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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-09-23
Death OF a Good Citizen.

NJ. {. Feds, one of Ellis county's
most highly respected citizens, died
yesterday afternoon about four
O'Clock at his home at Boyce. Mr..
Feds had been sick only a day or
two and the news of his death came
as great surprise to his friends.
His remains were brought to
Waxahachie and inferred this af-
ternoon at two O'Clock, the Wood
men of the world having charge OF
the burial ceremonies.
Mr. Feds was about forty
years old and had lived in Texas a
period of Is years, coming here
from Mississippi. He was a member
of the firm of Feds Bros, who were
in the ginning business at Boyee a
number of years. Mr.. Feds was
one of the substantial citizens of
that community and was noted for
his square dealing with his neigh
bors and friends. His death east a
pail of sadness over the entire com
munity.
He leaves a wife and four children
to mourn his death. He carried
life insurance in the sum of $4,000.
OF this amount $1,000 was with the
Woodmen of the World, $1,000 in the
Fraternal Union of America, and
$1,000 in the New York Life lnsur-
ance Company.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-09-23

The University Foot Ball Team
will have a special train consisting
of "a five coaches leaving over the
II. & T. e. Saturday morning Sept,
18th at 7:30, for the accommodation Of
University students and friends.
Train will reach Dallas 8 a. m. and
returning leave Dallas 7:l0 2. M,
reaching Waxahachie $40 p. m.
Fare on this special train will be
81. 90 for round trip. .Waxahachie
should have large representation
to cheer the home team and this
special train affords also a good OPP
to attend the opening day
of the Fair, returning at a season
able hour.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-09-23
Wild West Show.

The event Of the season is close
upon us-BufFalo Bill is within hail
ing distance and will arrive, with
his Wild West, on Oct. 10. There
are not, in any other organization
for popular entertainment, SO
many hundred of male per-
formers and horses as appear
in the arena of this Wild West
and not in many mere shows, >"
however pretentious they may be,
are there such d number of men en-
gagged in re-enacting for the public,
thrilling incidents Of real life in
which they themselves have been
heroes Geuuineness of personality
in persOnatiOn has been a distin-
gushing characteristic of this en-
tertanment, ever since it first or
ganizatiou by Col, w. +. Cody Buff
fal0 Bill. While the arenic per-
Torrance is Just as full Of vivid
stirring Wild Western scenes as
ever, it has been expanded to take
in a vast deal more illustrative of
strong men and their doughty deeds
all over the world and includes
some splendid spectacular effects the
like Of which have never been seen
hereabouts. This is a sort of "hail
and farewell" visit of the Wild
West. 1t has taken some seventeen
or eighteen years to get here, is go
ing next season to Europe to be
gone two or three years, and is
hardly likely to last long enough to
get back here, since its duration is
necessarily limited to the lives Of
it's men.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-09-23

Worth G.. Rocket, pharmacist al
the Oriental Drug Store, returned
last night from jacksonville where
he spent several days In search OF
health and recreation. Mr.. Rocket
says the fruit industry IL proving
10 be a great boon to the people Of
that section OF the state. The peach
and tomato crop this year was UNI
usually large and hundreds OF car
loads have been shipped to the north.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-09-23
Not Doomed for Life

81 was treated for three years by
good doctors, writes w. A. Greer,
McConnellsville, o., "for piles and
fstula, but when all failed Bucklen's
Arnica Salve cured me in two
weeks" Cures burns, bruises, cuts,
cOrns, sores, eruptions, salt rheum,
piles or no pay. Doc at Herring
Sparks Drug Co
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-09-23
Feet Swollen to Immense size.

II had Kidney trouble so bad, :"
SAYS J. } Cox of Valley View, KY,
that / could not work my feet were
swollen to immense size and was
confined to my bed and physicians
We're unable to give me any relief.
My doctor finally prescribed Foley's
Kidney Cure which made well
man of me-" Sold by b. w. Fearis
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-09-23

Foley's Kidney Cure makes the
diseased kidneys sound so they will
eliminate the poisons from the
blood. Told by b. w. Fearis.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-09-23

A New ersey Editors Testimonial.
NJ. 7. Lynch, Editor Of the Phil
ipsburg n. Daily Post, writ 5 81
have used many kinds Of medicines
for coughs and colds in my family
hut never any SO good as Foley's
Honey and Tar / cannot say too
much in praise Of it.n Sold by b
w. FpariS
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-11-07
offering in Skirts.
I'm offering in Skirts Wifboufs
PARALLEL

