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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22
SNAP. SHOTS AT THE NEWS
DAILY HAPPENINGS or The
CITY BRIEFLY TOLD


If you have a friend visiting you
phone the Daily Light.
At the opera house Saturday
night. The Farrell d Nelson Co.
Don't fail to see the Farrell d
Nelson Co. Saturday night at the
opera house. Music by the Wise
Orchestra.
The odd Fellows will have work
tomorrow night in the First degree.
An invitation is extended to visit
ing bTothers.-A. Lasswell, y. q.
We have capacity for storage of
40 tons of ice and Will guarantee to
furnish you all the ice you want
from now on. We have specihca-
tions for one of the best ice ma
chimes made to be put in for 1904
season.-B. d. Pickens d Co. ~
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22
At Opera House Saturday Night

On account of the distance and in
convenience to the auditorium the
Farrell d Nelson Co. has decided to
give their closing performance at
the opera house at which time they
expect to make a special effort to
give the people a strictly frst-class
and up-to-date performance. Every
body come out and have a good
time.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22
BRILLIANT BALL.
Devotee- of Terpsichore Had a Most I'm
joyable Time.

Dey"tees of Terpsichore Had a Most I'm
joyable Time.
New Orleans, May 22-The grand
ban given IN the auditorium Thursday
night In honor of the visiting veterans
their sponsors and maids OF honor. was
an affair Of exceptional briuiancy
There were so many preliminari~s and
they We're heightened to such an *.
tent that IL was eleven O'Clock before
the actual dancing commenced.
The ball was opened by an elaborate
~quadrille containing many complicated
measures which necessitated much
marching about the han Sixteen rriz.
Eled veterans In company with sixt4nr
young ladies. each OF whom bore ur
the bosom Of her dress the blue eros
Of the Cunfederacy. took part in this
portion Of the programme and the pre-
cision and accuracy Of the various eyo-
luuons. which were all performed e
the airs OF Dixie" and The Bonnie
Blue Flag called forth great applause
from the many thousands who were
crowded into the hail.
Following the quadriHe came the
grand march, In which the Memphis
Bugle Corps was the bright particular
feature The striking uniform and ex-
celIent marching OF the corps made a
decided hit and they were cheered
again and again. A dance programme
was In order after the grand march
and IL was well into the morning before
1t was finished.
The crowd that attended the ball was
enormous
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22
T

This is not "A gentle word-but
when you think how liable you are
not to purchase the only remedy uni
versalfy known and y remedy that
has had the largest sale OF any
medicine ia the world since 1865 for
the cure and treatment of Consump-
ton and Throat aud Lung troubles
without losing it's great popularity
all these years, you will be thankful
weealIed your attention to Bosebee's
German Syrup. There are so many
ordinary cough remedies made by
druggists and others that are cheap
aud good for light colds perhaps,
but for severe Coughs, Bronchitis,
Croup-and especially for Consump-
ton, where there 10 difficult expee-
toration and coughing during the
nights and mornings, there IL no
thing like German Syrup. The =
cent size has just been introduced
this year. Regular size 10 cents.
Al b. w. Fearis. d&w2
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22
First Monday Dinner.

The Daughters Of the Confederacy
will serve diner in Campbell's old
stand, near the post office June l..
To relieve distress whenever found
among our old soldiers and their
families has been the chief work of
our local chapter. II is earnestly
hoped that our country friends will
unite with us in making this dinner
a success. Price 2jc.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22
The Noisy Crew.

The Salvation Army, as hereto
fore stated, intends to purchase a
large tent in which 10 hold meetings
The tent has been bought il a suit
able spot Of ground can be secured
on which to locate IL. Owing TO the
fact that we make a noise in prais-
ing God we have failed So far [,
get the ground, but we believe that
God will open up the way. ANY
ne kno wing OF space for a tent Will
oblige as by notifying us.
Respectfully,
Officers In Charge.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22
: TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION ; ri
(continaed from iirst page.l

