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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-26

boast that they call spade, a spade,
who are q little shy on the subject
when 1t comes TO handling spade.
Tramp (whiningly): "Me poor old
mother hasn't seen ME face for years
and" Lady of the house; We'll,
why aaat YOU wash it9'' .
People let their sink spouts emp
ty on the ground near their wells,
and then wonder whore they or their
children could have caught diph-
iberia or typhoid fever"
Ia alining 10 follow the good ad-
vice to seek the society of cheerful
people. We do not remember
that the cheerful people will not care
to have us around unless we chtfp
up bit ourselves.
"Your wife seems to be capable
woman" well, should say so, A
furniture-polish pedler came here
sc -terday and In Ave minutes she
had sold HIM same NolHh she had
made herself"
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oNWs on r,yE STAGE.
Under Southern Skies

The pleasant announcement Is
made that Under Southern Skies"
is to re-appear at the opera house
on Thursday night, October 1.
Under Southern Skies" has be-
come standard attraction and those
who attend the performance are
certain of getting their money S
worth" This Is the eighth season
OF this delightful drama which has
been played before many crowded
peared here last season. Its popular
ity seems to grow greater with each
succeeding visit as it is one of those
plays which people like better every
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BLOCK AIDED.

Ever, Ruuscin..a IA NaNaharhir
should Know How 10 Resist IL.
The back aches because the kid
neys are hluckadod,
Help the kidneys with their work,
The back viii ache no more,
Lots OF proof that Doan's kidney
Pifls do this
Mrs NJ. Bailey, living five and one
half miles south Of kaufman, Texas,
,~s ysi ny hNGh&Gd a.. hiss had va oc-
casion to use a kidney remedy in
over two years, as the cure effected
by Doan's Kidney pills Ia his case
has remained permanent For three
or four years he had boon annoyed
by n distressing hackUche, the pain
extending from the small OF his back
to his shoulder, The least cold he
contracted would settle in his kid
neys and at such times the action OF
the secretions would be very fire.
quent, Hearing of Doana Kidney
Pills, he procured Il supply, After
taking the contents OF two boxes. the
backache left him and the kidney
-.,s" 49, ,.SSccSnS ra.p Vs., ~. actt,oN
Doan's Kidney Pills ere certainly al
excellent remedy and should have a
permanent place In every house
hold"
Plenty more proof like this from
Waxahachie people, Cali at b, w
Fearis' drug store and ask what Gus
toners report.
:, r''rsf. o''''sE'%S p sies w. .,s
eSHts. FostGraMiibGrr' 'GG, EgEalo
n. Y, sole agents for the United
states.
Remember the namo-Doan's-
and take no other. d&wl0
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TALKS ON TEXAS.
Many Things OF Interest to the
World Relative to Empire State

World Relative to Empire State
The Commercial Secretaries have
compiled the following data about
Teas that will be Instructive Sc
those who are interested In our
great state.
Texas needs 10000 more miles of
railroad,
Has 1886, 500 acres of land.
Produces S.eG3,99s BALES OF cot
ton annually,
Every mile of railroad adds $685.
00o to the value OF adjoining prop
erty.
Has 30.000,000 acres of land un-
der cultivation and 137,S65,600
acres uncultivated,
There are 12.500 miles OF rail-
| road In Texas,
A>,ha'e, OF cotton ~,mskea 5000
yards of calico,
The Texas farmer sells $A96,250.-
900 of products annually,
Texas has 45,S02,544 acres OF
timber land,
The minera} produces "aGnushs
$17.7oO, 900.
Ts~aA ''4ws'' 'S;'.';;,,'oe-;, ~ >,esS .t,- o.
standing timber.
The factories produce $161.000.-
loo9 annually 81, ,~. ...... .....
Texas has 5,S00,0 zoe acres ID cot-
ton,. ,.,. .,.s,, .,,.
Texas has 1900 square miles OF
undeveloped coal fields
Produces $4,000, 900 bushels OF
(eofn annually. $50
Has vast beds OF iron ore unde-
ve.oped
Produces $4,000, 900 bushels of
J wasat annually, s,,,ar ,,'., ,v'
Has the finest granite in the
world.
Produces 100000 bushels bf
rice annually.
Ninety-flye per cent of the pro-
! ducts of the farm and mine pass
| through the factory.
Produces 100000 bushels OF
potatoes annually.
Has weekly payroll of $1,000
/ 600.
Raises 100000 head of cattle
each year,
Property is valued at Ave billion
dollars.
Raises 100000 head of horses
and mules annually.
Its mineral wealth Is estimated
at 100000, 100000.
1 - .hA
annually,
Its mines work $3.50 men.
Raises 100000 hogs annually
It's mines could give employment
to 100000 men sixty years.
Raises $4,000 dogs annually.
Has "A per cent of population en-
gagged in agriculture.
Has So per cent OF wealth In agri-
culture.
Its cotton mills produce $4,000.
900.
Farm lands are valued at S4,3l
per acre for taxation In 1907,
Its packing houses produce sal,
| 100000 annually,
I Texas imports each year $685.
iooA,"9@,,bN .nNaI%teetypodS goods
me iuniber mills produce s22.-
0oa,000 annually
Texas has 26 per cent of wealth
Incorporated
on wells produce $4,000, 900
$3.50 Az s.~-,~.,~S.txl. -
Factories produce one-tenth OF
lN |. t,,
state.
Coal mines produce $4,000, 900
annually,
Texas has more Commercial Clubs
than any other state in the union.
tgqs k ,ss pT9das 4. s2so9o,oUo
annually,
Texas has 2l6 counties.
Silver miGnafss produce 100000
annually,
Has 239 counties organized and 6
unorganized.
Its mineral wealth produces
100000 annually,
Has 69,509 miles public highway.
Gravel roads can be built for
ST 900 per mile,
Fire losses, insured, S4,337,175;
| uninsured, estimated, $1.50n, 900.
WIN hold twenty-three county
| fairs this fall,
Has good farm lands over one
hundred miles from railroad.
! Has a population of 5 per square
mile .....
70. ..,
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Florence Davis.

