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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-12-03

Two items in the current news direct
attention in a striking way to the in
MARVEL. a, Med roads that modern
science is constant
ly making on what
were once regarded as the assured do
mains Of death. Ten years ago If the
questions had been put To the leading
physicians Of the world: Can man
I've with his juguIar vein and caro-
It'd arteries removed? Can a man live
with his neck broken? they would have
all answered, positively: No" But
Mrs. Julia Appleby, of Auburn, n Y,
according to the New York World is
enjoying good health and strength
without her jugular vein and carotid
arteries. An operation said to be en-
tirely novel in medical records has di-
verted to the vertebral artery the
blood that ordinarily travels through
those channels to the base Of the brain.
The continuance OF life after the break
ing Of the neck is not new achieve
ment, the Duryea case and several ota-
ers being on record. And yet there is
something aston .shIng, TO The a-
mind At least in the case OF Jauus
Feeney who fell from q acaGoId.a- %
Washington. u. c., last Tuesday. broke
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-12-03

Nashville. Tenn. believes itself to be
the only city of over $4,000 population
ka.hxi,I.. nj, in this country
where cattle are
permitted to walk
the streets and craze on the edges OF
lawns without let or hindrance. Such
a state Of affairs might perhaps exist
by reason of indifference or executive
incompetence; but not in Nashville. for
there the city council has formally
voted down a proposition to abridge
the cows privileges. Il is one of the
unvarying laws Of our national exist
ence that the genuine and grievous
Affections Of one city are never con-
sidered except as jokes anywhere else.
The New Workers. natural modes Of
death-by falling inio the subway. by
dynamite explosion, or by automobile
accident-are mere tests to the rest
Of The country The welIdn rang when
senfiuVc-oared Boston put an end 20 a
great nuisance by the public turning
Of aUrdy-srd.ss. PiJ,sburg without
its smoke would receive only nal. as
many paragraphs from the clipping
bureau Even the western floods we're
made the sport of the high and dry
journalist. All outsiders. therefore.
will .hv.r1, .t .1,, t-,,-......s....-.l .......
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-12-03
It is bad enough to have our national

It Is bad enough to have our national
games played for us by professionals,
but still worse to
have them played by
machines. A base
ball enthusiast land how a real baseball
enthusiast could bring himself to do
such thing passes understanding has
snvented a pneumatic gun to take the
place of the pitcher. With 1t he claims
to produce an lin" or "out" curve Of
four feet or more. a most admirable per-
formance. He intends, says the New
York Post, that the contrivance shall
be used only for practice. If, for in
stance, team is TO stand up next week
against pitcher famed for his terrible
"in-shoots," the machine will deliver
'in-shoots' tirelessly all day long IN
I'll the batters have learned to hit them
at will But here lies the trouble. if
the machine can pitch better than the
best human arm, by an inexorable law
IL viii soon d.spiace that arm. The
teams will take up maca.ue-pitching.
JUS, as football players have adopted
their modern armor If there remains
in the gallery Of our civilization any Of
The oid-timc heroes really deserving OF
honor. IL is the baseball pitcher. he is
one of The few man u-H.. Us,.s fTo gbop.,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-12-03
Lawbreakers should not be bru.

Lawbreakers should not be brutaIly
treated. but their discipline should be
always sufficiently rigid TO make them
sigh Tor return TO liberty. They should
never, says the New Orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat, be permitted to forget that the
prison is penal institutional place OF
punishment Tor crime, and not merely u
health and pleasure resort TO which 1t
is pleasant to return aftera brief sojourn
outside its walls. The good citizens OF
the state are in a fair way TO suffer when
the mSlefactors begin 10 view the state
prison as d haven OF rest.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-12-03

II cannot be denied that Of late The
soberest-minded men among rs have
n.,r been illed with a
solicitude amount
ing 70 anxiety. in
noting the momentum Of certain dan
gerous tendencies in American life. de-
clares the Century. The trend toward
mob .aw in various sections u the coun-
try; the increased violence 0f he ag-
gressions upon the right Of working
men 20 labor unmOiested, the revela-
tons Of public and private corruption.
and especially Of the buying and sell
ing Of legislation and franchises: the
growth Of the gambling mania among
women, as well as men; the vulgar
rush Ssr social prominence; the wide
spread system of graft and black
mail which has grown up in all classes
in the haste TO be rich--these familiar
phenomena are crowding upon our at
'cnuou, straining our optimism ana
sHamiuS our national pride d, Tie very
time when We are called mon .o aNu.r
.u he .ommr.o.a. -rca.uDs,ul .uar.uu-
u. and .8 peculiar rua...l. ..
raaeemnz the .el.H..a -.e..a... ..r
world.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-12-03

