified after death. The New York
Historical society has one of these
"bull gods," a fine mummy from tbe
temple of Sernpis.
\ Hopeful.
There was a very small audience
present, and It was rapUny dwindling
away. On the stage the hero aud hero-
ine are holding a rendezvous.
Hero to Heroine—Are we alone?
Heroine (thinking of the audience)—
Not yet. There are two fellows near
the door who look as IT .they migbt be
able to sitthrcjugb another net
> i ■ i , v
Their Tale of nilaa.
Georgiana—Julia aud Jack don't stay
eut at their new country place at all.
George—Why?
"Oh, they want to be In town all the
time to tell everybody how much they
like It out In the country."—Life.
4out For a Lark.
Rabbit Hunter—Do you like birds?
Bird Hunter—Sure! I loye 'em!
Rabbit Hunter—Then eat my rabbit
for a lark.—Harvard Lampoon.
The martyra to vice far exceed the
martyrs to virtue, both in endurance
and number—OoJtou.
' A KING'S POEM.
The RliyineWter hail (he Poet.
Ascmn— Well. then, what is the dif-
ference hetweeq a rhymester and a
poet^
NewuV-t'sually a poet is one who
calls himself a rhymester, nnd a rhyme-
ster is one wlio calls himself n poet—
Philadelphia Press.'
I( ) mukiiiic bare. ,
Softleigh—A i-o you Quite sure Miss
Ranks Is not in?
Tbo Maid—Of course I am. She gave
me one of your photographs in order
to make me doubly sure. — Chicago
News.
To lx> good nnd disagreeable Ia high'
treason against the royalty of virtue.—'
Xloore.
The Kebefeati Lodge of Pro*
iee1 cream i
An
supper
tht Aug., 26. A
rendered.
LisiS
Military talatea.
Of ttailltarjr salutes, raising tbe right
hand in the bead is generally believed
to have originated from tbe days of tbe
tournament, when knightB tiled past
tbe throne of tbe queo of beaut?, and.
'by way of compliment, raised their
banda to their brow* to Imply that b«f
beauty was too Aastltn* for unshaded
•yea to gaae upon. Tile officer's salute
•wltb the sword baa a double nseaaina.
Tbe first position, , wltb tbe bllt oppo-
site tbe Hps. .ia a repetition of tbe cm-
coder's action -In blaeiaf tbe cross bitt
of bis «ewerd In tobfn of faltb and
(fealty, while lowering 4be point after
asesroUNlTn elt^w ca*"tbat
re ft.e l.'.nt vvotds, (nstruie*
its.igdleitf. and then Abdul-
piaiht at 11.4 !• ft u(.d ki'ilitly in i
Tile foui'tlit* «r lite i-Jj;h|.of the
t|.«- Ijlm k Jneir. He f-nirled
A DESERT CARAVAN.
IU a<a*t Aariwit the Ur«*ry
v Wtkatea of htikiiri,
Tl.ere were
tloes^catttien
Suit IteM up h<s hai;d. Ail gave the cry
«/f tl.v ciJn?l flrlvi'r. and the uucoufli
hoatiti. f.\; f?rjg and annrllng under
their iof.i's. MrtU'iil^d to their feet «
A: jiliM' "Xj. t..u 1 they btguu tli^ir
'l*i:.-,v tr-1 versed the square,
patHiHi the uioMp.e. turned down a Har-
row street, aud iu five minutes crosMd
Or line tuat htMiuued ttw oafels and en-
tmU upun :'.c u< -.(it.
In uieUlatv iy tii< dun leader took bla
adv^nee.
dun, was
two1 wa
Ur t>Uu« and Aliduliub'a Kuddle. Tlit-n
ci;nie In rav.kK fifteen camels. All riding
in tho cwiu-r. Oil the rit;ht fiauk rtkle
lie two women, with en<a'uiouN red and
white euttou sunshudeH stretched be-
hind them; then at an Interval of six
rods catne (IfUtO camels unattended.
Tliey simply ftillowed the squad In
froiit. The duu leader and the black
racer bad lanyards attout their necks.
Tbo other.camels had no harness save
tbe.surclugles that held their loads.
In a panic, a sandstorm, a fusillade
from isedtmins, a mirage and a race
for water. If Abdullah and All could
gra^p these lanyards the caravan was
saved since the other camels followed
tbe dun leader and the lilack racer ae
hhen' follow the. bellwether,
Abdullah wall.ed at the,left, abreast
of the dun. At intervals bo rode tbe
black ra^er. >
The imce of a caravan is two tnUea
an hour, hut Abdullah's, the two crip-
p'.es included, could make two milea
and a quarter. The black racer could
make sixty miles a day for live days
without drinking, but at the end of
such a Journey his hump would be no
larger than a pincushion, aiul his tem-
per- j
I "or centuries it has been the eustom
of S.ihar(i enravans to travel not more
than flvendlt'H th t'.rst day.—"The Des-
ert." by Arthur Conidett Smith, lu Scrib-
uer'u.
JAPANESE PROVERBS.
AatOBraph Veraea hr J mea I. Is •
Book Owuetl la Ooaton.
An lnterestlug volume in the Boston
Tubllc library Is Montaigne's "Es-
says," printed eaiiy in tbe seventeenth
century, which was owned by Jaknes
I., the English king who was so largely
responsible for the publication of the
accepted version of tbe Holy Bible.
