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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
What Hurst Told Griffith.

Any one knowing the chubby umpire
Tim Hurst will tell you that it is dan
gerous thing to mix it up with this gen.
tleman when it comes to the kidding
game for at the Get-back game Sir
Timothy is the real live candy kid.
Clark Griffith is recognized as the best
al repartee in the base ball business to-
day. and for the past dozen years he and
Hurst have been throwing the gaff into
each other at almost every meeting. as
they are both men of the same impulsive
temperament. While their wordy argu-
ments on the base ball field have as yet
led to only one personal encounter. still
their friends always expecting that
the repartee they unburden themselves of
will lead to something in the mayhem
way sooner or later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
Guarding Against Sorrow.
the Chicago Record Herald

From The Chicago Recor'I- Herald
NO" she said. sadly. Il cannot marry
you. Charles, | am sorry. but it is best
that we should part
You have admitted that you love me,
lie protested.
in case OF trouble be able to pay me
enough alin3ony 10 be worth mentioning"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
Joe Stanley's Friend.

Joe Stanley who once played on the
Washington. but who is now a member
of the Louisville team Of the American
Association. is fond of melody and never
loses a chance to see those shows that
are billed as musical comedies.
One night last summer when his club
was playing in Milwaukee he happened to
run into Buck Freeman. who used to play
with the Washington club. and who in
those days was a champion swatter. too.
but is now doing batting stunt during
the playing season with the Milwaukee
club.
After Buck and Joe had been talking a
few moments Buck suggested that they
go to the theater. where Buck has a
friend who is the leader Of the orchestra.
During the intermisson Buck began to
tell Joe Of the great musical abilities Of
his friend in the orchestra. and, of course
Joe had to show certain interest in the
narration.
Seeing this Buck warmed up to his sub
iect with a vim. and. passing from the
Ieadersof the orchestra. he started in to
dilate on the great qualities in the must
cal line possessed by the leaders brother
"Why. he has got Il brother who is
one of the greatest musicians you ever
heard Of said Buck: why. he plays
the piano by ear.
"Pshaw, that nothing" cried Joe. who
is one of those quiet kidders 81 know a
fellow down in Washington named Frog
gle who plays mouth organ with his
nose.
What Hickman Had Saved.
f.lIy cff hn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
DR.. Casey's Declaration.

Dr. Jimmy Casey. the pudgy little third
baseman Of the Brooklyn club and at one
time a member of the Washington team,
Is dentist of several years standing. He
has a very desirable practice, and al
though he does not live in Brooklyn, yet
in the base ball playing season he con-
ducts a dental parlor in the City OF
Churches.
Base ball players in the National League
have great faith in the abilities of the
genial DR.. Casey. and he pulls down d
goodly sum of money in the summer time
by treating the teeth of the members of
the visiting teams, as well as the boys
who play on the Brooklyn club.
Last summer, just before that slugger,
Harry Lumley fell and broke his leg, he
was troubled with refractory tooth. and
on the suggestion of Jimmy Casey he ac-
that gentleman up to his den
tai office where Jimmy made an examina-
ton of the offending tooth, and finding it
to be badly decayed he recommended that
1t be drawn.
At this suggestion Harry howled and
when Jimmy told him that he could put
him under the influence of an anesthetic.
so that he wouldn't feel the pain, Harry
said:
well. to tell you the truth Jimmy 1
am afraid of chloroform. and also OF gas
Well replied Casey. while the faint
est approach to a smile lowered about his
lips, Either is harmless"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
Roger Bresnahan's Philosophy.

One day last summer when the New
York Nationals were on the cars bound
for st. Louis an argument was started
among the players as TO which weighed
more, pound Of feathers. or pound of
g i'd.
The argument ran up to most eX-
citing stage and finally all decided to leave
it to the manager, John McGrw, but John
didn't appear to know any more abou;
the affair than did the other members of
the team.
1t was just about the time that McGraw
had given up the proposition that Roger
Bresnahan strolled into the compartment.
and he was asked as to which weighed
more. a pound of feathers or pound OF
gold?
I've L. replied Roger. II can't decide
definitely on the question. but l can tell
you one thing, and that is that gold is
much harder to pick up than feathers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
Sock Seybold's Advice.

