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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-05
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.

In adopting policy of frank deal
ing with the press in regard to ac-
cidents President Shonts has made a
wise move Under the new system of
publicity in case of accidents on the
lnterboroughs lines involving per-
sonal injury or delay to traffic the
facts will be telephoned promptly by
responsible officials to the local news
associations and newspapers. When
merely trivial accidents, like short
circuits, occur it would not be worth
while to notify the newspapers but
in any event they will be free to
make their own Investigations as
they have been doing.
The general practice of railroad
managers for years was secrecy in
regard to accidents and where sup
preston was not feasible, partial dis
tortion of facts damaging to the
company's interest AS conse-
quence of this mistaken policy the
public unconsciously fell into the
habit of accepting with suspicion all
official statements, which were held
back as long as possible.
Mr.. Hartman really introduced
an innovation last year when he pro-
vided that full publicity should be
the rule on the Union Pacific. The
Pennsylvania has issued an order
that every accident and the name of
the man responsible for it shall be
posted on it's bulletin boards. Mr..
Shonts' idea seems to be that the
public, through the press. is entitled
to prompt and accurate information
when anything goes wrong and it = is
sound idea. 1t is good business,
too.-New York World.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-05

AS TO TARIFF REVISION.

Discussing the mysterious and
side-stepping ways of Hon. Serene
e. Payne, chairman of the ways and
means committee of the house and
prince of standpatters, the Baltimore
News, a republican journal, makes
the monitory observation: "The pub
lie mind is in no temper to be trifled
with on the tariff question"
Then the News said something.
Like the shepherd who cried wolf"
once too often the republican party
has trifled with the confidence of
the people on this important ques-
ton one time too many, and now
of the country are in no mood to run
to its assistance.
From the Indifference they are
manifesting to the republican pro-
mise of revision along the friendly"
lines after the election and after the
ways and means committee has OBJ
ldIHeu expert 1DIOTIudllOu ON lDS
subject, it is quite evident that the
voters of the country have made up
their minds to provide for revision
along lines friendly to the peoples
interest and that in furtherance of
that purpose they will authorize Mr..
Bryan to suggest to congress the
heroic manner in which the subject
is to be approached by that body
In other words, the country has
determined that there should be real
revision, and as the News suggests:
when revision comes it will re-
wise downward, not upward; and it
will finally be dominated, not by the
prejudices of the power of a few men
setting in high places on important
committees, but by the demand
which the country will by that time
have voiced in no doubtful terms"
On the subject under discussion,
the News has gagged the temper of
the public mind very accurately
All of which means that when the
G. o. p. elephant wakes up on the
morning after the election, he will
indulge in such frenzied antics as
will contribute no little to the gayety
OF nations.-Houston Post
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-05

l heard what was to me at least a
new piece superstition the other day,
and when | think of the risks I've run
all these years because | didn't know
Of 1t my blood runs cold. | met wo-
man from Virginia in market. and the
talk falling on dreams | recalled q
most blood curdling nightmare had
had the night before.
II must tell you what dreamed
last night" | said.
LET me ask first whether it's pleas
ant or an unpleasant dream?" said the
lady from Virginia
Decidedly unpleasant"
Then for mercy's sake don't tell IT,
said she. Never tell a bad dream on
Saturday. for we say in Virginia:
Friday nights dream on Saturday told
II sure to come true, no matter how old"
Washington Post
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-05
The Sea Serpent.

