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saIIoons Travelled in a cIrele.

Berlin, Oct l3.-The Associa iod
Press has received bulletins relative
TO the progress of the balloons which
started sunday in the international
race for the James Gordon Bennett
cup, Apparently all the balloons were
caught in the same currents OF air and
all are describing a complete circle.
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-lllshwaymsn Assaulted Their Victim.

Hamilton, o.. Oct. 13.--Jsmes Price,
an Indianapolis travelling salesman,
was held up by two masked men here
early Monday. The highwaymen
dragged Price into an alley and almost
beat him senseless. They robbed him
OF s75. Price had to borrow money
TO 20 home on.
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Ex.conaressman Scranton Dies.

Scranton Pa, oct l3.-Ex-C Congress.
man Joseph A. Scranton died Monday
at his home here. He was SO years
old. was elected TO congress In 1880
and reelected four times. He had
been editor of the Scranton Republi.
can since 1867.
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Brokers Offices Were Raided.

New York. Oct, l3.-The Offices. OF
the Standard Stock and Grain Go. In
Jersey City were raided by the police
Monday aud q persons found In the
rooms We're arrested The charge
made against the concern Ia that II
maintained dl2orderly house.
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Registration Falls Below That Of 1904

New York Soct 13.--With all tho
efforts of the political leaders Of the
various parties eXerted to bring out
a large registration on Monday, the
last day of registration in New York
City, the total registration was gas
below that In 1904.
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MIddIes are Asked to Resign.

Annapolis, Md, Oct. l3.--The naval
academy authorities have called up.
on % nildshipmen for their rsaigna.
lions. Fifteen members OF tie new
fourth class End s.ght second class
iIen Failed 10 pass he "sgu'ar geptein
Yer mental e.:hin.n stloIs.
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A Fire Fatality.

Milwaukee, Wis, Oct l3.-ln a. fire
following the explosion of n can Cf
varnish that wrecked the plant of the
A. I.ange Manufacturing Co, John
Kirch. engineer, was burned so that
he died and four other men were
burned in rescuing Kirch.
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WII AoIa local optlon eIectlon.

Hamilton; O., Oct. lS.--m addition
TO causing the arrests OF local saloon
lists, the Antl.Saloon league has de-
oided TO hold local option election In
Butler county on November Is.
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lie pestroys a Landmark.

Chicago, Oct. l3.--Seyeral thousand
chichense and property valued at $75..
000 ware. destroyed by nre in South
Water street Monday night Sailors
hall, u Landmark, was partly demol
ished. .te f
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Killed In a RalIroad shop.

.Meadville, Pa, Oct l3.-Samuel
IIanien, 90, wears old, was killed In tho
Erie railroad shops Monday eyenins
where he had been u forenlan'30 years
He was the father OF Miss Anna
Hainen. private secretary to Helen
Gould.
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eh.rty Trees Scar Second cfop.

Hamilton, o., Oct. 13.7-Ifor the sec.
ond- time this year the trees hi the
orchard OF John Gelsler. a farmer. who
resides in Millville, are In full bloom
and are covered with green fruit.
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No utterance OF the campaign has
attracted more attention than the pre-.
diction of Congressman Nicholas Long.
worth, the presidents son-inIaw, who
In speech at Rock Island, ILL.,, declared
that after eight years OF Taft ii would
be Roosevelt In the White House
again. This utterance has caused Re.
publican campaign managers no little
annoyance. The Republican view OF
the incident is well set forth by the
Chicago Inter Ocean, one of the lead.
Ing Republican papers In the entire
west The Inter Ocean said
"The Hon. Nicholas Longworth pro-
posed to 10000 American citizens in
Rock Island on Friday that Mr.. Taft
should be made president OF the Uni
ted States for the next eight years and
Mr.. Roosevelt for the eight years fol.
lowing Mr.. Tafts second term.
"As Mr. Longworth Is President
Roosevelt's sonin-law, his words are
accepted usually as semiofIlcial for
the White House. This Is the unfortu-
nate feature OF his utterance in the
present instance.
The American people are not look
Ing for lord protector, Even the
ihoob dlufHt duiiiltl5 VI MI. tkOOSeNtll
would not care to make him another
Diaz. ~
with some eight years of the presi.
dency behind him next March and
with eight years of Mi Taft before
him, Mr. Roosevelt. according to his
son-in-aw's ideas, would be able to
celebrate on March 4, 1926, nearly a
quarter OF century OF personal rule
over this republic. "a "a
"Slqh a program is not one to be
announced Just now, Incredible and
impossible az II seems Especially 1t
Is not one TO be announced from the
bosom OF Mr. Roosevelts family. Good
politics and good taste are both against
such utterances.
Aside from, Mr., Longworth's plain
assumption that Mr.. Taft's two terms
would not constitute even a substan.
tial interregnum-wilh which no real
friend OF Mr.. Taft can agree-such re.
marks regarding the institution of u
Roosevelt dynasty are not only shock
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'DaIIy 9 Daily except Sunday
All trains dSily except locals sRs
Nos. 8 and 10.
Phone 14d.
h. q. EEBERcAIe,.
Ticket Agent
For further Information regardinp
;rsiRs, call iniorfoatios oBsrator.
bither 'phone.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-24
Notice of Final Account.
No. 1241.

