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TO WOMEN WHO MUST WORK.
Find Something You Can DO We'll, Says =
Woman VINO Was Left Penniless.

II you are suddenly compelled to choose
between going to the ~poorhouse and earn
ing your W living, don't try to be q Patti
II you nave a voice like a tin whistle. Don't
aspire to be a ~high-school teacher, either,
when you don't know a noun from a verb
Take something you can do
The trim little person who gave this adj
vice srnoothed down her white apron and
cast an intelligent glance at the gas range,
She ought TO he we'll up in the subject If
any one is. A few years ago she woke up
one morning to find herself a widow, penni-
less and with a small daughter to support.
Host everything | had at one full swoop.
she explained. "Ihad two or three hundred
dollars instead OF thousands. Then | cast
my mind about for something TO do.
Il began at the top. 1t Is "a favorite de-
fusion Of reduced gentlewomen that they
can begin at the top. i thought | would
teach, and / took the teachers e1amina-
ton.
We'll. hat one day. before a wooden
desk, with those cold-blooded questions
before me, and my brain in a hopeless mud
die, gave me a conception OF my Ignorance
that has kept me humble ever since. Then
] thought I'd be a governess, but the field
seemed TO be entirely usurped 10y made
moi,elles and fradleins, or enterprising
college girls, whose degree was a KIND OF
talisman. The salary. too, was nothing
at all.
"Then some one reminded me that | used
TO sing before j was married, and i betook
myself to a c~hoirmaster, who told me gently,
but firmly, that my voice was only orna-
mental, and my knowledge OF technique
execraole. That was why | spoke 80 feel
ingly about would he Pattis.
BY that time, my pride had had so many
falls that II didn't trouble me any more.
So my neat experiment was selling books.
/ held out just a week.
Next | ook up typewriting. Finally
| got a place at 50 a week. The mar |
worked FOR was simply All angel. or he never
| would have put up with mo. BY the end
Of the month | vas fully convinced that [
was a failure at il. But l didn't know
which way TO turn.
when / was at the lowest notch Of dis
couraReulent the clue came. One day a
| friend who had been my standby all through
was telling me about a luncheon she wanted
to give
almonds for il. she said.
" both jumped.
Why notf' she exclaimed.
Why not?' l echoed, It's the one thing
I can do we'll
THAT was tho beginning Of il all. This
good friend OF mine spread my fame among
her friends ard other orders followed hers.
She finally induced the head of her grocery
firm 10 test tho nuts. and he was so pleased
tina he al once gave mo a large order. They
sold as well as he expected and he offered
me a steady contract.
The demand for my wares has grown
constantly, and now behold me in an apart
ment OF my own, with two assistants, and
just as much work a. We three can man
age.
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7VOfINT TELEPHONES.
offered to the city Of I tea for q Twenty
II,s.iear Franchise.

UREA. Feb. Il 4 new telephone COM
many has offered To this city what is said
in hc the hest return for a twenty-five
wear franchise ever extended 10 any city
by a telephone corporation.
Tbe company offers To install a telephone
in every house IN the city where one j.
wanted and 20 ChaTg" a UNIFORM rate ~
W. cant. for a Ave minutes conversation
There will be 10 charge for instruments
and none for messages received. ANY
,nor,han, Who wants more than one tcle-
nhona car have a. many as he desires al
The saIne rates. The oner Is being con
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WHITE House INVITATIONS.
skiiful Work I'm writing Names on the
Invitation cards.