When Rube Waddell first went to the
Philadelphia team he was constructed on
lean and hungry lines, although he had
the height and the great breadth OF shoul-
ders that he possesses now. But Rube
wanted to put on avoirdupois. as he loves
to be called a big fellow. If he had his
wish Rube would weigh somewhere in the
neighborhood Of 800 pounds.
When he went to the Athletics Waddell
talked of nothing from morning until
night but his hope of getting to be a
betty chap on the order of jim Jeffries
who is great friend Of the big pitcher.
Try as he might, though Waddell was
unable to put on a pound of weight. One
morning he was sitting in front Of the
clubhouse. in decidedly gloomy frame of
mind, when what should appear in the
ball grounds but the elephantine form of
the philosophical Socks Seybold.
When Rube's gaze rested on the mighty
figure of the big right fielder his eyes
lighted up with an inspired look, and as
Socks came up to the pitcher RUDE. grasp
ing him cordially by the hand. asked:
Il say. Socks what is the best way to
get fat?'
why. go down to the butcher shop and
buy some,'' brusquely replied Seybold as
he strobe by the dazed pitcher and went
into the clubhouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
What Hickman Had Saved.

This winter talk of the sporting scribes
about the various professional base ball
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
What Saved Bill Coughlin.

Dutch Schaeffer, the humorous Sec
ond baseman of the Detroit club who is
at present confined to a hospital cot up
In the Tiger city. as the result of a re-
cent operation, was telling a Detroit news
paper man the other day about the close
ness of certain base ball players when it
comes to money matters.
Schaeffer. to illustrate his argument.
told of three men who played with him
in the American Association, who, to-
gether with the rest of the members of
the team, were once given 81 each to
pay for sleeping berths when the club
was due to take long journey.
Of course, it is customary for travelling
teams to take an entire section. so that
they can all be together. but in this case
lhere happened to be a convention of
Some sort in Milwaukee. and the fellow
who had the Issuing of sleeping berth &C
commodations had his signals mixed, SO
that when the ball players got on the
train the conductor told the manager that
although he could not give the club a
section he had enough berths scattered
throughout the train to accommodate
them.
In order to keep things from getting
confused the manager gave eacn of the
ball players the money to pay for his own
berth. and Schaeffer says that three OF
the members of the outfit sunk that
night caught what sleep they could by
sitting up.
Schaeffer'S story recalls to the mind of
the writer individual who used to play
on the Washington club few years ago
and was noted for the way he chung to
dollar. This man was a young fellow
whose people. from all accounts, were in
good circumstances. yet the youthful dis
cple of Russell Sage certainly did love
to hold the pennies tight.
Once when the team was going west
ward on a fast express train this ball
player was given the customary dollar
with which to buy his dinner. but instead
of going into the dining car like the rest
Of the fellows he waited until the cars
stopped at one of those little jerkWater
stations. and here he blew 10 cents for
coffee and a sandwich, sinking the other
80 cents.
Now, this player had healthy appetite,
but he loved money as he loved his life.
than 10 cents of each dollar that was
given him to pay for his meals. On the
morning following the occasion just men
toned he came into the smoking car
where Coughlin. Manager Will Dwyer
and several of the rest of the boys were
sitting, and with a wry expression on his
cOuntenance he said:
Gosh, but / was hungry last night
when got to bed.
Il came near sleeping on an empty
stomach myself last night remarked
Bill. as he dealt the cards: but there was
one thing that saved me-"
What was that. Bill?'' cried the eco
nomical ball player.
''Why, l rolled over and went to sleep
on my back" merrily sang out the little
third baseman. as he picked up his cards.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-31
The New York Press RI

