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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-08-15
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-08-15
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Birmingham. Ala. Aug 15.-~Lleu-
tenant Governor r. NJ Cunningham
In statement made last night CON
demns the action of Booker r. Wash
ingson I'm dining publicly with John
Wanamaker and his daughter at
Saratoga Sunday
His conduct ia accepting these at
tentions from northern white peo-
pie. said Lieutenant Governor Cum
nlngham. proves couciusivelv that ne
Is an unwise leader of his race. Il
impalrs his usefulness 70 his people
for while he may ba immune from
the injury that will follow, some viii
suffer intellectually
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-08-15

Mrs r. r. Doughtie to ]. G. Harp
pr tet tu bnnts $1,000
L. V Diamond and wife to " M.
stcuson. 90 acres our Of the Baggitt
survey $500
II & Chapman To John ~ Chap
man, 12i acres out of the Paine sur
vey s1Gle
" Esamm et al to NJ L. 70.
1&I acres oug Of the W a. Cox sur
Teg SG270.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-08-15

el,rett, August ito thc N-u -
bers OF the Farmers Union of Ellis
County You are HEREBY called 20
m, IN delegate form 'u th. uD 81
Waxahachie on SATURDAY August
~, 1905. Let every member who cas
conveniently do SO be present at said
meeting as business OF importance
will bee before us
t. G. FAULKNER
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Stories Interesting Experiences Dreamand Which
Have Occurred to Readers of The Times. and Are Told
by Them in Competition for the $Iooin Prizes
Offered for the Best Dream.
DETAILS OF THE CONTEST

prizes
| ueteA neo deansw heod
merit
| story will be thed determining
pdzwi all
hoean ntnnunt tbeof ofue wnhh under
ashng Sund Times
fhey must brief possible tell the story effectively.
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
TURKEYS IN CHARGE
OF PRINTING OFFICE
Government Typo Is Put to Unloading
Cars of Type by Gobbler Foreman.

Having INDUCED too freely in turkey
and other good things on Christmas
Day. and being a hard-working employe
of the Government Printing Office.
should perhaps be assigned as the caus-
sa sine qua non for my mental confu-
sion on Christmas night. to-wit:
1 had scarcely closed my eyes in sleep
before the great panorama opened up
before me. Turkeys. turkeys. turkeys,
large and small. fat and lean, appeared
on every side, and il seemed that every
printer IN the Government Printing
Once had, presto change, suddenly as
sumed the form of a turkey
One extremely large gobbler was in
charge of my division and was shouting
orders right and left He had every
body On the jump, or rather on the fly,
and his messengers We're scurrying here
and there with proof sheets, copy and
special orders
The supply of proof paper was soon
exhausted, to the dismay of the gobbiar
foreman, who Immediately ordered that
the type in galley form be conveyed 10
the departments instead of the proof
shaets that all nece SSary corrections
might be indicated without delay
This policy was pursued for several
days. and the type after awhile COM
menced to be returned to the office.
The first to be returned required thirty
five freight cars. and | was assigned
the lob of unloading them
The unloading process took consider
able time, and so vividly did this aD-
pear and 50 strongly Impressed on my
mind lin the dream) WAS this part OF
the transaction that | was II total
wreck from overwoTk being so fatigued
/ the next morning on awakening thai
! went to the office and got excused for
two days in order to rest up and recup-
crate MILCs ST. ANkS
iS2 tfackmau ST Sc
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

which the stream ran It seemed TO me
that 1 was standing over him and as
did a ray of moonlight penetrated the
evergreen labyrinth and saw the
features OF his face. Then in my sleep
recognized the symptoms of the fatal
fever and as I stepped back in horror.
/ dreamed that put my foot near the
coil of diamondback and distinctly
heard his rattling warning Of death The
dream was so vivid that I woke with
cold fear
On the Banks of a Stream
I got up and looked out of the win-
dow over the tops OF the orange trees
TO the dark outline OF trees that marked
the course Of the Deep Keebler Slough.
This was tributary OF the Big Whala-
eoochee River, and I knew 1t was the
place I had seen in my sleep. I was
inclined to dress and go TO the spot
had recognized. but dismissed the in
tention, and persuaded myself OF the
folly Of attributing significance to
| dream During the remainder Of the
1 night my sleep was broken, and time
and again saw that clear spot in the
| bayhead and heard the man moaning
for water.
Earl next morning I saddled a horse
and rode to the quarantine camp. I
related my experience and was laughed
at for my trouble One of the men
good-naturedly agreed to go with me
| to the place L declared 1 could find At
| the foot of the tree remembered seeing
In my sleep we found a dead body The
| face was staring up. and its features,
| eonvulse1; in the agony Of death, were
| those I remembered OF course II was
/ impossible to determine when the man ,
i had died, but I have always believed
/ that at the time I first dreamed of hear
| ing his moaning for the water ainlostS
in reach he was dying Ike dog with
! In a quarter of mile of help
/ PHILIP VAN PRODELLA
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