Fro-p the WASHINGTON Frenth0 SfGr.
The preparation Of invitations 70 the four
great social events OF the season at the White
Iouse-the receptions Of the President
is a work that requires great care and the
most expert p.ninanship. The several thou
sand PEOPLE who receive invitations TO each
OF the four receptions necessarily notice ths
attractive and beautiful penmanship, amount
ing almost 20 engraving ms Work II ophn
by some ~ the most noted peninen In the
ser vice Of the United States Government
The cards Of invitation 70 each reception
ore engraved, and contain blanks for the
nance OF the person or persons invited These
blanks arc filed In by the penmen During
tho social season just closed two penmen
we're engaged In writing the names IN the
cnrds, while two others wrote the addresses
on the envelopes containing the cards WITH
oi four men writing beautifully Is q pro-
fession. and frequently those invited TO a re-
cention would wonder whether the naine
was engraved or written Ihis work was
done by j l. McGrew. a clerk In, the Navy
BspsTtmen,; L Il sSWIl n,1imS Sr o of tb rSf In, UTiSr
Dcnortmont. and ' kinnlel Of tho Treasury.
Tho four men. aided by two nd ste1SsrspncTs
vision Of Thomas u N"thcIland OF tho White
Mouse force, himself a notes expert m Mritihg
had charge OF the LIMITATIONS TO these recap-
ions. and his work has been so satisfactory
a 70 THc'iyG isH yo h'sr,{ 'o Sc,saTiSnd o OF
GA ion9li does some Of the writing himself.
bIt hi. duty consists In seeing 10 the prepara-
ian nnd dist ribution Of the invitations, TO
The care Of tie lists OF those invited, and 20
10 thousnnd and one other things that come
before him lie dictates the answers TO
Inc requests for invitations and sHperrn-
tends the making up OF the lists The lists
aro kept from year 20 year. and Mr. Neither
land knows lust who were. INVITED 10 re-
"Sptious in other years and who were re-
fused invitations. lie l. a KIND OF walking
encvcloppdia Of the social and political
sianding aud affiliations Of Washington aud
Other people. He II 20 discreet that never
a word e-capes his mouth about his duties.
and whatever he has 10. say IA PM befor"
Lis chief. Secretary Cortelyou. who Is re-
snonsihle for the way the work L. done.
The work Of writing the inNllalion- IL
,renIcutlv begun weeks ahead of the time
nxnd Certain classes Of people. are in
vited 10 every reception, and Their invita-
lions can be written and put aside ready
FOR delivery when others are made out.
The handwriting experts are not usually
fast penInen SWiftncs- aud beauty. OF
writing arc seldom found together, and 80
the experts take time IN eftNiug the names
Of society people TO cards and envelopes
An Of thS four men engaged IN" last season
were assigned from other departments, and
Mr. Netherland Is the only one helon gins
permanently on the White House rolls,
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denart ment and intended for students who
intend to make illustration for fashion
ma ga zines and for ~dressmakers n pro-
fession.
-Onr drcssmaking students study and
sketch the human figure They must
understand proportions and know how
10 make the best OF a good or a poor figure
by the art of dress. They sketch COS
tune models. They copy models.
They study line and drapery: Then
they take up water colors and go into the
philosophy OF color, combination. harmony.
Come into the school rooms and I'll show
YOU come water-color drawings that explain
the sort Of art work that - done.
The class ooBs are large and light and
full of students. On every side hang pho
tographs. engravings, colored prints illus
trating the hist DRY of costume. There
are, too, numerous casts, chiefly repro
auctions Of the fragments ot tho EIgin
marbles. showing the marvellous posi-
hilities Of drapery.
In one room the most advanced students
were working over shimmerinR silks and
lacps. In another room woollen materials
We're being made mp.
The home-courS.. girls were busy with
shirt waists and unlined summer frocks.
The plain sewing class was working over
dainty lingerie.
In tho ar room eighteen girls were draw
ing from u ostum model, ON the walls
~ this room hung the water-color sketches
TO which Miss Sackett had referred.
you see" said the director, this u
all nature work For example we give
the student a mounted butterfly. She
first makes a carefully studied water color
OF the butterfly.
Then she designs "a costume that re-
produces the color combinations OF the
butterfly and many of is lnes, Every
thing in the design mus be suggested ny
the butterfly.
we have a large collection Of butterflies.
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In the " World az Fashion

much ,ranspires that finds its way TO THY
SuS's Woman's Page nrst. This H. one
feature that makes THE Sun q desirable
home paper ADJ.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-03
DEED on 4 DYNAMITER
Residence at Chicago Il Blown MP
by a Vile Fiend.
TWO PERSONS KILLED
The Body Of Child TIVE Years Old
Torn TO Pieces, the Heuse Burnsd
and an Adjoining One
Is Also Destroyed.

