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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-11-01

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". A. OWNBY City Editor
(Residence Phone. Bell No 2S9D
THE AMERICAN FAMILY. =

The preliminary announcement
the United States by the census bu-
reau at Washington viii be disap-
pointing 10 those who expected to be
supplied with an argument in sup
port of new revolution of some
kind
At the rate OF 10000 divorces
year. or 100000 for ten years
from 1897 to 1906. the demoIaliZa-
tiou OF the family and the breaking
up of the social order. supposed bN
some 20 require revolutionary RENE
dies. are shown 70 exist only aa IL
"lotal affair" where .heg exist Jt
all a divorce rate of 100000 Fear
for ten yesrs Boa population of from
7a.0o0.uU0 t1 s5.uou.uuU maF be
considered Goa IfH face as 10000" o.
torr,s ton maug Goo thaf population
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Rip sXaA Winkae. wifh Thamas
jefferson ~ the' lite Sole. ~lil be
the offrrink a. ths opera bouse on
Tueeiay nisha. Noyengbs z Tharo 's
no sstot as plsg before the Ameri
can publl, TO-DAY thar mere thor
anghly deHshis he youne folks. aud
he old tao. 10 that matter thaH
Thomas jefferson and Rip Van
Wrinkle We have enjoyed bis
Rip tine aud time again laughed
At hls quaint sayiug sud shared
bis sorrawR. Our grantfathcfN 7s@
his grandfather in The came ehafae-
ter. our fathers have told ms Of his
fathers.s delightful RIP aud our
hope il that our children aud
grand children. too. Rii Save the
pleasure Of seeing Air Jeffecson's
aelishuul Performance Of This
grand old play.
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The tlat,siitan

The pet Of The Claasmaa com
pany at the opera house next Wed
uesday night SIS Violet Nerecre4u a
miss o. fourteen Violet plays the
pert of little Flora Cameron. but
this writing does not tell of her
stage work but OF heg fife con tue
road The young lady likes the
change and novelty of travel. and
the actors and executive staff all
think il part Of their duty to enter
tain Der The yearly birthday party.
carriage rides In the country, and
frequent visits 70 the big depart
menr stores and toy shops are not
Forgotten. hpt the best fun of th,
year Is al Christmas time. Last sea
son the members of the company
We're in the cars all Christmas eve
and most of The next morning After
Violet had retired for the night, a
Christmas tree was set up in the end
OF the Pullman. and when she arose
in the morning there was her own
Christmas tree loaded with fruits
and CONNECTIONS and real French
dolly that smiled and winked its
eyes and said Mamma" in high
falsetto when ANYBODY squeezed it.
Needless to say, the little girl was
delighted with this surprise while
en- tour two thousand miles away
from her New York home.
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clared his first painful would yield
about two bits. while one gulch eX-
pressed the idea OF its locator's mind
when he named II Go TO Hell Then
there are Poofmans Gulch, Sheep
tail, Blacktail, Whitehall, Crooked
Arm. Poverty and Prosperity.
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deNd2t literature, just published,
throws some interesting sidelights
on the relative status of morals of
the cities of the country.
over 200, 900 post cards are re-
ccived every month at the dead let
ter office. OF these, the majority are
not delivered because of insufficient
address or lack of proper postage.
The average number OF cards receiy-
ed monthly. which are held up be-
cause of obsconity. Is about 5000.
OF This number. New York furnish
as "a larger proportion than any 9th
er postoftiee in ;he country, but this
Is largely due to he fact that an in
coming mail from abroad passes
through the metropolis The number
oi obscene and indecent cards actE-
ally mailed i'm New York is not much
10 amy, greater Oh. in Chicago, and
i- even less in winter. Very -. cards
ui this character re usilcd ia Phil
JIepli Boston o. also compare
.r MORAL. aud ST. luuis .s NOT as
...li u proportion to population
uta. MAILER cities. Doc The SUM
u,. months Atlantic C.y furnishes
au aNrraordunH. mr-e number aj
post cards lhst ..y uumaiauI. bee
l.. uf fHtl. ua..ur.. HU 4. /.
p HfI .uflU.I 'a I.m a. .., p'.
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VULGAR POSTAL CARDS.
Government Has ConfiScatcd Tons
'Ar'e" as Result suit. of the Re-