The last go Years has seen the
greatest gr0wrA In The accomplishment
r,o,,,d. vo.. of many necessary
objects. often ac-
companied by suf-
fering, by means of more humane ana
painless methods. Anaestheuics have
done 4 great work. says the Globe
Democrat. The sandbag, the brass
"krugks' and The club OF savagery are
giving way to a larger feeling Of hui
man.ty. The highwayman draws his
syringe on you and fills your face full
OF chlOrOIOrm or cocaine. and works
his viii with your pockets: but you
are in no danger Of having your skull
fractured, or OF being shot or stabbed.
This movement toward 4 better mode
of procedure among the brigands shows
that this world is always growing bet
ter, no matter what The Dessimists
say. In addition to merely stupefying
their victim. the highwayman will one
OF these days leave little red lantern
on his Drostrate form as they leave
him, 50 that he can be seen. rescued
and resuscitated by the night patrol.
1t will not be 50 bad The future IS
full o. cheer Tor all Of us, even for
those who are from time to time also
luy0iuuarly Eu. n. uHl0roform.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-12-03

Pleasant as it is TO hear that the X-ray
has successfully restored gray hair to
its natural color. it would be yet more
comforting 20 hear that it had restored
the hair that used TO be to its natural
habitat.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-12-03

An Italian naval officer could not with
stand the attacks of newspaper. What
kind Of defense would he make IN wan
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-12-03

Automobile racing is about the only
sport that is as dangerous for the spec
tator as for the participant
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-12-03

Men who ask to be given a chance
are generally the kind who have thrown
away what they had.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-12-03

Successful people are generally those
who can get up copy better than the
original.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-12-09
The Daughters Meet.

The United Daughters Of the Con
federacy met with Mrs Heury An
derson yesterday.
An especial feature Of the meeting
was a report from the delegates to
the state convention. 1t announced
the convention acceptance OF the
chapters invitation TO meet in Wax
ahachie next year.
At this meeting, the last one OF
the year, a resolution was passed
reducing the yearly dues to fifty
cents per capita and another express s.
ing the chapters deep appreciation
Of the Daily Light and the courtrsjes
.it had extended during the past
year.
The chapter was then treated to "a
most excellent recitation by Miss
Kate Templ-,ou and dainty refresh
Wsut- served by tho hostess cum-
pieJed most enjoyable atteruuoa.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-12-09
Manager OF Farm Resigns.

J. V. Brown, who for the past
fourteen years has been manager OF
the Getzendaner farms tn Ellis
county, has resigned for the pur-
pose of devoting his attention to his
personal affairs. Mr.. Brown is
building a residence at Ray, where
be and his brother, I'D Brown, are
engaged in business, and will move
there as soon as the house is finish
cd. Mr.. Brown while superintend.
ing Capt. Getzendaner's farms has
accumulated considerable property
which demands his attention. He
owns 30 acres of good land In the
county and In the future will devote
bis time 10 looking after this and
his mercantile interests at Ray. He
IL "a splendid business man, q good
manager, and Il was with reluctance
that Capt. Getxendaner parted With
him.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-12-09
ELLIS COUNTY MAN HONORED
Elected President OF Big New
York Banking Concern.

The dispatches from New York
today announced the election OF
John w. Castles, president of the
Hebernia Banking and Trust Co. of
New Orleans, as president Of the
Guarantee Trust Co, of tina. city.
This company is an adjunct Of and
principally owned by the Mutual
Life Insurance Co, and acts as
the fdueiary agent Of the big life
company
As news item the above is Of no
moret than ordinary interest. Men
are elected to responsible positions
in the world of finance every day.
Interest inthis case lies in the fact
that Mr.. Castles is an Ellis county
raised boy With his father he liv-
cd number Of years on the old
Ransom place near this city, fol-
lowing the every day routine of a
farmer boy. He is a nephew Of Dr..
J. {. Fears, OF this city. After the
death Of his mother his father mar
ried sister of the late Judge Fer.
ris, so that by blood and marriage
be Is stiIl closely connected with
Ellis county.
In his early manhood Mr.. Castles
located in Waco in the drug busi-
rssz aF.- J., ~.f.g Ii. .g-...- t--.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-12-09
COLLECTIONS FOR ONE DAY
Tax Collector Bratcher Sells
$1,000 Worth OF Receipts.