Chicago Nov. ga dynamite bomb
the weapon of a deranged assassin
blew up the home of Jos. Kordeck In
Chicago Heights Sunday, killing two
members of the family outright and
injuring several others. The house
was set on fire and burned while that
of a neighbor caught fire and was also
destroyed. The dead: Jos. Kcrdeck,
arms and legs blown off: Lucy Kor-
deck, aged 2 years, body blown to
pieces.
The injured: Mrs. Lucy Kordeck.
flesh blown off. right side injured in
ternalIy; may die.
Seven children who escaped were in
jured, but not seriously.
The explosion occurred while the
family was asleep. The father and
mother, with the daughter. Lucy, oc-
cupied a room in the front OF the cot
tage. On the other side were rooms
occupied by ,ne rest of the family
The bomb was placed under the room
occupied by the parents and the I'm
pact Of the explosion tore hole In the
floor, blew the bed to pieces, dismem-
bered Kordeck aud scattered into frag-
ments the body of Lucy, who was sleep
ing with her parents. Pieces Of flesh
the size Of mans hand were the larg-
est remnants OF the child's body that
could be found. The force Of the ex-
plosion was directly upward. and tore
a piece of flesh from Mrs. Kordeck's
side and blew her through window.
The noise aroused the rest Oh the fami-
~ and they had hardly time 10 escape
from the flames, which soon destroyed
the cottage. Kordeck's body. torn 70
shreds was found In the debries after
the fire.
Chas, Smith. a former boarder at the
Kordeck house who was paying atten-
ton to one OF kordees's daughters,
has been arrested. charged with the
crime. The Kordeck girl was to have
been married TO another man this
week. Smith declares he is innocent,
but neighbors declare that he made
threats to them that If the girl refused
TO be his wife be would blow up the
entire family with dynamite. Smith
was absent from his room at the time
OF the explosion. His room mate, Thos.
Kobolinski claims that Smith return
cd to his COON greatly excited shortly
after the explosion.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-03

Fort Worth. Nov. 3-The Texas
Baseball league met here Sunday, e.
b. Doran at Dallas was elected seere-
tary and J. W Gardner Of the same
city treasurer
Paris Was dropped from the league.
The following franchises we're APPROX
ed for 1908. San Antonio, TO J. r.
Kelly; Houston. TO Tel p. Sullivan;
Dallas, to j. w Gardner: Fort Worth.
to W III Ward; Corsicana. 10 j. D.
Robews and associates. Tie circuit
chairman has the power to admit Paris
IL she should see fli.
e The next meeting viii be called by
the chairman of the circuit com
.mlttee.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-03
ON CEDAR MOUNTAIN
President Roosevelt and Party Visii
j Noted Battlefield.
FIGHT IS DESCRIBED
Scene Of One Of the Nest SangninaFJ
Conflicts Of the War Between the
States Viewed on the Sab
bath Day By the Party.

Brandy Station. Va, Nov. 3.-Presi
dent Roosevelt passed several hours
Sunday afternoon on the battlefield
OF Cedar Mountain Accompanied by
Secretary Root, Secretary Cortelyou
and Or. Rixey, the president drove TO
the site OF the sanguinary struggle
and theere received from an eye wit.
meas and participant an account OF the
fight. IL was the most interesting
event thus far Of his present trip. The
day was perfect and the drive to the
battlefield was as pleasureable as
could be desired.
The president drove to the battle
field over the road which years ago
was the stage route between New
York and New Orleans On arrival on
the field. which IL dotted here and
there by monuments marking the posi-,
tons Of the troops during the fight.
the contest was explained to the pres
ident b. Judge Grimsley who now is
a member Of tho bench Of this judicial
circuit. The Judge was captain In
the Sixth Virginia cavalry aad was q
participant In the fight. The presi.
dent. a eavairyman himself. was In.
terested particularly ia the account Of
the famous First Cavalry charge,
made during the Battle Of Cedar
Mountain The Union and Confcder.
ate cavalry met ia a depression NOT
far from Cedar Mountain While the
battle did not last long and vas
brought co gate Unexpectedly. tt was
fFiEhtfuiiy sanguinary. the losses on
both sides being abous a2o0
In the very heart 81 the battle field
presldrn, Roosevelt held an Informal
reception subsequently, he was given
a she'll which had been dug up on the
battlefield. as uaemento Of his visit
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Muskogee. I. T, Nos. S.-~Unlted
States Marshall Bennett and deputies
left this place Sunday for Wewoka in
charge Of two carloads II prisoners
who viii be tried at the present term
of court. II Is the heaviest criminal
docket that has been SET this fall in
the Western district There were sew
en- men among the prisoners who are
TO answer the charge 81 murder A
new jail was built at Wewoka this
summer and II will hardly contain I'll
the prisoners taken for trial at the
first term Of court
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Pre- slDENT AT MANASSAS.


