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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-04-17

Please remember that the Inter
denominational CoHnty Sunday
School Convention is drawing nigh
"Boyce, April 29-3O, and we expect
your school to be represented there
by two or more delegates, besides,
all Sunday School workers who at
tend will be full members of the
convention. Subjects of vital inn
portance will be presented by the
best workers in the county, and
from all indications this will be the
largest and best convention ever
held in Ellis county, and the good
people of Boyce will be equal to the
occasion with free. entertainment.
Address all communications to w.
s. Newton, Sec, Waxahachie, Tex.
EXECUTIVE Con-.
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CLUB LADIES ENTERTAINED
Mrs. Gibson's Home was a Veri-
table Flower Garden.

Many Of the NJ. w. MS waited
till the clouds rolled by on yester-
day afternoon and braved the mud
to meet. at the hospitable home OF
Mrs. w. A. Gibson, where, amid a
veritable garden of ferns and roses,
frightened by the genial smiles of
the hostess and house party, all
traces of keen disappointment felt
In the early afternoon, when the
rain came, were erased from their
minds and they only remembered
that they had had double blessing.
The entertainment consisted of mu-
sic by Mrs. Leeper and Miss Alice
Gibson, reading by Miss Boone,
and a cake-walk by Miss Chapman %
crowd of "wee tots"
Delightful refreshments were serv-
ed and every one present was per-
mitted to cut for the club prize,
which was handsome bisque stat
ne, and was won by Miss Mamie
Rogers. The house-party prize was
cut glass salt and pepper and Miss
0ni Atkisson cut the lucky number
for this one.
The following were the house par
'ty: Mesdames Leeper, Ferris,
Strickland, Griffin, Patrick, Gibson,
Bynum, Matthews, and Misses Hell
en- Autland, Maude Patrick, Bertha
Fearis, Mary Chapman, Boone,
Alice Gibson, Mamie Rogers, Oni
Adkisson.
The many expressions of a pleas
ant afternoon were emphasized by
the same story told by each face,
the only regret being that all Of both
house party, club and invited guests
were not present to rejoice with
those who "were glad they went. .
A GUEST.
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Contests Filed.

The committee appointed to can
vass the returns Of the Hill county
primary election worked all dav
Tuesday and part of Wednesday
In footing up the columns of the
tally sheets several errors in addi.
tion were found In the Hubbard City
box, which resulted in three con
tests being filed. One of the con
tests was filed by r. r. Curtis, can
didate fer railroad commissioner
The tally list indicates that Col.
quit received 465 votes, Curtis 22s
and Hornsby IL, making a total ot
1W votes, whereas only 673 were
polied. Mr.. Curtis alleges thai
such gross errors amount To fraud
which would justify the Hubbard
box being thrown out. In the event
this Is done Mr.. Beall's majority
will be materially increased.
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TO CURE q colo m oNE DAY

take Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the mon
ey If it fails to cure. E. w. Groves
signature is on each box. 25c. /
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The Katy has arranged most
excellent train service for the Dallas
reunion.
For April =, %, "a and Is, the e +.
G.. ". special trains will leave Waxa-
hachie at SIP u. IN. and returning
leave Dallas at 7:15 p. III. on 23nd,
2lth and 18th, and at II p. III. on the
I'D, on account of Kaliphs' parade.
The Kaliphs' parade special train
viii leave Waxahachie for Dallas at
5:23 p. m., and, returning, leave
Dallas at ii o'clock same evening.
On April 21, account Paderewski
recital, special train will leave
Waxahachie for Dallas at 2:25 D. m.
and on returning leave Dallas at Ii
o'clock same evening.
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Epwnrth LEAGUE PROGRAM.

