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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

81 was troubled for several years
with chronic Indigestion and per-
vous debility" writes 4 j. Green
of Lancaster, N. H. mo remedy
heIded me until began using Elec-
trie Bitters, which did me more
good than all the medicines ever
used. They have also kept my vile
In excellent health for years. 5ne
says Electric Bitters are just splen-
did for female troubles; thaf they
are . grand tonic and invigoratoF
for weak, run down woman-s no
other medicine can take les place ~
our famiIy.n Try them. Only bUe.
Satisfaction guaranteed ~ Thomas
q Moore.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26
Mysterious Circumstances

One was pale and sallow and the
other fresh and rosy. Whence the
difference? She VINO is biushing
with health uses DIR. Kings New
Life Pills to maintain 1t. BY gently
arousing the lazy organs they com
pei good digestion and head of con-
stipation. Try them. Only 25c, at
Thomas d Moore's drug store.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26
An Open Meeting.

The literary societies OF Trinity
University will have al open meet
ing III the university chapel next
Monday night. The program will
consist of orations aud a debate.
There will be no admission charges,
and the public has cordial invita-
ton to attend.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

Foiey's Honey and Tar - best for
Group and whooping cough, contains
no opiates, and cures quickly. Care
full mothers keep 1t In the house
Sold by II. w. Fearis
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money II 1t fails to cure. +. w.
Groves signature is on each box
pEc
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-02-26
SNAPSHOTS AT THE NEWS
DAILY HAPPENINGS OF THE
CITY BRIEFLY TOLD

. ~~~~~S
Fruit trees are now blooming.
Waxahachie Cotton Mills Towels
at J. s. Campbell & Co. So
For typewriters see J. B. Blaffer,
Old phone 229. Office at Stroud's
grocery. II
The New Century Typewriter is
the best. For sale by }. B. Blafter:
/ If
Use towels made by Waxahachie
Cotton Mills. Sold by j. s. Camp
bell d Co. 50
Choice alfalfa clover seed, cane
seed, pure corn chops, choice oats,
hay, etc. at Sleeper Grain Co. 50
If you need a Typewriter it will
pay you to see me at once.
If J. B. Blaffer.
The people of Waxahachie are
taking advantage of this pretty
weather to plant gardens.
! Cord wood l. o. D. Wa4anacule
| S2.75 per cord. Geo. Patterson,
| Lancaster, Texas. u
Odd Fellows, work tonight in first
! and second degrees. You are III
vited to be present and assist, {.
G.. Campbell, n. G.
Coal from 5000 to $500 per ton ac-
cording to quality and quantity
! Sleeper Grain Co. 50
NJ. ". Eas:!a;I. has moved from
the residence he recently sold to
Mrs. Beall on Oldham avenue to
the Walker place on Rogers street.
The Auxiliary of the Daughters
of the Confederacy will meet Satur-
day afternoon at 1 O'Clock, at the
residence Of Mr.. J. w. Singleton.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-21
Willing to be Tempted.

Berger: 1--WE are all of Us insAhsx
to one set Of morals for other psepe
and another for ourselves. Do YOU
believe, now, if you were trusted Ing
plicitly with hundred thousand 1eiA
lars, you could resist the temptation
any more than hundreds of ethersV
Crimmins: "Of course could Pm
not like other men, ! suppose By
the way, on the quiet, now, do ys4
know Of anybody who's willing 10
tempt me in that way7"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-21

complete standstill. During the hot
season the temperature of the valley
is almost unbearable and it is visited
by seismic disturbances that cause
the dead trees and dry, hot stones
to rattle like dry bones. Hence the
name the valley has acquired.
A Negro Legend.
The legend of this valley of dry
bones" can hardly be taken without a
pinch of salt, but let us be nothing if
not complete: Many years ago, says
the negro story-teller, a woman lived
on a plantation in Cuba. She was no.
torious for her cruelty to slaves. She
used to throw cayenne pepper in their
eyes and afterward stick cactus
needles into their bodies just for
sport. One night the slaves revolted
and burned the plantation house to
the ground. The woman managed to
escape IN an open boat to Jamaica,
where she sought refuge from her
enemies in the heart of the Jungle.
Here she developed a mania for
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-21
MANY WALES OF DRY BONES.
Nature Has Scattered Grewsome
Spots About the Earth.
Chicago Chronicle.

