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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-21

New York, Dec. 2l.--lndoor lawn
tennis for this season had its tnau-
gural In New York today with the
opening OF the championship tourna-
ment OF the Seventh Regiment Lawn
Tennis club. Dates have also been ar
ranged for matches with Columbia.
Harvard, Princeton and Yale The
inter-city matches with Boston and
Philadelphia began In Boston this
week.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-21

New York, Dec 21.-Play in the
chess tournament be-
gan in this city today and will be
continued on Monday and Tuesday
of next week. Expert chessmen of
Harvard Yale. Princeton and Col
umbia are represented, the visiting
players being the guests of the lat
ter university.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-12-21

Fancy ferri leaves. holly. ribbons
cut flowers. plants in bloom and
fancy gold fish for Christmas Bird
Forrest the Waxahaehie Florist. %
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
Street Tree PIantinu.

Various large cities and towns
throughout the United States, as we'll
as many lesser ones. are taking up the
matter of planting all street trees and
with most gratifying success, SO much
so that another decade will doubtless
witness the complete passing Of street
tree planting by individual property
owners or even by concerted action
otherwise than under the direction of
a city or town official or department.
There appears to be no legitimate bar
rier to city or town assuming this
work, and all the argument is on that
side of the question, says the Los An
geles Times. In public improvements
what benefits one benefits all, and
there is no reason why a city or town
government may not make lis streets
beautiful as we'll as making them eco
nomically disable. 1t Is admitted that
trees along the front Of property add
value In the same proportion to the
cost as do curb, sidewalk or pavement
therefore the expense should be borne
In the same manner. So far as re-
turns from the outlay is concerned
the planting OF trees Is decided the
better investment, for while the initial
outlay is slight the, value accumulates
with advancing years, the only phase
Of street improvement that does.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
FRENCH FORCE IN. PERIL.
Arrival of Renforcements Alone Saved
1t From Destruction.

Casa Blanca, Oct 23.-The timely
arrival Of General Drude with rein
forcements alone saved Colonel De
Frelay's accommodating column from
humiliation near Taddert. The troops
were sent out to search for the body
of Frenchman named Kuntzer, who
had wandered from the camp and was
murdered. On arriving at Alvarez a
group of sixty Moorish horsemen was
seen on top of a mound. Colonel De
Frelay ordered a squad Of irregular
Algerian cavalry to give chase and a
hot pursuit was kept up for about
three miles, when suddenly the hills
beyond We're seen to be sWarming
with hcrsemen. The Algerian troop
ers realizing that they had fallen into
a tap, retired slowly. The Moors,
then began circling movement
with the object of turning the French
position, but were mOmentarily
checked by the sustained fire Of the
Infantry and a hail Of bullets from the
rapid fire guns.
General Drude arrived upon the
Moorish flank unperceived with two
companies CT infantry, two batteries
Of field guns and another section of
the rapid fire guns battery and opened
On the enemy with all his guns The
Moors were taken completely by sur
prise. Fierce hand to hand fighting
followed, the French troopers and
Algerian irregulars sabering the
enemy right and left. The Moors
were unable to withstand the attack
and fled
During the height of the combat the
French cruiser Gloire changed her
anchorage and dropped shells among
the Moors General Drude took back
to camp the bodies of nine Moors
which were exposed in front of the
mosque at Casa Blanca for the pur-
pose of disproving the reports spread
among the natives that the French
bullets were powerless to kill the fol
lowers of Islam.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25

north for the sake Of locating the pole
About a year and a half ago he called
on President Roosevelt at Washington
and explained the object OF his expedi
tion-namely, to settle the question
whether Or not there is continent Or
great archipelago off the Siberian
coast somewhere between the Parry is
lands and Wrangel Land The expedi
tion sailed from British Columbia IN
May, 1906, flying the British and
American flags.
A report from Captain Mikkelsen
and from Ernest I.effingwell Of Knox
vile, H., whose father contributed con
siderable money toward fitting out the
party, said that the sledge trip to the
north OF Alaska had covered 500 miles
and that the explorers had crossed the
edge of the continental shelf twice,
while their soundings at fifty miles off
the coast showed depth Of 1000 feet
without touching bottom, a fact
against the theory Of the existence In
that part Of the globe of Il continent
or archipelago After the sinking Of
the Duchess of Bedford, in which the
expedition sailed, the members of the
party got safely to land by crossing
the ice on siedges
Captain Miskelsen Is a Dane and
was in the Baldwin Ziegler expedition,
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
Clarence Lowe was here from CHA
nook this week trading with
busy stores.
WHY COLDS ARE DAfJGEROuS.