In the summer OF 1887 the State of
Florida was visited by the most severe
yellow fever epidemic in it's history.
Half the State was quarantined against
the other and the camp fires OF the
shotgun quarantines'. were visible IN
the pine woods every night for months.
The mail trains were run through the
infested town at full speed, and with
doors and windows tightly closed At
the ports nearest TO Cuba the fatalities
were very high, and hundreds OF the
inhabitants became refugees ard at
tempted 10 pass the quarantines-
Those who are versed In psychic lore
will say that these circumstances ex-
plain the cause OF the dream I remem-
Der to.have occurred thst summer. but
there are some features of it that the
most advanced psychic research cannot
explain.
l was living near the center OF the
State, in the piney woods country where
the yellow death had not gained a foot
hold. Within plain sight was the head
quartrs OF the quarantine camp, and
believe I fell asleep thinking Of ths
difficulties that would have 10 be over
come in passing the line.
Ignored the Appeal for Assistance.
The night was wa-m and my dream
wee varied They changed IN actor
and surrounding with an almost kline
toscopie effect until without apparen
leading up to such a climax a scene wa
before my subeonseious vision Wit
startling clearness-
/ saw the body of g man stretched on
on the damp ground on the banks OF
stream Of running water One hand wa
extended toward the stream and cieari
as in any moment or wakefulness
heard his meaning. I could even hea
| the gurgiing of the water as II boile
over the snarled root of a magnolia tree
and smell the fragrance of the yello1
| jasmine that filed the bayhead throug
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
WOOING THE GODDESS
ATBEAUTY'S COMMAND
A Thrilling Game of Poker in Which the
Prizes Were Kisses Which Some
how Failed to Materialize.

After a long session with four f1ushes
and disappearing chips, l reposed on
co,,eh In the clubroom, much the worse
for the strain and the incongruous in
gradients which go 90 make up the
usual lunch which a man consumes in
a hard battle around the green cloth
7 had hardly closed my eyes when
the game was renewed. and / went once
more with dogged determination at the
task of trying to win money from men
who had been taking it from me by the
sheer run of luck for many weary
hours Strange to say, my luck seemed
TO change with the short rest / had
taken. While before 1 had been unable.
in draw after draw. to connect with a
double-ended straight flush, in the very
first hand I drew two cards to flush
and filed, getting a play against three
aces and two sets of two pairs.
From that time on il was q series of
lucky draws, and on several occasions
after raising the pot 1 filled an inside
straight and always had threes against
me In the meantime, we had over
looked the fact that 1t was ladies' night
at the club, and had played straight
through from noon without once think
,De of the charmers who We're to grace
o,lr refuge that night. But, while we
forgot the ladies, they die not forget
nc ond came in to look US over just
ne was pulling down the biggest pot
| of the evening There WAS an even
| dozen In the party that sought out the
| Hall of Chance to see which way the
blind Goddess was inclining the bal
! ance. and they We're among the most
| beautiful women in the city.
/ The presence of the fair sex seemed
! to stimulate my luck, and it was almost
! imnossfble for me to lose. So enthusias-
| +ic did the young women become over
my s,iccess-they are all born gamblers
-that each and every one of them prom
;sed TO kiss me if l took down the next
not. II was somewhat embarrassing. but
| I could do nothing more than accept
the offer. and took cards as usual. |
drew four aces in the first deal and
. the other four men at the table evident
! " drew pat hands, for none of them
! asked for any cards. l also stood pat
! and the battle was on We waged the
| war of the chips until all the money or
! the table was in the pot. to say nothing
of n few checks, when it came to n show
/ down As | expected. there were foul
pat hands against me, and I had won
| I reached out fer the pile. and at tbs
same time the dozen pretty women made
a dash to imprint chaSte salute upon
M ala baSter brow
Get up yelled my roommate. "ft's
| time 10 go to work.
And I awcke to fnd that l was still /;
HENRY NJ. THOMPSON.
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
ONF VIVID DREAMER
DROPS INTO VERSE
He Is Afflicted With Terrible Thirst and Ultimately Robs
Hlppopo.amus Nest and Makes Love to Pretty Girl.