The State of Texas, To the Sheriff
or any Constable of Ellis County,
Greeting:
Whereas R. L. Naylor, Guardian
of the estate of Rob Roy Naylor, Lal-
la Fay Naylor and Howard L. Nay
lor, minors, having filed in our
County Court his Final Account Of
the condition of the Estate of said
Rob Roy Naylor, Lalla Fay Naylor
and Howard L. Naylor, together
with an application to be discharged
from said Guardianship.
You are hereby commanded, That
by publication of this Writ for
Twenty days-:hree successive
wceks-in newspaper regularly
published in the County OF Ellis,
you give due notice to all persons
interested in the Account for Final
Settlement of said Estate to file
their objection thereto, If any they
have, on or before the September
ASA 1--we, VI o0iO SouAIy SOult,
commencing and to be holden at the
Court House of said county, in the
City Of Waxahachie, on the First
Monday in September, 1908, the
same being the 18th day Of said
month, when said Account and ap-
plication will be considered by said
court.
Herein fail not, but of this writ
! make due return showing how you
have executed the same
Witness, John M. Loggins, Clerk
of the County Court, Ellis County,
T. xas
Given under my hand and seal of
said court at my Office, in the City
of Waxahachie, Texas, this the Sth
day of August, 1908.
(SeaD JOHN M. LOGGINS,
| Clerk of the County Court, Ellis Co.,
| Texas.
By P. Fl. Rowell, Deputy.
A true copy, certify:
w. H. FORBES,
Sheriff, Ellis County, Texas.
! BY II. F. Iglehart, Deputy. MIL
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"Chuck Il, Duke!"

While the Duke Of Connaught was
in Cairo he went for n stroll one morn
ing. and on his way back to his quar-
tiers he came face to face with an old
Englishman wearing the ribbon Of the
Indian mutiny on his breast The
duke stopped and spoke to the man
about his military service for some
little time. Presently the man said
not knowing, Of course, to whom he
was speaking. Are you in the army
yourself, then, sir?" The duke smiled
and admitted that he was Getting
on all rightY' was the next question
The duke smiled again and said that
he had not very much to grumble at
on the whole, though perhaps he was
not doing quite SO we'll as he could
wish. mo, and you never will. my
boy" was the surprising retort Of the
veteran. What you want In the army
today Is either brains or tremendous
amount OF influence behind you. You
may take my tip, old chap, and chuck
it!-London T. r o
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PRINTERS FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE

of land situated in Ellis County Tex,
being a part of the Geo. w. TiIley
! and J. A. Penn surveys, and describ-
ed as follows, towit: Beginning al
the Southeast corner of ITO
acre tract heretofore sold J. A. Penn
on the west line of said lot; thence
South 80 E, 291 $40 yrs. to a stake;
thence; S so w, 1872 yrs. to the west
line of the G. W. Tilley TIA yrs. to
a stake on the w. line of the j. A.
Penn and east line of the P. Riley
survey; thence North 80 West with
the said line 291 $40 YRS to a
stake; thence N so E, TIA yrs. to
the beginning, containing 40 acres.
Ah that certain tract or parcel of
land situated in Ellis county, Tex
as, and being a part of the AIDE la
Cara survey, described as follows,
to-wit: Beginning at stake in the
N. E. line of the AIDE la Cara grant
at the N E corner of Duncan John
sons 20 acre timber lot; thence N
SO deg. 10 min. w with said Cara
line, 723 yrs. to a stake, whence a
blackberry IL in. dia. brs. S 81 w,
yrs, and blackberry 10 in. dia.
brs. N 81 E, l IL yrs. thence S
80 IL w, 1855 yrs, to a stake in
the N line of A. Faulkner's land
whence an elm 10 in. dia. brs. N 4
IL E, 9 yrs; thence N "a deg. 40
min. E, 1915 yrs. with line of said
Faulkner's land to the N w corner
of Said d. Johnson's 20 acre lot;
thence N 80 1-2 E, 440 yrs. to the
place of beginning, containing 1913
| acres of land from the southeast side
of certain 302 acres of Cara
Grant decided to j. M. Chapman and
l.. L. Sessions by Mrs. Annie F.
Walker.
Levied on as the property of w.
A. Malcolm, to satisfy a Judgment
amounting to s96.66 in favor of the
Commercial National Bank and cost
of suit
Given under my hand, this 9th
day of August, 1908.
J. ]. McCALPIN,
Constable Precinct No. /, Ellis Co.,
Texas. m121
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Notice of Final Account.
No. 1850.