of naughty" and obscene
by postal officials and sent
iead letter. office in Washing
report from this morgue Of
/ pit literature, just published,
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The Enterprise Publishing Com
pany Is in nowise responsible Tor
d1btA@4 that may be contracted by en-
pI0y0S, nor Will ~ assume payment
of such debts under any circum-
stances. Every employe Of this office
10 paid promptly for work done. This
IL to protect ourselves and the sell
ing jc.-ENTERPRISE PUB
LISTING COMPANY, Per G. w. Nc
Knight, Manager.
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ANY erroneous reflection upon the
haracter, standing or reputation OF
any person. firm or corporation that
may appear in the columns Of tho
Daily Light will be gladly corrected
upon its being brought to the atten-
ton Of the management
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-11-01
SEi.IaTf<a NAMES FOR MINES
\ W.aita os Romance isehtud Many
Title. ~ Mining Claims.

wealth Of romance and history,
both pathetic and udierous The
BLACK Hn1s furnish a. many and as
good examples Of the peculiar cir
tumsfances under which many claims
are named as any locality In the
country.
One Of the best known mines ia
the southern hills Of South Dakota
IS the Holy Terror Back in tho ear
Is days this claim was located by n
old miner who bad worked some
years without success The claim
was hard one 10 work when the
man went home in the evening after
locating his claim his wife asked
him what he named It.. lie smiled
and told her, For you, my dear,
the Annie Fraction and the Josie,
and her further inquiry drew forth
memory OF his wife, who was not
Cd club woman, by naming his claim
Silent Julia.
The hills are dotted with the
names Of claims recalling romances
of bygone days. Many young, am
bilious man came here when the
mining boom of the SOS was al its
height. Iured with hope of fortune,
and all that remains To tell the tale
is the name of Katie w, or Mable T.,
or Lulu ] Many a sweetheart or
wife In the far away east was honor
ed In the naming of a claim that its
owner hoped would prove a bonan~
"a. Some few made good. Witness
the fact that he had called il Holy
Terror. Another man once named his
claim Gentle Annie for his wife,
while still a third perpetuated the
both OF which were named for the
eastern wives of their owners. They
are in the Bald mountain district
and have produced. thousands of
dollars for the iocaters.
In the Galena district there is a
small abandoned claim known as
the Widow with which there goes a
story Years ago a youth named Han
ley appeared from somewhere with
few thousand and with a zeal COM
menced to sink a hole in the ground
in the hope OF a vast fortune. Back
in the old home a little widow wait
ed in vain for the golden wealth he
said was sure to come and the we'd
ding day that would celebrate it. It
took but a short time for the youths
small savings TO dwindle away with
his ineXperienCe and chagrinned and
disheartened he put a bullet through
his brain on The site Of his blasted
hopes.
one prospector who worked dill
gently on a claim, which was staked
chose names of those famous IN
history. as Washington, Lincoln. etc
The average business man i'm mining
claims win choose simple name and
use series Of numbers. as, for by
am outsider, and had difficulty in
even getting bis living EXPENSE se-
cured revenge by naming his claim
Old Persimmon.
Men OF patriotic turn Uf mind
4 each ,t rhe president remembered.
+ famou. generals all OF the states.
aea,ariul heroes and heroes OF tH,
. philippine 70. Dewey and Fuu..u
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Obituaries, resolutions OF respect
cards OF thanks-all matter not
NEWS-will be charged for at the
rate of 5 cents per line. Poetry at
double price.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17

