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whether snakes lay eggs or bear
their young alive. As matter of
fact, some species are viviparous and
other oviparous. Most of the poison
Gus snakes, as well as many of our
harmless varieties. belong to the
former class.
The European ring snake Is close
ly allied to our common water snake
and goes by the scientific name tro-
pidonotus natrix. Curiously enough
al, other members of the genus tro-
pidonotus are viviparous, and this
species alone lays eggs Furthermore
according to Gadow's "Amphibla and
Reptiles" the new laid eggs usually
show not the slightest visible sign
of an embryo unless oviposition is
delayed, when the embryos are more
or less developed.
The eggs are laid in July or Au-
gust in a soft bed Of loan or decay
| ing vegetation, or in heap of ma
nure. The older snakes sometimes
| lay as many as a dozen eggs or more
and they usually stick togther so
that the entire cluster can be picked
up at once. Sometimes, however,
if the process of laying is slow, they
will be separated. The eggs are
about an inch long and of a whitish
/ yellow color The shell is thin and
| flexible like parchment.
| The young hatch in late summer
or autumn. Before Matching they
develop a sharps calcareous growth
on the tip of the snout known as
the egg tooth, with which the shell
is slit open. Unlike Matching chicks,
which are suddenly dispossessed by
! the breaking up of their brittle shells
young snakes may make many incis-
ions in the parchment envelopes and
take many peeps at the outside
world before venturing forth into
the new environment. Shortly after
Matching the egg tooth is lost.
| At first the young live on insects
and worms, but within few weeks
they are strong enough to attack
and deyour young frogs. Strangely
enough, although the adults are
strong swimmers, and spend much
| time in ponds and streams hunting
| fish and frogs on which they subsist,
the young are unable to swim, and
they will soon drown if they fall into
| the water. The European ring snake,
as we'll as the American water snake
makes an excellent pet; it is per-
fectly harmless, becomes very tame,
and learns to know the difference
between friends and strangers. Cad
ow tells of pet ring snake that
would eat from his hand, crawl up
| his coat sleeve and coil itself con-
| tentedly ON his arm.--Scientific AM
| erican.
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CARUSo A NATURAL COMEDIAN
Drawing Caricatures is the Favorit'
Diversion of the Great Italian
Singer.

No one who was present on the
occasion will forget rehearsal of
''Lucrezia Borgia," says Gustav Kob-
be in the November Designer, when
Caruso, weary of the tragedy which
haunts that opera, suddenly in a
spirit of irresistible high jinks. be-
gan going through his death scene
as if he had swallowed every kind
of patent medicine known to man.
His grimaces, his contortions, his
kicking up OF the heels, were funnier
than any studied burlesque of opera
could possibly be. The prima donna
was the first to give up trying to so
on with her role and began to laugh.
Soon the people in the wings were
shaking. Then the conductor laid
down his baton and held his sites.
Finally every one in the house, rim
Guiding the newspaper men in the
auditorium, was, like the figure on
the stage in commissions.
His vein for the comedy in life
often finds vent through his remark
able knaek of drawing caricatures.
These he sketches with great rapid
ity At rehearsals, while waiting in
the wings to go on, he will take his
pencil and a long string of paper and
draw caricatures of some of the peo-
pie on the stage. At dinner he amuses
himself and the company by sketch
ing portraits of his guests, on the
backs of menus, which those FORUM
ate enough to secure them are glad
to carry them away as unique SOU
venirs At one dinner he drew life
size heads of those at the table on the
table cloth which became a portrait
gallery in itself.
This knack of drawing is one of
Caruso's chief sources of amusement
during his leisure hours. Once a
friend on entering Caruso's sitting
room found four people around the
table busily engaged with pencil,
brush and crayon. The tenor was
drawing caricatures, barytone of
the Metropolitan Opera company
was copying a landscape in oils, the
| barytone's wife was executing some
| thing in charcoal, and another friend
/ was finishing an aquarelle They
were working as hard as if they were
under contract to an art dealer to
supply him daily with a dozen draw
! ings and paintings. They had been
| at it all the afternoon. Could any
thing be more simple or offer a
| stronger contrast to the brilliant
| life behind the footlights!
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A HARD STRUGGLE.
Many a Waxahachie Citizen Finds
me Struggle Hard.