Manassas. Va, Nov 3.-~in a Httul
glare Of locomotive lanterns President
Roosevelt at $50 Saturday morn
ing stepped briskig from his private
car tn the railroad yard here and was
greeted cordially by a little group Of
newspaper men. special officers AMI
railroad men who gathered to see him
start on hunt fer Wild turkeys. sher-
ia J T lsaehman acted AS guide X
the party on the turkey hunt The
party entered carriages and, preceded
by sheriff Leaehman and secret ser
vice otflcer In a buggy. started for the
hunting grounds about four miles dis
taut. and returned before uoon. The
party assembled AT noon at the Henry
House, which is 10 the very center OF
the operations OF the FIRST bauie OF
Bull Run There luncheon was served
During the afternoon the president
drove over tie battlefield Late In the
afternoon u special train took the
party to Brandy. Va. "a miles south
Of Manassas. where they will be the
guests for q day or 50 OF relatives Of
Surgeon General Rixey.
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SERIOUS COLLISION.



Chicago. Nov 3.-~As q result OF the
collision between a Claybourne avenue
electric car and a switch engine on the
Chicago. Milwaukee and St Paul here.
one person was killed. three seriously
injured and number of others badly
shaken up. The accident occurred a.
the corner of Claybourne avenue and
Wrightwood street At the intersection
with the railroad tracks. The electric
car was bound down town, and the
fact that there were only about dozen.
occupants accounts for the list of in
tured being no greater. Just as the
car was crossing the tracks the switch
engine came along, and before any
thing could be done TO avoid the ca
tastrophe 1t crashed into the side OF
the car. throwing the people In all d.
reetions and demolishing the car The
police were notified and the injured
taken to the hospital, The dead are.
Richard Wilson. motorman Of the
car. died on the way to the hospital.
The injured are:
Henry Yeager, Injured internally.
will die.
Andrew Grant, Injured internally.
John Pafeek. eoneussion on the head.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-03

Fl Paso, Tex. Nov 3-Detectives of
the New York Life Insurance Co. have
caused the arrest here on the charge
Of swindling of three men. one of them
agent in Mexico The officers allege
that the agent insured consumptives
and that the money was divided be
tween the agents and confederates. A
confederate. il is stated. stood the midi
cal examination. Twenty-Five thousand
dollars was collected here on the lives
OF two men. both of whom died sud-
denly and mysteriously at Chihuahua.
Their bodies will be exhumed. Investi-
CATION followed on application for a
policy of 5000 The men refuse to
talk
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Scranton. Pa, Nov. 3.--The strike
commissioners left for Haxeitan Sat
urday night To spend four days in fur
Their acauainting themselves with the
physical features of mining. They lad
not decided up to the time OF leaving
how they would divide their time
while In the middle and lower dis
tricts. II was definitely decided that
act more than four days will be de-
voted TO the trip
Assistant Recorder Neiil was left be-
hind TO receive the miners statement
from President Mitchell. On Thursday
It Ia expected the operators counter
statement will be handed In.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-03

Ei Paso. Tex. Nov "A cold wave
has swept over this section, and re-
ports from the surrounding mountain
regions indicate that the snowfall has
been heavy. On the slopes In New
Mexico hundreds OF sheep. caught I'M
expectedly and unprotected In the
open. have persisted and below this
city In the Rio Grande valley the loss
es have also been numerous
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-03
re NplsH FATHER.


&&&8NN&#A# MA8%M&4M NAN3 #NNNN - 1859
and rrvnMsiv gIaasA pAnehass.
Inez, Ky. NOV. !. Pleasant spaId.
ing. held for killing his a-year-oid SOP
and hts 15-year-old daughter IL threat.
ened with lynchIng. spradling's fam.
lily consisted OF wife. three daughters
and son. with his daughters and
boy. the father was herding sheep last
Friday, The boy was unable to keeT
up with the others. The father placed
him on a stone beside spring, tell
ing him to wait until his return. The
boy becoming tired OF sitting still, be
gan to peel loose bark of tree that
oyerhung the spring. Presently the
father returning and noticing the barb
On the ground. asked the boy who had
done It Tae boy replied that he had
II would rather have you dead than
raise you to destroy everything on the
farm" Is the reply the father Is said
to have made and then, it Is charged,
he picked up a stone and struck the
boy on the head, knocking him down.
Then, IL liz alleged, he kicked the pros
trate boy in the head until he had kill
ed him. and turning to hts daughters
threatened them with a like fate II
they ever told what had occurred Aft
erward he went home and said the
boy. while chasing sheep bad run
against a tree and killed himself.
Becoming alarmed, he took his eid-
est daughter and went TO the mountain.
His wife had neighbors bury the boy.
spradling was captured, bat his daugh-
ter is missing.
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London. Nov. 3~-The British steam
or ST. Regulus. Captain eMullen.
from Shields for Alexandria, has put
In at Gravesend. She reports having
colllded with and sunk the Spanish
steamer Enero. Captain Delgado, from
Hueia. Spain. Oct %. With the ex-
eep,ion OF three members. the crew of
the Enreo was drowned The accident
occurred Friday night Of Dungeness.
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Rebel. s,IlI seen