When fourteen miles off the coast Of
Brazil NJ. J. Nicoll, author Of Three
Voyages of a Naturalist" observed a
sea serpent which came within about
fifty yards of the ship. "All that we
could see was a dorsal fin about four
feet long sticking up about two feet
from the water The fin was a brown
ish black color and much resembled a
gigantic piece of ribbon seaweed Be
low the water we could indirectly see
very large brownish black patch. but
could not make out the shape of the
creature. Every now and then the fin
disappeared below the water. Sud
denly an eel-like neck. about six feet
long and of the thickness of mans
thigh. having head shaped like that
of turtle, appeared in front of the fin.
flashing up the water with a curious
wriggling movement. This creature
was an example. | consider, of what
has been so often reported, for want
of a better name. as the great sen
serpent l feel sure, however. that it
was not a reptile that we saw, but a
mammal"
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WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Summary of Weather Conditions
for the Week Ending August z

for the Week Ending August 3
Following is summary of the
weather conditions in Texas for the
week ending August 3, as prepared
by Section Director Bunnemeyer of
Galveston:
While showers occurred daily
during the week in some portion of
the state, the amount of precipita-
ton was less than the normal in the
greater number of counties. Several
scattered counties, mostly in the
central part of the state, received no
rain or inappreciable amounts only.
In the Panhandle, in eastern bound
airy counties and in large number
of coast and southwestern counties
the precipitation was greater than
the normal. 1t was heaviest in the
Panhandle, Potter county having
nearly four inches of rain.
The mean temperature was from
one to four degrees below the nor
NAL except in the southwestern and
central counties where II was slight
ly above There was much sultry
weather and in consequence the heat
felt oppressive, but the nights were
mostly cool. The highest tempera-
ture reported wac 1o2 degrees at
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JoIesch & Chaska

ed cars were not precipitated down
the embankment. However, this is
only the second wreck this road has
had since it started.
We spent three days in Denver
last week, and made the trip to
Corona, on the Moffat road, where
there is perpetual snow. VIII take
this trip up in my next letter.
DR.. and Mrs. S. H. Watson ar
rived last week, and are located in
Manitou where they can get the ben
eft of the medicinal waters over
there.
Judges Brooks and Aldridge of
Dallas, and their families are also
in Manitou for the summer.
The weather continues cool, and
have rains every day or two, and
our stay is made more enjoyable
when we read Of the warm weather
that has been prevailing in Texas.
We are still sleeping under blankets.
c. E. SCHUSTER.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-05

There is more Catarrh in this Sec
ton of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For great many years
doctors pronounced 1t a local dis
ease and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced 1t incur
able. Science has proven catarrh to
be constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional
treatment. HalHs Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by F. j. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio. Is the only constitution
al cure on the market 1t is taken in
ternally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred dol
lars for any case 1t fails to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. ]. Cheney & Co., Tole-
do, o.
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation. d
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Revival at Bethel.

A revival will begin at Bethel, 7
miles from the city, on Saturday
night, August 8. The preaching will
be done by Rev. j. T. Mcclure of
Waxahachie. Prof. r. l.. Ferguson
will have charge of the music. There
voices under his direction. There
will be plenty of shade and water
and a restaurant will be conducted
on the grounds. The public has a
cordial invitation to attend these
services.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-05

Beeville, Cuero and Del Rio, and the
lowest, 81 degrees at Amarillo and
Quanah The sunshine was ample,
except in the Panhandle.
During the corresponding week of
the previous year good showers oc-
Cured in the Panhadle and in a
large number of northern and CEN
trail counties, but dry weather pre-
vailed in the greater part of the
state.
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Australian Cadets,

All childrt 1 in Australia are drilled.
but the cid boys are attached to the
Australian military forces by means
Of the cadet corps. Almost every large
school has its band of cadets, who
wear neat khaki uniforms and are
which they are frequently instructed.
Every year those boys have shooting
matches, and the scores prove that
among the Youngsters there are many
who have already become skilled
marksmen.-London Standard.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-05

To come across II bit of ones own
work in print is an experience not ordi-
narily exasperating TO an author but
Washington writer on scientific mat
tiers was recently not very agreeably
surprised by such development.
1t appears that the writer was col
lecting material for a monograph on
electro magnetism when word came to
him of Il valuable paper on the subject
not long before published in Berlin
journal devoted TO science Thinking
that the paper would be of use to him
in the work in hand he had it trans
lated. When the English version wcs
laid before him, together with quite
bill for the translator's labor. what was
the disgust of the writer to find that
the article was nothing more or less
than German reproduction of an ar
ticle of his own published the year be-
fore in an English journal. And he
had paid twice as much for the trans
lation as he had received for the orig
inal Washington Star.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-05
Half the Battle.

