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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-11-29
CIVILIZATION AND RELIGION.

The history of civilization II q
history of religion. Without religion
there IL no civilization. The different
civilizations that the world has seen
have approached perfection just In
proportion as the religion whereon
the civilization has been founded has
approached perfection in its theory
ard observance Ours Is the highest
civilization because Of the truth OF
Christianity. II Is not a perfect civil
ization because the principles and
precepts of christianity are not per
fectly observed. says the Houston
Chronicle
Civilization. says AmIei, rs
| first and foremost a moral thlng.
without religion there can be no
morality. because no sanction there
for. Duty. which General Lee pro
| nounced the nobiest word In the
| English language, and Charles
| Kingsley "the command of heaven,
| the eldest voice Of God" If what
| holds society together. Take away
that idea and anarchy results. Bar
| barism is q state In which law and
| order exist only in germ, While We
| are proud to trace our ancestry back
TO good European families. II We
keep on with our investigation We
find that We are descended from bar
| barlans, who were sprung from men
so wild and warlike that they can
not be called anything else than
savages.
And vet these men were better
than the so-caIled civilized Romans
whom they overcame. The Romans
had ceased TO believe in even the in
ferior religion they had. Consider
the Latin word "virtus. There Is
much meaning in the fact that the
Romans had but one word for virtue
and valor When they became thor
oughly corrupted they were CON
quered.
wrote Froude. the historian, lies In
his religion, in what he really be-
lieves about this world and his own
place in it," If the nature of any man
is undisciplined, subject to be blown
about by passion like an unexplained
shin at the mercy of variable winds
he will never accomplish his course
into any goal or haven. but Will be
wrecked with pitiful disaster. WAT
is true Of the individual man is true
of people. No nation lasts that Is
not founded on the rock OF rlSn'-
eousness. The pages of history are
filled with accounts of the republics,
ngdoms, and empires that have
estltA.A ras tsas det .ly,..n dsna
language being dead thaopses des- |
spoken by living lips. nC-..se. the
ing left alive to hand down TO des-
cendants the dear mother-tongue.
Men and nations by the law of
their being must either improve or
decay. They must grow better or
worse. growth being a condition Of
life. without religion they can not
but grow worse. With religion they
can not but grow better What is re-
ligion? Edmund Burke has well de
fined IL: The body OF all true re-
ligion consists, to be sure, in 1bedi-
ence 10 the will Of the Sovereign OF
the world. in a confidence in His
declarations, and in imitation Of
His perfeo ions"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-11-29

The partnership heretofore exist
ing between Peak, Jones & Bass has
this day been dissolved, George
Peak retiring. The firm will hence
forth be known as Jones Il Bass,
who solicit your painting and pa
perhanging. New phone rs.
FELIX JONES,
LUTHER BASS.
Waxahachie. Texas Nov. 10, 1907.
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The Hpiliag~wosth Twins.

The beautiful emotional drama ~
Camille. with Maud Hollinxs~orih
in the title role. Will be presented
by the Hollings worth Twins Drama
tic company tonight az Sheton =
opera house.
This is an absolute novelty IN the
Amusement line, as Little Mauae is
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There ls one thing about r.
~hvp a woman thinks she .s i4ht
shs Del r.shf whether rns i4 ..shf
- hot
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II Ne had more Old men iu The
sorid Ike Grover Cleveland there
would be- more purity ln politics
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Every man is entitled co aud gen
efsllv receives the same amount Of
respect that be shows himself
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any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation OF
any person, firm or corporation that
may appear in the columns Of the
Daily Light will be gladly corrected
upon It's being brought to the atten-
ton Of the MANAGEMENT
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Once in q while We forget and
srint the news as be really is and
~ always bear from b..
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4 commission TOWN Of govern
Osnt would give as some relief
0ssns needed lines
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1t is peculiar beast that has to
~ his jug ~ prepare for SUNDAY
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You gave thanks yesterday. 10
DAY you can be thankful that YOU
ID.
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". A. OWNRY CITY Edito,
tReeidence Phone. Bell No. 2S9D

Christianity will civilize, but YOU
cannot always christianize.
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- EntaEpElse Publishing Com
u ices. Every employs 81 t6}s Sffice
b paid promptly for work done. This
10 to protect ourselves and the sell
ing public.-ENTBRPR PUB
LISTING COMPANY. Per c. w. Nc
knight, Manager.
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Greatness is expected Of every
one, but the weld is only partial.
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Published Daily Except Sunday
BY
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING
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Entered at the axahachie Post
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06
Republican Factions Fighting.

