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m HEXIA WEEKLY HPHALD
M. P. BOUX. Publisher
MBXIA,
TEXAS
Chicago Ilecord-Heruld: Ambassa-
dor HH1 will continue to ambass.
The czar is said to have a dozen
crowns. His head lies uneasy enough
with one.
"All in favor of apple dumplings
please rise," says the Baltimore Sun.
The ayes have it.
Men will have to buy the dominion
of the air with blood. That was how
the land was won and the seu.
And now comes the pigskin further
to divert attention from the game of
saving the country.—Boston Herald.
No one objects to the directolre
gown provided it does not look as if
the lower part of it had caught on a
nail.
"No woman who wears a 'rat' shall
become my wife," says an Ohio col-
lege professor. Rough on rats, for
sure.
Teaching
Industry
Much Confusion
as to Real
Meaning
By DR. CHARLES W. ELIOT.
Pmlinl Harvard University.
Esperanto, of course, is not a dead
or even a dying language. Its "rat-
tling in the throat" is an auricular il-
lusion.
A Chicago princess who is stranded
in Paris finds it i:; mighty little in the
way of groceries that she can buy on
her title.
We are worried about where they
are going to put the gasoline stations
for these new air machines.—Atlantic
Constitution.
The Russian minister of commerce
la named Shipoff. It is to be hoped
for the trade of the country that he
lives up to it.
Keir Hardie advises Americans to
"go into politics." They do. Hut not,
like a flock of silly sheep with some
agitator for bell-wether.
"Rats no longer are worn in the
hair," says a woman's magazine. No,
they seem to liave been supplanted
by those little rows of mice.
It is hard to tell which tastes bet-
ter, the first piece of (lanky, juicy,
spicy, raisiny mince pie in the fall, or
the lirst cucumber in the spring.
HERE is a great deal of confusion about the meaning of 1 he
term "Industrial Education." Industrial education ought to
mean trade schools and nothing but trade schools, that is
schools directed primarily and expressly to the preparation of
young men and women for the trades. All their whole time to
the schools, just as they do to an ordinary high school; or by
pupils who, being already at work, are allowed by their employ-
ers to give from six to twelve hours a week to the trade school.
In recent times we have begun to take a rather different
view of education from that we used to take. We used to
think of education as something which was going to last perhaps to the
fourteenth or eighteenth year, or in extreme cases, to the twenty-fourth
or twenty-sixth year. We no longer think of education in this way. Edu-
cation should bo continuous throughout life and particularly it .should
be continuous during the years of youth. The trade schools should bo
continuation schools for those children who are unfortunately obliged to
leave the regular public school system by the time they are fourteen, or
even earlier.
These trade schools will require that children be kept under the ob-
servation of the community up to the seventeenth or eighteenth year, and
be absolutely required to attend a continuation school, for part time at
least, if attending 110 other. Here is a considerable departure from former
practice in American legislation.
We want these industrial schools, these trade schools for children of
from fourteen to seventeen or eighteen years of age. But how are we
going to get the children into these schools? Suppose we organize the
schools; how are the children to be got into them?
In the first place by the help of law extending the limit of compul-
sory education. But how shall the decision be made that certain children
will go into industrial schools, others into the ordinary high schools, and
others again into the mechanic arts high schools? Where is that decision
to be made? It must be it choice or a selection. Here we come upon a
new function for the teachers in our elementary schools, and in my judg-
ment they have no function more important. The teachers of the elemen-
tary schools ought to sort the pupils and sort them by their evident or
probable destinies. I am afraid that strikes you at once as an undemo-
cratic idea, but let us see whether it is undemocratic- or not.
KING PETER CAUTIOUS
ENGLAND'S 8ECRETARY ADMITS
FAVORABLE RECEPTION OF
RUSSIA'S REQUEST.
GREAT UNEASINESS CAUSED
The Servian Premier Has Tried Vain-
ly to Suppress the Crown Prince
in Rash Act.
Vienna, Oct. 13.—The Inflammatory
speeches of Crown Prince George of
Servla, who is inciting the people to
war, while his. father, King Peter, has
observed an attitude of caution, causes
considerable uneasiness in official cir-
cles in Belgrade, according to dis-
patches received here. There is less
fear of war than of a dynastic crisis
and an ttempt to place the Crown
Prince on the throne. The Servian
premier has tried vainly to suppress
the crown prince, for it is said that
he may lead bands against Bosnia or
do something equally rash.