SPOlo <2DO0S <14S 4So4 IA.
Chicago Chronicle.
The Valley Of Death that occupies
a stretch of country in the southwest
ern part OF this continent is not the
only spot on earth that is uninha5-
table for man or members of the
brute creation. There are many such
areas whose surfaces are strewn with
the r;ctims that have straycd within
their precincts never to return. In
the republic Of Chilli the air is so dry
that It is almost impossible for body
to decompose in the ordinary way.
Here and there in the mountains or
on the plains one may discover a
body that has been clay for several
years. but has no more returned to
dust than to life.
There is literally a valley of dry
bones" not far from Valparaiso,
where battle was fought during the
Balmoceda troubles Here may be
seen today bodies Of men and horses
scattered among the rocks that are
like nothing so much as Egyptian
mummies, shrivelled by the fierce
sun and embalmed by the natural dry
atmosphere.
Another strange place exists as a
real valley Of dry bones" in the is
land of Jamaica, West Indies. OF
course, there is legend attached to it,
but here are the hard facts and an
actual description of the valley itself.
1t is situated near the Cunacuna gap,
in the Maroon country, at the eastern
extremity OF the island. This region
is clothed in primeval forest, and the
fact that rain falls on an average of
twelve hours day all the year
round gives the jungle a luxuriant
green vegetation not to be found else
where. But this valley, though situ-
ated right in the heart of the "wet
country" is bare Of leaf or life.
The limestone rock is white and
hot. Giant trees, that seem to have
been blighted suddenly, stand up all
gaunt. white and dead. The valley
is sheltered from tine wind and the
first force OF the rain storms; as a
consequence this strange ravine is
'silent, unmolested and dry.
The wie1d feature is that although
vegetation seems to have been dense
here in former years nothing will
grow now. Nature has come to a
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-21

The postoffice authorities at New
berry have received the following Or
der No. s6o from the postofhce de-
partment at Washington, prescribing
certain rules for the rural free deliv-
cry carriers:
The New Rules.
The Act of Congress making ap-
propriations for the service of the
postofice department, for the 6s-
cal year beginning July I, 1904, in
connection with the appropriation
for the pay of rural carriers, provides
that:
''On and after said date Ouly l.,
1oo4,) said carriers shall not solicit
business or receive orders Of any
kind for any person, firm or corpora
ton, and shall not, during their hours
Of employment, carry any merchan-
disc for hire; Provided, that said
carriers may carry merchandise for
hire for and upon the request Of
patrons residing on their respective
routes, whenever the same shall not
interfere with the proper discharge
OF their official duties, and under such
regulations as the postmaster general
may prescribe.
In pursuance Of the above portion
Of law, it is ordered:
That rural carriers are not permit
ted to solicit business Or receive Or
ders of any kind for any person.
firm or corporation.
No mailable matter may be handled
by rural carriers while serving their
routes, unless the proper postage
has been prepaid, with the single ex-
ception OF county newspapers, which,
under the law, are permitted to be
carried free throughout the county
in which they are published, to ac-
tual subscribers. and such pewspa-
pers addressed to subscribers, resi-
dents on rural routes, must be de-
posted at the postofice the same as
papers for other subscribers.
The hire for merchandise carried
on request of the patron OF fural free
delivery must be paid by the patron.
Carriers will not be permitted to re-
ceive any compensation from seller
OF such merchandise.
Articles or packages, which are
1nailable. which are handed to the
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-21

collecting all sorts and eonditione Of
cats. When she had procur1e3 a
multitude OF the feline tribe she
amused herself by tortrrms tasn.
The legend has it that every night
the demoniacal shrieks Of the woman
and the cries Of the cats were 70 ks
heard even in the Maroon villages.
But one night a severe earthsuake
came and swallowed up the cats, tasE,
tormentor and their home.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-21