~Itc StIuSKit
With a back constantly aching,
With distressing urinary disOrd-
ers.
Daily existence is but a struggle.
No need to keep it up.
Doan's Kidney Pills will cure YOU
Henry Owens, 313 f. Elm street,
Hillsboro, Texas, says: Il had occas-
ional attacks of kidney trouble that
were most distressing. My back
would become so lame that | would
have to lay off from work and many
times | would come home in the
evening with my back so lame and
painful that | could scarcely sit
down If | stopped such sharp pains
! would dart through my body that |
could scarcely refrain from crying
out The kidneys were too frequent
| in action and on account of this, l
would have to get up during the
night. The remedies and Doctors pre-
scriptions | used gave but little re-
lief and ! became discouraged. | fin
ally had Doan's Kidney Pills
brought to my attention and procur-
ed a box. They did what everything
else had failed to do, giving me re-
lief from backache and restoring my
kidneys to a healthy condition. |
have since had no attacks of this
trouble and give all the credit to
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Plenty more proof like this from
WaXahachie people. Call at B. w.
Fearis' drug store and ask what GUS
toners report
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Uni
ted States.
Remember the name-Doan' s.
and take no other. d&w12
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Methodist.

Sunday school $50, special SER
vice for the old people 1900. TIE
Junior league at 800 p. m, Senior
league at $50 nd preaching at
1880. Brother A. B. Forbes Of Mid
lothian will lead the songs at the
morning service in the good old
way" The songs to be used is How
Firm Foundation, Amazing
Grace" What Wonderous Love Is
This and "Jesas Lover OF My SOUL. "
If you know OF any old person who
might have no way, see to IL that
they have a way to get here in the
morning. The church will be made
comfortable 10 matter Row cool the
morning.
Ny subject for the night sermon
will be The DEVILS Tactics in War
or some things we are contfending
with now Would love to have every
friend of law and decency present.
j. T. MCCLURE,
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Drug store Changes Owners.

w. A. Briggs and Willis bearing
have sold the City Drug store to
Munroe Brothers of Kosse and
Workman. The firm is composed Of
four brothers and the store here
will be conducted by John and j..
H. Munroe, the first named being
the manager. The business in Waxa-
hachie gives them a string of three
drug stores and they hope to add
the fourth at some time in the near
future. w G. LomaX, who was with
the store here under the old manage
ment, will be retained by the new
managers.
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A jewelers. Experience.

C. r. Kluger, the Jeweler, 1869
Virginia avenue, Indianapolis, Ind,
writes: Il was so weak from kidney
trouble that ] could hardly walk a
hundred feet. Four bottles of Foley
Kidney Remedy cleared my complex
ion, cured my backache and the ir-
Irregularities disappeared, and 7 can
now attend to business every day,
and recommend Foley's Kidnsy
Remedy to all sufferers, as 1t cured
me after the doctors and other rem
edies failed" B. w Fearis. o
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Married Man in Trouble.

A married man who permits any
members of the family to take any
thing except Foley's Honey and Tar,
for coughs. colds and lung trouble,
is guilty of neglect. Nothing else is
as good for all pulmonary troubles.
The genuine Foley's Honey and Tar
contains no opiates and is in yell
low package. B. w. Fearis. o
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Foleys
kidney


Cures Backache, Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.
It corrects irregularities,
strengthens the kidneys so they
will eliminate the impurities
from the blood and tones up
the whole system.
Commence taking Foley's
Kidney Remedy at once and
avoid Bright's Disease or Dis
betes. so. and $1.o0 bottles.
n. w. FEARS. ~
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Water rents are now due and
should be paid not later than Octo-
Der 10, 1908. After that date all who
have not paid VIII be cut OF without
further notice. and one dollar. will be
port. Supt. A,Sssse.ssr \. .sss~sa 1e2
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IN THE CHURCHES.
H>><<A
- 90
Catholic Church.

There will be services at the Cath
Ollie church tomorrow. First mass at
8 a. m. second mass and sermon at
1890 a, m. Sunday school from
9:45 to 1920. All are cordially in
vited TO the services.
j. M. BYRNE, Pastor
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First Baptist Church.

The tardy bell at the Sunday
school will ring at $50. Sermon by
the pastor, WIn. M. Nevinf. at II a.
m and 1880 p. m. Morning subject:
The Door That is Great and Eff
fectual," evening service evangelis-
tic, strong stirring music. A cordial
welcome to strangers.
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Sunday school at $3.50 a. m. w.
E. Mcknight, Supt. Services a. m.
At this service our regularly quarter
ly communion will be administered.
Special song services at 7:45 under
the auspices of the Westminster
league. We invite you to these SER
vices. LEONARD GEL. r.
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Central Presbyterian.

Sunday school 9:45 a. m, preach
ing by the pastor at II a. m. and
1880 p. m. Junior Endeayorj3 m.
Senior Endeavor $50 p. m, Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening: A cor
dial welcome to all.
G. n. HOGAN, Pastor.
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Rev A. d. Rogers, evangelist for
the Hillsboro district will preach at
the Main Street Christian church at
II a. m. and 1880 p. m. Morning
subject, The Local Church Even
ing subject, Parable of the Tai
entS"
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Tip on the Young Reptiles Shout
to Break Its Way Out.