The firth annual tour OF the pop
,a'S. as,4Ss&'oTrG. as 3ramr''r star
k5UI,ssu TJaoJr1 ~ s's1s G~c NV ~
city on october when she viii APP
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Last Car Of Season

Probably last car melons OF the
season has Just arrived, Ask your
gccceS &c send VOW up 4 aitr'vds Tor
they are very fine, $50
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q .
Only live FISH hsh swim up stream
No man can get rich in spite OF
his wife.
Buy of your local merchant when
YOU can.
A rolling stone gets lot of hard
knocks,
Having good credit keeps many n
man broke.
Live comfortably; extravaganza Is
not comfort
Kind words are of more comfort
TO man than feather bed.
Ws#G& .TAs. elASe9S Ny, sys'st
who can paint the signs OF the times.
1t does not pay to do things just
to be doing, or TO say things Just to
be saying.
II Is easier for camel to lose It's
hump than 1t Is for a man to dis
card a bad habit
,'ss .s& ,t-.%2tAtaSyt ''.. ~ ..-xx J. w.
three. A clean VudSo.onoe, sonotdiHs
to do. and some one to love.
When the maid dropped the best
china, John dropped few remarks,
and his Wife, to complete the catas-
I, trQphe, dfopped some tears go .''''
There are 4 gfaat many niSsn MO
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..ui. "a th. nnnn..

Olg OF tho most dcughtral stories
of uoI5rE lifo which has been put
ON tl.' stage Is that developed in
"Cupi aud the Dollar" the romantic
socioI comedy which Tim Murphy
Us 10 .toduce at the opera house here
soon It Is as simple as the title
which tells it I'm brief. There is n
large group OF amusing characters
about Mr. Murphy II is quite the
most popular character this actor
mas ever nbd Tor GS.llifsr " '7TSss .
ground Of the deep aud tender love
story there Is high relief of that
whimsical comedy of which he is
master As matter OF fact Cupid
and the Dollar" stands In class all
by itself, hut for purposes OF idenli-
~.~-ss .'%ra.S ss,ns3sag ,'G..HG
'3-ttt.-r sNt gAaE,u & s'%c@&S"c !
Romance.
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Read the advertisements then do
your trading with the men who tell
.vau. at thetr eargeins. ,,.,..
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OUT OF THE JuNGER JAR.

EARN Journal)
Mary was n little cook
AS green as lrelaud's shore;
But everywhere that Mary went
The neighhors offered more.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-11
BEN HUR BEECH
FALLS UNDER AK
Tree Under Which General
Wallace Wrote Is FeIIed.