f .s.4- s
IA oo'iso'ot hFA'eHeF mas ma inns
year. He has had bigger collections
: on a single day, but the amount Of
racoi,,,s s,ia NtorJ,,. So r.. ,a-.
of ,bts vo,, .r,G,,,f,,, - -,
sgn90 The dspand for -acai,.,s
boysr earl, ,,, t,,a ,,,oro,,,., a.. a..
e6llsrto- and lts ,,,rce So. ta,, in
"a rusr uptil th. cIcst,g ron- ~, ,,a
evening rh.ro w. NOT mn t,nr
5pri,g the d,y ,r., a.. "a. -
,o, cy,wsat ,I,nos,.,a ,rara,a.tr''.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-12-09
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the
sums IF money set opposite 10 the
following lots to-wit:
Lots Nos and in bIock No. ~,
West End addition N the city of
WaNahachie, TexaE the sum OF
$500; part of thg/ Alfred Polk sur
vey at INTERSECTION of Grand avenue
and Houstyd "a Texas Central
railroad W sum OF $500, has been
sessetthereon by the city council
for the cost OF sidewalk coustruc-
ted by the city, and payment of said
amounts is hereby demanded within
thirty days from date hereof. This
December @, 1903.
CLINT STALDIN0,
City Tax Assessor and Collector,
Waxahachie, Texas. %
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-12-09

The St. Louis(?) Dramatic 90. ar
rived In the city this morning to
I'LL an engagement at the opera
house tonight, but on account OF
part of their baggage and some mu,
steal instruments failing to arrive
TIE performance has been postpon.
Cd antl tomorrow night.
This show will, no doubt, "eateh .
q iaEge(g) crowd.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-12-09
Coughing Spell Caused Dea.h,

Harry Duckwoll, aged p years,
checked TO death early yesterday
morning at his home, i'm the pres
ence Of his wife and child. He con
lrneted slight cold feN days ago
aud paid but little attention tu il
Yesterday morning :. was seized
with "a fit of coughing which coutsu-
ued for some time HIS wife sert
'"r "a physician but before be could
t'IN-, another coughing spell came
'u and buckweIl died from -ufuca-
linu. ~. Louis Globe Democrat.
Dec. J, 1851 Ballard's Horebuuui
syrup would have saved hIm 2-r.
'nt aud s 90 at Hood and Martins
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-12-09
" leather Forecast.

Tonight aud Thursday fair; warm
er tonight.
{. ID. LONGsERRE,
Observer.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-12-09
CLINT SPALDINo.
Report From the Reform School

}. q. Gluek, superintendent, Pru-
nytowni w. Va, writes: After
trying all other advertised cough
medicines we have decided TO use
Foley's Honey and Tar exclusively
IN the West Virginia Reform School.
ind II the most effective and alb
solutelv harmless. Sold by b. w.
keaFig
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-12-09
Closing Out al Cost.

We are closing fout our entire
stock of groceries A. actual cost tuI
spot cash only. VI will retire from
business as soon as stock - sole.
q win RalstOu ~ CO.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-12-05

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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-12-05
Blankets

Our very large All Wool Blanket, sold
at all stores for IS so, for. ,."..
Our Oregon City Blanket; most stores
sell at SO. so. Our price.....a....
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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-12-31
(swamp-Root Is pleasant to take.>

You can purchase the reg
ular ffty-cent and one dollar
size bottles at the drug stores
everywhere. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the
name, Swamp-Root DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp-Ro and the
address, Binghamton, N. Y,
on every bottle.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-12-31

Eyes. In my haste I did my hair
with three pins and Ned put on his
dress coat and odd shoes-we are both
forgetful, you know. We scalded Cur
threats with hot coffee and choked
ourselves with overdone steak. The
cabman, who had arrived at $50
sharp. demanded full pay for the time
he had waited, else he'd deduct from
the number of Ned's useful eyes!"
Dreadful" chorused the guests.
while he did this the cook gave
warning and told me that the catch on
the back cellar window was loose.
Anyhow. II you were in time to
catch your train. Ned could begin mis-
New Year fairly we'll"
I'VE were in time. To Ned's fever
ish inquiries the ticket agent calmly
responded, oh, yes, we had plenty Of
time-24 hours and 20 minutes!'"
why. how on earth could that hap
PEN"
1.-THE train, as said, was new one.
put on for the first time on New Years
day, and-and the calendar to which
the agent pointed told US that to-day
was December thirty-first!"
ELISA ARMSTRONG.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-12-31
TEN LAYERS OF HISTORY.
On One Sacred site in Egypt Temples
Had been Piled on Ruins OF
other Temples.