Following Il the Epworth League
program for Sunday, April 20.
Theme: How. Can | Know That
n Am saveds John s;32i John 4:7
Romans S.1-Io,9
Music.
Prayer.
knowledge of the Truth Leader,
". A. Caifee.
Song.
Acceptance of Jesus; Rejection OF
Satan Miss Lucille Arnold.
Music by Orchestra.
BY Witness and Leadership of
the Holy Spirit Mrs. Wright.
Solo Mrs. Baumgartner.
Christian Affection--W. C.. Bry-
ant.
Song.
League Benedictiop.
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A precinct convention is hereby
called to meet at the office of G. III
Leever, In the Goodwin Nc NJ MiIlan
block, tomorrow afternoon at two
O'Clock for the purpose of electing
delegates to the county convention
which eonyenes Saturday. All
democrats living in voting precinct
No. are entitled to participate In
the deliberations of this onvention
j. r. TIMMTNs, Chm.
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THE PIE IS DISTRIBUTED
Appointive Offices Filled Last
Night by the City Council.

The city council met in called ses-
sion last night to distribute the few
pieces of pie at its dispo-
sal. Previous to the meeting May
or Pickett had re-arranged his COM
mittees and after the reading of the
minutes they were announced as
follows:
Finance and printing; Langsford,
chairman; McDuffie, Thompson.
Fire and public buildings: Tim
minis, chairman; Lansford, McDuf-
fie.
Light, sanitary and ordinances:
Lancaster, chairman; Thompson,
Thornhill
Water an d police: Thompson,
chairman; Thornhill, Lancaster.
Streets, alleys and sidewalks:
Thornhill, chairman; Timmins,
Langsford.
Cemetery and parks: McDuffie,
chairman; Lancaster, Timmins.
In the reorganization of the COM
mittees very few changes were
made, especially with reference to
the chairman.
After the list of committees had
been read they were given an oppor-
tunity to hold conference with refer
ence to making suitable recommend
ations for the appointfve offices.
The following recommendations
were made and confirmed by the
council:
! Superintendent water department,
P. +. Davenport.
/ Engineer at pump station, Luther
Mccartney; assistant, j. HI. Taul-
I bee.
Day policeman, Joe Collins; night
watchman, Andy Ellis.
! Engineer fire department, VIII
Patton; assistant, Frank Hopson;
driver hose cart, Jess Burns; driver
hook and ladder wagon, Jas. Ander-
I son.
/ Superintendent of street force, A.
j. Rogers; assistant, H. j. Bruce
driver of garbage cart, w. Fl Han
Efus
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Cannot Come.

Owing to the bad condition of the
roads the degree team of the Rock
EFT Eraternal Union of America can
not be here tonight to assist Waxa-
hachie in iniGiatory work. If the
weather is favorable next Thursday
night they will be here without fail.
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Preliminary Hearing.

Jim Oliver, charged with criminal
assault, is having preliminary
hearing this afternoon before Judge
Spencer. The offense was commit
ted In the Ovilla country and the al
legged victim is a niece of Oliver.
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The democratic voters of voting
precinct No. are hereby called to
meet In convention tomorrow after
noon at o'clock at the Wyatt box,
for the purpose of electing delegates
to the county convention and tran
saettng such other business as may
properly come before them.
JOHN WYATT, Chm.
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a ehailansega DruggIsls' slaismsn

Robert J. Miller, prOprietOr OF the
Read House Drug Store of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, writes: tThere is
more merit In Foley's Honey and
Iaf than IN any other cough syrup.
The calls Tor Ii multiply wonderfully
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sexton, A. Gardner.

City scavenger, j. F.. Morton.
The salary of the engineer of the
fire department was increased to
so per month, and the salary of the
drivers was raised to $40 each per
month.
A balance of s3SS IS due on the adj
ditlon made to the stand pipe last
fall was ordered paid.
Alderman MeDuffie was instructed
to employ such help as might be re-
quired to keep the city park in good
The police department and street
committee was instructed to pro-
ceed at once with the regular spring
cleaning up of the city. These de-
partments were authorized to see
that sanitary laws of the city were
duly enforced. Garbage of all kinds
must be removed from alleys, and
streets and sidewalks are to be
cleared Of all distractions.
Marshal Dixon was instructed to
see that the city hall was cleaned
up and Alderman Timmins, chair
man of the public buildings com
mittee, was authorized TO put lock
on the door Of the city hall audito-
rium so 1t could not be used without
his consent.
Alderman Timmins was empower
ed to buy new chairs for the use of
the aldermen at their meetings.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
Taken by Surprise,

