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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10
A CHEMICAL FURY.
Fluorine Is a Rabid Gas That Nothing
Can Resist

The fury of the chemical world is
the element fuorine. although, strange
ly enough. it exists peacefully IN com
pany with calcium in huorspar and
also in few other compounds.
Although this element was known
and named good while ago, il long
resisted the efforts of chemists to isc
late it-that Is. prepare 1t In pure
state. unmixed chemically with other
substa nces-for the instant the com
pound containing it was torn apart
the free huorne attacked and combined
with whatever substance composed the
vessel containing it. 1t was finally
Isolated by the great French chemist
Moissan
Fluorine is rabid gas that nothing
can resist 1t combines with all met
ais. explosively with some. or if they
are already com bined with some other
nOnmetaIlc element 1t mercilessly
tears them ava, from 1t and takes
them to itself
In uniting with sodium. potassium.
calcium. magnesium and aluminium
the metals become eated, even to red
ness, by the fervor Of Its embrace.
Iron filings slightly warm burst into
brilliant scintliiations when exposed to
It. Manganese does the same. Even
the noble metals. which ut melting
heat proudly resist the Vaccinations OF
oxygen, succumb TO this chemical siren
at moderate temperatures.
Glass il devoured at once and water
ceases to be water by contact with this
gas. which combined with Its hydro
gen, at the same moment forms the
acrid. glass dissolving hydrofiuoric acid
and liberates ozone.
Even hydro6uoric acid eats into ant
destroys every known substance ex
cept pie tinum and lead.-Excbange
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10
WILL GO BACK TO THE ISLANDS

Nothing that any human being
could do would shake my faith in
God. But l should be depressed be-
yond measure; my faith in human
kind would not be so strong, should
Bishop Brent quit the PHILIPPINES
and come to Washington.
Thus spoke Rector Temple at St.
Paul's church when informed that
the Episcopal diocese of Washington,
District of Columbia, had extended
to Bishop Brent a second call to be-
come it's head.
And why did Rector Temple think
that Bishop Brent should stay in the
harder field; should turn his back
on the most influential see in the
American Episcopal church? Be-
cause the Bishop had told the gener-
al convention in Richmond last year
that he felt it was Gods will for him
to minister to the little brown men
in those far-away islands.
Well, Bishop Brent has justified
the expectations of Rector Temple.
He has declined to forsake the little
brown folks; he will remain ON the
other side. In letter to Dr. McKim.
written while in Boston, Bishhop
Brent says
My former letter of declination
expressed so fully all that is in my
heart to say that | can but reiterate
its terms on this second occasion, on
which you have bestowed upon me
the highest mark of confidence that
could fall to human lot. / rejoice to
return to the Orient. because | am
conscious that in serving the inter-
ests yonder ] am better serving you. 3"
Only deep religious conviction
could prompt such an utterance. To
forego the foremost position in ones
| church and to take what amounts to
exile and hardship is indeed an he
roic thing to do, evidencing to the
world that the spirit of the ancient
| Abraham is still with us.-Waco
| Times Herald.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10

There Is more Catarrh in this sec
tion OF the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years
doctors pronounced 1t a local dis
ease and prescribed local remedies
and by constantly falling 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 Ia taken In
ternally in doses from 10 drops to q
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. 6end
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. J. Cheney Z Co.. Tole.
do, o.
Sold by Druggists. 15c.
Take Halls Family pills for con.
stipatiop
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10

crease the governor salary, < 1t
would vote against this amendment
because it will allow the lieutenant
governor a salary of $500. This is
really creating a new office with a
salary of $250o.00. The Review Is
on record against the creation Of new
Offices at the expense of the people.
The lieutenant governor is entitled
to no more pay than any member
of the state senate. If he becomes
governor by the death or resigna-
ton or inability of the governor to
This is a clear case of hold up of
the people"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10
w. A. OWNBY City Editor
Residence Phone, Bell No. 2s9l
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