M. Iswolsky, the Russian foreign
minister, has succeeded in impressing
upon Sir Edward Grey, the British
secretry of foreign affairs, the neces-
sity that not only should a conference
of powers be held to settle the crisis
in tho Far East, but that this confer-
ence should take under advisement
other questions besides those involved
in the annexation by Austria of Bosnia
and Herzegovina and the declaration
of Bulgarian independence.
TRAINMAN SHOT; TWO NEGROES HAN6ED LAKES TO GULF WATERWAY CONVENTION
Mob Takes Vengeance on Pair Who
Fatally Shot Trainman.
Lula, Miss., Oct. 12.—Frank and Jim
Davis, negroes, were hanged to an
oak tree here at sundown today for
fatally shooting John C. Kendall, con-
ductor on the Helena branch of the
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad
as Kendall's train was leaving here
this afternoon. The negroes were
standing on a car platform. Kendall
ordered them into the car, whereupon
they cursed him. Kendall drew his
revolver and rapped Frank Davis over
the head with it. Then ,11m Davis shot
Kendall in the back. Kendall will not
live. Special trains were ordered, one
to take Kendall to Memphis, the other
to take the negroes to Clarksdale for
safety. The lirst order was filled. A
mob broke into the caboose of the lat-
ter train, seized tile negroes and lynch-
ed them.
Flames Hit Florida Town.
Pensacola, Fla.: News of a disas-
trous fire, which swept over Carra-
belle, Fla., a small town east of Pen-
sacola Saturday reached this city.
Nine business houses, a residence and
many thousands of feet of lumber
were destroyed, causing a loss esti-
mated at more than $100,000. Build-
ings destroyed: United States customs
| house, postofliee, freight depot and
passenger station of the Georgia,
Florida and Alabama railroad and the
warehouses and wharves of the St.
Andrews and Gulf Steamship Cotn-
! pany.
Probably that Milwaukee hermit
who refused to wash tor eight years
was not a teetotaler and consequently
did not want to encourage any undue
Intimacy.
Of course plants are capable of feel-
ings. Hasn't the corn ears to hear and
the potatoes eyes to see? Haven't you
heard the trees moan and seen the
rose blush?
An insurance man says there are
19,500 women in Now York who are
past 75 years of age. This is not sur-
prising; there art lots of chorus girls
in New York.
Flowers may have memories, but as
long as the corsage bouquet and the
honeysuckle on the porch can tell no
Vales what does it matter?—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
• A man in Des Moines buys his mo-
ther-in-law five pounds of candy every
week. Tho scheme should work and
is safer than the slow poison plan.—
Detroit Free Press.
Now that the North cape's cliffs
have been desecrated by the brushes
of the advertising painters we almost
wish that Peary would never give
them a chance at the north pole.
Woman
the
Natural
Teacher
By JAMES P. MAGENIS.
A perfectly good imitation of a Car-
negie hero medal is offered to the man
who has read all of the political plat-
forms, speeches of acceptance and
campaign books.—Louisville Courier-
Journal.
"Auto-suggestion" is receiving con-
siderable attention from scientists.
Did you ever catch the monologue of
the man on his back in the dust trying
to coax the machinery of one of the
snorting go-devils?
An up-to-date farmer in Connecticut
insists on having a flying machine
clause in his insurance policy, arguing
that flying machines are quite as un-
certain as tornadoes, for you neve:
know what or when they are going to
strike.
The feminization of the schools, as it
is termed, or, in another form, the question
whether female instructors in large num-
bers tend to make male pupils less manly,
has secured recognition in the forum of free
discussion. A number of educators of
prominence have taken sides, and the issue
involved would seem to adjust itself in the
category of woman's capabilities. Followed
logically to its natural sequence it answers
itself.
In womankind and children the Cre-
ator of the universe has seen tit to place
strong ties of attraction and affection. The
average woman is attracted to the average child bv an inherent quality,
that something which makes any child more to a woman than to a man;
and the child in turn reciprocates. Man may amuse or entertain a child
temporarily, but invariably the child tires of the man if the man does
not first tire of the child. With woman it is different. Why? Ask the
stars why they pursue unvarying courses. Ask the seasons the reasons for
their round. It is so. That is all.