money by selling whisky IN bottles at /
retail privately 10 families, TO indi-
viduals, to other boys in, college and
school, and the like These circu-
larg invariably tell the receiver how
10 get sample bottle easily. In some
cases bottles are sent for mere lists
OF names, u
OF course we shall now have roars
of denial from the liquor fraternity.
Ian manner of explanations that 40
mot explain will be vamped up Ridi'
Guile will be attempted. These littis
nursing bottles OF WHISKY which are
simply part OF the outfit prepared for
the trade. and in common use, viii be
laughed out of court, II 1t Is possible
but 1t is not.
What do parents think OF this new
department OF saloon missionary
work among boys?
Let me say, Mr.. Editor, that IKE
to treat every opponent fair, but as
| far as the liquor-saloon is concerned,
n agree with President Roosevelt,
lwhen he says. "The friends OF the
| saloonkeepers denounce their oppo'
lnents for not treating the saloon Dusi'
mess like any other The best an
lswer to this IL that the business Is not
like any other business and that the
actions Of the saloonkeepers themsel,
yes concmsiyely prove this TO be the
case. 1t tends to produce criminality
lin the population at large and law
breaking among the saloonkeepers
themselves When the liquor men are
lanowed to do as they wish they are
Isure to debauoh, not only the body
social. but the body polite also.
I What cares the seller OF liquor
whose hoy no ruins? In front OF
where that beautiful picture of six
men on street. who say, "We drink
iOld Dick Whisky" there stands day
land night negro who invited my boy
into that hole to debauch him, and he
under the age prescribed by law. MY
lb0y is no better than thousands Of 9th.
err boys in our city, who have the
Temptation set before them, would
rather follow him to the grave than
Ito know that it will ever be said of
him. "drunkard. The saloon IL pos
i tive evil and vicious in the highest
ldegree, and its doom is in sight. The
Inland writing is on the wall The i'm
mortal Lincoln said The liquor traf
fc is a cancer In society eating out
1.-THE vitals and threatening destruction
land all attempts to regulate Il will
net only prove abortiye, but will ag
jgrayate the evil. There must be nc
more attempts to regulate the cancer
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MAY | come with YOU. them"

b
MAY come with you, them?
Eyes, II you can spare so much q
your precious time" she answered,
with hooking laugh.
After that | met her often Some
times / called in the evening ana
sang with her and talked with her
father. And often we went for walk
together. steeled my heart against
her. "She Is beautiful and sweet ana
good" | would say to myself 'put
she Is not for me-
MY father was growing Ola ana
needed help in his work now ana theh.
So often went up with him and
worked among the plants. she wiii
see me, | thought. She shall not
think | am ashamed OF my father and
his humble vocation. But 1t seemed
ia make no difference with Miss Ma
son. She bowed as politely, she spoke
as pleasantly as ever, when she chanc-
ed to see me there at work.
After a time IL new caller began
coming to the mansion, handsome,
wealthy. man from the town. He took
Marie riding, he asked her to the
opera, he paid her constant attention.
How | despised that man! once |
told my mother | thought he had an
ill-bred air in spite Of his wealth, and
she laughed though she discreetly
said nothing. | saw she thought ! was
jealous, and perhaps ! was. II nearly
drove me wild to think she was slip
ping away from me.
gave up calling on the colonel, no
longer asked Marie to allow me to ac-
company her on her afternoon walks,
and | took to prowling around in the
wood alone One time ! came to the
hollow tree and paused beneath It's
shade. A food Of memories came to
my mind, OF the happy days OF child
hood when Marie and | had played TO-
gether here, when we We're lovers ana
had no thought of rivals, OF wealth
and of station. | had gathered a
bunch OF violets, ami some impulse I'M
PEELED me to put them in the hollow
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17
FAVOR SEVEN GAMES.

Iowa City. Dec. lG.--The board of
control at the University of Iowa has
instructed Prof. A G. Smith, it's rep.
resentatiye in the big nine confer
once, to vote for seven games OF foot
ball when the oS season Is discussed
at the meeting in Chicago in Jan
uary. The board has presented suits
to four members of the OF team who
have played their last game, they
are Capt. White, Elliott Murphy and
Miller.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17
pANvlLLE VS.. BLOOMINGTON.