"If were you" said the old bache
Tor to the benedict. I'D either rule or
know why"
We'll" was the reply. las already
know why. | suppose that's half the
battler'-Atlanta Constitution.
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Gi',inu Them Credit.

you know" said the distinguished
oriental who mapifests much curiosity.
that the Chinese discovered the art of
printing from type thousands Of years
ago?"
Yes" replied the man who was
being interviewed. And incidental
original inventors of the Interrogation
point Washington Star.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-05

can hear from New York pulpits the
saving, comforting, consoling, as
surfing truths taught by the Nazarene
they will come to church in New
York and anywhere else.-Houston
Chronicle
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HandicApped.

Judge-Remember witness. you are
sworn to tell the truth, and nothing bu'
the truth. Witness-Judge. am try
ing my durndest to do it, but that p
faced slob Of a lawyer there won't LEI
me!-Chicago Tribune.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-05

Merit will win. Try our ice cream
and other cold drinks. Eatitorium Ice
Cream Parlor. tt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-05

Not by levity of floating, but by stub
born force Of swimming. shalt thou
make thy way.-Carlyla.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-05
ERWIN < coon
BUILDERS.-HOUS PLANS
A SPECIALITY.

Manufacturers or planning mill
products OF all kinds. A few days
more only for reduced prices on
house screens. Once at mill on
South Monroe street, near Katy
freight depot. s. w. Phone 400.
WAXAHACHIE planning MILL CO
s. J. Erwin. MQr.
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NORTH SIDE SQUARE

The Improvement Society of the
Main Street Christian church VIII
give an ice cream social on the
church lawn next Tuesday evening,
August 18th. All members OF the.
church and their friends are cordial
~ invited. 106p
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Obituaries. resolutions OF respect, cards
Of thanks-alI matter not NEWS-will be
charged for at the rate Of cents per line.
Poetry at double price.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-21

ton was made when a resolution by
Mr.. Williams holding such breech to
have been committed, was tabled LAG
to 119. The vote was preceded by
statements by both Williams and the
speaker.
After declaring that after the epi-
sode there would be no personal
breach between him and the speaker,
Mr.. Williams maintained that the
action was an unprecedented parli-
mentary act. On the other hand,
Speaker Cannon called attention to
the dilatory tactics of the minority
leader for the past two weeks and
said it was the speakers privilege
and his duty to sweep aside such
dnatoriness and adjourn. The rep
resentative put through an amend
ment any day suspension day." and
substituting majority instead of a
tWO-thirds vote, necessary to pass
any measure. Messrs Williams and
Dearmond bitterly opposed the rule.
Mr.. Dalell, its author, notified the
Democrats that they could trust to
their Imagination for any legislation
they would get this session. Follow
ing the adoption of the rule several
conferences by Republicans were
agreed to and one of two bills pass
ed. The Democrats demanded re-
peated roll calls during the day. The
house took recess until tomorrow.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-21
ASSORTED JOKES

WANTED-Smart boy as companion
to young chimpanzees; must be active
and Of cheerful disposition; bananas
and nuts found; airy and well warmed
cage.-Apply, etc.-Ex.
What's that you're smoking, a
Christmas cigar?"
mo; that's an Ell Gasoline. They're
trade."-Louisville Courier Journal.
THE weather used to be in four acts
spring. summer, autumn and winter"
"Well?"
But now nature seems to have gone
into deville."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Say. paw queried little Tommy
Toddles, who had picked up few
racing terms on the street, what is the
home stretch?'"
Trying to make both ends meet, my
son" replied Toddles, ST., who was
auditing the months household bills
Chicago News
Hewitt-A Chinese play lasts two
weeks.
Jewett-Then If man has any eggs
to throw he'd better save them for the
last act.-FIarper's Weekly.
Water" said the scientific person.
'is H2O"
Yes answered Mr.. Dustin Stax, as
he laid aside the market report, some
Of it is, and great deal Of 1t l. o. u"
Washington Star.
MISUNDERSTANDING once slept in
that bed you occupied last night.
Guest-That's more than could do
Judge.
He-You never can tell about q
woman.
she-You shouldn't, anyhow.-Illus-
trated Bits.
=
your sons studying medicine. isn't
| he?"
Eyes"
Army or navy command?-Lifa.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-21
ORIGIN OF MOVING PICTURES.
Result of Experiment to Show Both
sides of a Coin at Once.