Thus with woman's established advantage at the outset, and with her
natural gifts, she seems especially selected by a higher than human law to
care for the young; and the world over, among the civilized and the sav-
age, this is the rule. Thus woman is the natural teacher. Teaching
is part of her natural vocation, whether it be in the schoolroom or the
home. The question may arise, Is she the better one to do this? That is
easy to decide. Her only possible competitor is man. Js man better
adapted to train the young than is woman? lias he that peculiar insight
into the little mind? Has he the intuition which latent motherhood
provides? lias he the enduring patience, coupled with that; gentle per-
suasion and perseverance which captivates, masters and controls the
voting? The history of humanity savs no.
Investigation at Asylum.
San Antonio: Investigations are
now being conducted into the ac-
counts at the Southwestern Insane
Asylum. Capt. W. J. McDonald, State
Revenue Agent, Monday morning took
charge of all the hooks of the institu-
tion which relate to the accounting
and stores. He will be assisted in the
examination of the books by J. C.
Haynes, Slate Purchasing Agent, and
an expert from the State Contropel-
ler's office. Dr. W. L. Barker, super-
intendent of the institution, has sus-
pected that there was something
wrong.
Would Dismiss Waters-Pierce.
Washington: A motion to dismiss
tho appeal of the Waters-Pierce Oil
Company of St. Louis from the deci-
sions of the Texas courts ousting that
company from doing business in Tex-
as was filed in the Supreme Court of
the United States Monday by Attor-
ney General Davidson of Texas. The
motion is based on the ground that
there is no substantial Federal ques-
tion involved in the case, as the laws
which the oil company is charged with
violated are purely State statutes,
with which the United States courts
| are not concerned.
Looks Like Suicide.
New York: A mystery, which prom-
ises to tax the ingennity of the po-
lice department before it is unraveled
came to light Saturday, when the
bodies of a well-dressed man and wo-
men, bound securely together with
j wire, were found floating in Jamaica
| Bay. The bodies have not been iden-
j tifled. Both victims had their valu-
| ables intact. The woman's chatelaine
I bag was even wired to her wrist, but
there was nothing on either one to
aid tile police in identification.
Finht in City's Streets.
Spartanburg, S. C: In the heaart of
Spartanburg, with its population of 20.-
i 000, a mob of infuriated citizens, at
| times numbering 1000 or more, fought
j Saturday and Sunday with the mill-
j tary and civil authorities for the pos-
session of John lrby, a ngreo who is
alleged to have attacked Miss Lillic
Dempsey earlier in the day while the
young woman was on her way here
from Saxon Mill, a village three miles
i away. Four persons were wounded
I one of tlieni seriously.
New Orleanu Selected for the Next
Meeting Place.
Chicago, 111., Oct. 10.—Adoption of
resolutions declaring tho opening oI a
deep channelway connecting the Great
Lakes with the Gulf of Mcxlpo to be-
an imeprative duty of the national gov-
ernment; that thin work should bo
immediately begun and completed as
soon as possible; selection of New Or-
leans for tho next convention and the
re-election of old officers were the fea-
ture of the closing session today of
the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water-,
ways Association. While the attend-
ance was not as large as that of the
previous session the interest was not
lessened.
Jealousy Causes Two Deaths.
Manssas, Va.: As the result of a
husband's jealousy two men are dead
and another seriously wounded at an
old Fair farm at Canova, six miles
from Manassas Friday. Edward Fair
and his wife and brother, Allen Fair,
called on their neighbor, Tuckey
Posey. While there Edward Fair's at-
tention was attracted to what he re-
garded as an unusual friendliness be-
tween his wife and his brother, Allen.
Angered by their conduct, he hurried
from the Posey home and secured a
gttn. On his return he shot and kill-
ed his brother and turned the gun
upon his wife, but was prevented.
During the struggle that followed
Poscey took the gun from Fair and
striking him upon the head, killed him
instantly.
Property Worth $75,000 Sinks.
New Orleans: Seventy-five thousand
dollars worth of railroad property slid
into the Mississippi river with a ter-
rific roar Friday when a section of
| land aoo feet long and about 200 feet
j wide caved into the water. Seven
j loaded freight' ears and four lines of
railroad track were engulfed by the
i cave-in. Undermining of the wink
I by high water was the cause. It. is
I not believed any lives were lost, as
warnings had been posted that the
ground In that vicinity was unsafe.
Texas Ninth Banking District.