Bloomington, H., Dec. l6.-The
-four cross country runners OF the
Danville High School viii race
against the quartet from the Bloom
irgton High School, starting from
this city next Saturday, Dec. FL. The
Bloomington team was recently de-
feated in a run over the Danviile
course but the i'll success was at
tributed to the absence of Clark
Green, the star sprinter Of the team,
who was ILL., Green has recovered
and will likely be in the race to
start from here
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17

interest Is manifested in the fight
here tonight between Sam Langford
the coored pugilist, and Jim Barry
of Chicago, for the reason that 1t viii
be the first bout under the new city
ordinance, which prohibits contests
over ten rounds and requires six
ounce gloves and no decision. II the
fight draws we'll Manager McCareS
will arrange to continue the game. II
the experiment is not successful ne
viii remove his club to some point
outside the city limits
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17
pnllLrRY SHOW.

Boulder, Colo. Dec lG.-The an
nual show of the Boulder Poultry as.
scciation opened today with the
largest and highest class display Of
poultry and pet stock in the history
of the association. The exhibition
which will continue FIVE days. has
attracted many poultry ganciers from
various parts of Colorado.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17
ON LONG TRIP.

Chicago Dec 1.-THE football
eleven of st. Vincent's college OF this
city has arranged to start for the
Pacific coast tomorrow to play q
picked team Of college stars at Los
Angeles on Christmas day and a team
Of professionals on New Years day in
the same city, The coast teams from
which the stars will be taken are Oc-
cidental Pomona, st. Vincents OF
Los Angeles and the University of
Southern California.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17

1t must be eradicated, not rooE
must be left behind; for until this.
is done all classes must continue 10
danger Of becoming victims Of strong
drink
am not a temperance lecturer IN
disguise, but man who fights IL
open battle, and on the 2lst Of next
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17

an IN. mere al the HDs
Read the Bulletin and get al the
news xhils L II nsyh
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17

ANY item that IL q interest to you
Is OF interest TO your frfsndA Tsle
.aoss your nsxs 70 ths nzlskin
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17

Hoffman, Hickman. Roth, Schaefer.
Searles, Dexter, Sullivan, Gallagher
and Hughes, all well known diamond
stars. comprise Chicago's champion
indoor baseball team this winter
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17

April hope and pray and shall work
to see every saloon driven ont 81
Southern Illinois | do not want ~
postpone the battle. Already ti'@
chains Of the saloon are forged.
eThey are slaves who fear 10 SPEAK
Concluded ON Sixth Pager
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17

It looks as though Abe Attell and
owen Moran, the good little fellow
from England. will surely come to-
gether at Colma on New Years after
noon.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17

that had so often served as our post
office long ago, before | loitered home
Next time was in the wood | went
to the gnarly old maple. The ylolets,
brown and withered, were still there.
| tossed them away and put fresh ones
In their place Again and again went
to the tree, and finding my flowers
faded ! threw them aside and others
took their place. One evening | car
ried some lovely red roses with me
when | went for my walk. ut is use
less" | thought, as ! hid them in the
hollow. "She never comes here now;
she has forgotten our childhood"
The academy would soon close for
the summer vacation, and | deter
mined to go away. An old college
friend had written inviting me to go
camping on the lakes with him. |
would accept the invitation. ! would
not remain here to witness that mans
triumph. for she loves him, no doubt.
The next evening when | went by
the tree, the roses were gone. ! felt
nv pulses throbbing wildly. Had she
found them? Did she remember. after
all? | strolled up to the gardens TO
see my father. and together we walk
ed home to tea On the way we met
Col. Mason and his daughter returning
from a drive. Marie wore a white
dress. and bunch of red roses glow
ed al her belt; she biushed wildly as
touched my hat
1t seemed as If | walked home on
air. Hope whispered sweet words.
Marie. sweet Marie. She wore my
roses and she blushed when she met
/ my searching gaze.
That night before / slept / wrote a
letter. printed exactly as we're my
boyhood epistles ] asked no CUES
tons. ] made no plea: ! simply de
clareG my love, and posted it in the
maple tree. Next right | fastened to
the wood, eager and expectant
found a bunch of for-get-me-nots and
q card that read: From Marie"
A few moments later rang the bel
at the mansion and asked for Miss
Mason.
one day Marie and were strollinf
in the gardens discussing appropriate
places for the wedding journey
suggested a tour Of the lakes. and told
her Of my intention earlier in the sea
son. Of camping there with my college
friend.
I was jealous OF Alton" ! said
laughing. L feared he had won M
childlove from me. BY the way. yo'
encouraged that youth. Marie. How
could YOU be 50 cOquettish?+
she Iccsed up with her roguish eye
and laughed
You we're so proud and so distant.
she said. and there wa no Othe
WAY.
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17

or the seventeen baseball umpries
who hail from Rochester, N, ", seven
answer when you call William
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17
THE WORLD OF SPORT