No. 1850.
The State of Texas-To the Sheriff
or Amy Constable of Ellis County
Greeting:
Whereas R. K Milton, executor,
of the estate of J. F. Hartin, de-
ceased, having filed in our County
Court his Final Account OF the
condition of the Estate of said j. F.
Hartin, deceased, together with an
application to be discharged from
said Administration of said Estate.
You are hereby commanded,
That by publication of this writ for
twenty days-three successive weeks
in newspaper regularly publish
ed in the County of Ellis, you give
due notice to all persons interested
in the Account for Final Settlement
! of said Estate to file their objection
thereto, if any they have, on or be-
| fore the September Term, 1908, of
said County Court, commencing and
to be holden at the Court House of
! said County, in the City of Waxaha-
chic, on the First Monday in Sep
TENDER, 1908, the same being the
7th day of said month, when said
Account and application will be con-
sidered by said Court.
Herein fail not, but OF this writ
make due return showing how you
have executed the same.
| Witness, John M. Loggins, Clerk
! of the County Court, Ellis County,
| Texas.
Given under my hand and seal of
said Court at my office, in the city
of Waxahachie, Texas, this the Sth
! day of August, 1908.
| (SeaD JOHN M. LOGGINS,
Clerk of the County Court, Ellis
County, Texas.
By P. H. Rowell, Deputy. -
F., A True Copy I Certify:
W. H. FORBES,
Sheriff, Ellis County, Texas.
| BY H. F. Iglehart, Deputy. m121
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AMERICAN FRENCH.
Tho Struggles Of New Yorker In a
Paris Restaurant

He gazed complacently at the gay
labels on his trunks. Funny how you
hear in Paris''-so he continued his
"reminiscences Of travel-"our thin
American accent struggling with the
sonorous French tongue. You hear
queer mistakes, too-no end of 'en.
The queerest I came across was made
by New York man.
This tourist at the Chatham wanted
to say, I am hungry He should have
said, J'ai .faim.' Then the waiter
would have brought him meal at
once. What he did say was:
'Je suis fameux. garcon.' He said
there. Pm famous, waiter And the
waiter. impressed, bowed and smiled
Congratulations sir
mo food came. He must have made
an error, so he tried again:
'Garcon. j'ai une femme That
meant he had a wife The waiter said
he was sure she was winner.
Rather red now. he took a third
dive:
'Je suis femme. This time the
New Yorker said he was woman.
And madam dresses in this way
for comforts sakeE the waiter in.
quired, with a gallant smile.-New
York Press.
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SERVANTS SIGN LANGUAGE.
Peculiarities Of Employers and Tour.
lists Noted by Marks.


Servants and hotel porters in many
cities of Europe have sign language
as complete as that Of the American
tramp.
at is not generally known" said a
courier, that servants are in the habit
of giving useful tips to their success
sorS and to the man who delivers the
groceries and meat by marks on the
back entrance. In most of the big
Paris flats and apartments, such as
Americans like to take for the season.
the back door is literally covered with
barely percepdble signs which nobody
but the initiated can understand.
"a freshly engaged domestic knows
exactly what to expect, whether his
masters are easy or hard to please,
whether 1t is monsieur or madame
who is hard to get along with. Other
signs tell whether the food is good or
bad, whether the work is difficult or
not, etc.
"The boy from the grocer's or the
bakers or the butchers will also be
informed whether he can expect big
tip or not.
THE system is even more developed
among hotel servants. A family arriv-
ing from Italy, after having refused to
give what some Italian porter consid-
cred sufficient tip, will have the fact
advertised in every, hotel he visits in
Switzerland or France A little mark
on the trunk is all that is needed
Philadelphia Ledger.
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Returned to Austin.