carrier or deposited in the postofice
or in a rural letter box or in a COL
lection box located on a rural route,
with request that the rural carrier de-
liver same, are subject to the rules
regulating mail matter, including the
payment of postage thereon.
Articles or packages. that are not
mailable. which the patron desires
the rural carrier to carry must be de-
livered to the carrier in person, and
in carrying merchandise for hire
rural carriers are not permitted to
leave their routes as officially laid out
or to accept anything that will in
any way delay the delivery of mail,
or in any way Interfere with the
efficiency of the service.
Carriers. while on duty. are not
permitted to carry spirituous liquors
either for themselves. for sale or for
the accommodation of their patrons.
Rural carriers are required to permit
postofice inspectors. or other duly
accredited agents OF the postofice
department, to accompany them on
their regular trips over their routes.
They must not carry other passeng-
ers nor permit persons, other than
authorized postal officials, to ride with
them or to have access to the mails.
Rural carriers must not engage in
any business during their prescribed
hours OF service. or conduct any bus
mess after hours which offers the
temptation to solicit patronage on
their routes. or which. by reason Of
their position in the government SER
vice. gives them special advantage
over competitors. such as book can
vassine. soliciting insurance. selling
sewing machines, OF other kindred
occupations.
Carriers must not. either in person
or through others. directly or indi-
rectly. by any method whatever, So
licit money. gifts or presents: nor
issue for profit souvenirs or personal
handbook; nor cooperate with or as
sist the publishers OF same to secure
the patronage of the public; nor COM
pile directories for public use or assist
publishers to compile them; nor fur
nish the names and addresses of pat
rons on their routes, for pay or favor,
to any business establishment, or to
any individual. except to those de-
partmental officials who, under the
regulations. are entitled to the same
(Signed.) H. C.. Payne,
Postmaster General.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-21
Bargains in Embroidery.

Lot No 1.-S.342 yds of Embroidery remnants
5 and yd lengths, not yard in the pile worth
less than 15c.. eoc. and 25c. Your choice of the
pile 1oc. yd
Lot No. 2.-5,231 yds of Embroidery remnants
5 and s yd. lengths, a yard in the lot worth
less than 1oc. and 21!c., your choice for only
SC. yd.
Lot No. ga stunner-5oo full pieces of
Embroidery and Insertions, bought at SOC. on
the dollar from William Meyer & Co., 4S3 Broad
way, New York Not yard in the pile worth
less than 25c.. 55c. and 4oc.. all bundled on one
big counter table. Your choice for Hc., (none
sold to dealers). This will be the greatest En-
broidery sale ever held in this section.
Millinery to 60 at song. Any reasonable
offer on any hat or flower in the house will be
accepted make hay while the sun shines; come
every day.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-21
R. F. D. CARRIERS.
Nv Rules Issued By The Postoffce
Department at Wash
ington.

The postohice authorities at New
berry have received the following Or
der No. s6o from the postofhce de-
partment at Washington, prescribing
certain rules for the rural free deliv-
o~1, ~arriarc.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21

Chicago Tribune: The farmers in Blu
reau county, Illinois, are engaged in
collecting cyclone curios. They gather
them from their own fields.
Thu first violent blast was at Men
dota, where a wide swath was cut
through the town, blowing down
houses, pulling up trees by the roots or
breaking the trunks as if they had been
pipestenls, killing five people.
Later another disturbance of the ele-
ments blew down d circus tent ana
killed u of the pioneer scouts who
had followed Fremont across h coun-
try, III his historic expedition.
The articles that have been picked up
in the fields form Il curious collection.
One farmer has 3 wedding skirt that
belonged to a Wdrlan in the south end
OF h county. mother has the limb
OF d tree that W; broken off a tall oak
ten miles dista.fi. Another man has
half OF a door Il me and q lot Of new
lumber, the owi.a& of which cannot be
located inside tlic county.
Another man liked up a bundle Of
checks and notes ti.at had been blown
from the neighborhood of Princeton.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
DR.. Williamson swears.