Charlottesville, Ind, July 1.-THE
famous "Ben-Hur" beech, under which
the late Gen. Lew Wallace wrote the
greater part of his celebrated novel,
'Ben-Hur", has at last fallen before
the woodman's AK. For some time the
beech has been dying. while one by
one it's limbs have fallen off. until
before the tree was cut down there
was practically nothing left but a
barren trunk. In it's prime the Ben
Hur" beech was one OF the most
beautiful of the many large and beau
tiful trees in the generals yard sur
rounding his home and study here.
All day yesterday. after the beech
was cut down, souvenir hunters Wis
tied the Wallace homestead and cut
small pieces from the tree. to be kept
as souvenirs.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-11
Safety In Elevators.

Many persons have an objection to
riding in elevators, or, more properly
speaking, this objection should be class
ed as a feeling of dread or fear. But
according to the superintendent Of a
big office building in Philadelphia the
safest place for person to be is in an
elevator-that is, statistically speaking.
In the set of elevators for which sta
tistics have been kept blythe superin-
tendent there has been an average
transportation of 100000 persons each
year for seven years, an aggregate OF
1890, 600, and of this number but one
person has been injured, and that in
jury did not result fatally.-Rochester
Post-Express.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-11
Old Scottish Sanctuary.

The old sanctuary of the Abbey and
Palace of Hollywood House, to quote the
full description, was an interesting in
stitution. The debtor was free from
arrest during the week. On entering
the sanctuary he enrolled himself in
formal manner and obtained a room
that is, if he could pay for it There
was a public house within the bound
aries, and 1t was not uncommon to
see the debtor in the inn playing domi-
nos and his creditor standing looking
in at the window with wistful eyes.
The debtor was safe, and he knew it,
and the face of the creditor told the
same tale. Sunday being a dies non,
the debtor could leave his sanctuary
and visi: his family. but he had to be
careful to get back to Holyrood on Sun
day night Sometimes debtor had the
temerity to leave on a week day, but
he did so at his peril.-London Globe.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-11
Early Glasnnakin9.

The first attempt at glassmaking in
this country was some years before the
Revolution and was made at Quincy,
Mass, by a company of Germans.
Some specimens of their articles still
exist. The place in Quincy where their
mandatory was established acquired
from them the name of Germantown,
which name it retains to the present
time. The site of their mandatory is
now occupied by the institution called
the Sailors Snug Harbor. About 1875
Robert Hewes, a we'll known citizen Of
Boston, made probably the first effort
to establish a window glass manufac-
tory on this continent. Mr.. Hewes car
ried his works to the fuel and erected
his factory in the forest Of New Hamp-
shire
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-11
ANOTHER INDIANA MAN MAY Be
MADE DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN

Denver, July 11.-John E. Lamb of
Terre Haute, Ind, is prominently men-
toned for chairman of the democratic
national committee. The skillful man.
ner in which Mr.. Lamb. during the
convention just closed, handled the
vice presidential campaign of John w.
Kern has made him prominent in the
party and his friends are strongly urg-
ing him as the most able man.
No definite selection of a chairman
will be made until after the members
of the national committee have con-
ferred with Mr.. Bryan at Lincoln on
Monday next
1t is known that Mr. Lamb would
be acce ptable to Mr.. Bryan. Mr..
Lamb was for years a law partner
of the late Senator Daniel w. Voor-
hees.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-11
| 0hD0N IS FOR
VIM. \. TAFT
Papers There Do Not Believe
w. J. Bryan Will Be
Elected.
+,
ANTICIPATE A CONTEST.
1T WILL BE ONE OF MUCH INTER.
EST TOO, 1T is CLAIMED-oDDS
AGAINST BRYAN ARE ENoR-
NOUS.

London, July 1.-THE London news
papers anticipate an interesting con-
test for the presidency of the United
States. This, they think, will arise
not so much from the difference in the
platforms of the opposing parties as
from the striking personalities of their
candidates. Mr.. Bryan, having
dropped the free silver and other Eek
IRENE" planks, is regarded as an &C
ceptable candidate, but as likely to
stand little chance against "Roose-
velt's nominee" His only chance, it
Is thought here, will be from the sup
port given him by the labor party, but
this is expected to be more than bal
anced by the accession of the business
community to Mr.. Taft.
The Daily Chronicle regards Mr..
Bryan's policy as being the same as
that of President Roosevelt, and says
that it is only a question of which of
the candidates shall be intrusted with
its execution. Whoever is the victor,
the paper says, he will be man of
HlSH CHdIdCUcI, HldIh6u dUlllIy anu us
tinction.
The Daily Graphic refers to the
speech of Whitelaw Reid the Ameri-
can ambassador, on July 4, and the
dinner of the American Society in
London. Mr.. Reid said that the Unit
ed States had had thirty elections and
each time the result had come out all
iphf NIL do in, fhn
ing presidential election even if his
own preference were not gratified. He
declared that the Americans were
learning to appreciate the people
they chose, and referred to the sharp
antagonisms during the official career
of Grover Cleveland, adding hardly
any one had gone to his grave with
more respectful and general regret
from the citizens representing all
parties.
This" said the Daily Graphic, gives
us the measure of Mr.. Bryan's sober
evolution. Whatever is really good
in the Democratic creed is already an
integral part of the policy President
Roosevelt is bequeathing to Mr.. Taft,
hence there is no serious political is
sue; it will be exclusively a question
persons"
The Outlook thinks the odds against
Mr.. Bryan are so enormous that only
landslide, of which at present there
is no sign, can wipe them out.
Many of the London newspapers
print the proceedings of the conven-
ton at Denver and the nominations of
the candidates for the presidency and
vice presidency without comment.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-11
SPONGE DIVERS.
Hardly Single Caphander of Tripol
Escapes Paralysis.