DR.. S. L. Hornheak returned to
Austin Sunday night. He has been
here the past week looking after
Trinity University and making final
arrangements for moving his family
here on September 5. He has rent
ed the residence of Mrs. P. Gray
Johnson in Trinity University addi-
ton and will occupy the same the
following year. Any questions that
may arise in connection with the
school during the next two weeks
will be answered by the dean, Prof.
J. M. Gordon, or the registrar Prof.
H. l.. Williamson.
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CONSTABLE'S SALE.

! The State of Texas, County OF Ellis
BY virtue of an Execution issued
out of the Honorable Justice Court
of Precinct No. /, Ellis County, on
the 3 day of July 1908 by the JUS
tice of the Peace thereof, in the case
of Commercial National Bank versus
w. A. Malcolm and T. J. Stroud and
to me, as Constable, directed and
delivered, / will proceed to sell with
in the hours prescribed by the law
for Constabae's sales, on the 1st Tues
day in September, 1908, it being the
1st day of said month, before the
Court House door of said Ellis
County, in the City of Waxahachie,
the following described property,
to-wit:
ALI that certain tracts or parcel
of land situated in Ellis County Tex
as, and being part of the Allen Hill
Survey of 800 acres and 40 acres
of the T. w. G. Allen Survey situated
on the waters of the Chambers
Creek, and described in two tracts
as follows, towit:
First Tract. Being 80 acres out of
the Allen Hill survey and Is a part
of the 100 acre tract described in
the deed from c. w. Piper and wife
to J. G. Cornwell. dated Jan. %,
1901, and recorded in Vol. 124 on
page 261 of the deed records of
Ellis County, Texas. Beginning at
the northeast corner of said 100
acre tract; thence 80 E with the
east line of said tract 924 yrs. to a
stake, the S e corner of said 100
acre tract; thence S GO w with its
South line 1872 yrs. to it's S w cor
| ner; thence North 80 West with
the West line of said
| tract 454-65-10O yrs. to stake in
said west line of said tract the
w corner of the w. H. Snyder 80
| acre tract; thence N 60 E with the
| South line of said Snyder tract, 800
! oo-IVU Nlo. " d SldhS, lAS . L COl
ner of said 80 acre tract; thence N
80 w, 469-35-100 yrs. to a stake
| in the North line of said 100 acre
| tract; thence N so E, 371-12-10G
yrs. to stake the east corner OF
| said 120 acre tract. the place of be-
| ginning.
| Second Tract Being out of the T
w. G. Allen survey of 1880 acres
| Beginning $50 feet South so West
| from S E corner of said survey, a
stake on the South line of said sur
vey; thence 60 w, 2SS yrs. to q
stake on the South line of said sur
vey; thence N 80 w, 78-4-1O yrs
to a stake; thence N so E, 2S8 yrs
to a stake $50 feet south SO West
| from the east line of said suvey;
thence S 80 E, 78-4-10 yrs. to the
place of beginning.
! All that certain tracts or parce
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DRANK TOO MUCH ICE WATER
Man Can't Speak After Drinking %
CupfulS.

Lawrenceburg, Ind, Aug. "a
Much drinking of ice water in hot
weather is believed to have been re-
sponsible for the loss of speech OF
Thomas Moss, 81 years old, of In
dianapolis, who conducts a restaur-
ant in the Indiana fair circuits
known as "47 IL Broadway
In one day he drank 25 large tin
cupfuls He drank four cupfuls OF
water in succession, and in a few
minutes he complained of peeu-
liar feeling in his throat. Soon after
his neck felt as if benumbed and he
found that he was unable to talk
He made known his condition by
means of paper and pencil.
Moss was unable to speak for sew
eral hours, after which he made
himself understood by whispering
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Every Hour of the Day.

Hood & Curtin, the relIable drug
gists of Waxahachie, Texas, are hav-
ing calls for "HINDIPO," the new
Kidney Cure and Nerve Tonic that
they are selling under positive
guarantee.
It's merits are becoming the talk
of the town and everybody wants to
try it, and why not? 1t costs nothing
if it don't do you good-not one
cent.
They don't want your money If it
does not benefit you, and will cheer
fully refund the money. Try it to-
day. mttt
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Prohibition Mass Meeting.

