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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-07
APRONS.

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 A lot of Gingham and White Lawn Aprons. some with pocket, others hamburg trimmed and hem
 stitched edge. all worth 19c each, special
 l...,.. .aY...s..... .lz36c eacn On sale at Center Aisle Table.
 Rufied Renaissance Lace Curtains. regular price
 9Sc, tonight only. .....y ...., 60c pair
 Scotch and Nottingham Lace Curtains, regular price s1.50. tonight ony.... ...... 9Sc pair
 Silk Pillow Cord in all colors, regular price 1sc. tonight only ......... ..s.... ..... 0c yoi
 Bordcred Armure Portieres, regular price s1o. to-
 night only ...... $7.05 pair
 TOILET ARTICLES
 Tooth Brushes in assorted shapes and textures.
 value 15c and 25c. tonight. 1Oc each
 Anchor brand Castile Soap, tonight ..... 4c cake
 Dioxogen, the 25c size, tonight. ..17c bottle
 Amber and She'll Hair Barettes in plain and carved value 15c to 25c, to-nght..... 1Oc each
 Special Velvet Bath Sponge, the 25c size, for to- night.. ..... i.,.... ...... Iz3Sc eacn Perfun,ed Toilet Soap cakes in a box, violet,
 rose. sandalwood, lilac odors, tonight. 25c box Shake on Your Sox," new antiseptic foot powder. best remedy for all affections of the feet, spe- cial.... ...... ......E... ... 200 package NOTIONS.
 Safety Pins, assorted sizes card special to- night.... ...... '......s ...s..... Bc card New College Autographed Pillow Tops, Yale. Harvard, Columbia and Princeton, tonight. .25c Fancy Silk Elastic Belts, black and coors, value 2bc to 6Oc, tonight. :: ....y... ...... 15c each
 LINENS AND WHITE GOODS.
 Fancy White Repp, medium weight Waistings, suitable for fall in 3A and 3M yard lengths,
 regular price 25c yard, tonight, the piece 5Oc Embroidered Linen Scarfs, 1Sx54, hemstitched with squares to match. regular price 75c, to- @nBnt. oSc cacn Crossbar White Goods, good weight 27 inches wdn, regular price 25c. tonight. 17c yd i WASH GOODS DEPARTMENT IN BASEMENT. Shirtng Prints and Calicoes. all colors light and dark value Sc yard, tonight. Sc yd 3S inch Madras Cloth, value 12hc tonight lac yd Remnants of Wash Goods all kinds ..........
 ....... ...... ....... One-Haf regular price | DOMEsTICs IN THE BASEMENT. Heavy weight Unbleached Sheeting, full yard wide, regular price 10c a yard tonight. 7Nc yd Bleached Domet Flannel, regular 12hc quality. to-nght.... .!....s.... Vc yd Sllkolne Comfortables, large size. filled with snowflake cotton, value $1.Ss each, tonight. ......... ..@,.. 1.25 each Good quality, large size white or gray feeced Blankets with lilac 4or pink borders. value < f $1.25 q pair, tonight ..... 0Sc a pair |
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-07
Specials for Wednes-
 day Night After 7:30.