Washington: Texas is in the ninth
i banking examining district, according
to the arrangement of districts made
| public by Controller Murray. J. M.
| Logan is bank examiner in charge of
[the district with headquarters at Fort
i Worth. New Mexico and Arizona are
I also in this district. Oklahoma, Ne-
I braska, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa and
J Kansas form the eighth district, with
! headquarters at Kansas City.
Leopard Chews Boy's Arm.
Houston: Willi his left arm being
mangled and lacerated by the claws
and teeth of a fierce Indian leopard,
Ernest Lass, 12-year-old son of Joseph
Lass, a huckster who lives at 11119
Hardy street, in the Fifth ward, was
held a prisoner for several minutes
in the grasp of the beast against its
cage while a circus was being unload-
j ed from tne trains. He was taken to
an infirmary, where his arm was
j dressed, and the surgeon attending
states he wll' undoubtedly lose the
member.
A Philadelphia heiress alleges that
she went through a mock marriage
with an American for the purpose of
keeping her parents from purchasing a
foreigner with a title for her. We can
hardly believe her story is true, be-
cause It is reported that her mother
has forgiven her.
The government is going to lay a
molasses road In Massachusetts. That
in. it will prepare a binder for ma
cadam roads the basis of which will bi>
J the residue of sugar-cane manufacture,
: a by-product for which there Is at
• present no known use. But isn't there
1 some danger that the small hoys and
girls will carry off the road for all-day
•ackers or some other terrible things?
Aim to
Climb
her
By REV. DE WITT M. BENHAM.
The dahlia is coming to a place of
honor In the floral world. Last year
* special display of this flower was
| "Me in Indianapolis and exhibitions
! now In course of preparation in
i *Wtem cites. The dahlia i3 a stiff,
{kraal blossom, with no sentiment con
, t Meted with It, but it has the beauty of
yrtch coloring In a variety of shades.
I^Wre are said to be 500 or more
"ijtn varieties of the dahlia, and as
easy to produce new specimen!,
rfessional and amateur florists
We are in danger of meagerness in our
ordinary daily experience. Life is so mo-
notonous and unbroken for many of us.
To-day's proceedings so nearly duplicate
to-morrow's. We rise, and dress, and eat,
and do our stint of work, and go to bed;
and our day's task is done. We rise, and
dress, and do our stint again; and another
day's task is done. We grind our life out in
hours of feeding, working, sleeping; and at
last we die, and some one else drops into
the routine; and people say: "The world
moves on." As if Hint, kind of motion
meant indeed that the world moves on.
j Why "'OnIt might be moving backward just as well. The people who
J drop into these ruts formed by the wheels of the mighty car of Juggernaut
{ which we call "modern life," are in danger of having the spiritual nature
I crushed out of them. They are in danger of becoming materialists un-
consciously themselves, and laboring to secure their daily bread instead
' of making their daily bread the means of securing life.
The way to cope with this danger is by stern determination to ( limb
higher, to rise above it. to get into a clearer and fresher atmosphere, to
breathe spiritual truth. The man who, because his surroundings are sor-
did, denies the great realities of the unseen world, is a fool. You may
be living now at. a lower level, but there is no necessity for remaining there.
Join the company of those who are ascending with the Divine Master.
What we need are the higher altitudes to give us courage, hope and faith.
A poet once sang: "Hitch your wagon to a star." Some dispute
whether one should aim higher than he knows any ability of his would
be able to carry him. .Reasoning thinkers have declared their opinions that
the man who places bis arrow within a realm in which he knows he can
succeed will win out in the chosen spot and gradually fight his way to
the top. it is also declared that the man who strives too high, without the
graduation process, la lighting through life, aa if at a mirage.
Coming For Sherman Prisoner.
Sherman: A telegram from Sheriff
A. B. Langford of San Jose, Cal., to
R. L. McAfee Monday morning states
that he, Langford, will return to Texas
at once by order of the Governor of
California, who lias directed that Wil-
liam Hatfield, held in tile jail at Sher-
man, be brought to California upon the
requisition recently honored by Gov.
Campbeil. Hatfield's counsel said that
every legal resistance possible under
the circumstances would be invoked
to estop the removal of Hatfield from
Texas.
Drowned In Vat of Wine.
Santa Hosa, Cal.: Mrs. George
('oilier, wife of a rancher, was acci-
dentally drowned Sunday in a vat of
wine. The woman was visiting a
winery on the Collier ranch and
climbed to the edge of a largo vat
partly filled with wine. In some man-
ner she lost her balance .and fell Into
the vat.