Boss Cox of Cincinnati, whose pc
culiar political practices led to his
retirement two years ago by an
aroused people, seems to be again in
the Republican saddle and is now
taking a hand In the Republican ma
tional game Of politics. The time
was when "Coxey old boy" was quite
satisfied to boss the grating Repub-
licans of Cincinnati, but now aims to
be the great national peacemaker be-
tween the Roosevelt and Foraker fac
lions in Ohio. The Coxey programme
Is to give all the leaders a nomination
and save the Republican party. That,
of course, includes making Coxey
boss of Cincinnati again. Any Re-
publican can play in the Coxey game
If he has the wherewith to buy the
chips and will aid Coxey in regaining
his lost supremacy as boss. This and
other startling political events in Ohio
would indicate that the president and
Secretary Taft have made a treaty
of peace with Boss Cox.
Senator Foraker, however, does not
propose to sit into the political game
with the cards stacked by his enemies
and although Republican leaders have
way Of getting together, SO as to
control the spoils, no such deal has
vet been accomplished and will not
be If Senator Foraker and Dick are
not consulted and provided for. Hence
there is still blood on the Republican
moon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06
Our Political Trust Mannates.

The Corn Products company, which
is in the glucose trust and is trying to
swallow up its competitors, is said to
be controlled by the Standard Oil peo-
pie. The Glucose Sugar Refining
company claims that it is being
bounded by Standard Oil, that its
shares have been depressed to one
tenth their value. This has been &C
complished, is stated in the bill asking
that a receiver be appointed, by sales
of large quantities of stock on differ.
ent exchanges in immense amounts
and buying it in again at a lower fig
ure. Some days nearly the full amount
of the entire stock issue of $50, 000, 900
was sold, although the sales were
false and fraudulent. If these state.
ments are true, and of course they are
sworn to in the bill for the receiver,
the Rockefeller crowd are, in their eff
forts to wreck this industrial corpora
ton, even worse than the corrupt tao
tics employed by Hartman and his co.
conspirators to wreck the Alton rail-
road. AS the Rockefellers and Harri-
man are associated together as the
leaders of their section of the frenzied
financiers of Wall street, it Is impoa.
sible to escape the conclusion that
everything touched by them is faint
ed with fraud and corruption.
AS they are all Republicans, and, in.
deed, Mr.. Hartman was delegate to
the last Republican national conven-
ton and was enthusiastic for the re-
nomination of President Roosevelt, 1t
is further evidence Of the ease with
which the millions are obtained for
campaign funds to corrupt and de-
ceive the voters. But 1t is we'll to re-
member that something is always ex.
pected in return for these millions and
the Republican politicians generally
are free to furnish that something
With such leaders how can the Re,
publicans be trusted to give the PEG.
pie a square deal?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06

The defeat of the Republicans in
Baltimore is now charged to the
negro vote, which was alienated BY
the presidents Brownsville policy
This raises a new and interesting
question in national politics. Repub.
lican presidents have been elected by
the negro vote in the north. There
are at least $4,000 colored voters in
Ohio alone and a proportionate num-
Der in other states. II their resent
menft is such that they remained away
from the polls or voted the Democrat
ic ticket in Baltimore, where Roose-
welt was only indirectly a factor. what
will they do in a national contest
where he is directly involved?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06
CATCHES EEL IN A JUG.
Sportsman Doesn't Drink, But he Does
Have Day Nightmares.