$3.50 8##
danghtera. Mr.. CuIiom Ii q news-
fpaper man of long standIng and has
been q msmber OF the Texas Press
Association since 1883. He has
served the association as president,
his term of office expiring with the
meeting of 1896 ut Ell Paso. During
the Cuiberson administration Mr..
Cullom was chief clerk to the Sec
rotary of state. In another place
viii be found his photograph. {
Hon. R. f. Yantis, vice president
of the association for the year Just
closed, is another shining light in
the journalistic armament. He is
proprietor of the Athens Review,
one among the best country week
lies in the state. Aside from being
a successful newspaper man Mr..
Yantis has had some experience in
the school of politics, having "done.
time" one or two terms in the state
legislature. Mr.. Yantis is accom-
panied by his daughter, Miss Halle,
a most charming young lady. He
Is also father of Miss Mona Yant1s,
teacher of piano at Trinity Uni
versity.
Among the first visitors TO arrive
in the city was President Ousley,
who came in from FIT. Worth We'd
nesdav night, accompanied by Mrs.
Ousley. He has establishments head
quarters at the Rogers hotel. Mr..
Ousley formerly lived in Waxa-
hachie, being for "A number of years
superintendent of the city public
schools. He has many friends here
who are glad of this opportunity
again meet him. Mr.. Ousley
gave up teaching a number Of years
ago to enter the newspaper business,
and today he is reckoned among the
best writers in the state. On the
first Of June Mr.. Ousley goes to
Fort Worth to the editorial
management of the Morning Regis
ter. This paper has been bought by
a stock company and on September
l the office will be equipped with
new machinery and the name OF the
paper changed. The management
hope to make the successor to the
Register a first class newspaper in
every respect,
Col. "Bill" Sterrett, of the Dallas
News, known a. the red headed
democracy of Texas arrived In
the city on a belated train yesterday
afternoon. After he had unloRded
his Grafton on the suffering and per-
spring crowd of pencil pashers he
wendell his way to press headquar-
ters where he was soon surrounded
by a crowd OF his friends. There IL
not a man in Texas who can tell
more Jokes than Bill Sterrett and
for an hour or more he kept those
around him convulsed with laughter.
In addition to his newspaper work
Col. Sterrett is also engaged In az
ricultural pursuits. He own a
large farm near Dallas. He has a
house that is painted white and the
yard is ornamented with cedar trees
and h~oueysuckle vines. ON the
fence posts around his farm signs
have been posted reading thus
ANY man, woman or child that
harms, molests or annoys any ami
NAL, bird, rabbit, fox, coon, pos
sum, snake or worm on these prem
Uses will be prosecuted To the fullest
extent of the law. And any man,
woman or child who wants an ar
gument on tie heavenly ratio of
sixteen TO one, may get same by APP
plying 10 the white house on the
hill"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22

Victoria. h. g, May ga special %
the 'ulouist from Frank says a crack
-FOUR inches wide and three thousand
feet long has opened at a couple Of
hundred yards back from the face Of
the western peak OF Turtle mountain
at the summit A dispatch has been
received at Frank from the lieutenant
governor Of the territory ordering the
mounted police to inform everybody Of
the danger.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22

san Juan, p. r.. May THE first
anniversary OF Cuban independence
was celebrated here by a banquet. The
members Of the Spanish colony with
fe" exceptions ignored the invitations
sent 10 them. A Cuban linz steamer
owned by ~Spaniards, dressed the ship
and displayed all figs but the American
flag, which caused much
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22

New Orleans. May Fudge Boor-
man in the United States circuit court
sentenced TO three months imprison-
ment In the parish prison here the
eleven street car men who were con
victed OF iuterrupting the progress OF
the movement OF cars during the re-
cent street car strike IN this city.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22

demolished the house Of Dutch VIII
son, seven miles west. Mrs. Wilson
and her infant were killed. Mr.. Wilson
had a hip fractured and his fifteen
year-old daughter received, sever
wounds on her head.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22

Washington. May 22-The apostolic
delegation has received from Rome
briefs appointing Mgr. Henry Moelser
coadjutor TO the archbishop Of Cinrin-
natl, and Mgr. J. ]. GIennon coadjutoT
10 the archbishop Of ST. Louis.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22
Pc r s o NAILS