Escapes
There are great many varieties of
sponges, most of which are found in
the warmer parts of the ocean. The
bath spOnges are chiefly obtained from
the eastern half of the Mediterranean,
where they occur at all depths down to
200 fathoms and are obtained by div
ing, dredging or harpooning.
Writing in Harper's Magazine, c.
w. Furlong gives an account of the
work of the Greek sponge divers off
the coast of Tripoli, in north Africa.
Attacks by sharks and dogfsh have
gradually frightened away the common
divers, who dive naked with a piece Of
fat marble and line, and the field is
left clear for the "caphanders," as the
men are called who use air pump, suit
and helmet
The greatest enemy of the caphander
is paralysis, hardly a single diver es-
Gaping from it in some form or other.
The great cause of this disease is the
sudden relief of pressure due to the
rapid ascent, the dangerous symptoms
appearing when the diver energies into
the fresh air.
Strange as 1t may seem, partially
paralyzed diver on descending into the
waters RECEIVERS the use of his limbs
again, and his circulation becomes nor
NAL. To battle with this scourge the
Greek government has issued regula-
tons as to the depths to which diver
shall go and has also provided a hos
pital ship and a sponge divers hos
pital on shore.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-11
The Problem Unsolved.

A story is told of a young man in
England, a great chess enthusiast, who
was so annoyed at his failure to solve
an apparently simple problem that he
vowed he would neither sleep nor eat
until the solution was found. He shut
himself up in disused room and was
found four days later by his relatives
terribly emaciated and out Of his mind
He spent year in lunatic asylum as
q result of his rash vow, and the prob
lem remains unsolved.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-11
FREAKS OF RAZORS.
The Way the Grain Of the Blades Is
Sometimes Reversed.


Sometimes Reversed.
The finest grades of razors are so
delicate that even the famous Damas-
Gus sword blades cannot equal them
in texture. 1t is not generally known
that the grain of a Swedish razor is so
sensitive that its general direction is
changed after a short service. When
You buy a fine razor the grains run
from the upper end of the outer point
in a diagonal direction toward the han
die. Constant stropping will twist the
steel until the grain appears to be
straight up and down. Subsequent use
will drag the grain outward from the
edge, so that after steady use for sew
eral months the fiber of the steel occu-
pies position exactly the reverse of
that which 1t did on the day Of pur-
chase. The process also affects the
temper Of the blade, and when the
grain sets from the lower outer points
toward the back you have q razor
which cannot be kept In condition even
by the most conscientious barber But
here's another curious freak that will
take place in the same tool: If you
leave the razor alone for a month or
two and take it up, you VIII find that
the grain has assumed its first position
The operation can be repeated until the
steel is worn through to The back
Strand MagaxiDA ------
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-11
The Enoiish Of IL,

A lady, accompanied by her small
son. was making various purchases at
the army and navy stores in London.
The boy grew tired.
"Who are you buying those for?" he
asked.
"Why, for father" was the reply.
Father in heaven or father in In
dia?" the boy persisted.
The lady mentioned the remark to 4
friend, who, thinking it amusing, re-
peated 1t to an Englishwoman at
church few days later. The English
woman listened sympathetically. Poor
woman she sighed. "She was mar
ried e."-Everybody's Magazine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-11
BASKET BALL RULES
ARE MUCH CHANGED
Intercollegiate Committee Ma
teriaIIy Alters Way of
Playing Game.