Discussing the three constitution
al amendments now being printed in
various papers in Texas and to be
submitted TO a note of the people
at the November election, the Athens
Review makes a sensible review, as
follows:
"One of hem gives the people of
rural district the right to levy as
much as fifty cents on the one hun
dred dollars valuation of property
subject to taxation for the main
tenance of the free schools and for
the erection and equipment of school
buildings therein. At present cities
and towns can levy that amount of
tax but country districts cannot levy
over twenty cents. Now it requires
a two-third majority to levy the
twenty cents tax. Under this amend
ment it will require only majority
vote Remember the adoption of the
amendment does not levy the tax
nor require it to be done. 1t only
gives to such districts as may desire
o-levy the tax the right to do So.
1t seems to the Review that this Is
a needed amendment. In many COM
munities the only way to get good
comfortable school houses and long
er terms of school is by local taxa
ton, and since the adoption of the
amendment does not enforce the
levy of the tax, but leaves it optional
with each school district, there can
be no valid reason for voting against
it's adoption.
Another amendment the Review
shall vote for is the one providing
for additional justices precincts in a
county. Under the present constitu-
ton there cannot be over eight and
in this county, at this time there is
needed another, or Encouragement
of the precincts which would hardly
give satisfaction. This amendment
if adopted, will allow as many as
twelve. It's adoption does not make
it mandatory to create more, but
simply gives the court power to
create more il the convenience OF
the people require them. The Review
believes this amendment should be
voted for.
The other amendment provides
for paying the governor OF the state
a salary o. $4,000 instead of $4,000
as it is now. 1t also provides for a
salary of $500 for the lieutenant
governor. The Review is not in favor
of increasing the salary OF the COVER
nor as long as our best men will
spend $4,000 to get the Office. 1t
looks like bad business management
to double the salary Of an ONCE
when good men will pay twice as
much as the salary Is TO get 1t. But
II the Review were willing to in
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10
Glaciers.

II has been demonstrated that tn,
glacier does not move In one block.
but flows, accommodating itself to the
channel In which it moves. Professor
Tyndall planted a row OF sticks III q
straight line across glacier, and after
few days the line had become IA
crescent. with the concavity upward.
showing that the middle of the glacier
moved faster than the sides, just as In
a river the stream is stronger in the
center
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10
Every Hour Of the Day.

Hood 4 Cur1ln, 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.
Its merits are becoming the talk
of the town and everybody wants to
try 1t. and why not? 1t costs nothing
II 1t don't do you good-not one
cent
!. They don't want your money II II
does not benefit you. and will cheer
fully refund the money. Try 1t to-
day. mtti
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10

The Fort Worth Star says: This
cotton gin pay roll contributes to
the general prosperity. If steam and
smoke, and the pay roll are a well
come combination during the sum-
mer and fall, why should not the
same combination in hardwood
factory, rolling mill, cannery, or
any other sort of industrial enter
prise, be tolerable fair addition
on an all-year basis? Honest now,
what's the matter with letting Texas
grow"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10

/, j. hari rnorgi uoN to be- i
women, =, :. .'-s h sta. 4 and
dishes to wash three times a day,
but 1t is going to be harder. The
new sheath corset, made for the di-
rectoire gown, goes all the way down
to the knees, and the woman wear.
ing one cant sit down and coul /
not get up to go to a fire If 1t was in
the next block.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10

They are all after our city editor
The Dallas News says: The city
editor of the Waxahaehie Light went
to the country few days ago and
contracted ptomaine poisoning by
drinking soda pop. The place for a
city editor is in town, and the best
drink for any editor is good old coun-
try water" He is staying in town
now, but instead of country water"
has rugged up a private pipe line
connection with Waxahachie's IA
nous mineral water
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10
A Scratch.

"How does Mrs Sleigh get on In the
clubT'
"Oh. she always comes up to the
scratch"
''Of course she does-the catr'-Kan.
sas City Newsbook.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10

Our esteemed contemporary, the
gestion. That paper says: "A Waxa
hachie editor and deputy sheriff
went out to a country picnic and
drank SO much soda pop. red lemon
ade and may be some other things
that they were made sick and
gentlemen are probably not used to
such mild stimulants."
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10

Here is another problem submit
Governor Campbell might have sug-
gested the following as good sub
stitute for the undesirable questions
in the wartime authentic: IF a
village blacksmith could manufac-
ture full grown fight for $500, how
much would it cost to get a second
term if grammarian with SIG, 900
had entered the list 2" We pass
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10
His Only Want.