Result of Experiment to Show Both
sides Of Coin at Once.
The beginning of moving pictures
was in this wise: Sir John Herschel
after dinner in 1926 asked his friend
Charles Babbage how he would show
Doth sides of shilling at once. Bah
bage replied by taking shilling from
his pocket and holding it to mirror.
This did not satisfy Sir John, who
set the shilling spinning upon the din.
ner table, at the same time pointing
out that If the eye is placed on level
with the rotating coin both sides can
be seen at once. Babbage was so
struck by the experiment that the next
day he described it to a friend, DR..
Fitton. who Immediately made work
ing model.
On one side of disk was drawn a
bird, on the other side an empty bird
cage; when the card was revolyed on
silk thread the bird appeared to
be in the cage. This model showed
the persistence of vision upon which
all moving pictures depend for their
erect. The eye retains the image OF
the object seen for fraction of a Sec
ond after the object has been removed.
This model was called the thaumo-
trope.
Next came the zoetrope, or wheel of
life. A cylinder was perforated with
q series of slots and within the cylin.
der was placed band of drawings Of
dancing men. On the apparatus being
slowly rotated the figures seen through
the slots appeared to be in motion.
The first systematic photographs
taken at regular intervals of men and
animals were made by Muybridge in
1877.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-21
CONGRESSIONAL
in The SENATE

Washington, D. c., April 2O.-The
Brownyille affair was again subject
of interest in the senate today when
Senator Borah of Idaho took the gen
eral ground that the negor soldiers
of the Twenty-ffth infantry were
guilty of the raid that occurred in
the Texas town August 1914, 1906.
Mr.. Borah analysed the testimony
taken in this case and declared that
no reasonable man could read it and
fail to be convinced that the negro
soldiers "shot up" the town. He
secuted the suggestion of a conspir-
acy among the citizens of Brown
Vile to create state riot in their
own town and wound and kill their
own citizens in order to secure the
removal of the negro troops.
The speech was Mr.. Borah's first
in the senate and received marked at
tention from senators on both sides
who crowded the galleries.
The senate gave further consider
alton during the day to the bill de-
voting $5,600,O0O received from the
sale of public lands in Alabama, Ar
kansaw, Florida, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, louisiana, Michigan, MINES
ota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and
Wisconsin to the construction of
drainage works in those states. The
section of the bill authorizing the
loaning Of this fund in states, for
the drainage of state and private
lands was stricken out.
During the day the naval and ag-
ricultural appropriation bills we're
reported to the senate.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-21
SUMMONED U. S. JURY
MARSHAL SHEA SENDING OUT
SUMMONS FOR TERN OF COURT
TO BE HELD AT BISMARCK

Fargo Forum: United States Mar
shall J. F. Shea is sending out sum
mons today to the petit jurors for the
term of federal court that will be
held at Bismarck on May IL. The
names of the jurors will not be made
public until the court convenes. It is
expected hat hsort term of both
the district and circuit court will be
held at Bismarck. There will be both
criminal and civil business to be taken
care of at this session of the court. A
letter was received in the city recent
ly from Judge Amidon, who Dis at
present in Florida, in which the Judge
stated that 1t was possible that he
would not return from the south at
this time and might not be here to
attend this term of court. Should this
be the case, it would be necessary for
the federal judge from Minnesota or
some other state to take charge.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-21
dell, Gross and Spencer.