Because you have contracted ordinary
colds and recovered from them Withou
treatment Of any kind, do not for
moment imagine that colds are not
dangerous. Everyone knows that
pneumonia and chronic catarrh have
their origin in common cold. Con-
sumption is not caused by cid
but the cold prepares the system fo1'
the reception and Development of the
germs that would not otherwise have
found }odgment. 1t is the same with
all infectious diseases. Diphthe l.,
scarlet fever, measles and whooping
cough are much more likely to be con-
trcted when the child has a cold.
You will see from this that more real
danger turks in a cold than in any
other of the common ailments. The
easiest and quickest way to cure a.
cold is to take Chamberlain cough
remedy. The many remarkable cures
effected by this preparation have
made it a staple article of trade ov-
err large part of the world. For sale
by Havre Drug Co.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
AT TER THE OCTOPUS.
An important Movement to Curb the
Mail Order nlenace.

Mail Order Menace.
The following special dispatch to the
New York World from Sioux City, Ia,
explains in brief a new movement
which is Of vital interest to all local
merchants and likewise to all citizens
OF town aud country:
An important mercantile movement
is now working in the northwest under
the name Of the Berkeley system, which
numbers over 1000 merchants and is
spreading rapidly.
The system, which has the backing
of the wholesalers in the principal
western jobbing centers, has as it's aim
the extinction Of the mail order meth
cd OF doing business, which has been
developing ut such rapid pace that
country retailers were rapidly losing
hope. The object Is to SO operate the
business of distribution that, while the
retailer still! gets good profit on his
wares. he sells them at not more than
the catalogue houses ask.
The Berkeley system merchants
league themselves together to adver-
tisc comparatively in order to lessen
the expense and secure the benefit of
expert ana a unified advertising policy
By cooperation, it is claimed, the cost
of an effective advertising campaign,
which Is heavy burden for the indi-
viduaI to carry, is reduced to NOM
inal figure.
The system In carrying out this work
has undertaken to supply newspaper
and circular advertising to quote prices
to consumers, and many thousands Of
consumers are now receiving such ad-
vertising at regular intervals.
Aside from the economic Importance
attaching to this new movement as a
means Of securing permanent reduc-
lions in prices to consumers in the
hundreds Of communities where the
organization is operating, it promises
to greatly increase the Importance Of
local centers, which in many instances
brought to light in the past few years
have been reduced to mere postof1ice
and railway stations, through which
the farmers transacted their mail or
der business,
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
ONE BALLOON LANDS
The United States Descends
Near Hamilton, Ont. .
PREVIOUS RECORD BEATEN
Major Hersey's Entry in Aeronautic
Race Has Covered Distance Of
Seven Hundred MiIes-German Con-
sestant Regarded as Dangerous.