The book la tbe first English transla-
tion of the great French author and
was made by John Florio. a friend of
many of the famous Elizabethan writ-
ers. Including Shakespeare himself,
who drew scteral suggestions from Its
pagea for well known passages In hit
play a.
The Boston library copy has a mod-
ern binding, but tbe ancient fly leaf ia
preserved on which is wrltteu the fol-
lowing poem, lu King James' auto-
graph:
Here lyeth I naklt to tha anatomle
Of my fralll halrt, o humane davltie
O trust tha Almychtie, lyk tbe Almychtle'e
word
f© put on me thy robe as guhylom lord
Thou pufest once more me in thy blest
bellefe
And In my soulll thy secretst law engrave.
; The queer words and quaint apelilng
ere characteristic of early Scotch poe-
try. which King James, as a Scotch-
man himself, took great delight In
writing, and perhaps tbe average reader
will have no more difficulty-In decipher-
ing tbe royal meauing than in making
dut a page In a modern Scotch dialect
novel.
i
Liquid Oirs*a.
Liquid oxygen wheu first formed It
milky in appearance owing to tbe pree
euce of some impurity which may be
removed by passing It through ordi-
nary filter paper. When pure, it Js of
a pale blue color, which, however, la
not1 due, as some have thought, to the
presence of liquid osone, which Is of a
dark blue color. Liquid oxygen la a
nonconductor of electricity, but Is
strongly magnetic. It may be lifted
from a cup by presenting the poles of
a strong electro magnet. It aeetns to
have very alight chemical activity,
■ince It will extinguish a lighted match
•ad bae no action *n a place of phoa-
pborus dropped Into It. It la1 well
kaowa that the A awl n line# Of the
eolar spectrum are, due to oxygen, god
from experlmenta on tbe top of Mqpt
Blanc M ta thought they ere largely if
not wholly due to tbe oxygen io the
eartb'a gtmo*ph«*e. iWeaabr Drear
ikbowed tbat these lines cone oat wry
strong wbeo llqttM «*✓«« *•
Doeed ia «be path of tbe rays froai Ml
Some ttently PIne SnrinKa Worthy
of t'uiverwil Avc«ptnup«.
The Japanese tlo not expect to patber
graju s from thorns or figii of thistles,
but the.v phr::se our tlioivlits somewhat
differently. Tluy jstty. "Tbe spawn of
frci^s will become nothing but frogs."
We have ii saying, "Di+pise not the
day of small things." 'fin ir "Famous
swords are made of iron scrapings" Is
much more picturesque.
The Idea of our "Ail lay the load on
the willing horse" they express by
"Those who know the ropes do most of
the hauling." While our commonplace
"Out of evil good may come" finds witn
them a fine poiftlcal expression in "The
lotus springs frem the mud," and in
point of poignancy our "Adding insult
to injury" is vastly inferior to their
"Uubblng salt on a soyc."
Tbe Japanese have so^ie really fine
sayings worthy of universal acceptance,
such as "Thine own heart makes the
world" or "The poet at home sees tbe
entire universe" or "The throne of tbe
god is on the brow of a righteous man."
Their nice observance of manners Is
evidenced by Kiiyings such as "Excess
of politeness beccnus impoliteness,"
their national suspiefpusnfae in the like
of "Don't trust a pigeon to carry uraln."
and the handy man's abhorrence of a
bungler finds expression in numerous
quips sucb as "Learning to swim In a
field" or "Scratching tbe foot with the
shoe on." v j
Worda Bnillot In "Ator."
There never has been any general
rule of pronunciation as to nouns end-
ing in "ator." In Scotland the mode
differed from the English rule in more
usually throwing the accent back. Waa
it not Ersklne who lu his earlier days,
having spoken of a curator, making the
word a dactyl, was Interrupted by the
Judge before whom be was pleading
with, " .'Cura-tor.' if you please, Mr.
Ersklno; a Lullu word with a long
penult!"
"Thank you, my lord." was his ready
retort, "for your correction. I bow to
tbe authority of so distinguished e
*aeua-t(ir' and! 'ora-tor1 as your lord-
ship."- London Spectator.
A Mighty Mas.
Topliam. the prince of Eugllsh strong
men. had knots of muscles where tbe
armpits are In tbe ordinary man. lie
could take a bar of Iron 1V6 Inches In
dlumeter and 6 feet long, place the
middle of it over the back of his neck
and then force the ends forward until
they met before his face. On one occa-
sion he called upon a village btaci.
smith and made of him an everlasting
enemy by picking up a number of
horseshoes and snapping them In two
as easily a* if they had been pine
eticks.
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Sneeenaftil Esperlment.
"Mabel married that awfully dissi-
pated young Flutterby-to reform him."
"And is she satisfied with her
choice,"
"I should say she Is! His uncle died
last week and left him half a million,"
•-Cleveland Plain Denier.
DlMtnonda.
When Lord Randolph Churchill visit-
ed tho diamond fields of South Africa,
while looking at a huge parcel of dia-
mond* he remarked. f'AII for the vani-
ty of woman." A lady who beard Ibe-
remark i added, "Ajnd tbe depravity of
man,"
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Thompson, F. C. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1903, newspaper, August 27, 1903; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192187/m1/2/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.