Games Today.
Chicago at Cleveland.
st. Louis at Detroit.
Washington at New York.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-21
ACTORS READY WIT.

Singers Rhyming Settling
Point In Fencing.
On one Of the first nights of the op-
era Of "Cymon" at Drury Lane a dis.
satisfied critic when Mr. Vernon began
the last air in the fourth act
Torn from me! torn from me!
Which way did they take her?
Immediately sang, in the exact time Of
the air, to the establishment of the au.
dience:
Why, toward Long Acre, toward Long
Acre!
vernon was for moment stunned,
but recovering himself he sang in re-
3oinder:
Ho! Ho! did they SO? Then I'll over
take her!
I'll soon overtake her!
and precipitately ran off amid the
plaudits of the whole house.
In "Sancho Panza," comedy IN
three acts, by Dufreni, the duke says
at the beginning Of the third act: II
begin to feel tired Of sancho." $50 do
l" said . wag In the pit, taking his hat
and walking out. This sealed the fate
Of the piece.
When John Reeve was playing Bonn
Dastes at Bristol, upon being stabbed
by Artixommus, he denied the fair
ness OF the thrust and appealing to the
pit. said: 1T is not fair. is it,"
A bald headed gentleman, who prob.
ably took the whole representation to
De serious. and to whom Reeve direct
90 hic glance: Really, sir, cannot
say, for don't fence."-English Illus.
trated Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-21
TAFT PRAISES MISSIONARIES

New York, N. Y, April 2O.-In;
lauding the missionary for what he
has accomplished in aiding the adj
vancement of civilization in the far
east and declaring that both Prod
estants and Catholics alike in thu
Philippines hope that the Roman
Catholic church may be strengthened
to be able to continue its work in
our Asiatic insular possessions, Sec
rotary of War Taft, in a speech to-
night before mass meeting of the
Laymens Missionary movement
reused his 1000 auditors, who filed
Carnegie hall, to great degre of
enthusiasm. The secretry took oc-
casion generously to command Judge
Lebeus r. Whitley for his efforts in
improving the moral tone of the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-21

Z w ~ @ a ~ : VI [
American district in Shanghai and
incidentally criticized the policy of
the United States in denying its rep
resentatives in the far east, "even
more than novels for homes"
The speech followed busy day
taken UP with numerous conferences.
MT. Taft told of the missionary and
his work in the far east and denied
frequent criticisms that missionaries
often cause trouble with govern
ments. A dinner in honor of Secre-
tary Taft was rendered by John Wes-
ley Hill, pastor of the Metropolitan
Temple, at his home previous to the
missionary meeting and among the
guests were Andrew Carnegie, Gen.
Frederick D. Grant, ex-Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw and Henry w.
Taft.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-21
SAlLORMEN HAVE fine FEIE DAY

Los Angeles, Cal, April 2O.--A long
day of merrymaking by sailor men of
the American battleship fieet--boxing
matches, barbecue, baseball games
and wild west shows being included
in the programs of the city-was
brought to a close tonight with two
big banquets, one to petty officers at
the largest cafe in the city, and the
other to the admirals and command.
ing officers of the fleet and members
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-21

OF their STATS. One fourth of the men
included in the enlistment came
ashore Most of the sailors made at
once for the pleasure grounds at the
Chutes park, and an amateur boxing
carnival, managed and refereed by
Champion ]. J. Jeffries himself, was
the first attraction Of the day. The
light weight championship of the fleet
was decided under naval regulations,
Lutensky of New Jersey winning from
Myers of Ohio in eight rounds.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-21
IN THE HOUSE

Washington, D. c., April 90
With the exception of Messrs Cooper
and Nelson of Wisconsin, the repub-
licans of the house of representa-
tives today by strict vote, declared
that the action of Speaker Cannon
last Saturday in summarily adjourn
ing the house was not ga breach of
privilege of the house, affecting its
safety, or the dignity and integrity
of it's proceedings" The declara-