Yorktown. Ark, Jan. 1S.-Last week
q statement WIS published from Leland
Williamson, NJ. D., of this place to the
effect that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the
best medicine for all Kidney Diseases,
and that he uses them with uniform
success in his daily practice.
No II who knows DR.. Williamson
will doubt for ii moment the complete
truth of his fearless declaration, but
to completely clinch the matter in the
minds of those who may not have the
pleasure of 4 personal acquaintance
with this celebrated physician, DR..
Williamson has appeared before Mr..
I'll. y. Green, j. p. for Montgomery
County. and made a sworn statement.
In this sworn statement the doctor
has cited a number of cases which
have been completely cured by Dodd's
Kidney Pills. Here Is case No. i:
Henry Hall. ST., aged As, an Amerl-
can, attacked with Malaria Haematu-
ria or Swamp Fever. temperature rang
ed from lO1 TO 1O5. highly coated
tongue. constipated bowels, hemor-
rhage or passage OF blood from Kid
neys. used febrifuge and Dodd's Kid
ney Pills to relieve the inflammation
and c%ongcsted condition of Kidneys
and to render the urine bland and non
Irritating. Recovery complete after
two months treatment of the Pills"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
SILK Made From Wood.

.sew York Tribune: a plant for making
tik from wood. erected near Sydowsaue.
, ermany. ls at present turning out fifty
J ounds of skein silk a day. which prod
ct can be Increased in quantity to 1000
] otnds. The silk Is soft in texture and
| rearuy in color. Each thread is made up
/ eighteen single strands. A single
strand is hardin g,ercepttble to the naked
aye. In strength it is but one-third that
Ipf the real silk. When woven into pieces
, he new substitute is said to have the APP
9earance of real silk. The pulp under
goes q chemical process and is pressed
Through very fine tubes BY hydaulic pres
sure. forming the single strands which go
10 make up the thread.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
TRICKY Types.

Philadelphia Post. There was a dinner
in the best Chinese restaurant in New
York to a highly bred Chinese woman.
who Is here TO do schoo. work. One of
the editors of a great New York newspa-
per is interested in the work. He went
20 the Inner and asked the. a good re-
porter should be sent to write a pleasant
account Of the dinner for ext mornings
paper.
The reporter went to the dinner, came
TO the office, wrote a pleasant third of a
column and went rome to bed. Next day
when he came he was summoned before
n editor. The editor was furious. "Is
this your idea of humor2" he asked, hold
ir~ out Il clipping to the reporter.
II don't understand" said the reporter.
Don't understand p rnareeaa the editor.
Well. read that sentence and then you
VIII understand
The reporter read: Rice, mice and
Oolong flowed freely
Great Scott he gaspcd, IL wrote 1t
Rice. vim and Oolong.'" And ne had.
but the demon of the tynea had pursued
and caught the editor who wanted to be
particularly nice to the highly bred Chi
nese woman
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
CHAPTER II.
rs

Musing on this strange story, and the
old mans unwonted fear, 1 walked on
down to the water'e edge where my In
dian friends, already in the pirogue,
awaited me. Another half hour and
we were in Biloxi. u
When we reached the barracks I
found orders to attend the governor at
once.
Bienville stood before his fire alone,
quiet, out in a very different mood
from any In which I had Heretofore
seen him.
captain de Mouret,' the rough old
warrior began. without any prelude. or
indirection, Il desire to send you at
once to Paris on an errand of the Ut
most Importance to myself and to this
colony. l select you for :ssn. task,
though I a i'll spare you here, be-
cause it is a delicate matter. T be-
lieve you to be honest, l know you are
courageous"
l bowed, and he went on. Something
had evidently occurred to vex and irri-
tate him.
You know the people who surround
me here, he weak, the vicious, the IL
centious Of all the earth. A band of
unprincipled adventurers, vile Cana
dams and ~half-breeds, all too lazy to
work, or even to feed themselves out
of the bountiful earthswhich would
give everything we need almost for
the asking. The air Is full now of
rumors Of a Spanish war, and a
Observation-Disclosures alliance. If these
things are true we would find ourselves
entirely cut off from French supplies.
and this cDlony would literally starye
to death. Yes, starve to death with I'M
told millions of fruitful acres all a bout
US. Had we strength to fight / would
not care SO much. With but WI COM
paries of undisciplined troops, a mere
struggling handful, differed by drunk
ards, we could not defend this post a
day against any organized attack,
All this | knew TO be true, so [ made
no comment. He pursued the onyer-
sation and evidently relieved MS mind
OF much that had troubled him for
months.
Then this beggarly cornmissary Of
mine, and the trafficking priest, de la
Sente, they are constantly stirring up
strife against me here, and putting hes
in the hands of my enemies at court.
The king, too, Is wearied out with this
endless drain upon his treasury for
money and supplies, and is now, SO I
am informed, almost readysto accede to
Grosat'ssproposifion, and turn oversto
him revenues and government of
the colonies
The old ma grew earnest and elo-
That 9t2ria L ii srlpire such as
EtIais to a5fffsefsahls radfnE acksteI,
asIfse nsiSp Esasa nst~@Ap sr Mi him. q
tau tae saTss axU nsie d
Ela1ssGaT hs*S Essas saats
ssssIsS9 SSss
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
MYSTERY or BLANK BALLOTS.
About 5000 of Them Cast at Each
Election in Greater New York.