st. Louis, Oct. 22-The beginning
OF the end of the greatest ballooning
race ever held in America, the second
contest for the international aeronaut
cup, was signalled Tuesday night by
the landing of the American balloon
United States at a point twelve
miles south of Hamilton, Ont, near
the shores of Lake Ontario. The
United States" is believed to have
held the lead in the race at the time
Of landing and in it's twenty-five hours
Of flight from st. Louis had covered a
: distance Of approximately 700 miles,
measured in an air line. The Omitted
States is the present holder of the
Ing established it in the flight from
Paris last year at 402 miles The
pilot of the balloon is Major Henry
B. Hersey of the United States wealth
er bureau at Washington, who acted
as aid to Lieutenant Lahm Of the
United States army, who piloted the
balloon in its winning race of 1906
ticipate this year.
The nearest rival to the United
States is believed to be the big
chrome yellow German cruising bal
loon, the Pommern, which was last
reported as whirling across Lake Erie
in the teeth of 35-mile gale
May Exceed the Record.
The Pommern passed over Cleve-
land Thursday afternoon and sent
down a message reporting "all we'll"
1t is figured that the Pommern then
was but a little distance behind the
United States and if she is able to re-
main up after crossing the lake there
is a belief that she may exceed the
excellent record of the United States
News Of the landing of the United
States was just a bit disappointing to
the followers of the race here who
were confidently predicting that Ma
jor Hersey would break the worlds
record Of 1900 miles.
The report of the landing of the
United States not having been re-
ceived until several hours after the
descent has led to the conclusion
that some of the other contestants
may have come to earth in places re-
mote from telegraph facilities. In the
absence Of definite reports, however,
the other eight balloons are believed
still to be in the air.
With the exception of the United
States and the Pommern, all of the
other contestants seemed to be scat
tered Tuesday night over the state Of
Ohio, several Of them nearing the
West Virginia border line.
The American balloon "America"
passed over GAINESVILLE, O., just after
midnight Tuesday night.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
AN IRISH SUPERSTITION.
Fishermen Don't Like to Meet Women
When Startinu For Work

Fishermen Don't Like to Meet Women
When Starting For Work.
Superstitions as to its being most
unlucky to meet woman when set
ting out to fish or upon any journey by
sea are not uncommon. From head
land on the Donegal coast the writer
was one day anxiously watching a
small smack beating across the bay
against a heavy sea and stiff breeze
which had suddenly sprung up After
a long and hard fight for it the little
craft made the pier in safety, and up
on condolences being offered the skip
per on his recent hardships he said;
"Sure, what better luck could l have?
Didn't I meet a redheaded woman in
Sligo this morning the moment | left
my lodging to walk down to the boatn'
In this case the color Of the woman's
hair and the fact Of her being the first
person met with after the man left
his house seemed to be the determin-
ing factors in the days luck. But in
other places the objection to such an
encounter embraces hair Of all shades
and any hour of the day. it being am
ply sufficient to bring the i'll luck that
any woman should pass you by just
as you are walking down to the boat
Only few weeks ago the writer visit
ed small fishing village on the Gal
way coast and just before getting on
his car to return home was chatting
to the landlady of the little inn. A
strapping young fisherman who was
walking down the road toward the
harbor suddenly stopped, climbed over
the fence and made his way to his
boat across the fields The writer OBJ
served to his hostess that the young
fellow must have mistaken him for
process server with writ for him.
She laughed rather derisvely and said:
TITS not you at all, sir, he's afraid of,
but me. He's just going fishing and
would not pass me by If you gave him
the fill Of his hat Of gold."-London
Chronicle
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25

plans of the White Heather H., the
crack Fife boat Of the year in English
waters. He will call the new chal
lenger the Shamrock Nv.
1t is four years since the last cup
race, and the American public would
welcome the break in the monotony
which would be caused by another
contest, especially with Sir Thomas
Upton, who has always been popular
in this country, as the aspirant for
yachting honors. Two years ago the
gallant sportsman said, Il am going
to keep on trying, no matter what 1t
costs, to lift the cup
Fortunately for the nervy Irish
knight, he does not need to worry very
much about the item Of cost. The last
time he came over after the cup it was
figured that the expense Of maintain
ing his cup hunting squadron was
about dollar minute. But, then, as
his income at the time was estimated
to amount to about $3.50 per minute it
was calculated that he could manage
to worry along on the $3.50 a minute he
had left after paying the expenses Of
his sea cooks and jackies, his sail
makers and stokers and entertaining
his very numerous American friends
Expert statisticians have figured out
that Sir Thomas has already spent
close to $3,O0O,CCO in the effort to cap
ture a trophy which has in it about
$3.50 worth Of silver.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
Beauty For American Towns.