The New York Press (Rep.) adj
mits that Mr.. Bryan has acquired an
advantage over Mr.. Taft in being
first in the field with a genuine pub
licity program" and says: AN ounce
of publicity before election is worth
a ton of publicity after the votes are
cast, and the republican party can
not afford to 60 into this fight with
the democracy's national campaign
fund open to public scrutiny while
the money contributed to the Taft
cause Is kept secret until after cleo
ton. With the Chicago platform 81
lent on this subject the Taft canvass
would labor under handicap II It's
managers failed to take the voters
quite as fully into their confidence
as the democrats will"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-31

tardly and easily committed. A mali
cious person can easily destroy the
peace of an other person almost at
will by attacking the after through
the nails OF otherwise with threats
of violence, either expressed or i'm
piled. 1t is unfortunate when any
body yields to or complies with the
demands or conditions imposed, when
any person thus threatened fails to
follow up the offense vigorously and
thus render courageous vigorous
exposure and prosecution, the pun
ishment for this dastardly offense
should be increased at least enough
to save the person threatened from
the violence of the criminal who has
threatened him.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-31

Says the Ferris Wheel: The third
term precedent established by George
Washington and perpetuated by all
of our greatest statesmen at a sac
rifice of self-interest, down to and
including President Roosevelt, was
run over rough shod by the Texas
voters Saturday" The third term
precedent is not the only thing that
received jolt at the hands of Texas
democracy in the recent primary. By
their ballots the people have con-
demned the efforts of politicians and
their organs to destroy the character
and usefulness of those opposed by
them through the agency of mali
cious SANDER. Frank, my boy, there
is good lesson in the recent prima-
ry, and we hope you will benefit by
it.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-31
The Too Fat.

Fat hens. being wretched layers. are
always sold off by farmers
The early Romans banished all use.
less persons. including the fat in this
category
Ovid in his Art of Love-" says
Keep ever slender and supple. for the
fat have no success with women
The Gentoo tribe enter their houses
by hole in the roof of a certain pre-
scribed size. and they who grow toe
bulky to enter by this hole are slain as
useless and lazy
In England it was once the law to
put the fat to death-"All dronkittis
fatt gluttonis and consumers OF vitalIis
more nor was necessary to the susten
tation Of men. were tame. and first com
mandit to swelly their fouth of guhaf
drink they pleatit. and incontinent
tairafter was drounit in ane fresche
rever."-New Orleans Times Democrat
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-31
THE IVORY HUNTER.
Troubles Begin When He Has to &c,
Ivory Out Of the Junole.

Troubles Begin When He Has to Ge,
Ivory Out Of the Jungle.
First catch your ivory. then get it
home-if you can. A mans troubles
have barely begun when the tusks of
the fallen monsters are chopped out
wrapped In sacking and taken back to
camp. Each weighs 80 or even 100
pounds. | have seen specimens that
are on record as tipping the scales Mt
$50 pounds. Suppose have got to-
gether 100000 worth OF fine ivory. /
en- perhaps thousand miles from
anywhere with this load Of $4,000 or
10000 pounds. There are no railroads
no wheeled vehicles. even no draft ami
mails. The stuff must be carried across
the wilds of Africa on the backs Of ma
tive porters. who think nothing of drop
ping their loads and deserving II the
fancy happens to seize them. The
worst of the hunting is nothing to
what such a homeward march NAV
mean, | have had my men shot down
by hostile tribes from ambush with
poisoned arrows. | have seen them die
in agony from the bites OF noxious in
sects. | have been attacked by bands
Of Dinkas. who knew the value OF
ivory as we'll as did and who tried to
help themselves to ne.-Every body's
Magazine
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-31

A member of the Georgia legisla-
ture has introduced the following
bill: If any woman, whether maid
or widow, shall betray into matri-
mony any unsuspecting male subject
Of the state by scents, paints, pow
der or perfume, cosmetics, waters,
artificial teeth, false hair, iron stays,
corsets, pads or padding, hoops or
high-heeled shoes, V-cut waists, lace
variegated, drop-stitched or rainbow
hosiery, or by any other deceitful
means or artful practices, the mar
rage, upon conviction, shall be null
and void" 1t is an evident fact that
other states besides Texas are afflic-
ted with "chronicus damphlus' leg
islators.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-31
Are Your Kidneys Well?

Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Rheu-
matism, Govt, Gravel Dropsy, Infla-
nation of the Bladder, Bad Blood
and Nervous Troubles caused by sick
Kidneys.
Hood & Curtin, the we'll known
druggists of Waxahachie, know by
experience that HINDIPO will cure
all forms Of Kidney and Nervous
Trou bles, and will guarantee it in
all cases..
Can't you afford to try it at their
risk? 1t costs you nothing If it don't
dc the work.
Sent Ivy mail to any address, pre-
paid, on receipt Of so cents. Six box
es, $3.50, under positive guaran-
tee. ftf
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-31

him in overcoming them. We love a
man who assists his friends in their
worthy additions, and when the trials
about to overcome them lend them
his encouragement and revive their
dropping spirits to again take up
the battle with renewed vigor. In
fact we love man who loves his
friends, regardless of those faults
which all humanity is heir to-
league Tribune
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-31

Discussing the BLACK plague" the
Fort Worth Record says: There are
good negroes and bad negroes now
as always, but the good negroes are
beginning to become more Influential
among their own kind, and the bad
negroes, as a result of the improv-
ing racial tendency, are becoming
more and more the outcasts of their
own race. There is still a disposition
among the negroes to protect their
own kind even in midemeanor and
crime. but the disposition is less ac-
tive as negro leaders realize racial
responsibility, and if white men will
patiently and periodically lend as
slstance to wise and earnest negroe
leaders they can together, sooner or
later, bring to pass condition of
negro sentiment akin to the condi-
ton OF white sentiment, which rec
ognizes the obligation upon every
race to purge itself of those that de-
base and degrade it. There can be no
relaxation of the memorable attitude
toward the negroes who commit these
unspeakable crimes, and the negroes
do themselves a credit when they
come out on the side of virtue and
propriety against the beasts of their
own race. But this memorable atti-
tude is not inconsistent with, but on
the contrary is highly consistent with
an attitude of tolerance and kindly
cooperation between white people and
negroe leaders who are faithfully en-
deavoring to establish higher stand
ards of morality and social beha-
vior.''
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-31
ONE OF THE MOST DASTARDLY
OF CRIMES.

Some offenSeS are punished too
severely and other offenses are not
punished severely enough, Whatever
the lawmakers may say or believe
about 1t, felony is felony and a
misdemeanor is misdemeanor in
the nature of things, and no arbi-
trary classification can do away with
the natural distinction in the public
mind. There are some things that
can be done by legislation and some
things that can not be done. A law
providing an excessive penalty will
not be fairly enforced, while an act
prescribing an inadequate punish
ment will not deter anybody from
the commission of crime. There is a
material difference in offenses nahum
prohibitum and offenses nahum in
Sc. 1t is difference that must be re-
garded, whether statesmen prefer to
regard it or not, says the Dallas
News.
mailer In one of the large cities was
fined $40 for making threats as a
means OF extorting money from
relative. He left the court house and
hunted down the relative who had
made known his threats and shot him
dead. 1t is the rule with criminals
Nvhn m O In cnrh fhYOnch a
mail or otherwise, to wreak venge-
ance upon any victim who may ex-
pose them and bring them to JUS
tice. A man was arrested In New
York recently on the charge of writ
ing a threading letter to his mother,
demanding $1,000 on pain of having
He came of a well known, once high
ly aristocratic family in Manhattan,
and the arrest aroused great inter-
est. His wife declared that her hus-
band had written the letter only as
joke, but the case appeared to war
rant his detention, and he was later
Stit " an LASlllutlOu
as TO his sanity. 1t was not matter
of fun for the recipient of the de-
mand for money coupled with a dire
ufl threat of assassination. The
would-be robber should go TO one of
two places-to either the asylum or
to the penitentiary.
Attention is called to another case
in which a man convicted of crime
threatened the life of the Judge who
sentenced him. He was released after
his fine, and proceeded to murder
the judge.
This is one offense which, as the
News believes, is not punished with
sufficient severity. One reason why it
should go In the case with the graver
felonies is that 1t is cowardly, das-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-31

Very impressive evidence of the ex-
tent of the industrial depression un-
der this Roosevelt administration Is
to be found in the immigration sta
tistics since last November, says the
Fort Worth Telegram In the year
1907 the number of immigrants ar
irving in this country was the big
gest on record, being 1,334,16 The
total for the first six months of 1907
reached 1896, while the total for
the first six months of 1908 fell off
to 1855. Not only has there been
this enormus falling off in immi-
grants, but the aliens who have re-
turned to Europe from lack of en-
ployment largely exceeds the ar
rivals. Labor has become an export
as well as an import, with the former
greatly exceeding the latter.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-31
Apinaeh Qmaiat.