Billionaire's Daughter-You wrong
him. papa. He does not love me for
my money. He SCOTS at the worlds
sordid eagerness for wealth. Papa
What proof have you. child? Billion.
aires Daughter-Why. only last night
he told me he didn't care II he was
never able to make a penny in his life
II he only had me
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10
THE TEMPLE OF JUSTICE
AA%AAA%>
N>%<>>>>
Commissioners Meet,

The quarterly term of the county
commissioners court convened this
afternoon. The first two or three
days will be devoted to the consider
alton of road petitions. Then will
come the reports of precinct and
county officers. The last work will
probably be devoted to the auditing
and allowing of accounts. The most
important business for this term is
the fixing of the tax rate.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10
Her Mild Ambition.

You expect your boy TO become a
good man."
The mothers face fell,
HE Is not a brilliant child" she
made answer doubtfully. NO. think
l shall have to be content II he attains
only moderate success-becomes a
very rich man, say. or something like
that."-Puck.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10
EXPLOSION is FATAL.
EmpIoye of Paris Bottling Works
Meets Violent Death.

Meets V1OIfht Ufatn.
Paris, Tex, Aug. 10.-Edward Nc
Coy, young unmarried man, was
fatally injured by the explosion of a
gas generator at the Paris bottling
works Friday morning. His left
leg was crushed from the hip down
and loss OF blood and nervous shock
caused his death at sanitarium
yesterday afternoon. He was charg-
and when it was filed attempted to
cut off the gas, but the valve stuck
and while he was working with 1t,
the tank exploded and Mccoy was
hurled across the room.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10
Now Delivering Coa1.

l am; 80 some OF my customers
who left me last season to buy
cheaper coal. arc now getting ny
coal. inform me that the coal being,
delivered now ID the kind they
bousht last season &sem others bat
never received It. ny cs& = casan
because 1t is forked when loaded for
delivery. As evidence Of this fact ]
have 1850 tons Of slack and nut on.
hand. This ofrer you 1t $500 and
$500 per ton delivered. II Jon want
the best coal phone me or como and
see 1t and be convinced. D. Il.
Thompson. ~
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10
Filing Tax SHIFTS.

Assistant County Attorney VIM
began work Monday morning pre-
pairing papers for filing suits against
delinquent tax payers. About one
be instituted.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10
Real Estate Transfers.

Real Estate Transfers.
T. M. Dees to G. w McElroy, lot
in Midlothian; $400.
A. e. Turner to Fife Middleton,
lots ! and 2. block 9, Trinity Uni
versity addition to Waxahachie;
$500.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10
Suit for Damages.

Mrs. Carrie Young has filed suit
in the district court against the Tex
as Midland railroad to recover dam
ages in the sum of $4,000. Personal
injury is alleged.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10

Some people only believe half OF
what they hear. and then invariably
select tAs wrong half.-New York Tel
ek1Am.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10

Phone H. A. MCMILLAN At the Dali
ly Light ONCE when you want any
kind Of printing done. The best work
guaranteed. II
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10
Licensed to Wed

Matthew Rugle and Annie AIRING
ton
Ben Wilkins and Lulu Rega.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10

Any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation OF any
person. firm or corporation that may. APP
will be gladly corrected upon it being
brought to the attention of the manage
ment.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10

The Enterprise FURNISHING Company is
in no wise responsible for debts that may
be contracted by employees, nor will We
assume payment OF such debts under
any ercum stances. Every employe Of
this office is paid promptly for work
done. This is to protect ourselves and
LISTING COMPANY, Per g. W. Nc
Knight. Manager.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10

Obituaries resolutions OF respect.cards
of thanks-ai} matter not NEWS-will be
charged for at the rate of cents per line.
Poetry AT double price.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-10

Entered at the Waxahachie Postoffice as
Mail Matter OF the Second Class. !:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-11-20
WAXED HOT IN COOLER.
Peter Mayer, Wausau, Asks $4,000 from
Thomas Hill and William Darge for
Alleged Assault