Miss HELEN Miller is the guest of
Miss Mary Williams IN Dallas.
Mrs. Lem Pryor Of Honey Grove
is visiting Mrs. J. W. Kennedy.
w. f. Hipp returned last night
from a two weeks visit to points in
Arkansas.
Miss Annie Maj Erwin has re-
turned from Dallas where she has
been a guest of/Miss Lucy Gibson
and Miss Louise Leach,
: Miss Lucy Taylor Haley, of Col
umbia, Tenn, will arrive this eve
ming to be a guest at the home of
Mr.. r. X. Erwin.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22

| Rinsley. Kan. May ga tornado
Aasslng over Hodgman county. fifteen
GILES northwest Of Kinsley. destroyed
pan Glsasou's house and killing Mabel
futile.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22

Crop ana Cnattle Mortgages now
in stock. Orders filled for any guam
tity desired. Also bill Of sale books
or stockmen. The Enterprise.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22

Free copies Of the Dallas Morning
News for the editors and their
friends at Press Headquarters
r. r. Owen, Calculator.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22

MARRIAGES-Arranged quietly
and speedily for honorable ladies
and gentlemen In all walks of life.
write. stating age. The Mutual
Book Exchange, Toledo, Ohio. Ijp
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22

Cold drinks, Ice Cream and Cream
of SOdas at Grafton d Grafton's. If
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22

Best Barbecued meats aud chilli
at Grafton A Grafton's. II
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22

John II. Cullom, editor OF the
Garland News, IL attending the
meeting of the association and is
accompanied by his two winsome
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

A nun Of Paris.ars who were in
the siegEe decided to erect 4 monu-
ment to memory Of the pigeons that
carried I dispatches that kept ar
communion with the outside world.
1t will {st OF a pedestal surmount-
ed by tome vase, on which will
be cast group OF the birds that
proved uch utility to The French.
The contee includes the names Of
many known literary and scien-
tifc peoThe gratitude comes some
what lGtr after the war the pigeons
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

How entirely the Constitution
finished in 1897, was a homemade YES.
sci, and therein a typical product, Mr.,
II. a. Hill has pointed out in his mon
ograph en- Boston commerce; Pm
Revere furnished the copper 1on II
ana spikes, drawn from malleabl ~ N
per by a process then newt h,ril
Ephraim Thayer, who had a shoi,Il,
the South End made the gun carriages
for the frigate Her sails were made
iii the Granary building at the corner
Of Park and fremont streets No
other building in Boston was large
enough for the purpose. There were
then fourteen rope-walks in Boston, 50
that there could be no difficulty in OBJ
tanning cordage, and there was an in
corp61ated company for the maaufac-
ture OF sail cloth, whose factory was
on the corner Of fremont and Boyls.
ton streets. and which was encouraged
by a bounty on its product from thC
General Court. This product had in
creased to 10000 or 10000 yards PEI
anEum. and is said to have competed
successfully with the duck brought
from abroad. The anchors came from
Hanover in Plymouth County, and ;
portion Of the timber used in what was
then looked upon as 4 mammoth YES
sci was taken from the woods Of Al
lanstown, on the borders Of the Hcrr'
| rooo fffv D1t1pc oyvov Atlg-.''
Monthly,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26
NoTed Shakespeare Folio Deraced

a Shakespearian student in the Ber.
In Royal Library has discovered chat
the unique copy OF the famous 1923
First Folio, which the Emperor vii.
nam !. presented to the libyary. has
been completely mutilated bv care.
icss or malicious rtade. The whole of
The Comedy Of Errors" has been chi
'out' It is believed that the loss is ire.
p!aesao-c, as the remaining COPIES Of
tie FIRST Fc-io are in private naIs.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26
Danger Near the Ground.

At present the Street Cleaning se.
partment of New York is investigating
the air in the city streets, with a view
Of showing the influence Of clean gut.
tiers upon the health. GeIatine plates
have been exposed in certain distf icts
to collect bacilli, and these are II aing
examined in order that scientific pi Is
may be had that certain disease gerJ.,
flourish in dirty surroundings. and Ehat
whatever the citizen may be taxed to
keep his thoroughfares clean he will
finally save in his doctors bills. The
microbe colonies developed on p)ates
exposed in neighborhod Of ught
traffic, wide streets and asphalt pavE
ments average five, While those takd
IN a region of heavy ira fic dovr-tov.r
averaged over 1000. and those III t0a
tenement district on the Fast SID cl
Woman's Home Companion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