Clarence Tozier Of Molunkus, Me-, is
a teetotaler. Moreover, he neither
smokes nor chews tobacco. But he
has Nightmares which are just as like
IL to come on him when he is taking a
loon nap as when he is in the midst
of his midnight rest.
A few weeks ago Tozier went over
to Mud pond to catch pickerel through
the Ice. 1t was a good day for sport,
and after he had bored a hole he found
the fish biting well. He had caught
several fair fish when he felt a half
hearted tug on his line and tried to
pull up. In spite Of the way the fish
were biting. Tozier had been half dog.
ing, and the jerk hardly aroused him.
Yet he pulled.
Instead Of yanking the pickerel
through the hole with one flop, he sue
'ceeded In doing no more than raising
1t on the bottom. and instantly CON
cluded that he had hold Of the big
gest Ssh in the pond. still this seemed
strange. and the pickerel didn't run I'M
d. EHUIk Ht AM WITTY MAA M
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06

File. The Arabs were In such a
plight that they agreed together that
the one of them who should devise
and execute a plan to overthrow the
band pitted against them should be
made chief Of their tribe, and that his
descendants should be chiefs forever,
the tribe taking his name.
Merhada El-Kazin was making a
horseshoe when he heard this de-
cision. Taking the shoe hot from the
fire, he went to the battlements, and
posing 1t (points DOWN hurled 1t at
Sir Godfrey File. The shoe descend.
cd straight and the two points entened
the eyes Of the commander, destroying
his sight. The Gripping Of the leader
put the crusaders to rout, and Mer.
hada EIKazin became chief Of the
tribe, which bears his name to this
day.
have this legend from b member
Of the tribe, and / have personally
seen a descendant Of El-Kazin who
was chief Of the tribe when / crossed
the Sahara in 1889. There is a
horseshoe over every window and
door In his home; and even over the
door Of his tent when lie Is travelling,
as when saw him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06
Mes III hW/HNhIY

they seem. 1t came out that one peer.
age was obtained by the typically
American practice of contributing to
a political campaign fund. 1t took
$1,250,0 900 in that case to make a
baron of the United Kingdom, and at
the same time $150,0O0 was required
to secure a knighthood that 1abors
under the disadvantage of not being
heritable, Scandal aside, however,
the British peerage Is the best of its
kind. An American girl looking for
foreign honors can better realize her
ambition in marrying a mere English
baronet than by contracting half a
dozen alliances with Russian princes,
papal princes and such.
There are half a dozen kinds OF
dukes, spelled according to the genius
of their geographical situation. There
are dukes in England who are real
aristocrats. When, therefore, an
American girl, Miss Zimmerman of
Cincinnati, captured the heart of his
grace of Manchester, she got a titular
matrimonial prize.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06
To Plunder the spoiIs.

The Harriman-Standard Oil railroad
combine, which control the Union and
Southern Pacific railroads, have de-
cided to add Sill, 100000 to the capt.
~talization Of those corporations be-
sides r~eserving in the treasury $780,
100000 Of convertible bonds for fu-
ture use. AS the Union Pacific de-
clared a dividend at the rate of ten
per cent. and last year reported mil
lions of cash and a vast amount of
stocks and bonds Of other railroads
in its treasury, these new issues must
be for the purpose Of stock-jobbing
operations, Why does not the admin
istration apply for an injunction
against the issue Of this new capital
which is evidently to be used 10
plumber the public?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06
Hard to Realize.

Mother" said a college student
who had brought his chum home for
the holidays, permit me to present
my friend, Mr.. Specknoodle."
His mother, who vas a little hard Of
hearing, placed her hand to her ear.
I'm sorry, George, but l didn't quito
catch your friends name. You'll hay'
to speak a little louder, I'm afraid"
Il say, mother" shouted George, 4
want to present Mr.. Specknoodle."
'T'm sorry, George, but Mr.. -
What was the name again?"
"Mr. Specknoodle!" George fairly
yelled.
The old lady shook her head sadly.
I'm sorry, George, but I'm afraid
It's no use. 1t sounds Just like Speck-
noodle to me."-Everybody's Maya
zinc
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06
nER K OF The rAsr.
Husband . stlII Here, But Hair Had
Long Departed.