Kingston. Jamaica, Nov 3.-The
British steamer Trent has arrived
here from Colon, Colombia. She
brings reports that the Colombian reb-
els are still to be seen in the vicinity
of the isthmus. and that occasionally
they appear in the towns along the
railroad line.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-03

Washington, Nov 3,-Ofieiai motif
cation has been received by Monsignor
Falconio, at present apostolic dele
gate TO Canada, appointing him apos-
tolic delegate TO the states to succeed
Cardinal MartinsllL who left this pest
TO return to Rene o. May J. Monsig-
nor Faieonio will arrive about Nov. 20.
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New York, Nov. 3.-Two hundred
and fifty boys. inmates of the New
York juvenile asylum. made con-
certed break for freedom Sunday. The
plot was devised several weeks ago.
Fifty OF the boys escaped in escaping,
but twenty-three OF them were recap
tured after two hours, Those at large
range in age from 10 to Is years.
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Satisfactory settlement.

Constantinople. Nov 3.-The nego-
tiations between Great Britain and
Turkish troops on the Hinterland of
Alden have resulted In a satisfactory
settlement of the matter The Porte
has modified its note to Great Britain
and has ordered the evacuation OF the
Hinterland. which was formerly oceu-
pied by British troops.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-03
Anxious Moments,

some OF the most anxious hours
az 4 mothers life are those when
xsshe IlttIa ones of the household have
1.-THE Group. There is no other medi-
cine so effective as Foley's Honey
and Tar. It is . household favorite
for throat and lung troubles, and a.
It contains no opiates or other pOis-
fonn It ear be safely given. Sold by
Is. W Fearis.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-03

Atlanta. Ca, Nov IA Constitn-
ton special from Savannah, Ga. says:
Gugie BourQuin. SIS years of age,
and a negro man were murdered Sun
day near the formers farm, six miles
from this city. 1t is supposed the two
were driving together. whea they we're
shot, as Bourquin's body was found
in a buggy, and the body Of the negro
was discovered one hundred yards
from where the vehicle was standing.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-03

Jerusalem. Nov. 3.-There have been
494 deaths from cholera here and rs
at GhuEzeh during the past week. Great
distress prevails at LYDIA because OF
the total inadequacy OF aid there TO
cope with the disease.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-03

Fort Smith, Ark, Nov. 3.--Charles
Holland, an employe at a cotton gin
at Cecil, was killed Saturday evening
by being caught in belt. He was
terribly mangled Both arms and legs
were torn from his body and his neck
States Marshal Bennett and deputies
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-03

Atlanta. Nov 3.-~The Southern rail
ways fast mail train, with card time
schedule o; SO hours between New
York and New Orleans was inaug-
urated Sunday The first train which
reached this city made the record run
In % hours.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-11-03
Killed by . Train.

Elgin, H., Nov 3.--Frank and Louis
Schuette and Charles and James
WoodFich were killed Saturday at Al
gonquin. H.. where the milk express
on the Chicago and Northwestern
railway struck their carriage on the
crossing.
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Collitsess Ia Yards.

Jackson, Miss, Nov. 3.-The north.
bound Illinois Central Cannon Ball"
collided Sunday afternoon with a
switch engine in the yards at this
point. seriously injuring one passen-
ger and slightly wounding twelve 9TH
ers.
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Robert Beck OF the Santa Re was shot
and killed here Sunday George Per-
kins was arrested aud lodged in all
Both are colored.
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Louisville. Nov. A dispatch from
Aonciairs N. j., announces the death
there Of Samuel H. Edgar, aeeaAa vice
pressdahk fthe Louisville ana Mash
vile railway.