A city or town Is not built In day
nor In hundred years. The great
sight places of Europe have been slow
~ and laboriously wrought out by far
sighted men and are admiral BILE only
after many centuries. says the CleFe-
land Plain Dealer. But American cit
les have money and the experience Of
Europe to guide them, and now. with
the awakened instinct Of civic beauty
urging them on. they may accomplish
the wonders Of Paris and Berlin and
Fienna-possibly even OF Florence and
Rome--in period short in comparison
with the term of city's life.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
SOCIAL CENTERS.
How Rural Schools Can Be Used For
Renefitinq Communities.

How Rural Schools Can Be Used For
Benefiting Communities.
The school must offer vocational
training. This does not mean that ey-
cry school shall be a trade school. It
does not even mean that the school
shall aim specifically to teach trades.
1t does mean, however, that we will
come to realize that the schools in pre-
pairing the pupils for complete living
must bear in mind the fact that voca-
tion is large part Of life, says Les
lies Weekly Consequently vocational
training in it's broadcast possible as
poets must be one Of the largest phases
Of school activity. This may not mean
the introduction Of elementary agricul-
ture into all the rural schools, but it
will mean the utilization of agricuI-
tural material in the training of tho
pupil, SO that if he enters the agricul-
tural vocation he will be adequately
prepared for it.
The school also must develop the
spirit Of social or community service.
I know Of nothing better In this line
than the plan used in Maine of Or
ganizing school Improvement leagues.
1t is desirable also for the school to
become social CENTER Or at least one
Of the social centers, Of the neighbour
hood. The school ought to play large
part in the life of the mature people
Of the community, and it may well act
as sort of rallying center for the ed
ucational interest Of adults as well as
Of children. The school must definite
ly cooperate with other institutions Of
the community, such as the church, the
grange, Improvement societies, library,
etc. In this connection there should
be frequent Joint meetings Of teachers
and school patrons for the discussion
both of school topics and of subjects Of
general community interest
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
MINING MEN INDICTED.
Accused of False Pretenses, Embezzie
nent and Conspiracy.

Washington, Oct. 23.-Eugene Davis
and Edward G. Bryan, vice president
and treasurer respectively of the Ca
pusecya Mining company, were yester-
day indicted by the grand jury for
false pretenses, embezzlement and
conspiracy. United States Attorney
Baker at once filed bill to annul the
charter and applied for a receiver.
Justice Gould appointed Attorney John
j. Laskey receiver under bond of $780,
900.
It is stated in the bill that Davis
and Bryan have sold the stock of the
mining company for which they have
received more than $1,000,000 and
have also negotiated a loan of $685..
900 for the company, but that none OF
the money from the sale of the stock
or the loan has reached the treasury
Of the company
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
PLAGUE AT SEATTLE.
One Death From the Scourge Occurs
in That City.

Seattle, WASH Oct 23.-One death
having occurred here from bubonic
plague, Mayor William H. Moore for
mally requested Governor Mead to
ask the surgeon general OF the public
health and marine hospital service to
take charge of the prophylatic meas
ures that may be necessary to stamp
out the plague in Seattle and Governor
Mead Immediately wired the depart
ment at Washington.
The city council has had prepared
an ordinance providing for a bounty
on rats and the board of health divid-
ed the city into sanitary districts for
the purpose of waging a war on rats
and also for the purpose of cleaning
up the city. There are no cases I'M
der suspicion at present Rat guards
are being installed on the hawsers Of
every vessel in port
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
BETTER THAN ROOSEVELT.
Deaf Mute Claimed to Be Superior at
Hunting.

Knoxville, Tenn, Oct. 23.-R. H.
Johnson Of Trundle Cross Roads, a
deaf mute, was taken in charge by the
police to prevent him making a dis
turbance while President Roosevelt
was in the city.
Johnson came to the city armed
with shotgun and at one of the lead
ing hotels kept writing notes refer
ring to the president, claiming to be
a better hunter than Roosevelt but
insisting all the time that he was a
particular friend of the president.
He wore a wild look that aroused
the suspicious of police and they
promptly locked him up until the
president got through the city.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
New Works Police Docs.

dog police, which will be used in
tracking lawbreakers on the out
skirts of the city, arrived from Ghent
on the steamship Vaderland These
new patrolmen were five Belgian
sheep dogs known as the Berger
Beige whose scent is said to be su-
perior to that OF the bloodhound and
which are trained to regard everyone
who does not wear uniform with
suspicion
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
STANDS ON A SAFE BASIS
James J. Hill Delivers an Address on
the Northwest.