C0etF0Iches IN S0ulh AtfIt8 WIU1
taey esist IN such numbers as 10 ba
serious public inconvenience. hHge been
held On cheek by The iaroads %. q para.
site fungus. Captive rolchgs arc in-
ocuIated with the fungus and .hcn lil-
Grated. The spread OF the- disease
among their colonies On This maunes
has been found 90 be he u0st elective
way Of controlling their spread and
multiplication The same fungi also
served a similar purpose with tie Arri.
can locust
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

By John Graham brooke.

and abundance Of grain foods explained when
the story OF machinery has been told The tcamgorg pcs
combined with seeder and harrow, has reduced the time
required for human labor dn blowing sowing and hauowne
70 produce bushe OF wheat from 82S minutes
IN 1880 TO % minutes nc the present time II has reduced
the time Of animal labor per bushe from hfyseven 80 one
and oueh2f minutes at the time II has reduced The
cost of human and animal labor IN blowing seeding and
narrowing per bushe wheat from four cents
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26
81 ~ ~
Tie Lack Of Marrying Men.
Some Reasons Are Advanced by Thoughtful Eng.
Writer

@zN He other day the question why
husbands present day be what the inerant
Y EE faceousy
forward" The gifted this subject Of the
n a opinion ladies'
specialize IN direction that which
held
is charming to sit dinner but suf
fcentfars sighted to calculate that If sitting opposite
her atnher which Browning
woulbt extend to the Of the roast mutton!
A9 he that the snart helty a
dt beyond preliminary
es Irritation because he doubtful his banking will
san OF the costly expen-
evidently provide
HNothere is DOUBT something this scarcely hit the
deprn of life at the beginning stand
vemuh higher than it has before What looked
thy paata luxurious hotel to-day
dowdyd Iate establishment
which to the demand for luxury and
uifcen
Anhe
only that having Gil should
Thsut ordinary the
dainty little ess gode
everyday young rGl
ndl the bill at all satisfactorily.
We remember the little and cidooCs happy
bed in and little
the But by the their mechanism
mpo for them both bob once! Well the
with the godike
bthe Of them are already misplaced elsewhere
right and live happily
adoraby beautiful this point
fact that reading this upside
yeZdean that themselves settling gloom
oId+nadhood
o butay described as too b22sty particular Society.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

Some young men are satisfied % fci-
low profession without ever catching
UP to it.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26


the The machine viii
the hours That 100000
be marketed longer
wonder
linen sheet that thirty labor be made In seven
louY eight do with
difficulty ten hours The dirt be moaded train Of In sS
a
cusier will perform the work 600 Few material blessings bring more
class the than To the adj
10
highways almost exclusively the
the machine this striking OF invention because
largely against that labor has raised protest
tits aside less easily that
folds 1900 cghtpGge
out3s Gather materials make and deliver the
apHand finally distribute printed twenty States must
ngp ccupatLon many than lla machine dLsodged
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

borv purchase having
cap only against
highly liquid like that stocks all
this eliminated
a
and the it. find storehouse that it
deterioration by sweating while it
when he wished sell look around
The Board Trade
purchasers
which broker against
This what makes broad that gives
OF court committees
hearing settling the dis
puteshch the transaction of immense volume Of business
the Chicago the lesser exchanges which
follow the grain North would fall
pics every would
Il uc.-T Century.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26
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Board Of Trade Functions.
Ninety Per Cent.
BY VIII Payne.
( Cent. OF Transaetions Speculation.

BOUT ninety per cent OF ali tho transactions on the boal
speculation consisting OF trades made by who
do expect receive deliver bushe of actual grain
speculative trading only the prominent but is
the useful the boards functions Without it there
could not possibly be market which wheat
liquid everywhere il the United States The specua
tive business simply the perfection Of trade Organza
ton You may buy corner which your opinion likely
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

The common carjliworm has held the
attention o. scientists ever since Dar
win pointed out the wonderful par
plays In Che formation OF soil 4
chemical role OF the ear.lworm ha
been the subject OF the latest iuvcsd-
CATION. In some wonderful manner The
soil IN passing through the short length
Of the worm becomes totally changed
in character, and much better fitted
,or the nourishment Of plant lie Such
soil undergocs notification more rap
idly than soil ordinarily does, and the
soluhllity Of the phosphorlc acid is ia-
creased, while the percentage of G
Donate Of lime becomes larger.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