PETTICOATS.
 Black "Hydegrade' Petticoats. full width with
 deep founce and tucked rufies in all lengths,
 beautiful quality worth $1.25 special to- night. ... ...... ...... ...... $1.0O each DRAWERS.
 White Muslin Drawers, with new patterns em-
 broidery. all sizes. open and closed, regular
 value J0c, to-nght.... .......... 39c pair RIBEoN
 and every good shade. regular price 19c to-
 night..'. ...... ...... .... l2Mc yd SHOE DEPARTMENT, SECOND FLOOR.
 TRY OUR LITTLE TUTOR SCHOOL SHOES. They come with Goodyear welt button and lace,
 made on common sense principles, wear guar
 anteed. feathers are gun metal, Russia calf and
 patent colt, sizes 5 to at.... $1.5O pair Sizes 8 X to II at.... $2OO pair Sizes II X to 2 at ........... $25O pair Slzes 2As 10 at.... ........ $SOo par QUEEN QUALITY SHOES FOR WOMEN.
 No woman can be indifferent to Queen Quality Shoes That stands for the best in Shoes at the price We carry them in all feathers, high and low cut.
 DRAPERY DEPARTMENT. Third Floor.
 MATERIALS FOR SASH AND LONG CURTAINS.
 We are the acknowledged leaders in this particular being the first store to feature the newest and the bes assortment cannot be equaed in this or any Clty III IulS SIdIe A IeW llntS.
 CREAM AND COLORED SCOTCH MADRAS Imported goods only. 25c, 45c soc, 75c and 9Oc yd FRENCH AVERAGES AND MADRAS. In superb colorings. 6Oc and SIPS yd SASH MUsLINs
 In domestic, Scotch and Swiss goods .... ...
 ....... ... 1212c, 15c, 2Oc 28c and 4Oc yd EXTENSION RoDs
 Wood and Brass Poles, the most complete assort- ment that Is shown anywhere hereabouts in the in- expensive well as in the better qualities SPECIAL-Lace Curtain Extension Rods with brass ball ends, value 20c. ........... 12c each NOVELTIES IN LACE CURTAINS. .ays Dainty, inextensive Curtains, made of the best cable net and in styles that uncommon. These Curtains all made in France which inslres the best possible workmanship and the correctness of the sytles. CLUNY CURTAINS. -y7-~@-s- Arab color. sill length. s250, $s and $s50 pair MARIE ANTOINETTE CURTAINS. Arab color, yards long. $4.5O, $5 and S6 pair z ANTIQUE CURTAINS. Linen scrim body. in cream color yards long X. ....... ..'... ...... $3, $4 and $5 pair
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-07
"DANCING."

Kicks Academy, 43 East Main St.
 Private beginners class now form ing will start Thursday evening. Oct 8; also a beginners class starting Monday evening. Oct 12. Dancing Friday evenings. Novelties fur nished for cotillons and dances.
 Open daily. Phone 177-5.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20
Australian Curiosities.

There are some curious things in cen
trail Australia. Lake Amadeus In the
dry season is merely sheet of salt.
Ayers rock. about five miles round.
rises abruptly from the desert. For
merly vast rivers flowed here, and the
diprotodon, a wembat-ltke creature
worthy of its name and four times as
large as a kangaroo. fiourished on the
plains. Now there are hardly any ami
mails to be seen. The fish live in water
holes OF the hills until the floods wash
them down to the valleys. At the end
OF the wet season the water frogs fiji
themselves with water, roll themselves
In the mud and lie low till the next
rains, which may not come for two
years. Meanwhile the provident frog
like the ''mousie'' of Robert Burns,
may have the misfortune to furnish Il
drink to a thirsty black. The natives
also get water from the roots of trees.
They are In the totem" stage and
revere certain plants or animals which
protect them. Men Of one group can
only marry women from another single
group. ft t5 FfFtrt.4
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with local applications. as they can
not reach the seat OF the disease.
Catarrh is a blood or constitutional
disease, and in order to cure 1t you
must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mu-
cous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure Ia
not a quack medicine. 1t was pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians
In this country for years and Is a
regular prescription. 1t is composed
OF the best tonics known, combined
with the best blood purifiers, acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combinations of the two in
gradients is what produces such
wonderful result In curing Catarrh.
Send for testimonials free.
F. ]. CHENEY g. co. Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, Price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20
Question Of Nationality.

An Englishman. n Frenchman and n
German sitting together IN the smok
ing room of an ocean liner. the CONVEX
sation turned on their nationality. and
one Of them asked whit each of the
three would choose TO be II he were not
of his own nation The Frenchman said
III | were not Frenchman. would
be an Englishman.' The Eug!ishman
said. 'If ! wera not an Euglishman. |
would wish to he one" The German.
IF | We're not German | would wish
not to be a German Carl Peters in
Deutsche Monatschrift
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20
FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD.
Eskimos Provide Food and Clothes For
IA Returning Ghosts.