One lot of Rainy Day Skirts Oxford Gray, during this sale
they go for 40
me line Strictly Tailor Made Skirts in
navy ana Black sold for 5000 sale : %
SUITS purchased at the dollar
worm less than $40 choice while %
81 80 during this "'s price iF0" %
SPECIAL lot Lined Skirts worth to out at this Bic
1"'' 10y .
Full line of all kinds $4,000 EACH all at greatly reduced ~
during this sale ~ 'ei""9 i0'u'eo prices
The greatest opportunity buy tode Suit at the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-11-07
Begins MONDAY, Rooehnber 10th, closes
Saturday Evening, December z0tb.
Don't Forget the Date.
Just CWenfp Days and no Longer.
Don't Forget the Date.

Couny
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Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11

for food, to see above the surface with
part of the eye and below the water
with the other part. The band which
divides the eye into two equal parts,
striking the surface or edge of the
water, divides the line Of vision. Of
course, this is a great advantage to the
fish when seeking food, And since the
band seems to serve no other purpose
than to enable the fish to swim thus
at the surface Of the water, it is but
reasonable to suppose that it has been
formed there because Of this peculiar
way Of swimming No other fish are
known to swim at the surface in just
the same way as do these fish, and if
they were to do so, it may be supposed
that they, too, would sooner or later
get a similar band on the eye, for it is
quite likely that this habit of holding
the eye at the surface of the water
while seeking food, extending through
centuries with this fish, very gradually
caused a gristle or blurred band to
form on that portion Of the eye which
struck the water, or edge of the water.
Now, as it is a custom of nature to
take away the usefulness Of any men,
Der or organ Of the body never used,
she has caused this band to form here,
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since that part Of the eye which struck
the edge of the water was not used,
and could not be used while the fish
was swimming thus. This band has,
therefore, by slow degrees, become
more and more permanent, until now it
is Firmly fixed, and destroys the
sight Of that portion Of the eye over
which it extends While very young
the band is not on the fish's eye. This
fact helps to prove that the band was
not always on the eye Of these fish,
but it has been formed by their habit
of swimming at the surface.
Some scientists do NOT call this fish
four-eyed, for they say there are no
four-eyed fish. They say this eye is
exactly like any other eye, except for
the band across it, and that the human
eye would represent a like condition
were one to faster a narrow band
across IT. Other scientists claim that
each Of these two parts of the eye can
lie contracted or expanded independ-
entity Of the other.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
Making a Ping-Puny
Set at KuHs.

OF all the indoor games that the wri-
er has tried-and he has tackled about
III of them-none has proved such Jolly
good fun as table tennis, OF as the Eng
ish call it. ''pingpong."
A tirst-class ping-pong outfit with
wo rackets that are perfect little ten
his rackets on small scale viii cost
lbOut $4 at the shop. When it comes
% a very cheap set you can probably
make at home just as good an outfit
Ind maybe better. ID,
First, as to the rackets. In England
he kind most favored have centres of
parchment like a drumhead, from
which the ball rebounds with that hum
ming ping-pOng sound which gives the
game its name.
The writer prefers the string racket.
Pieces of rattan soaked a while in
teaming hot water to make them very
upple make good racket frames. A
wooden handle, followed out at the end
With grooves for the rattan frame to
1t in is simply constructed, as shown
n the diagram above. In stringing the
tring used on a banjo would be about
light. Two strings for each racket
hOuld be enough.
These strings should be thoroughly
Oaked and then used while still wet.
DO not string too tight, for if you do
ghen the strings dry and shrink they
yill pull the frame all out Of shape.
string first across and hen up and
lown exactly as in 4 regula ion racket.
n making a support for your net a
ouple Of yards of heavy telegraph wire
will answer. Take each length and
louble and bend into shape shown in
he diagram. This Of itself may not be
lutte stanch enough to hold the net
aut but by running a cord from the
op Of one wire support down and un.
Ter the table to the top Of the other
support, you should be able to obtain
he necessary amount Of rigidity. The
let itself should be about six inches
high from the table, and should clear
he table by enough to allow the ball
% pass easily under it. Any material
will do for the net, though a gauze or
letting Of some kind bound at the top
With an inch or two of white tape is
lest. AS to the table itself, it should
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11