st. Paul, Oct 23.-"No part of the
United States stands on so safe a
basis as the Northwest declared
James j. Hill in an address delivered
at a dinner given by the st, Paul Job
bers' and Manufacturers association
at the Minnesota club in honor OF
William Magivny, president Of the st.
Paul Union Stock Yards company He
based his confident utterance on the
fact that the soil is the foundation Of
the prosperity OF the Northwest. and
it never fails so long as it Is properly
cultivated
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
STAGE COACH HELD UP.
But Driver Put Up Hard Fight and
Team Ran Away With Mail.

Helena, Mont, Oct. pa special
from Lewiston says that the Mussel-
shell stage was stopped. Tuesday by
two robbers, but that the driver,
named Launceford, put up such fight
with one of the robbers that the sec
0nd man was obliged to leave the
horses heads to assist his comrade.
While the fight was in progress the
mails and other matter to escape the
hands of the robbers. The driver was
robbed and brutally beaten A posse
Is in pursuit
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
Held to the Grand Jury.

Chicago, Oct 23,-Mrs. Evelyn Ro-
madka OF Milwaukee, who was recent
ly arrested on charge of being impli-
bert Jones, negro. was arraigned in
the municipal court. She waived ex-
animation and was held in bonds Of
$4,000 to await the action Of the
grand ilry,
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
Strike Declared Off.

Helena, Mont, Oct 23,-At a meet
ins of the local telegFaphers' union in
this city the strike was formally de.
c1ared off. 1t is believed the action
of the local union here will have the
effect of breaking the backbone of the
strike throughout the Northwest
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
Farmers Congress Adjourns.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Oct 23.-The
farmers national congress adjourned
after electing the following officers
for the ensuing year: President, Colo
mel Benham Cameron, stagville, n c.;
first vice president, Joshua Strang,
Marion, Ind. second vice president,
A. J.. Strayer, Illinois; secretary,
George NJ. Whitaker, Washington, D.
c.: treasurer, W. L. Ames. Oregon.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
SIR THOMAS Upton.
The Man Who VIII Try again to Sc
cure the Americas Cup.

Sir Thomas Lipton's determination
the Americas cup puts him in the pub
lie eye again. The challenge issued for
a cup race in the year 1909 comes
from the Royal Irish Yacht club and is
sent to the New York Yacht club. the
holder of the cup. 1t is said that Sir
Thomas plans to have a challenger
designed by William Fife after the
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
Major DeImar Defeats Sweet Marie

Poughkeeqsie, N. Y, Oct. 23.-Major
Delmar defeated Sweet Marie in a
match race for a purse of $4,000 at the
Hudson River driving park Tuesday
afternoon, winning two out of three
heats. The race was the three fastest
heats ever trotted On this track In a
race.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25
CAPTAIN MIkKELSEN.
The Arctic Explorer Whose Vessel
Was Wrecked In Polar Sea

Was Wrecked In Polar Sea-.
Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen, whose arc
tic expedition was wrecked north of
polar adventures in that he and his
party did not perish. Unlike most arc.
tic explorers. he did not go to the far
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-10-25

Wall paper with fancy colored fig
ures began to be used in 1920 The
art was developed thereafter largely
by the French.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-25
A. Strange People.

In the Nilgiri Hills of Southern
India there dwells race of men,
the Todss, who devote the whole
Of their career to the worship of
the COW, or. to be precise, of the
buffalo. Their most sacred temple
is cowhouee, and the whole life
of the people is governed by the
most rigid observance of the rou-
tine of dairy work. every detail Of
which is performed with the most
elaborate ritual. They alone can
.preform the duties of milking and
butter making who have been duly
consecrated for this work by fast
ing and the performance of mys-
terious rites. Representing the
only priesthood, they are compell-
I'd after their initiation for tho rest
of their days to play the part OF
the dairyman. bc lesser priests
may marry, but the high priest
must be a celibate at least for q
given period of years.-New York
Tribune.