Eskimos Provide Food and Clothes For
Returning Ghosts.
The natives Of the Yukon river region
bold a festival Of the dead every ycar
shortly before Christmas and a srca ter
festival at intervals of several years
At these seasons food drink and
clothes are provided for the returning
ghosts in the clubhouse of the village.
which is Illuminated for the occasion
with oil lamps. Every man or woman
who wishes to honor a dead friend sets
up a lamp on stand in front of the
place which the dead one used to oc-
cupy In the clubhouse These lamps.
filled with seal oil, are kept burning
day and night until the festival is over
They are believed to light the shades
on their return to their old home and
back again to the land of the dead. II
any one fails to pat up a lamp In the
clubhouse and to keep it burning, the
shade whom he or she desires to honor
could not find its way to the place and
so would miss the feast When per-
son has been much disliked his ghost
is sometimes purposely ignored. and
that Is deemed the seyerest punishment
that could be inflicted upon him. After
the songs of invitation to the dead have
been sung the givers of the feast take
a small portion OF food from every dish
and cast 1t down as an offering to the
shades. Then each pours little WI.
ter on the floor SO that it runs through
the cracks In this way they believed
the spiritual essence of all the food and
water is conveyed to the souls. Witt;
songs and dances the feast comes to an
end and the ghosts are dismissed to
their own place. The dancers dance.
not only in the clubhouse. but also Mt
the graves and on the ice If the dead
met their deaths by drowning On the
eve Of the festival the nearest male
relative goes to the grave and sum
mons the ghost by planting there a
small model Of seal spear or of II
wooden dish. according as the dead
was man or woman. The totems of
the dead are marked on these imple-
ments. The dead who have none to
make offerings to them are believed to
suffer great destitution hence the Els
KINDS fear to die without leaving be-
hind them some one who will sacrifice
to their spirit. and childless people
generally adopt children lest their
shades be forgotten at the festivals
New York Tribune.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20
TO BUILD CEMENT HOUSES.
Eastern Cities Attempting to Solve
the Tenement Problem.

Buffalo, n. Y, Jan. 20.-Houses
built of cement, requiring only a
day or two for their construction
and costing only a few hundred dol
lars each, will soon solve the tene-
ment problem of the greet cities.
This is the declaration of distin-
guished delegates to the fourth an
nual convention and exhibition of
the National Association of Cement
Users, which opened in Buffalo to-
day.
The largest and most elaborate
exhibition and demonstration of ce
ment products ever held in the Uni
ted States is being held by the asso-
citation in the Sixty-Fifth Regiment
Armory, which has more actual
floor space than in Madison Square
Garden. Visitors will have an OPP
portunity to see, by example and
demonstration, the progress that has
been made in cement and concrete
construction, especially as it applies
to the building of small dwelling
houses in which the average indi
vidual is interested. Thomas A. Edi-
son has recently been giving much
of his time to the problem of cement
construction and has announced that
it is now possible to build a two
family, three-story fire-proof house,
fitted with all modern conveniences
at cost of 81 900. Such house
could be rented for from 81 to $40
a month with fair profit to the
owner
Several examples Of cement
houses are shown at the present ex-
hibition, and authorities on the sub
ject believe that Edison's scheme is
entirely feasible and that. cement
will in a few years entirely revolu-
tionize the building business. The
houses. instead of being built in the
ordinary way, with wooden frames,
will be literally poured into steel
molds. When the concrete has har-
dened the molds will be removed
and the house will be complete,
ready for occupancy. Only a day or
two will be required for ''pouring"
a house.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20

tive and unmistakable. In the stage
of preparation incubation you feel
like you had stolen the RATHER from
your neighbour baby and sold it to
q Junk dealer. Two minutes later
you become dissatisfied with your
surroundings and weep and wall be-
cause you didn't migrate to Gehenna
or Bonham week before last. Then
you to discuss your wife, vote to vote
the socialist ticket, and go to
bed with your pants on.
After the first day the symptoms
change materially. Your head feels
like a room damned full of lighted
powder. with no space or air hole
for the thing to explode. About the
same time your stomach begins to
seeth and surge and roar like Mount
Telec or Christmas tare and your
bones run together like molten lead.
No matter whether your life has
been that of sinless Christian Or
miserable sinner, you pray that
you may die, end you don't care a
fig whether prayers are said for the
repose of your soul or not you are
more than willing to change the
pain you have for the very worst
there may be on the other side Of
the river Styx-you simply cuss the
boatman because he doesn't hurry.
concern. Take any thing that is ham
dy without fear of it's doing any
damage or proving beneficial to the
slightest degree. Don't be afraid of
narcotics; If you swallow an ounce
Of opium it won't put you to sleep
or bring surcease of pain; If your
feet are cold don't hesitate to scar
them with red hot poker; 1t won't
blister them, neither will it impart
the slightest warmth. The standard
remedy is whiskey; doctors prescribe
it, not because it will do any good,
but because it is the only thing
that can possibly make a fellow feel
as bad as the grip itself. A whiskey
headache has been known to make
fellow forget grip backache and
thus afford a moments relief
All grip conyalescents should be
confined in mad house or a dog
kennel.
Of there any exaggerations in the
above please remember that We
haven't fully recovered Honey
Grove Signal. fs
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20
The Need of Common Sense.