There are some hospitable creatures
who are greatly disturbed if they can
not meet every demand made on them.
although there are cases when it is
ridiculous to expect them to be able to
be equal to the occasion. Recently Il
barn took fire on large estate, ana the
tiremen of the village worked hard to
put out the flames. After it was all
over the husband asked the fire fight
ers into the house to partake Of coffee
and whatever edibles We're on hand.
His wife welcomed the men with
steaming cups of coffee, doughnuts and
pies; then she said apologctically. "Oh,
IL had only known this was going to
happen l would have had lot Of
things baked up"
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
DEVELOPING TIE coll.

The future usefulness of the colt, says
]. III. Griswold, of the Canadian Expert
ment Station, depends upon nothing so
much as the feed during the first year OF
it's life. To be useful in any way horse
must have good bones, and, above all,
GOOD Joints. Bones are built, like the
rest of the body, from the feed consum-
ed by the Young animal, and If the food
does not contain the elements essentiai
To the growth of bone it Is evident that
there will be weakness in this part OF
the organism. The milk from the dam
contains large proportion of the most
necessary mineral substances, such as
lime: but the colt seems to require much
more in a short time and may be seen
irving occasional mouthfuls OF soil.
Probably no materials at the farmer :
disposal contain more mineral or bone
forming material than bran and oats,
and the colt should have plenty of these
and good clover hay from the start. 1t
is quite safe, as a rule, to give as much
As two quarts of these concentrates mix
ed per diem as soon as the colt can be
taught to eat them, and this may be
gradually increased. The colts tempeGa-
ment and character should be closely
studied. however, and the ration gauged
accordingly. These concentrates ana
clover hay, being rich in proteine, or flesh
forming material, indr ce rapid develop,
mentof muscle, sinew and tendon, as well
as bore, and the right kind OF feed and
nature will do the rest, so far as bodily
development is concerned.-Michigan
Farmer.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
pRoH,TE NOTICES.

To all persons Interested in either Of the Estatf
hereinafter named:
AT Probate Court, held M Paris, u, shU
for the County OF Oxford. ON the third Tuesday of
july In the wear of our Lord one thousanu
nine hundred and two. The following matter
having been presented for the action thereupon
hereinafter Indicated. it II hereby ORDERED;
That notice thereof be given to all persons IN
terested. by causing copy OF this order 10 oe
published three weeks successfully In tne oS
tori Democrat. a newspaper published NJ south
Paris, In said County, that they may appear al
Probate Court 20 be helt at RumfOru Falis, on the
thir,l Tuesday of Aug, A. ID. 1872, at OF the
clock In tn forenoon, and be heard thereon III
they see cause.
ALONZO WOOD, late of Hebron. deceased
will and petition for probate thereof presenter
by Annie X. Record, the executrix therein
named.
SARAH j. RIPLEY, late OF Buckhehi. de,
ceased; will and petition for probate there I
p p'esented by John 4. Swasey, the executor
therein named.
LESLIE c. PORTER, late o. Rumford. de-
ceased, first account presenter for allowance oy
John z. Swasey, administrator.
JOHN II. DECOsTER of BAckdeld. ward;
first account presented for allowance by James
2. Irish. guardian.
THOMAS X DAY. late of Woodstock, de
eeasei; first account presented for allowance oy
Henry A. Wing, administrator.
AUGUSTUS c. TUBBS Of Hebron. ward
dnal account presented for allowance by George
Z. Tubbs, guardian.
AUGUSTUS G. PEARSON, late OF Buckfeld
deceased petition for order TO distribute bal
ance remaining IN his hands presented by
James v. Pearson, administrator
JAMES DUNN, late Of oxford, deceased
petition for an allowance OUT of personal estate
presented by Flora Dunn. widow.
ADDISON 4. HERRICK,
Judge Of said Court.
A true copy-Attest:-
ALBERT ID. PARK, Register.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
THE "SANKERO."
Unhappy Lot of n Peculiar Figure Of
the Irritation Country.