Ftpout S,uGO OF mem Cast at Each
Election in Greater New York.
New York sun: At the last election
2.100, citizens of New York county and
1900 voters In the other counties OF
the Greater New York cast blank bal
lots. There are usually about 5000
blank ballots cast. 1t may seem Pc
culiar that several thousand citizens
each year should take the trouble to
appear at the places of registry to an
SRer the questions necessary for the
enrolment of their names, to attend the
polling places on election day, and all
Tor the apparent purpose of casting a
blank vote, counting for neither party
nor for any candidate. when precisely
the same result could be attained by
remaining away FROM the polls for reg
or voting.
e blank ballot, as defined by the
election code, is one which contains
no mark or indication whatever of the
Durpos or intention of the voter. 1t
as q ballot which is returned 10 the
election inspectors in precisely the
same condition as it was given to the
voter. Why do 1000 or 1000 persons
each year ! II New York go tnrough the
nnnecessafg formality or voting blank
aIio 1t is one of the questions
which no one has been able to answer,
though there are some explanations of
II which are at least reasonable.
ihefe are some .llliterate men who
are tin1id about revealing their Hitter
acy, II they avoid the risk of doing
SO by voting blank. Then there are
citizens unconcerned in the outcome OF
an election who are induced to register
n to vote. They do vote, but their
fndiffelence'tn the result is revealed in
a blank ballot. There are, again, those
VINO become ratified in the polling
places and find escape from-their per-
pexity by returning the ballot given
them folded but unmarked to the in
spectors. Three thousand blank votes
IN a total of 100000 is one-half of /
per cent. of the Whole vote cast.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21
Ali Done Out.

to Doan's Kidney Pills when | noticed
warnings Of attack. On each and every
occasion the results obtained were just
as satisfactory as when the pills were
first brought to my notice. l just as
emphatically endorse the preparation
to-day as | did over two years ago"
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, n. Y,
proprietors. Fol- sale by all druggists.
Price so cents per box.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-21

a topographic map covering an are.
of $50 square miles and embracing
parts OF buchanan. Delaware, Ben
Ion and Linn counties, in eastern Iowa,
has recently been published by the
United States Geological survey. The
map IS known as the Winthrop quad
rangle, being named after the village
of Winthrop, located in Buchanan
county, near the northern edge of thu
area.
independence, in the northwest cor
ner, and Marion, in the southeast COR
ner of the quadrangle, are the chief
towns. The railroad facilities of the
district are excellent. The public
roads are good and are well cared for.
The roads for thu most part run along
section lines, and almost all the sec
tions have roads on all sides.
The character of the topography.
which is mapped on a scale OF about
two miles TO n inch, is well indicated
by contour lines drawn at 2O-foot
pend for exact altitude upon level
lines run along most of the public
roads n pom the profiles of the rail-
roads. Thes level lines and profiles
are referred to the bench-marks estab-
iished along the precise level line that
was run from the Gulf of Mexico up
the Mississippi river by the Mississippi
river commission.
The topography is Of a glacial type,
and q distinctive feature of the map.
clearly shown by the contour lines, Is
the peculiar glacial ridges which ex-
tend across the country from northwest
to southeast and which are especially
well marked In the vicinity OF Cen
trai City, F~lefningyilia and SllelIsburns
THE area embraced by this "a
watered by the WgpasipifnIcon andaIssr
3dar8Tfvsgs their tributaries. Thf.
Hzssts named rfyertraNarses the po.fiI,s
etEl haif nh The auadIanglss amt % Gg.
Tsgty er5S seuthWsst cor-
tEag,S dfa ls 9erfiie aId higfhiycult4
ys s I'M H @e iisIfa @nss.ss