New York, July 1.-THE intercalla-
giate basket ball rules committee
made several important changes in
the playing rules for next season.
With the design of eliminating rough
play two officials, a referee and an
umpire, were determined upon. The
dribble was defined as a continuous
passage of the ball. and it was decid-
ed that the ball must not remain
motionless in the hands of a player
after he has started hi sdribble. 1t
was further decided that a player can
shoot for a basket after a dribble.
This is sweeping change and one
calculated to make the game more
popular.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-11
The Moons Phases.

The phases of the moon are caused
by its relative position to the earth and
the sun, so that when 1t is full moon
in one part of the earth it is full moon
in all parts of the earth, and SO for all
its other phases. The moon reyolves
around the earth once in twenty seven
days, though on account of the earth's
revolution around the sun the mean
duration of the lunar month-that is,
the time from new moon to new moon
is twenty-nine days, twelve hours
and fouyfour minutes. The dark of
the moon is that half of the lunar
month during which the moon shines
least at night
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-11
GREAT BRITAIN MAY
SUPPRESS OPIUM
Opium Farmers Pay Nearly
Half of Revenue of Colony.

London, July 1.-THE contemplated
suppression of the opium trade con-
tinues to be a matter of grave finan-
cial concern to the Straits settle
ments. Many of the Europeans there
opposed to government interference.
Last year, out of total revenue of
$10,117,263 it was estimated that the
opium farmer would have to pay $4,-
1000. For the current year, it is
estimated that he will pay s4,505, 900
out of $9,646,832, or nearly half of the
total revenue of the colony.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-11
BURIED ALIVE
NINETY HOURS
Young Tennessee Convict Has
Unusual Experience.

Nashville, Tenn, July 11.-Practic-
ally buried alive for ninety hours
without food or water, was the expert
ence of John Robertson, young con-
vict, who sought to escape by hiding
in hole beneath the floor of the pat
tern room at the prison until opportu-
nifty should offer to get over the wall
When his disappearance was noted
the prison authorities ordered addi-
tional guards on the walls and locked
up Robertson'G cell mate. thus cutting
off his only supply for food and drink.
Incidentally the mans hiding place
was covered over with iron pots. To-
day, someone remembered the hole I'M
der the pattern room and made an in
vestigation. Robertson was found
nearer dead than alive.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-11
Stepssin Career of
John Worth Kern.

Born. Alto, Howard County, Indi-
ana, 1873
Family moved to Iowa. 1854.
Returned to.Indiana, 1864.
Graduated from Michigan Univer-
sity, 1869.
Began practice of law at Kokomo,
1870.
Nominated for Legislature defeat
ed), 1870.
Married Julia Anna Hazard. 1870.
City attorney, Kokomo, 1872-84.
Elected reporter Supreme court,
1884.
Moved to Indianapolis. 1885.
Married Araminta A. Cooper, 1885.
State senator. Marion county, 1897
81.
City attorneykunder Mayor Taggart
1897-01.
Nominee for governor of Indiana,
1900.
Renominated for governor. 1904.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-11
ST, SWITHlN AND RAIN.
The Legend of the Chapel Over the
Bishops Grave.

The Legend of the Chapel Over the
Bishops Grave.
The superstitions referring to par
ticular days are very numerous. The
legend of ST. Swithin is an example
that will occur to every one:
st. Swithin's day. if thou dost rain,
For forty days 1t will remain;
ST. Swithins day, If thou be fair,
For forty days twill rain nae mair.
st. Swithin, bishop of Winchester, &C
cording to the author Of ''The Popular
Antiquities" was "a man equally not
ed for uprightness and humility. So
far did he carry the latter virtue that
on his deathbed he requested to be
buried not within the church, but out
side the churchyard on the north of the
sacred building, where his corpse might
receive the eavesdroppings from the
roof and his grave be trodden by the
feet of passersby. His lowly request
was complied with, and in this neglect
ed spot his remains reposed till about
100 years afterward, when a fit OF
pious indignation seized the clergy at
the fact that the body of so holy
member of their order was allowed to
occupy such a position, and on an APP
pointed day they all assembled to con-
vey it with great pomp to the adjoin-
ing cathedral of Winchester. When
they We're about to commence the cere-
mony a heavy rain burst forth and con-
tinued without intermission for the
forty succeeding days. The mVks in
terpreted this tempest as a warning
from heaven of the blasphemous nature
of their attempt to contravene the d.
rection of st. Swithin, and instead Of
disturbing his remains they erected a
chapel over his grave" ''St. Swithin is
christening the apples" is the more po-
etical way of describing st. Swithin's
rain.