An eastern farmer coming to an irri-
gated valley finds everything as diff
ferent from his accustomed life as he
can well imagine. He must learn an
entirely new language of farming and
q new set Of farming rules. His neigh
Dor greets him. not with the remark,
"It looks like rain," but Have you
heard when the water is coming in?'
or "The bitches are low today" He
learns to speak of miners inches and
acre feet Of water, and he can soon
tell at q glance whether ditch Is car
rying so or 100 miners inches OF wa
ter. He hears wise discussions Of
headgates. weirs. laterals and Zanjes.
He finds that he Is under" Il certain
canal, which by and by will come to
seem to him like an ineXorable fate.
He will very promptly make the ac-
Quaintance of the king of the irrigated
land, the zanjero. in Arizona called
"sankero," in California sometimes
shortened TO ''sanky," the water muster
or ditch rider, bronzed man in over
alls and sombrero, who drives about in
q two wheeled cart, with shovel and
long crooked tined fork by his side
and precious keys in his pockets. He
is the yea and nay OF the arid land. the
arbiter of fate, the dispenser of good
and evil. to be blessed by turns and
cursed by turns and TO receive both
with the utter unconcern of Il small
god, for it is the zanjcro who distrib-
utes the water. He opens the head
gate of each farmers canal and when
the water has run the necessary time
he shuts it down again and again l.cks
it securely. III the water is short. he
sees that it is divided properly between
Smith and Jones and Brown. usually
with Smith and Jones and Brown
watching him like eats. II is Il hard
place, that of zanjero in the valleys.
subject to accusations, temptations,
heartburnings: but. be ii said to the
credit of the American. there is many
a zanjero who is universally respected
in his community as IN honest man.-
Ray Stannard Baker in Century.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
An Odd Dish.

Mix boiled hogs lard and milk with
thick Cruel. Stir 1t well together, with
fresh cheese, yolks Of eggs and brains.
Wrap 1t in a fragrant fig leaf and boil
In the gravy of a chicken or Kid.
When taken out, remove the leaf and
souse it in a potful of boiling honey.
The name OF this comestible is derived
from the fig leaf. but the mixture con-
sists of equal parts Of each. but rather
more eggs. because this gives II con-
sistency. This appears to have been
popular dish among the Greeks. To
us it seems about as nice as an oyster
eaten with brown sugar.
Aristophanes mentions thirum OF
salt fish and a thirum Of fat. In the
Frogs" there is dismal joke In the
form of reasonable objection made to
leaping from a high tower, Il would
lose two fig leaves of BRAIN" The
word occurs no less than twelve times
In the fragments of the comic poets.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
MEN AND BOOKS.

Chopin rarely read anything heavier
than French novel.
Lord Give said that Robinson CRU
soc" beat any book he ever read.
st. John Chrysostom never tired OF
reading or of praising the works of the
apostle John.
James |. of England was Il lover OF
the classics and very familiar with
most OF the Latin writer's.
Bunyan read little besides his Bible
and often said that Christians would
do well to read no other book.
Salvador Rosa liked any kind of poet
ry, but more especially that relating 10
the country or to country scenes.
Hume said that TacituS was the
ablest writer that ever lived and him
self tried to model his style on that of
the Roman historian.
Locke gave most of his attention TO
works of philosophy. He said, Il sand
amazed at the profundity of thought
shown by Aristotle"
The elder Pitt liked Shakespeare. but
not the labor of reading plays. He en-
joyed hearing them and once said that
he had learned more English history
at the theater than at the university
Literary Life.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05