o,,r shin was now from London three
days out:
We eoursed along upon the trackless
sea-
No land In sight-all water round about,
To starboard, Iarboard- windward, and
our lee.
The storm soon tore the ship to Kind
ling wood
And cast us in the mighty raging
deea
Wherein we must have drowned, Go
what we could.
Had not bade them all their heads to
keep
Above tie water while ] hastened home
And brought the clothesline from the
currant trees
And tied one end around the State
house DOME
And so we walked ashore by twos and
threes-
Wei. when we climbed out through the
Mammoth Gaze
And trailed across the heated desert
Where Polar bear and Demonstrators
Ecstatic gamboIed DER the verdant
l:1Eds
All knowing well the heavy rains last
night
Had made the ground too wet for
nolding brick,
We took our hoes--all secured SO clean
and bright
And thinned the cotton where it grew
too thick.
The ground. so thirsty from two years
drouth.
Was baked and cracked-all wells and
streams were dry
No water east or west or north or south
For full ten miles, cen as the croy'
doth fy.
So, being thirsty, each one took his hoe
And walked down toward the spark
ling, gursling spring
TO get a drink. There. wading In the
snow,
Three hippopotami danced in ring.
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Tie Rfses

caators had the slightest effect upon
them.
rlnalIy they took a key from the
wardens table and told me TO come with
them Down a dimIy lighted white
washed corridor we walked until we
came to spiral stairway leading to
the top of the tall building. The noise
we made walking on the iron steps
awakened the prisoners as We passed.
Through the grating on the first land
ing glared the savage eyes of a rough
looking convict
There he is" he yelled frantically,
ealing my name, as 1 passed by
"He put me IL. here with his lies.
do mn him
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

wagg1ed and Topped on the floor as YOU
would rap with a stick. Every time |
heard that thud-thud. thud-thud. and
saw that vacant stare. swore would
have retribution from you.
And now 1t has. come -
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
SAW HER OWN BODY
LOWERED IN GRAVE
This Washington Girl Watched With
Interest Military Interment
of Herself.

Dream of January 16, 1904, after 3
a m.
/ seemed to be in the balcony of a Ii
brary. concealed from view, and watch
ing the funeral services which were be-
ing held in the body OF the hall, and
which / realized were my own. The
casket was born In by sailors and the
services conducted by a man in uni
form whom I TOOK for a naval chap
lain.
There were a great many people,
dressed mostly in light coiors, whom
seemed to feel We're friends, bu. 1 only
recognized two of them. One of these
Joined after the removal of the casket
she was dressed in pale blue. and L re-
marked TO her that it was a queer
funeral, as so many persons wore col
ors She hastened 10 tell me that she
was on her way tc reception and
obliged to dress SO, and I assured her
1 did not mind.
Was Passed by the Hearse.
I then hurried off 20 the cathedral
where l was TO be inferred, but missed
my way, and on making inquiries was
told that the only cathedral was the
one where Napoleon was buried Just
then / saw il on hill and started for
1t, but was passed by the hearse with
nv casket. Il occurred 10 me that ii
would not be pleasant to get into the
casket and have the lid screwed down,
but under the impression that 1t must
be done, l decided to get some poison
to take, and woke just as l was en-
tering a chemists 10 purchase some.
c. B.
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
SLIPPED WINE Will E
ASLEEP IN A TUB.
Plugged Into Cooling Bath Heat Victim Dreams of the
Vine-Clad Hills of Germany.