Because of the popular aversion
to the serpent family there is a sur
prising amount of ignorance about
even the simplest Of snake habits. 1t
is doubtful If many correct answers
could be given to the question
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Ellis county is entitled to the best
in public roads and We believe the
county government is going to see
that il gets the best.
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The very fact that such men as
Carnegie can and do subscribe s20.-
600 10 the republican campaign
fund is sufficient reason to cause
you TO vote the democratic ticket.
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Remember this. II there are any
new creations in printing the Enter
prise Publishing Co., is prepared to
furnish them to yans. g~~ II
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Just at this time the SILENCE OF
certain prominent politicians is pc
culiarly noticeable.
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Just because you cant play a solo
instrument don't think there is no
place in the public improvement
band wagon for you.
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Notice.

Notice is hereby given to city tax
payers that | am now prepared 10
collect and receipt for all taxes due
the city of Waxahachie, Texas, fsr
the year., AID, 1908. s.sa,s.
CHARLEY KENNEDY
So City Assessor Z. and Gollectar-
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What do you expect of your city
council? Perhaps the reason that
little is done is because you do not
speak out
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-10-10

More money is wasted annually
than would be necessary to give us
paved streets.
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OF course you know that cot
ton brings the highest market price
in Waxahachie.
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Amend the law so that cities of
5000 or more population can have a
commission form eof government.
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Don't laugh at the efforts of a
man to do right just because he
may have done wrong in the past.
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Help with your money to secure
a county fair and then howl. No help
no howl %
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The encouragement of crime is
crime in itself Our worthy grand
jury should go after big ones and
little ones alike
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When we speak of ''one of the
best citizens" we do not happen to
have in mind bootlegger" or q
blind tiger
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Before the quail season opens
practice up on might riders.
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Cleanliness is next to goodness.
Go to church tomorrow and clean
up Monday
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Perhaps you are live wire but
short circuited.
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Like the, poor, the municipal prob
lem is with us always.
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Paper will soon be printed for the
big show in November.
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When in doubt buy Waxahachie
property
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1t would be very difficult mat
ter to prosecute criminal business
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With a Back constantly aching,
With distressing urinary disord-
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W. A. OWNBY : City Editor
(Residence Phone, Bell No. 2S9.
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Taft and BRYAN.

There is no Disgusting the fact
which must be apparent to every
observer of political events, that Mr.
Taft has been gaining steadily of late
nomination to the presidency. Even
those who are opposed to his nominal
ton cannot seriously fail to recognize
this fact. which is emphasized daily by
the latest reports from political con-
ventions and caucuses all over the
country. 1t is evident that the big
| Drained, big-hearted Secretary of War
with the magnificent public record that
lies behind him, appeals very strongly
to the American people as being the
kind of 4 man they would like to see
in the presidential office Equally
as apparent as is the strong progress
that is being made by Mr.. Taft is the
fact that Mr. Bryan has of late beer
losing some ground. How formidable
the opposition to him in his own party
may be, has yet to be developed. Al
present his opponents are striving tc
secure a few more than one third OF
the delegates to the Denver convention
doing so they can prevent Mr.. Bryan's
nomination. There are, however none
of them who do not concede him q
large majority of that gathering. and /,
may be that they will have to face
still the problem of the repeal of the
un- american two-thirds rule which
has so long been in force in Demo-
cratic national conventions.
We hope that Mr.. Bryan will not
secure the nomination, for the reason
that he would be stronger as canai-
date than any of the men who have
been named as competitors for the
Democratic nomination, with the
possible exception of Judge Gray, who
stands little show of serious considera-
ton by the delegates at Denver. OF
course many changes in public senti-
ment may take place between now and
the converting of the great party con-
ventions, but at the present time the
indications point to Mr.. Taft as the
probable Republican standard bearer
and to Mr.. Bryan as the probable
Democratic standard bearer Although
there is reason to believe that the
Denver convention will not be 50
strongly i'm his favor rs his friends
were predicting it would be short
time ago.
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Raise the Maine.

There is unnues tionably a very gen.
eral desire that the Maine. should be
raised from. the mud OF Havana il
which she has reposed for more thar
ten years. 1t is difficult to understand
why work to this end was not under
taken long ago. For more than a dec.
ade the wreck of this warship has
been a menace 10 navigation. and 4
reproach to our government. TIVE
commissions have made their investi-
cations as to the cause of the des-
truction of this beautiful warship, and
have made conflicting reports. The
American commission found that she
was blown up by a mine or torpedo
while the Spanish commission asserted
that it was due to an interior explo-
sion. 1t IS doubtful if the raising of
the Maine would definitely settle this
vexed question, but if there is even a
chance of it another strong reason ex-
lists for the undertaking of this work
1t is believed that the bodies of many
members Of the crew of the Inflated
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LINCOLN.
ALMA CENTER.