A western man, who plumes himself
on his fascination for the other sex.
was not long ago presented 70 an at
tractive New York woman.
In course of their first tete-a-tets
the man with winning ways at once
took occasion to turn the conversation
into his favorite channel. 81 observe
that you are wearing an especially
fine locket," said he. Tell me, does
1t contai0 some token Of a past love
AFFAIR.""
Aware Of the westerner's weakness,
the handsome New Yorker thought to
humor Kim a bit. yes" smiled she,
sit does contain a token of the past,
a lock of my husbands hair"
"Yo1 don't mean to tell me that
you're a widow" exclaimed the west
erner, in delighted surprise, as he
nudged a trife nearer Il understood
that your husband vas alive"
"True," answered the beautiful crea-
ture; but his hair is gone."-Sunday
Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06
FEW VOTES NssDEp.
To Jar the Fabric of the Protected
Trusts and Monopollsts..


Secretary Root. who is undoubtedly
the ablest member Of President
R~oosevelt's cabinet, said In one of his
speeches: When you step in TO
change a custom you cannot change
1t by peacemeal; you have TO jar
something" That fact is doubtless
the reason that the proposition of MI.
Root to change our present tariff law
to include maximum and minimum
rates of duty has been received by
the standpatters with such ominous
silence. Special interests that are
protected by the tariff want no change
and all the monopolists ask is rest
and peace.
If Secretary Root had proposed to
leave the present tariff duties as the
minimum tax and then add rs per
cent. to those duties as the maximum
tax, he would have found more favor
with the standpatters. But to reduce
the present duties by rs per cent. as
the minimum tax jars upon the nerves
of those who are protected by the
tariff, who can only view the matter
from their own selfish standpoint.
But this very s~tubbornness of the pro-
tected trusts and monopolists, not to
accede to any change, will undoubted-
ly lead to their downfall.
The more obnoxious a law becomes,
the more radical the demand of its
opponents for changing it, and as the
present tariff protection to the trusts
becomes more and more apparent to
those who are daily plundered, the
sooner the whole protective system
will be abolished. You cannot change
1t by peacemeal and have the struc-
ture hang together, for even to re-
move n of the tariff schedules, such
as protects the steel trust, would so
jar the whole fabric of the protective
system as to lead to it's downfall.
There are 20 congressional dis
tricts where the steel trust has the
balance of power, there are IL more
where the coal trust controls, and
these and the Standard Oil and other
trusts have enough influence to sway
more than half the Republican mem
bers of both houses Of congress.
These monopolists with their vast
r~amitications and the power of their
money are joined in the political
game with the Republican machine
and together manage to hold a major
ity of the voters. This mountain of
monopoly and money, and the scared
consciences of a percentage of the
voters, would seem hard to remove
from the path of the Democratic tariff
reformers, but faith in a righteous
cause will remove mountains.
1t only required an average change
of three per cent. of the voters in 27
districts-three votes in 100-to have
given the Democrats the control of
the house of representatives. How
many voters were kept in line for
the Republican ticket through the in
fiuence of the tariff protected trusts,
or through the controlling power of
their money is problematical, but that
enough to change the result were
swayed by those mysterious agencies
is certain.
Thus instead of having to change
the minds of a vast number of voters
to jar the Republican protection
fabric, it will be seer that but a slight
shift is necessary to overcome the
Republican machine and it's trust
and monopolist allies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06
SUPERSTITION is VERY OLD.
Origin Of the Belief That Horseshoes
Bring Good Luck.

1t is painful to observe the lack Of
horseshoe lore displayed by your cot
respondents, says a writer to the New
York Sun. Not one of them has men,
toned the origin of the superstition,
which in itself settles the fashion in
which the horseshoe should be hung
with Its points down.
The belief in the talismanic luck
Of the horseshoe Is originally an Arab
superstition, and dates from the time
of the second crusade. To this day
one may see horseshoes displayed over
the doors Of some Arab houses-points
down, Of course-especially the houses
Of the El-Kazin tribe (sometimes
wrongly referred to as the Da'alcks).
Merhada El-Kazin, the first chief Of
the tribe. was originally an Arab metal
worker and sheer OF horses, during lhe
second crusade. He was one Of a hand
Of Arabs which was being sore be.
set by the crusaders, under the cad
ership Of . Norman, one Sir Gecffrey
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06
der the ice after the name Of all