looked about with delight on the efrang-
ing scenery.
DTifted Gently Between the Palisades.
And then as 1 gazed with wondering
eyes at the shores On either side. or
rather what seemed 10 be the shores,
there gradually began to drift into view
little bits of landscape that appeared
oddly familiar Beautiful vistas they
were. and cool. green. vine-clad hills
Suddenly, at the turn OF the stream. as
L hoated smoothly along from out of
the tops Of the trees. there rose into
view the ivy-clad turrets of a castle
surely / thought, that IS land
mark l have seen before 1t must be-
il is-a castle on the Rhine
And then I knew that the beautiful
river which I was drifting with such
infinite content was the dear old Ger
man stream on which I had spent 50
many happy days in the fagheriand-
Once the place became Identified in
my mind with the Rhine I at once be-
thought me of the famous elixir with
which the name of the river is(so often
associa wine-and thereupon
concluded to draw my boat TO the shore
and visit ore of these yine-clad drink
/ ing tayerrs where the cool juice OF the
grape is served in all its glory.
Attended by Blue-Eyed Maiden
! / sat ne down on bench within the
arbor ana bade the pretty blue-eyed
Gretchen who came at my call 10 fetch
/ the biggest and coolest flagon OF wine
/ that the place could afford. II was
handed 70 me and I raised it to my
| lips pausing just a moment 10 enjoy
(, the full valne OF the pleasures of an
ticipatson. Then down went the fluid
| into my parched and fevered throat.
= long. deep draft it was, so deep in
fact that l thought that the hagon
must have fastened itself to my lips.
and that / would rever get from under
| It's tirerching outpour- A spasm seized
ne Delicious content was succeeded
by real physical paia I seemed 70 be
suffocs.t ms. AID IN fact ] was / awoke
10 a paroxysln of coughing My head
had slipped from, It's resting place at
the head of the bathtub and I had
swallowed nearly a quart of water
/ ~. H A TRGT.
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

a dream that nearly resulted disas-
trously for me. but which was pleasant
while ii lasted. was one 1 had when I
fell asleep in a bath tub
1t was one OF those sitting hot nights
in midsummer that We sometimes get in
this latitude / sought the cooling
depths OF a luxurious bath tub in the ef-
fort to cool my fevered body. Scarcely
had / plunged myself into the water and
lain still for moment when the dark
mantle OF care seemedA TO lii Itself from
my brow and / was af.oat on the placid
bosom of Il broad. flowing stream. It
seemed so deliciousiy cool and peaceful
on the surface of the water that /
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

We sat in private dining room at
one of Washington's well-known cafes.
and my companion held my gaze with
an uncanny fascination as she rested
her chin on her hands and smiled at
me across the snowy covering of the
table In front of her stood an untasted
glass of some mild liquor In my right
hand 1 held an empty tumbler.
She was beautiful woman, with all
the signs of innate and habitual refine
ment- Had I met her casually on the
street I would probably have wanted to
meet her and watch the changing ex-
pressions of her delicate features
At that table, however. she hfled me
with an inexpIica BILE terror fancled
saw in her eyes a malignant light, ana
the quick contraction and expansion OF
her fhfn nostrils seemed unnatural and
animal The set line Of her lips was a
threat to my disordered brain, and the
movements of her hand remlndea me Oh
the restless tentacles Of repuisive In
sect
Found Drumming With Hand of Corpse.
-Four years ago. she said, her cold.
converse tionaf tones recalling the SOUND
of small ices whiting across frozen
pond. you dove my brother insane 1t
was the old trick. the hand of corpse
on top of his lamp chimney when he
went to his room late at night. But
the end was not the same The next
morning he was found sitting In the
middle of the floor drumming on the
boards with the human hand. HIS
mouth hung open loosely. and his eyes
were blank of all intelligence. A year
ago he died at ST. Elizabeth's.
.sYou never heard him do his tattoo
on the floor? After we took the corpse s
hand from him, he used his own, and
the result was always the same / nave
listened for hours OF that drumming; the
fhud-thud, thud-thud of that hand on
tile floor. 1t was sickening- He used
his nand as if it were separate from his
arm all voluntary power and motion be,
ing in The forearm His hand, freed
from the agency of his will, hung loose,
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

What kind o. Hip, O Pott, am I?' they
sang.
But we gave chase and fought our
level best.
And soon no more their tuneful voices
rang,
For we most valiantly had robbed
their nest.
And, sitting there in that most lovely
glade
Green earth below and jeweled stars
above
The brookiet ripping through the forest
shade,
And / there kneeIing by my own true
love
And pleading passionate; "You shall not
lac.:
For anything. On, say me aye! Your
Ny wire here slapped me hard upon the
back
And cried: Look here, Old Man. It's
mornii Arise,iv'
ARTHUR P. BUCK
1908 Maryland Avenue northeast.
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
He Met Some Old Friends.