be simply a smooth and fiat surface
about five by ten feet, or, say, four by
eight feet.
The game is played exactly as ten
His is played, except that there is bur
)ne court on either side Of the net. If
The ball strikes the very edge Of the
able and so bounces off in such a way
hat a return is impossible, call it an
edger," and serve over again.
The method Of scoring is the same
as in tennis. One rule Of the old game
which is barred because Of the narrow
bounds is volleying. A ball can never
be returned, except on the bounce.
Pickups, however, are allowable. An
other strict ruling Of ping,pong is that
no overland strokes are allowed; the
hand must never be raised above the
height of the elbow Also the serve
must be delivered from a point beyond
the end Of the table.
The tennis experts and all-round ath-
letes have devised a new sort of racket
that makes Of this parlor game a rath-
er strenuous and exciting affair.
The racket is simply a wooden pad
de Of about the same outside dimen-
sions as the ping-pong strung racket;
that IS, about six inches in diameter
roughly speaking-the handle being of
any desired length.
The paddle part is not of one piece
with the handle, as it would break OF
split too easily The handle is splced
on. The paddle-on one side or both
according to how you play, is covered
with emery cloth or paper guled on
carefully. With this rough surface
you can cut the ball or give the Law
ford' stroke in splendid fashion.
As to balls, the best are those made
Of celluloid which can be bought at
any sporting OF toy store for a few
cents apiece.
This ping-pong Is really a great game
and the writer thinks it has come to
stay.-Detroit Free Press.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
The Pear.

The pear is undeniably the favoritc
fruit Of modern times, indeed, VIC be-
lieye the pear Of modern times, thanks
TO the science and skill Of horticultUr-
lists, is quite a different morsel for the
palate from the pear Of two or three
centuries ago.
SO long ago as the earliest time Of
the Romans the pear was considerably
cultivated IL was common I'm Syria,
Egypt and Greece, and from the latter
countries was transplanted into Italy,
and from there into Germany and
Holland and eventually into the United
stGteg New York News.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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The first automobile used in America
was constructed by a Chicago man. In
1884 Edwin #. Brown, then a we'll
known bicycle rider, evolved the idea
Of a steam-propelled vehicle for use On
ordinary roads His first machine was
built on the running gear of an old.
style tandem tricycle., with a boiler in
front. He managed TO operate it with
some success and was encouraged to
undertake an improvement.
After a season Of experiment he pro.
duced a second vehicle on totally dif
ferent lines, it having four wheels in
stead Of three, and with the weight
hung below the wheel shafts. This
was operated successfully, but no great
speed could be attained, as the boiler
was still mounted in front and the es-
Gaping smoke and steam blew directly
into the face Of the driver. binding his
range Of vision and making it danger
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11

New York Herald. Another reason is
because the inventor thought that the
average driver would sooner have two
companions than one, and there will
be room for two wherever this saddle
is used, since the driver win be ele-
waited above the two large cushioned
seats, and, except by an occasional
movement Of his arms, will not in the
least incommode those sitting beside
but a little below him. This new sad
die can be raised TO any necessary
height.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
Arkansas CordiaIity.

J. 3. Rutherford returned from Little
Rock and says that JEFF Davis is the
biggest man in the State.
"The State House." said Mr. Ruther-
ford, was just crowded with people
congratulating the Governor on his
nomination. l sent in my card and the
first thing 1 knew Davis came out in
his shirt-sleeves and said:
"Say, Jim, you don't need any card
when you come to see me. If the other
fellow had been elected you might have
needed a card, but when you come to
see me, just walk right in, and hang
your hat on a peg, and unpack your
trunk Arkansas Gazette.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11