der the ice after the manner Of all
whoppers.
Tozier says that he pulled strong
and steadily, and after a time some
thing came UP kerchung against the
under side Of the ice. Peering through
the hole. he was astonished to see
that he had caught a jug, but not by
the handle. 1t appeared to be an or
binary brown two-gallon affair, and he
concluded that his hook had dropped
through the neck and caught inside.
This theory, however. was exploded
when he chopped the Jug out.
BY pulling the line taut a wicked
eye was brought to the hole. The eye
belonged to an eel which had in its
youth wriggled into the jug and re-
NAMED there In comfort until too
large to get out. AS the Jug had rest
ed on Its side enough food had foated
within to keep the eel In good health
and high spirits. 1t measured three
feet and n inch.-N. X. World.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06
VIII Live In Paris.

The widow of Coils P. Huntington
has informed friends in Washington
of her purpose to reside permanently
in Paris. With this object in view
she is preparing to close her house in
New York and go to the French cap
ital, where there will soon be COM
pleted a mansion for her costing ear
iy $1,000, 900. Mrs. Huntington was
many years younger than her great
husband, who left her the bulk of his
millions to do with as she might see
ft. -.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06
Russian Princes Plentiful.

Russian Princes Plentiful.
Prince Michael Cantacuzene, who
married Miss Julia Dent Grant, is one
Of these, but he has escaped the ad.
ditional title, a "thinned-out prince"
Every member of the family of a Rus
sian kniaz is a kniaz, male or female.
Count up a generation or two in
mathematical terms, and 1t will not be
surprising that there is a bona fide
Prince Krapotkine driving a Peters
burg cab, a Prince Dolgoruki who is a
~stevedore, or a Princess Galatzin in a
fourth-rate circus.
A Dolgoruki ancestor was once king
of Russia, and the Galatzin and Krap-
otkine families are among its most
honorable and ancient. Occasionally a
"zakhndaly kniaz" has fallen so low
that he is but a peasant, and thus
minus the title of noble that is given
to the educated subjects of the czar.
This Russian disregard Of primogen-
iture observance, which does so much
to keep the English peerage up to the
standard. obtains also in Germany.
Certain immunities and privileges, be-
sides the satisfaction of defined prece-
dence, make the English lord a
marked and envied person. Most Ger.
man and Prussian mobiles are devoid of
extra privilege, and their children all
bear the titles of their fathers.
The house of Hatzfeldt is one of the
fairly numerous exceptions. The heir
of Prince Alfred, present head of one
branch, is Prince Francis, whose wife
was the adopted daughter Of the late
Coils P. Huntington. On the other
hand, the late ambassador to- Germany
was only Count Hatfield. His case
was particularly Interesting because
he had a genuine love affair with an
American woman, Miss Helen Moul-
ton, of Albany. He married her in
1868, and was forced to separate from
her by Prince Bismarck, who made 1t
a rule to allow a German diplo-
mat to marry a foreigner. The sepa-
ration lasted until Bismarck went out
Of power, when the two promptly re-
married.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06

cord and of Valencay in France, and
Prussian duchess of Sagan.
Titles in Italy date back a long time,
and had their origin in the times when
there were free cities, each of which
had its own collection Of nobility. The
title of prince there is not awe-inspir-
ing, and the others of lower grade fall
far short Of honor. The Italian equiv
alent of Burke's Peerage will look up
your ancestry. determine your heraldic
bearings and include a history of your
origin in its next edition for a nominal
sum.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-06-06
Bring Him Out.

Hon. Henry Watterson has a dark
horse in training for the Democratic
nomination for president, "who, with
out entangling alliances with any Of
the money powers" is yet without any
antecedents which could drive away
conservative Democrats" and who sup
ported the ticket in 1896 There can
be no objection to trotting out your
dark steed, Marse Henry, and let u
see his good points.