Mrs. Daniel McCobb has been max
ing i visit with friends in Hallowel
and Gardiner.
Edward H. Albee of Whitetieh
passed through here Thursday on his
way home from Boston and Kenne-
hunkport, where he has been visiting
his daughter. Mr.. Albee was a
spectator at the Chelsea fire.
Bert Lowell was in Damariscotta
last week and bought q driving horse
OF T.. A. Simpson.
The L. A. students are enjoying
weeks vacation at home.
Mrs. E. e. Lowell passed Easter with
friends in Bath.
Mrs. Allie Averill was in Bath SAT-
urday.
Mrs. Eliza Nelson has been on
short trip to Livermore Falls. where
she was the guest of her daughter.
Mrs. a. r. Wing.
Mrs. Henry Averill was in Wiscasset
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Newell were re-
cent visitors here.
Mrs. Everett Albee was in Wscas-
set last week where she joined her
brother. Joseph Coffin of Dorchester.
Who has been in town for the ho''-
DAYS
School commenced Monday. Aprh
10Th. with about 20 pupils, Mrs. Mari
as instructor. Mrs. Mari seems 10 ID
the right person in the right place.
managing the school through love
rather than fear. In the future her
present pupils will have nothing put
pleasant recollections of their schooi
life.
Albion Peaslee met with loss re-
Gently by the burning of a barn con-
tanning several tons of hay and Va'u-
able farming implements which were
stored there a few days previously.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Simpson were !"
town Sunday.
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lendalI Titcomb.

Readers of the Journal will learn
with sincere grief of the death of Hon.
Lendall Titcomb, who passed away at
his home yesterday forenoon. Mr.. Tit
comb was born and reared in Augusta
and was identified all his life with its
interests. He had deeply at heart al!
things that pertained to it's welfare,
and bore prominent part in the pro-
motion of good works for the advance
ment of it's social and material we'll
being.
Mr.. Titcolnb was graduate of Har-
ward University and was recognized
as clear headed and able lawyer. lie
had large business interests and his
calm and conservative views as
we'll as his ability to look clear
ly into the future, gave his judgment
great weight with his fellow citi-
zens. He was gentleman OF
scholarly attachments and of genial
presence who had an exceptionally
large circle of friends, who was at all
times in close and sympathetic touch
with the life about him, and VINO was
honored in a marked degree with the
confidence and good will of his fellow
citizens. He was an active factor in
securing for the city the beautiful
Lithgow Library, and served for a
number of years with rare devotion
and with nc little personal sacrifice as
a member OF the school board.
He was twice honored with an cleo
ton as mayor Of Augusta, and his adj
ministration of municipal affairs was
clean, able and creditable alike 10 HIM
self and his city.
Mr.. Titcomb was man Of domestic
tastes, and it was in his own beauti-
full home that nc was seen at his best
He was q devoted husband and father,
a loyal friend, and kind ncighbor.
The news of his sudden death viii
come as shock to the entire COM
munity. Our citizens generally Will
extend to The members of his family
their profound sympathy in their great
bereavement.
The record of the life and work of
an upright citizen like Mr.. TitcomE
must always be a cherished heritage 10
the community in which he lived and
in the affairs of which he bore Il prom
inent and honorable part.
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A young millionaire who is having
spoken very bitterly of the curse OF
money" 1t is a question though
whether the blame lies in that direc-
ton. Possibly the man himself is to
blame. 1t has become very common
to attribute the defects in rich mems
characters to money, but there are
those who have wealth beyond the
seven figures who are nevertheless able
to retain their own self respect and to
make their large means a blessing to
humanity.
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More mature fakina."

(NeW York IflDunc.)
We note with surprise the reported
intention of the Denver reception COM
mittee to supplant the donkey with the
tiger as the emblem to be used Tor
decorative purposes in and about the
meeting place of the Democratic
National Convention. This is
gross breach of historical and natural
istic verify. Mr.. Bryan in Washing
ton last winter pronounced an eloquent
culogy on the donkey and proudly
claimed that friend of man as appro-
priattM symboliZing Democratic tradi-
ton and the Democratic spirit Since
Governor Johnson of Minnesota be-
came an active candidate for the
Presidential nomination he has had 4
photograph taken for campaign pur-
poses showing him astrde of a
Kentucky donkey.
The donkey must not be done out OF
his honors and prerogatives by a few
nature takers" in Denver. lie and
the shade of jefferson are the only
things immutable in the changing
panorama of Democratic politics.