l had a really scientific man to see
our investigation Of a point we had
in common it was necessary to wash
out bottle The bottle was empty.
1t was round. wabbly vessel, and he
had to hold it under the water long
time, so that it might get full enough
Of water to hold it down. asked
him why ne did not fill it with water
first, and he laughed and said he did
not think of it. And that bears out
my contention that it is not because a
man is as clever as paint" that he
therefore grasps 1.-The common sense
OF common things"-G. H. R. Dabbs
In Fry's Magazine.
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ABOUT THE GRIP.

The grip is probably best describ-
ed as movable stationary pain. 1t
moves to hundred places in a
minute without leaving any place,
hence it upsets all laws of nature
and science by being both fixed and
movable.
The objects of the grip, SO far as
ascertaired, are to make humanity
miserable and create a demand for
whisky. in the working out of these
it is succeeding admirably. There is
no safe rule for measuring the mis-
cry il has ali eady dumped upon the
world, but statistics show an in
creased consumption OF whiskey in
spite of the fact that about half the
county has gone dry"
The birthplace of the grip is said
to be Siberia, but this is disputed on
good grounds. Siberia probably fur
nished the chill part but there ism I
q caloric bed anywhere except in
Hades that could have touched into
life the warm end. The preparation
has never been thoroughly analysed
but the best chemists say it Is COM
posed OF equal parts of iceberg,
blizzard, aqua FORTS. high life and
hell-flre. --..-
The symptoms OF grip are pos
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20
Oklahoma Farmers Meet

Saltwater, Okla, Jan. 20.-For
the first time under statehood, the
farmers Of the new commonwealth
gathered here today for the annual
short course in stock judging and
seed selection at the Oklahoma Ag-
ricultural college. Sessions will also
be held during the week by the
state board of agriculture, the Eas-
the Oklahoma Cattle Breeders as
ISOLATION and other agricultural bod
les.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20
A QUEER TREE
The Jumbo Is Monstrosity of the
African Desert.

The Jumbo Is a Monstrosity of the
African Desert.
The mature Jumbo is tree with a
trunk about two feet long. shaped
much like an inverted cone. Almost all
the trunk is below the surface Of the
ground, the visible part rarely exceed
ing a few inches But the remarkable
feature of the stem is that it Is often
fourteen feet In circumference and be
comes more or less Il two lobed image
The stem looks more like Il great mass
of 1.-THE burned crust of Il loaf of
bread" to quote DR.. Welwitsch's letter
than the trunk of tree The under
ground portion becomes greatly elon-
gated, and its continuation IS the top
root Of the plant This goes down sew
eral feet in its effort to get the few
drops of water that the arid conditions
of the country permit.
There are never more than two
leaves after the seed leaves drop of,
and very curious leaves they are. Start
ing from n groove on opposite sides of
the depressed mass, they stand straight
are often six feet long and two feet
wide and usually split into ribbons
that undulate over the ground In a way
strikingly suggestive of the tentacles
of an octopus. With Its great ugly
body and its tentaclAAEe leaves it is no
wonder that 1t has been the most re-
markable plant novelty Of the last cen
fury. The flowers are borne in scarlet
cones on cymose inhorescence COM
ing from the crown of the trunk.
Tumboa bainesil belongs to the joint
f1r family. or gnetaceae, and Is known
only from Portuguese West Africa to
Damnraland. This is a region that
seldom gets any rain. and desert eondi-
lions prevail almost completely. except
for the sea fogs. The Jumbo Is thus
a desert plant par excellence. and it Is
only by close approximation Of these
very arid conditions that we can cul
tivate it.-New York Botanic Garden
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20
Why Currants Are Nutritious.

The reason why currants are SO re
markedly nutritious is that they con
sist to very large degree of saccha
rim in it's most easily digestible form
that of grape sugar. The piquant TIA
vor of the currant which adds so much
to It's pleasantness as q food. is derry
ed from the valuable percentage of tar
taric acid which the berry contains
Potash is also present IN the form OF
cream of tartar and is undoubtedly OF
dietetic value.-Ladies' Pictorial.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20
The Empire Theatre.