Cheese, which has been the fortune
of Roquefort, has destroyed its pic
turesqueness. 1t has brought spccu-
lators there who have raised great
ugly, square buildings Of dazzling
whiteness in harsh contrast with the
character and somber tone Of the Old
houses. Although the place is so small
that it consists of only one street and
a few alleys, the more ancient dwell
ings are remarkable for their height.
1t is surprising to see in village lost
among the sterile hills houses three
stories high. The fact that there is
only a ledge on which to build must be
the explanation. What is most curious
in the place is the cellars.
Before the cheese became an impor.
tant article of commerce these were
natural caverns, such as are every
where to be found in this culcareous
formation, but now they are really eel
lars that have been eNcavatcd 10 such
a depth in the rock that they are to be
seen in as many as five stages. where
long rows Of cheescs are stacked one
over the other. The virtue Of these eel
lars from the cheescmakins point of
view is their dryness and their scarce
ly varying temperature Of about 8 de-
grees centigrade summer and winter
Temple Bar.
Oxford Democrat., 1902-08-05
A STORY OF HENRY BERGH.
One of His New York Experiences In
profectfnr Dumb Apimals.

Protecting Dumb Aaimals.
Like q we'll dressed, somber ghost be
went striding down the snowy street,
and, at University place he found the
thing he had expetted-a car packed
inside almost to suffocation. both plat
forms packed outside, with men cling
ing like big burs to bottom steps and
dashboard rails, and before 1t, within
cloud of steam, two III fed, bOny horses
with bloodshot eyes and wide, red nos
trils faring in their effort to fill labor
ing lungs with air, with heaving sides
and straining backs and flanks, while
their madly scrambling feet struck nre
from the slippery stones as they strove
in vain TO start again the awful weight
behind them. Curses, Oft terked bell
and assisting yells of passengers failed
of effect. The drivers whip was raised
ready for the stinging blow, when sud-
denly the straining effort ceased, the
horses heads dropped low, and through
the thick air there loomed up before
them tall, dark form, with hand up
raised commandingly. And calm and
distinct two laconic words reached all
ears: stop! Unload"
"Who the blank are you| furiously
demanded the driver. "And where's
your authority for interfering with this
trip?"
He knew well enough whom he was
talking to- so silently Mr.. Bergh turned
back the lapel Of his coat to show his
badge, for in those days he had to do
constabulary work as well as official,
then repeated. Unload"
But, being tired, hungry and mad,
the floodgates gave way, and the pas
sengers' wrath burst forth. Abuse, sa-
tirical comment, threats, filled the air.
To few who demonstrated decently
with him he expressed regret, but with
grave politeness insisted on tightening
the load, telling them they could see
for themselves the utter inability OF
the horses to get them to the end Of the
line and gently urged them hereafter to
note the condition Of crowding before
taking place on a car.
The conductor was especially ugly
and became unpleasantly demonstra-
tive His example worked Ike leaven
on the rest, and spirit Of riot began
to show distinctly In the crowd closing
about the tall, calm, self possessed
man. All faces scowled, and evil names
We're tossed upon the air. He had just
said, You are yourselves increasing
this delay; you might have moved
two minutes and half ago." when a
scurrilous great brute came close up to
him and, with an unspeakable epithet.
shook dirty fist directly in his face.
Without the flash Of an eye or the
quiver Of a muscle in his quiet face
Mr.. Bergh caught the rutfian by the
shoulder, whrled him around, grabbed
the seat of his breeches and the nape
OF his neck, and. with splendid now
all together" sort of u swing he fred
him straight across the street, head on
into the snow bank.
A silence Of utter amaZement was
suddenly broken by one great, swelling
laugh, and then followed the always
thrilling sound of three gloriously
hearty American cheers. Many men
shook hands with Mr.. Bergh before be-
ginning their long tramp hOmeward.
Some admitted their error in aiding
the overloading.-Clara Morris In Nc
Clure's Magazine.