I looked and recognized the distorted
features Of Bud Lindsay, one of the
most reckless noonshiners IN the history
of Virginia, a man whom | had sue
ceeded, two years before, IN sending TO
the penitentiary for life.
And so 1t went all the way to the top
Every landing passed I saw the face OF
a man / had sent there, and heard his
deep curses and expressions of JOY at
seeing me taken to cell Pandemonium
broke loose. They yelled and jeered al
me, each calling on the warden to put
me In the cell with him.
"You won't have TO feed him no longer
than tomorrow" they cried. aad shud-
dered for fear the warden would ac-
cede to their request
But he did not, and ] thanked GOO
when he put the key in the lock of a
small cell far up near the top of the
stairway. and opened the door.
Get in there he cried none too gen.
tIy, and was pushed in. The door SIAM
med behind me and
l awoke to find that l had fallen
asleep In my chair and had been
awakened by the slamming of the
window blind, swung in by the wind.
ANGUS MCDONALD.
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
Fascinated by Her Hypnotic Gaze.

AIlu no" II HAS COiiit-
Fascinated by Her Hypnotic Gaze.
She was silent moment, staring at
me fixedly. her gaze holding my eyes as
irresistibly as if I had been hypnotfzed-
The thin nostrils wavered fitfully with
her rapid breath and her hands moved
restlessly, furtively, about her own chin
and throat. Her lips parted and pro-
truded heavily, looking red, thick, ant,
brutish beneath the glare of the electric
lights. Such face might have been
natural ain country of cannibals-
was stilied by terror and waited for her.
to speak.
in that drink" she said, with the
same cold infection of voice. was an
African poison I hunted for through
two whole years. 1t means death TO
the brafr, in three hours / have worked
a long time and now
without warning. as light is swept
from a room by the dying of a lamp,
all the hate and emotion left her face
Her jaw dropped. making her lips hang
open, ard her eyes were blank of all
Intelligence. Staring foolishiy about her,
with her right hand. holding it loosely
as If there were no power in 1t and
moving 1t by the muscles of the fore
arm and shoulder
Inc thuC-tnuO, tnUO-tHuO- SOuiluSC Odl
plainly, while / sat petrified in my
chair Would 1t never cease2 Thud-
thud, thud-thud, the rapping held me
transfixed with horror, while the crea-
ture across the table stared blankly be
fore her. taking no knowledge of hel
surroundings.
At last the waiter opened the door,
sprang to my feet with a great cry OF
relief, and-it was only a dream Rex
was rapping the rug before the fire with
his big, bushy tail.
ROBERT REVERE.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-07-24
POlACOS ALEMANtS

Las noticias )nfrmadas. por los
hechos, de que ell Car Sc habia deci-
dido, al fin, & conceder una constitu-
cion d Rusia, han despertado la ma.
yor ansedad en- las atlas esferas del
Gobierno alem&n.
No es que ell emperador CUTLER.
mo nj sus ministries tengan objection
alguna particular que hacer 4 un cam.
bio de sistemas en- Russia, slno que el
punto referente & que ell vieo reino
dc Polonia sera restaurado, cif1endo
el Car la corona del mismo, que &
Ia lengua polaca lie sera reconocida en-
Poloniala mismas prerrogativas Que
la rusa, ha llenado de tenor al Co.
bierno aleman.
I'm ninguna parts han sido trata.
dos los polacos de una manera mas
rlgurosa que en- Silesia y Posen, las
proylncias polacas alemanas; en- min.
guna parte tampoco Sc han hecho los
esfuerzos que allf para extirpar la len
qua polaca; en- ming na parte Dor Ill
timo, los opresores son mas odiados
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-07-24
Aviso al Pdb|ico

Conducida al corral6n municipal
por la policfa insular una yegua de
color rucia, marcada con las inicia.
les j F como de II amos de edad, Sc
ha depositado en- el vecino Felipe Flo
res.
Tambien ha sido conducida al co.
rral6n en- Luquillo, otra yegua de CO.
lor zaino oscuro, como de IA amos, &
cuartas alzada y psso trote, la cual
Sc encuentra depositada en- don Ma
nuel Rivera.
Y 10 hago pdblico para que lle-
gando q conocimionto de sus dueiios,
Sc presenter recogerlas, previo pa.
go de 81 Guido; advtrtiendole que
transcurridos 30 dfss sin haberlo We.
rihcado, Sc venderan dichos animales
en- p1blica subasta q favor del Muni.
cipio. .-Fajardo, Julio 5 de | 1905. Ell
Alcalde, J. Pened0. 80