Owing to heavy rain which fell
Sunday afternoon at O'Clock the
prohibition mass meeting held at the
Methodist church at o'clock was
not very largely attended. Despite
this fact, however, a splendid adj
dress was delivered by Dr. B. F. Ri
ley of Houston, superintendent of
the AntiSaloon League of Texas.
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Wesleyan Meeting.

Northport, Me-, Aug. 24.-North-
ports annual Wesleyan camp meet
ing opened today, with clergy and
laymen from all over New England
present
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Reckless Expenditure.

Oliver When | took this place 1t
wasn't fit for a dog to live In. | have
spent nearly $1,000 Oh 1t. Samson
Don't you think it would have been
cheaper had you killed the dogi-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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Seek Simplifled Form.

Detroit, Mich, Aug. PA uni
form and simplified form for fire In
surance policies and a uniform law
for health and accident insurance
will be among the matters consider
ed at the National Insurance Com
misisoners' convention to be held
here during the next three days.
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Not pslibsrats.

Wife--I claim that the story you told
me last night when you came home
was a deliberate lie!
Hub-And | say 1t wasn't! l never
thought w one more quickly In my
life!
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LOOKING Backward.

Some people have queer ideas Of
sentiment"
For eXampleY
II know a man who treasures the
slipper his mother used to spank him
with. "-Birmingham Age-H erald
New-York tribune., 1908-06-02
BIG BOND SYNDICATE DISSOLVED.
Foreign Investors Buy Up American Tele
phone and Telegraph Company Securities

The syndicate composed Of ]. P. Morgan & Co.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co, Kidder, Peabody & Co, OF Bos
ton. and Barring Brothers & Co, of London, which
early in 1906 underworld 500 000 600 of author
ized issue of sJ00OO0O per cent convertible bonds
Of the American Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, dissolved yesterday. a month in ad-
OF the date which II would have expired
by limitation. 1t is understood that only about
SIC. 900 900 OF the bonds have been placed with in
vestors It is said, however that recently foreign
bankers and investors have bought up syndicate e
particpations. at prices trlfe under the quoted
figures, 20 the aggregate amount of about s15,-
100000 Adding to this the so, 600 sold In
vestors about year ago, and the s25 600 600 orgi
nay allotted to the foreign underwriters. there
the bonds which may be expected to come upon the
bond market in this country.
The American Telephone and Telegraph Com
ers. all of the instalments having been met when
due. The bonds. which quoted at about
81. taken by the syndicate 9412, but soon
after the sale arranged the bond market be
dull continuing that day for the of the
year. In January, 1907, the company desired to
make an issue of s250O0. 600 three-year per cent
notes. which the banking syndicate took and for
which II found ready market. in agreeing TO han
die the notes. however, the syndicate obtained from
the company revision of the original price OF the
bonds from 94A to 81. which represented a con-
cession of 60, 500 600 This sum deducted from
the par value of the s25,0000G0 notes, the opera
ton making the cost to the company. according to
computa tions made at the time, something over II
per cent for the threeyear loan.
New-York tribune., 1908-06-02
UNITE TO HELP BABIES
Prepardtions Maze for Care OF In
fouts During Summer.

United work with the Health Department as ol'
clearing house will be done this summer IN 'i'e
cara of bshies An organization was effected yes
terdav AT a meeting in the department ouliuiie'
and William II. Allen, of the Bureau OF MuhlciP
Reform was elected chairman, and Dr- Johh d.
C-ronin of the Health Department, secretary. MI
Alien was empowered to appoint an executive coHi-
rnittee os SEVEN which. with the officers, VIII con-
duct the new work. The meeting was the 'iliiu u
held to bring about this unlfcation of effort
More than seventy persons took part IN the pre-
lminary meetings, representing every chafltaole
body in this city doing work among the babies DE-
Ahra ham jacob, DR. S. Armstrong Dr. l. Emnet
Holt E. J. McCullum, DR.. William H. Park, w L
Phillips DR. Rowland Freeman and many others
who in former years have been active in the work
the gathering.
DR.. Bensel reported that there were only two or
ganizations prepared to do the work OF edu-
eating the mothers how to take care of their
babies the Board of Health and the Greenwich
House. The Association for the Improvement of the
Condition of the Poor will be ready The in
tenton is to the city that there viii be
no conflict or waste of effort. About sixty-fVe
nurses were needed to do the educational work OK
that number fifteen twenty would be furnlshed
by outside interests, the remainder by the Health
Department To care for the sick infants seventy
five physicians were necessary and at least sixty
seven nurses.