WAUSAU, Wis, Nov. 17.-[Special:1
Charging that he was beaten and
locked for some time in an alright,
freezing refrigerator ear, which caused
him great mental agony, loss of health
and was accompanied by rough usage
which broke his leg, Peter Mayer Of
Edgar has brought suit for damages; in
the sum of $4,000 from Thomas Hill and
William barge, who he alleges made the
attack upon him..
In his complaint Mayer gives no cause
for the fight, but says the two men at
tackled him, beat him severely and locked
him in the refrigerator car. Fearing suf-
location or death by freezing; Mayer
says he escaped, but was caught again
and once more imprisoned, the door be-
ing this time locked. Sore from his in
juries, he claims, he crawled to the door
and finally attracted attention to himself
and was released, when he found his leg
broken. The case will come before Judge
Reid in circuit court within twenty days.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-11-20
HUNGRY HOBOES DINE
ON BREAD AND WATER.
Fond du Lac County Officials TO Do Away
with Sumptuous Fare for Knights
of the Road.

FOND DU LAC, Wis, Nov. IL
Special. Unless there is change IN
the bill of fare at the workhouse the
Weary Willies" who are inmates OF
that institution, may have the govt.
This was the statement made by 5. Il.
McCumber at the meeting of the county
board last night during discussion on
the tramp problem. The supervisor said
that the hoboes appeared to like the
menu at the wOrkhouse and were being
overfed. He advised a diet of bread and
water and considerable hard manual la
Dor in order to protect the tramps from
any i'll effects from their over-eating.
Fond du Lac county is the banner
county in the state for hoboes," said Mr..
McCumber. THE inmates of the work
house should have bread and water in
stead of their present sumptuous fare
and an occasional keg of beer and plen-
ty of tobacco should be relegated to the
dreams of the prisoners"
The county board is endeavoring to
solve a method for decreasing the cost
of conducting the workhouse at an ex-
pense of about $4,000 annually. Many
members favor it's adjustment while
others suggest various way. The ia
vOred method for cutting down expenses
appears to be a bread and water diet for
the tramps. This evening some definite
action will be taken in the matter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-11-20
START DAILY PAPER.
Christian Scientists Monitor viii APP
pear on Nov. 25-Four Editions
to Be Published.

BOSTON, Mass, Nov. 1.-THE Chris
tian Science Monitor, to be published ev-
cry week day afternoon in this city I'M
der the direction of members Of Mrs.
Mary Baker G. Eddy's church, will be
on sale for general circulation November
%. Four editions will be issued, the
first being known as the international
edition" and going IN the mails to nearly
every country of the world; two city
editions, and the last edition, which will
correspond to the ordinary ''5 o'clock
edition" of an afternoon paper, going to
press at $40 p. m. 1t is the intention to
make the new paper strictly up-to-date
as regards such news as the editors be-
lieve should be put before the public.
Accounts of vice and crime, when given
at all, will be briefly mentioned. The
managers state that they intend ito is
sue a paper which will be welcomed in
every home where purity and refinement
are cherished ideals Photographs will
be used to illustrate the news, but there
will be no cartoons.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-11-20
NAMES BADGER COMMITTEES.
Chairman Thompson Picks Assistants for
University Annual

MADISON, Wis.,. Nov 17.-General
Chairman James S. Thompson of the
Badger board which has charge of the
publication of this years annual of the
University of Wisconsin has, announced
the following committee chairmanships:
Literary, Emmett Horan, Eau Claire;
art, Hugo S. Herring, Rockford, ILL.,; ora
tory and debate, Monte S. Appel, Huron,
S. D.; classes, Francis Duffy, Fond du
Lae;: faculty, Ralph M. Hoyt,. Madison;
athletics, Paul M. Norris, Madison; mis-
cellaneous: organizations, w. c.. Andrews,
Baraboo; fraternities, Samuel Kerr, Oak
Park, ILL; sororities, ElinOr Stephens,
Chicago; honorary societies, Harold l..
Bickell Racine; illustrations, Oscar E.
Nadeau, Marinette; drama, George E.
Worthington, Madison; Music, B. F.
Springer, Milwaukee.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-11-20
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH,