This most attractive place of
amusement is closed this week. The
entire building is being remodeled
and will open Saturday, Jan. 25, with
new pictures and illustrated songs.
This improvement is being made for
the comfort and pleasure OF the pa
irons of this popular place Of
amusement Ben Knoch, Manager.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20

When a man wants to disagree
with you he has no trouble to find
abundance of reasons for his posi-
ton. We always find that for which
we are looking. Therefore, it is
among the possibilities that you may
be right, though some one questions
your line of Texas
Christian Advocate.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20
Candidates

In the coming campaign will find
US ready to I'LL their orders for cards
and other campaign literature on
the shortest possible notice, and in
the best printing. Enterprise Pub
fishing Co. tt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20
Preliminary Plans for Convention.

Denver, Colo, Jan. 20.-Prelim-
mary plans for the democratic ma
tional convention in Denver were
considered today at meeting here
of the committee, which is composed
of Chairman Taggart, Secretary
van Of Illinois, Mack of New York,
McGraw, of Virginia, Howell OF
Georgia, Johnston of Texas, Osborne
of Wyoming and Dahlman of Ne
braska.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20

Any erroneous reflection upon the
haracter, standing or reputation OF
any person. firm OF 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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The Enterprise Publishing Cpm

The Enterprise Publishing Cpm-
pany Is in Gowise responsible for
debts that may be contracted by en-
plcveJ, nor will we assume payment
Of ,uch debts under any circum-
stances. Every employee of this office
IL paid promptly for work done. This
is to protect ourselves and the SELL
Ing lic.-ENTERPRISE PUB
LISTING COMPANY, Per G. W. Nc
Knight, Manager.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20
The Ruins.

First Eistor-NGst interesting coun-
try round about here. Have you seen
the ruins? Second Visitor twho has
Just paid his billl-Yes: | suppose you
mean the guests leaving this hotel
London Answers
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20

Evidently Turkish bath is a
scheme to keep one perpetually dirty
81 judge from what you say that
you've never taken one"
NO, but I've seen Turk. -Ey
change.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20
Fear and Dancer,

Nervous Old Lady Ito deck hand Oh
steamboat - Mr. Steamboa tman l.
there any fear of danger? Deck Hand
(carelessly)-Plenty Of fear. ma'am.
but not a bit of danger
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No Excitement.

Here said the dramatist. I'VE have
a husband who loves his wife and IL
wife who loves her husband
''Well?''
How am | to construct a drama
from such material E'-Louisville Cou-
er-Journal.
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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.
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Sam. Old Rsason.

give played the ponies to my grisf
year In, year out. day after day" y
Then why do you keep at ftr'
well, I've got good thing for -
morrow. "-Louisvil.e Courier Journal.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-01-20

Entered at the Waxahachie Post
Office as mail matter of the second
class.
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Little girls believe in the man In the
moon, big girls in the man in the hon
symoon.
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f. S. CRONk co.
: be Daily Iigbt
Published Daily Except Sunday
By
ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING
COMPANY.
PAID-UP CAPITAL. o2O. 1000.

OFFICERS and DIRECTORS.
G. W. Mcknight, President and
Treasurer; Ed Cunningham, Vice
President; C. w. Kent. Secretary.
Directors: T. A. Ferris, G. w. Nc
Knight, Ed Cunningham, G. W.Kent,
DR.. C. W. Simpson.
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8 U B r p TION RA TIES
One Month 90
Six Months Tin advance) 80. ais
One Year Tin advance) ... ZOO
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There Is a Bear Probability

that your Plumbing may need over
hauling this winter, and now Is the
time to have 1t done while 1t is in
tact. You know what leakage In win
ter mean, with snow on the ground
and pipes frozen. We do all kinds of
repairs in thorough manner, and
guarantee the work to be perfect,
although our charges are very rea-
Dnable. Bath room. Sinks, Water
Closets, and all such work done ex-
peditiously and neatly
A +. 5. CR0Nk co.
Machinists and Plumbers.
Dealers in Mil, Gin, Plumbing and
Water Supplies, Metal and Genasco
Roofing. etc. : : ::