The skeletons Of sixty mastodons
have been found in the State of New
York distributed along certain well
marked belts. as follows: Thirty-four
in Eastern New York from Albany
T0uth through Newburg: thirteen from
Rochester south through Livingston
County; two near Chautauqua Lake
ana two near Ithaca. Outside Of thesee
belts the State is barren. Il would ap
pear, therefore, that the mastodons'
had distinct feeding grounds, and the
remains indicate that the beasts were
living in time not very remote Their
skeletons are now usually found rest
ing on the boulders Of old streams in a
comparatively thin layer of peat. No
specimen Of the mammoth has yet been
found in the State.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

4 French investigator has beer bxl
perimeuting with the electric current
to produce anaesthesia. After duly
terrifying himself with a number of
experiments upon animals he extended
his researches 10 the human body, ex-
perimenting at FIRST upon himself. He
finds by applying a current the exact
character Of which is not stated. to the
body. through mO.stened electrodes.
placed che on the forehead and the
other over the small of the back that
with voltage Of fifty complete iEhibir
ton takes place. The faculty OF speecl
is first lost. followed finally by the I'M
hibition Of the functions of the other
motor senses. 1t is asserted that it's
only disagreelble feature is that which
accompanies the gradual loss Of the
faculties, resulting in a sensation of a
nightmare. The heart is said to be un-
affected, bat the breathing is some
what obstructed. The current strend ~
is gradually applied, about five Minutes
being occupied in reaching the maxi
mum. When the current is switched
off the subject awakens at once, ard
with a feeling OF invigoration."
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

Plants may be poisoned just as well
as animal organisms. A lack Of oxy1
gen will result in asphyXiation just as
surely as it does in man The effect
may not be so quickly attained but IT
is none the less sure. An exparimenter
at the Imperial Agricultural University
Of Tokyo has recently been studying
the poisonous effects of caffein and an
tipyrin in high dilutions on plants.
Onion and celery plants We're the SUP
iects of the investigation. 1t, w1S
found that the former plants remaE1 h
alive for nearly four weeks in 4 solu-
ton containing one part of ca6ein in
1000 Of the nutrient solution" In other
experiments On ce,arv plants these
same alkaioids proved fatal in about
two weeks, the death Of tho plant being
heralded by the whiting OF the leaves.
1t is quite remarkable that tho ten
plant, which contains a comnaratively
large amount Of caGein in the leavcw
should also be susceptible to noisoniu
from caffen when fed to tha p'a
alon@ with nutrients 1t is surmisecd
that the caffein found in the lea leaves
is so surrounded as to protect the calls
from injury
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26

How entirely the Constitution
finished in 1897, was a homemade YES.
sci, and therein a typical product, Mr..
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-06-26
President

Sec. Of Commerce and Labor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-20

d of
-

been ruled for more than 2,00e years
through council of elders"
The smallest republican state in re-
gard to population is Tavolara, lit
tie known island about FIVE miles long.
with an average width of half mile,
situated off the north coast of Sardinia
Many maps and geography boc'ks to
tally ignore the existence of this state
Yet it is free and independent repub-
lie of about 20 inhabitants, who are
their own rulers.
The people of Tavolara declared
their independence as recently as
1886, the island having previously
been made over in 1886 by King Char
les Albert of Sardinia to the Bartole-
oni family. None of the great powers
objected when the island threw off the
yoke of monarchy and during the last
seventeen years the inhabitants have
lived at peace with the world They
elect a president every six years. and
council of six members, all of whom
serve the state without payment
Why Moresnet is Free.
Jealousy between Belgium and Prus-
sia has enabled the inhabitants of a
tiny territory called Moresnet. near
AiN-laChappelle, to enjoy the rights of
vnpl3h1iran RI
two centuries. The two countries men.
toned could not agree as TO who should
own Moresnet. and consequently they
decided 10 make il a neutral country.
There are about ,ana people in Mores.
net. VIII elect their own president and
council of five, in whom the govern
ment of the republic is vested.
1t is also owing to disagreement