exceeding in length the tiger, the griz-
Ely bear and the polar bear. There is
a fine specimen of this bear, the only
one in captivity, in the United States
National Zoo at Washington, but it is
only a cub. Despite his youth, how
ever, he is almost as large as two full
grown grizzlies who are his present i'm.
mediate neighbOrs.
Meanwhile the Alaska Commercial
Company, acting on behalf Of the Uni
ted States Government, is attempting
to capture a full-grown animal of this
species. According to the New York
Journal there has been standing at
Kadiak Island since last June a great
steel cage sixteen feet long and six
feet high, in one end of which is a
heavy raised grating, which is con-
neCted with a trigger in the rear end
Of the cage. This trigger is baited
with salmon. When the bear bites the
bait the steel door will close on him.
The steel cage in which the United
States authorities hope to entertain
Mr. Ursus Kadiakus until his transpOr-
ton can be arranged was taken to
Alaska and erected on Kadiak ISL
and, under the supervision Of ELL
wood Hofer, a famous Yellowstone
uapper and guide, who is more famil-
iarly known as Billy Hofer. This
cage, or tray, was designed and made
especially with a view of accommodate
ing the Kadiak bear, and should he
enter it, it is probable he will stay in
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
SHE OUGHT 10 KNOW

Four-year-old Ruth was seated oD
the floor, tending to the cares Of a
large family of dolls, one member Of
which was in rather a dilapidated con.
ditiOn.
How old Is that Dollie, Ruth?" in.
quired a visiting friend.
"She is fifty years DID, answered
Ruth gravely.
why, Ruthie," exclaimed Sister
Margaret, 81 don't think she is as an.
cient as that"
Margaret" and the large brown
eyes were raised in surprise. 81 Ger.
tainly fink / ought to know the ages
of my own children
And Ruthie was right. The doll
had been her grandmother's.-Chicago
Chropjn'1-
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
WHY HE KEPT QUIET.

Il don't believe that there is such a
thing as a Fool Killer in the world"
declared Mrs Muggins, in the course
of a family debate which had become
somewhat acrimonious.
The remark is rather irrelevant to
the matter in hand" remarked Mr..
Muggins still, I'd like to know the
grounds for your disbelief"
Would you? Well, Charles Angus
tus Muggins, if there was such q
thing as a Fool Killer, you would have
never lived to be thirty-fve years old"
-Pittsburg Gazette.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
HER FUNNY STORY.

81 want to tell you such a funny
thing" she said. when l heard it J
laughed till l nearly died You know
the Fergusons have a new coachman
Well, day before yesterday Nell and
her mother wanted to make calls, Sc
they told the coachman to get the
coupe ready, and they made eight calls
from 1 o'clock until g."
Il don't see anything so funny about
that" he observed.
But there was something else" she
said. Dear me, | wish | could re
member what it was. 1t was just kill
ing. 'I-Chicago Record-Herald.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
MODIFIED EGGS.

The drummer" whose route took
him to the lumber districts of Maine,
went down to the breakfast table at
the hotel one morning to find that the
chief dish was to be scrambled eggs.
The rosy-cheeked waitress was gone
a long time after his order and finally
appeared with cheeks roster than ever.
"Plaze, sir" she said, hesitatingly,
"the eggs were not quite fresh enough
to scramble, but will you have 'em
boiled"-New York Mail and Ex
press.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11

GUS to run faster than six or eight miles
an hour unless he was certain the road
was clear.
The idea Of placing the boiler at the
rear of the vehicle did not occur to Mr.,
Brown until 1889, when he made a rad
ical change in the body Of the carriage,
mounted it on pneumatic-tred wheels
and for short distances operated it at
a speed of twenty miles an hour. All
these machines were constructed en-
tirely of bicycle parts.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
Yands of Office.

In some Of the Lithuanian villages in
the extreme northeastern corner of the
German Empire, says the New York
Herald, the Mayor, or Chief Magis-
strate, still uses a wand Of office The
use Of this symbol Of authority can be
traced back to the conversion Of the
Lithuanians to Christianity at the end
Of the fourteenth century.
These wands are appropriately called
'krywuls," or crooks, for they are
made Of the most strangely cOntorted
boughs and sapllngs that can be
found. The more fantastic the shape
Of the krywul, the more highly is it
valued. Many are made by training
young shoots into queer forms
The krywul is carried by the Magls-
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A saddle For DrIvers.

To drive a spirited pair Of horses
from the box seat Of an ordinary car
riage is not an easy task, especially if
the driver is of medium or low size,
and for the reason that the position
which he occupies is not one which al
lows him to exercise full control over
the animals.
This is one reason why a box seat
saddle has been invented says the
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
ThinI. nHe1Ion Is vuIgar.