Sportsmen In Lawton.
Lawton, Ok.: For the purpose of
advansing the interests of the move-
ment toward game preservation, pro
pagatlon and natural resources and
Incidentally for the purpose of secur-
ing through Congress the enlargement
of the Wichita National game pre-
serve, delegates from all parts of the
United States, Canada and Mexico
Monday convened in National conven-
tion, tbe tenth annual meeting of tho
Texas Ginners' Report.
Austin: Texas ginners' reports show
that during September 602,070 bales
of cotton were ginned in Texas. There
I were 202,504 reported for August and
19,410 for July, a total this year of
181-1,014 bales. The department was
I organized only a year ago, and secured
| no report of ginners last year for
j July, but 109,074 were reported gin-
I tied in August and 498,273 in Septem-
i ber, a total of 607,947 and 2011,097 les:s
than this year.
Supreme Court Meets Monday.
Washington: After a recess of
more than four months the Supreme
Court of the United States resumed
business Monday and will continue in
term until next June. All the nine Jus-
tices have returned from their respec-
tive summer homes, Indicating a full
bench on the first day of the sitting.
"Avenger" Jones Kills Man.
Washington: Noted for having at-
tempted to avenge the death of Presi-
dent Garfield by shooting at Guiteau,
the assassin, William Jones, locally
known as "Jones, the Avenger," a
farmer, Saturday night shot and Killed
.John McPlierson, of Detroit, Mich., a'
Bates Farm, near Brook land, on the
outskirts of this city. The weapon
used was a shotgun and McPherson's
breast was riddled with buckshot, se\
oral of which penetrated his heart.
Shipping Dallas Exhibit.
New York: I). Carrick, State Quar
antine Officer at Galveston, represent-
ing Dr. Brumby, State Health Officer
of Texas who returned home Friday
night, finished the loading of the New
York tuberculosis prize exhibit, se-
cure! for the Texas State Fair at Dal
las in a special car via the American
Express leaving Friday night. It took
four men five days to get it in shape
for shipment to Dallas.
Woman Attacked by Monkeys.
San Antonio: Attacked by monkeys
i Mrs. L. B. Snell is in a serious con-
dition as a result of bites, scratches
and the nervous shock. She was
passing a booth at the Fair Grounds
when she was attacked by two of the
monkeys, and it was some timo before
her friends were able to beat them
j off
Woman's Aero Club Formed.
New York: Women are now to learn
to fly. The New York Woman's Aero
j Club is in its genesis. The project
j of the feminine aero club was con-
! ceived by Mrs. Lake, wife of the con-
! structor of the submerine vessels and
Mrs. Gillespie, whose husban-' won
; fame for his aeroplane, Mrs. Leo
| Stevens, wife of Captain Stevens, has
; been selected as leader of the organ-
I ization.
Propose Change in Textbooks.
Fort Worth: Strike out U. S. Grant,
I place Instead Robert E. Lee; Instead
| of Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, with
j James S. llogg to take the place of
] James G. Blaine. These are the
I changes proposed by tne publishers at
the recent investigation of the text-
books now under contract by the Text-
book board, which changes are the
result of complaints made by Joseph
Hood Camp at Austin and R. E. Lee
camp of this city.
All's Well in Hidalgo.
Austin: Advices received by the ad-
jutant general Saturday night from
Hidalgo where the election to decide
the county seat was held Saturday say
all is quiet, the presence of state
rangers probably preventing a fac-
tional clash.
The advance guard of the League
of American Sportsmen has arrived
for the national convention, whlcli will
Many Homeseekers in Texas.
Dallas: The Influx of homeseekers
to Texas, as predicted tills week,
brought through the Kansas City and
St, Louis gateways, has been found
beyond the expectations of even th®
most optimistic industrial agents. It.
is probable there are 10,COO prospect-
ors from the North and East in tho
Lone Star State at the present time,
and they are here so recently (hat
they have hardly shaken the dust of
the old states from their feet.
Night Riders at Dublin.
Dublin; Excitement was caused hers
Friday morning when Mr. Armstrong,
a local ginner, found posted upon his
office door at his gin the following
notice:
"Notls—Mr. Armstrong: As you are
the head of the Jlnners wee notify you
and you can tell the others ,we want
them closed In 3 days 1^^ air notj
closed thear will bee fires
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