MILWAUKEE,, Nov. 17.-Close-Wheat--
Steady; No. 1 northern. on track, 1.OS;
No. 2 northern, on track, 1.05Q1.06. Corn
Easier; No. on track, 63Q64c. Oats
Lower; standard, 511ac No. white, on
track, 471h05112c Barley-Steady; stand
ard, 65@6515c Rye-Steady; No. on track.
roc.
Flour quotations in CARROTS are Hard
spring wheat patents, in wood, 5.25@5. 40;
straights, in wood 5.25@5. 40; export pat
ents, in sacks, 425@460 first clears, in
sacks, 4.OO@420; rye, in wood, 390Q4.O
country, 375Q3, IS; sacks, Kansas, in wood,
CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 17.-Receipts-Flour,
24126 bbls; wheat, 81, 5000 bus; corn, 295,-
zoo bus; oats, 410,500 bus; barley, 1909
bus; rye, 1000 bus; timothy seed, 243,900
lbs; fiaxseed, 10000 bus. Shlpments-Fiour,
1850 bbls; wheat $4,000 bus; corn, 234,-
049 bus; oats, 226,O07 bus; barley, 1876
bus; rye, 5000 bus
CHICAGO, n; oNoy 17-c Ca o whea t.
No. hard, 1.O35s0105; No. 3 hard, lO0g
1.O4; No. 1 northern, 107Q1OS; No. north
ern, 105@1.O7; No. 3 spring, 9ScQ1 90.
Corn-No. 3, 63Q631ac: No, white, 63c; No:
8 yellow, CSC Oats-No: 2, 4S94s14c; No.
white, 4S4G491ac; standard 50a5014c.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Nov. 16.-Wheat-Track,
No. 3 red cash, 1O601. OH; No. 2 hard, 1O1
91.o5; December, 1.o4A; May, 1.!os5s91 os24
64c; December, eo14e; May, else. Oats
Track; No. cash. 5005012c; No. 2 white,
51@511ac; December. 47&4c; May, 5oc
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-11-20
A Modern Pearl Farm.

In the Gulf of Lower California there
is in operation the largest pearl farm in
the world, where the cultivation Of
pearls has been taken up as a practical
industry. To harvest the annual crop
Of pearls raised on this farm requires
the labor of a thousand persons, includ-
ing the modern pearl divers, whose
methods have been completely revoIu-
tionized by the up-to-date appliances
employed in this new industry Pearl
farming, as originated by the Mexican
company which owns the big Lower CAL
ifornia farm, is the result of the dis
covery of very simple fact concerning
pearl bearing mollusks. After twenty
five years of study and experiment it
was discovered that the shell loses its
gem after it is two years old, and un-
less opened at the proper time there will
be no pearl within. Following this dis
coyery the system whereby the shells
are cultivated until the proper time and
then opened was devised. From the
time of planting the eggs to the harvest.
ing Of the crop two years must elapse,
as that length OF time is required fol
the growth of an ordinary shell,-Chl,
cage News,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-11-20
LOWER CALIFORNIA PEARLS.
The Fisheries Are Worked by Americans
Employing 1000 People.

In the gulf of Lower California a COM
pany working under the concession from
the Mexican government is operating a
highly successful plant for the cultiva-
ton of pearls More than 1000 people
are employed, and the output is very
large. Markets. are found in all the
great cities of the. world for mother of
pearl, which is exported in large quaint
ties. 1t seems that two years are re-
quired for the growth Of an ordinary
shell, which forms, in layers like an
onion. If too great a time is allowed
to. elapse, the shell loses it's value, and
it is partly the discovery of this fact
which had made possible the business
as now carried on. The shells are gath
cred in the eggs depositing season The
eggs are placed in artificial channels,
made in imitation of the natural bottom
of the sea, with proper protection from
the natural enemies. Proper transplant
ing as the eggs develop and replacing of
dead with live shells result in a plentiful
growth, and when the pearls have de-
veloped divers descend and secure them
in protected waters without risk Black,
white, and yellowish pearls are among
the output; the black, being most val
liable, are worth close to $500 per carat,
the white about $3.50 per carat, these
prices being for the most perfect pearls
Technical World