For the first time the whole history oil
one of the great national sites of Egypt
has been opened before us; dating from
the beginning Of the kingdom, and end
ing with almost the last Of the native
kings-from Mena, about 400 B. c., to
Nekht-horheb, $40 B. c., says Harper's
Magazine. History is here laid out for
us in strata, from which the past can be
read as we lift them away one from an
other.
In order to read, however, one NUT
know the alphabet Of the subject; and
that has lately been learned, from the
pottery, the flints, the beads, which
show, each, the age to which they belong.
Excavation on a site with long his.
tory is mere destruction If each
stratum is not read and interpreted In
telligibly as 1t is opened; unfortunately,
this has never been done before on any
such site. On the earliest sacred site OF
Abydos, the first capital of Egypt, tenn
pies had been piled one on the ruins OF
another until ten ages Of buildings stood
stacked together in about 20 feet depth
of ruins. Each temple had become part
ly ruined after few centuries, and
then at last was pulled down, leaving
foot or two Of the walls and founda-
tions; and a new temple of a different
plan was then erected on the ground.
America is not old enough for this to be
done even once, but London stands on
mound of over 20 feet of ruins, from
which its past will be read as we now
read that of Egypt.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-12-31
She Told Him.

Husband-One Of your New Years
resolutions was that you would not
quarrel with me for year.
Wife-Yes.
well. you are swapping at me half
the time already"
Eyes"
II should just like to know what's
become of your good resolutions"
you would. Ell? Well, I wanted
mother to see them, and SO inclosed
them in letter to her, and gave it to
you to mail, and she writes me that
she never received it. That's what's
become of them."-N. Y. Weekly.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-12-31
RAILWAY Continuation.

In 1867 an American named Collins
first proposed railway from the Amur
to the village of Tchita. Later, several
plans were formulated, but it was not
until March II, 1891, that the Trans
Siberian railroad was definitely deter
mined on and projected by an imperial
order. On May 10, 1891, the first stone
was laid. The line covers 1852 miles in
Russian territory and 1904 miles in
Chinese territory. In ten and one-half
years 5,186 miles Of rails were laid.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-12-31
INDIAN SUMMER.
It's Easy to Tell When That Delight
full Season Ends, But When
Does 1t Begin.

In the gentle and indefinable shading
off of summer into autumn, when does
Indian summer begin? Is 1t genuine,
authoritative Indian summer If no frost
has preceded 1t? Or must the woods
light up their banners to herald its ad-
vent? An Indian summer that is not
born of few frosty nights may sud-
denly backslide and become reversion
to summer itself, says the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat. We can reconcile no
ideals Of that perfect season Of the
year with return to perspiration and
the casting OF Of coats. An Indian sum-
mer of hot days Is no Indian summer. 1t
cannot come scorching and sweltering
as July, August and September, but
yelled in blue mists or gray, every day,
breaking in the same unvarying tints
and tones and likewise temperature OF
the one before 1t, as II nature had saved
her best in the bottom of the basket and
were hanging out an unspotted one every
morning. Indian summer may continue
long after the last leaf has fallen and
been gathered to its companions in the
brown windrows. It is not perplexing
to discover when Indian summer ends.
1t is swept out and washed away in long,
cold November rain, that stretches its
warning streamers across the sky for
days before 1t spreads It's dripping win
try pail over the earth. But when does
Indian summer begin?
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-12-31

as one would like to live, for instance,
to-"
"A family with ten children, say?"
'Quite. Ned thought we ought to
arise at five, thus beginning the New
Year well and catching the train COM
fortably. He ordered q cab for $3.50,
90 1t would reach the house at night;
ne did this over night and also wound
mp the cooks alarm clocks When she
saw 1t set for five her face resembled
Q mapping volcano"
why not merely say she looked rs
n you had unexpected guests for din
ner?" said Mrs. Brownsmith.
''Well, she did. She was such good
cook that l was blind. Ned duly
walked me the next morning"
with difficulty, dear"
'You walked me, anyhow, and your
voice sounded like the dentists saying,
Step this way, please We hadn't
heard the cook go down, and going to
investigate found her asleep. She
said the alarm had gone OF at 2:1b.
and she'd been up every half hour
since to see II it was i've. The volcano
was awake theni"
+, "Oh!"
when returned, Ned pointed to
the clock on the mantel and said 1t
Was SIT, and we were late"
'Well?"
'.Nothing-only that clock was
wedding present and so handsome that
nobody ever expected 1t to keep time.
Investigation proved It was just four,
and we went back to bed for an hour.
was dreaming that the cooks New
Years resolve was that she would
never leave me, when an awful noise
walked me. The cook called that 1t
Was eight, and as breakfast had been
ready three hours she thought she'd
better call us!"
But did you reach the station In
1lme3"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-12-31
Al Uaunl.

what do you think Of my New Years
resolutions?" asked the chauffeur.
20, I suppose you'll have your usual
luck" replied his wife.
whats that"
Break down before you have gone
very far."-Yonkers Statesman.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-12-31
Objectionable.

The man who celebrates Christmas
with a public display Of vociferous in
ebriety is none the less Objectionable
because he is getting ready for swear
of on New Years day.-Washington
Star.