Make a PURGE OF spinach in the usual
way-that Is to say. after having boiled
1t till tender chop It very ane and rub
1t through coarse wire sieve. season
with salt and pepper, stir over the tire
and add two ounces OF butter aud q
little cream Take two tablespoonfuls
Of the spinach and sur It into four
eggs which have been previously beat
en-, yokes and whites separately. Add
4 little piece Of shallot which has been
rubbed through the sieve. and salt and
pepper to taste. When thoroughly
mixed put the whole into an omelet
pau with two ounces Of butter and fry
a pale brown. Serve very hot-By-
stander
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-31
Tom Campbell has been rel

Tom Campbell has been renomina-
ted to succeed himself as governor of
Texas and the usual democratic vote
will confirm his nomination at the
November election. A man that has
the confidence of majority of Texas
democrats, whether that majority is
large or small, must be worthy and
deserving OF the support of all
Waxahachie Light. Mark 1t, you
make no exception to this rule,
therefore your democratic readers
will expect you to adhere to it in all
of your references to Texas high Off
cials,--Ferris Wheel No, we make
no exception to the rule. Democracy
is democracy, whether /. applies to
constable or governor, United States
senator of attorney general of the
state, and we have never yet failed
to vote the ticket straight. Our ex-
ample in all things may not come up
to the highest notch, but when it
comes to democracy-well Frank,
you can safely follow our lead to the
benefit of your readers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-31

The Wills Point Chronicle says:
The defeat of Col. w. G. Sterett for
congress from the Dallas district
will be source of regret to many
people outside of that district. No
man in Texas has done more for the
farmers and no man has accomplish
ed more for Dallas and Dallas coun-
ty than Col. Sterett and the ingrati-
tude shown him is but another evil
dence of the perversity of human
nature and the treachry of politics"
Bills good fellow all right, and we
all love him. He has done much for
Texas, and his work for Dallas has
borne good fruit, but all this was ac-
complished through the agency of
the newspaper, and not politics. Jack
Beall, as congressman for this dis
trict, has done all that any one could
reasonably expect, and the future
gives promise Of even greater results
from his tireless efforts in the inter
COZ VI hio otolllSi. ILdSd VI lhCSC Co
teemed gentlemen have been tried
In special spheres and made good"
Each in his particular station Is a
wheel horse for a grander Texas, but
what would the outcome be IL they
traded places? Letting well enough
alone is good rule to follow and
this rule Influenced the democratic
voters in the district. God has spec
tally equipped Bill Sterett for one of
life's grandest opportunities
field, and Jack Beall has
been cast in the mould Of a pure
statesman. Democracy loves them
both for the good they can do in
their particular ways.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-31

Our esteemed neighbor, the Fer
ris Wheel, extends this bit of SYM
pathy: THE Wheel hopes Editor Nc
Knight of the Waxahachie Enterprise
will pull through after such large
bait of crow, having plenty of Waxa-
hachie mineral water to drink :"
Waxahachie mineral water will aid
in the digestion of "crow," is a posi-
tive cure for ''politicus dingbaticus, !"
removes corns, Americanizes foreign
ers and makes the republican party
look like thirty cents. 1t will do any
thing except pacify the people as to
the outrages perpetrated on Texas by
the thirtieth legislature in the name
of Legislation" and make "boot-lick-
ers'' of native born Texans. Waxaha-
chic mineral water will do so much
and with such extreme cases that we
feel sure it would greatly help Bro.
Ezzell Come down, Frank. We have
digested our crow and want to see
your distresses relieved.