BLOOMINGTON HIGH SCHOOLS TO MEET IN CROSS
COUNTRY RuN-oWA UNIVERSITY WANTS FOOTBALL SEIZED.
uLE SEVEN oAMEs-FlRsT PRIZE FIGHT UNDER NEW LAW
TO PULLED IN CHICAGO ToNIoHr-NoTEs
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17
NOTES.

Lolita Crabtee's famous strinS Of
Grand Circuit horses, including
Sonoma Birl, will winter at Savannah
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-12-17

FIRST UNDER NEW LAW.
Los Angeles, Dec, 17.-Considerable'
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-25

SEATTLE, Sept. iI.-5teamship Vic
toria, which arrived yesterday from
Nome, brings word of the eruption on
September 1 of one of the volcanic
peaks near Dutch Harbor The pheno-
menon, beyond frightening the resi-
dents of the islands, was harm. ess.
For about two hours of the afternoon,
however, inky blackness reIgned at
Dutch Harbor, and far into the night
of that day ashes fell steadily from
the dense clouds overhead
when we reached Dutch Harbor,'
said Capt. Porter, master of the Vic
toria, yesterday, everything was COW
cred with perhaps half an inch of fine
volcanic dust. Every shrub and bit of
vegetation was strange deathlike
gray because of the thick coating of
ashes and volcanic matter which chung
to it. 1t was a strange sight"
Persons living at Dutch Harbor and
Unalaska differ as to which peak it
was that spread terror throughout the
islands. The general opinion is that
it was Mount Makushin, an active vol
cano about fifteen or twenty miles from
Dutch Harbor Others think it was
Progromnia, peak near Makushin.
Residents of Dutch Harbor first no.
ticed the phenomenon at about 4
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-25
MRS. SADIE ABBOTT

Women for the most part spend
their lives at home, and it is these
women who are willing and ambitious
that their homes shall be kept neat
and pretty, their children we'll dressed
and tidy, who do their own cooking,
sweeping, busting and often washing,
ironing and sewing for the entire
family, who call for or sympathy.
Truly the work of such a woman
Is never done" and is it any wonder
that she breaks down at the end of
few years, the back begins to ache,
there is displacement, Inflammation
or liberation of the abdominal organs,
a female weakness is brought on, and
the struggle of that wife and mother
TO continue her duties is pitiful.
Lydia e. Plnkham'S Vegetable
Compound, made from native roots
and herbs, is the exact medicine a
woman needs whose strength is over
taxed. 1t keeps the feminine organs
in a strong and healthy condition.
In preparing for childbirth and re-
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cient 1t carries a woman safely
through the change of life and in
making her strong and well assists
her to be a good wife and mother.
Mrs, Sadie Abbott, of Jeanette,
Pa, writes
Dear Mrs. Pinkham-
81 suffered severely with pain every
month and also pain In my left side. My
doctor prescribed for me but did me no
good; friend advised Lydia e. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound and l wrote you in
regard to my condition. followed your
advice and am perfectly well woman. The
pains have all disappeared and | cennot
recommend your medicine too highly"
Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Con
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-25

KILLS GERMS IN THREE MINUTES
COLUMBUS, o., Sept. 9.-Announce-
ment of the discovery of an antitoxin
that will kill diphtheria germs in the
living human organism within the
short space of three minutes has been
made at the Ohio state university by
Prof. BLYTHE, physiological chemist. as
the result of an exhaustive technical
and intricate series of tests.
The discovery IS accredited to Theo-
dore Wolfram, a German chemist now
living in this city. The antitoxin was
given tests IN hospitals and private
practice before announcement Of its
discovery was made. It is applied by
infusion and can be used in any guam
tity to the youngest patient.