The women Of Appleton, Wis, place
of about a dozen thousand inhabitants,
have thought it all over and arc con-
yinced that hello as a conversation
opener on the telephone is exceedingly
vulgar, They have pledged themselves
TO stand by a crusade to stop the use Of
the Objectionable word.-Syracuse
Post-Standard.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11

it until he arrives in Washington The
cage will be hoisted on to a vessel at
the island and transferred to a fiat car
at Vancouver At first the trigger
was baited with honey, but the foxes
of Kadiak Island are much more in
quisitive than bears, and, after a num-
Der Of them had been caught the bait
was change to salmon.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
prir.s rnr Wind Gnnrns.

Prizes Of $500, $3.50 and $500 for
the best Instruments to measure wind
pressure are offered by the Hamburg
Marine Observatory to German and
foreign inventors. The plans must be
sent Do by April ]. 1903. -
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
HOW IRON WAS DISCOVERED.

Teacher-Johnny, can you tell me
bow iron was first discovered?
JOhnny-Yes, sir.
We'll! Just tell the class what
your information is on the point"
Il heard pa say yesterday that they
smelt it'-LOndon Spare Moments.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
INCREASED INTEREST.

Did you call that trust magnate
to the stand?"
Il did" answered the man who was
conducting the investigation.
Il suppose he added a great deal to
the interest in the case?"
He did. It is now more mysterious
than ever Washington Star.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
NEW NEIGHBORS.

Mrs. Gadabout-That Mrs. Hard
head next door doesn't seem to have
many friends.
Hostess (wearily)-No, l wonder
how she manages it.-TitBits.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
SPECIMENS

Miss Singleton (effusively)-Oh,
papa is so good to me! At every
birthday he presents me with some
pieces of jewellery.
Young Archaeologist (naively)-
Have you-have you preserved some
Of the earliest specimens? ?-Sing Sing
Star of Hope.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
OUT OF DATE METAPHOR.

The battle was shifting to another
part of the field.
Here, orderly" said the command
in general, take this message to Col
Garshy and don't let the grass grow
under your feet, eiYer!"
How can l event it, general,
when | am to- -.yel by balloon?"-
Chicago Tribune.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
SEES A DISADVANTAGE IN 1T.

You ought to be a good boy"
Yes, but if was good boy peo
pie wouldn't say how bright l am. -
Indianapolis News.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
LIMITATIONS.

Midkiff-Did you ever know a wo.
man who could keep a secret?
Rorick-Yes, but l never knew one
that could keep it a secret.-New
York Sun.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
Tho Fever.

An Atchison girl, who. got $50 a
month and had an easy time Of it,
caught the fever two years ago and
chased a man. She had an athletic
training, soon caught up with him,
and landed him Now she does all her
own housework. including washing and
ironing, has twin babies and gets her
board and clothes. Her name should
be furnished an women seized with
this man-catcbing feyer.-Atchison
Globe.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11

Don't burn your bridges behind you,
under the impression that you are set
ting the world on IRE.
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A DIVIDED EYE. 3
A Fish which Sees Above and BE y
low the Surface. B
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I'm the shore waters and rivers of
Central America there are thou
sands of little fish with very Gu
rious eyes. They are called four
eyed fish, and the eye is very much
like a double eye; and then, too, it
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11

In the quantity Of annual rainfall
the continents rank as follows: South
America, Africa, North America. Eu.
rope. Asia, Australia
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
LIVE NEWS OF THE
OLD DOMINION.
Latest Happenings Cleaned From All
Over the State.
TO GET SLICE OF ENGLISH ESTATE.

Narrow Escape Of the Atlanta aud Newport
News Traln-Traln RObber Searcy Released
From Prison May Again Encamped at
Leesburg- Passenger Ageat Bunch Resigns
Suicide of II. 7. Hall-Other News.
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
TIE KAplAK BEAR
Attempts to Catch the Largest CarnIvor,
in Existence.

in Existence.
On the extreme northwest coast OF
Alaska is Kadlak Island, the home Of
a distinct species Of bear, believed to
be the largest carnivore in existence.
A very large Kadiak bear measures
fifteen feet in length from the end of
his nose to the end of his backbone,
Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-11
THE MAN WITH A CHARM.

THE MAN WITH A CHARM.
He bears life that has a charm!
He never seems to come to harm!
In midst Of murders, suicides,
Explosions, wrecks and homicides,
He's always there-and so he ought.e
Same old ubiquitous reporter!
New York Sun.