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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07

Dear Clarence: The battle is over,
your candidates have won, the need
for further padding of election re-
turns and coloring of correspondents
reports is a thing of the past Get
down to business, give the people
the real facts and print all the news
Along with this take day off and
come down and drink Waxahachie
mineral water. You need it.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07

internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine. 1t
is taken internally and made in To-
ledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per
bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation. x
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07

If the present executive commit
tee of the prohibitionists continues
as now made up some peculiar de-
yelopments in the cause of state
prohibition may be reasonably ex-
pected
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07

1t is gratifying to be able to state
that the case of suspended ANNA
ton which so sadly afflicted cupid
for several days prior TO the recent
primary election seems now to have
been entirely overcome by the he
roic treatment administered.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07
Real Estate Transfers.

Mrs. E. j. Siddons to w. NJ. ko-
ger, lot in Waxahachie; $500.
c. NJ Patton to G. w. Daub, lot
in Ennis s225
R. A. Petty to Mrs NJ E. Ar
baugh, 2 acres of land; $500.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07

That Guinness woman, whether
dead or alive, holds the record as
an artistic murderess. Nine bodies
have been recovered from her pri-
yate burying ground and doubtless
there are more not yet found.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07

Well, there is this much about it.
The Saturday election for this week
ment as did the election of the Sat
urday of last week. This is a sign
that should raise the hopes of all the
paoplp
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07
Marrying.

Everybody is expected TO mar,
once, and there is not much talk wIga
you marry the first time. but peopv
look wise when you marry the ser
ond time and roar when you marry
the third time.-Atchison Globe
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07

at the annual convention of the
Southwestern Electrical and Gas AS
ISOLATION. The meeting will occupy
three days and will include varied
program of amusements.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07

A great many of the old familiar
faces will be present at the meeting
of the state convention. No matter
what happens, you just can't lose
real live politician.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07

Our hopes are blasted We foolish
ly believed that after the county con-
vention some of the hot air blasts
engaged for fuss making purposes
during the recent campaign would,
as result of having gotten up steam
continue to do something.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07
Very Interesting

What do you find so very interest
ing about society," asked the ogGi
nary person.
Watching people trying TO get in
answered Miss Cayenne.-W ashinGt y.
Star
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07

Mark the prediction. There is go
ing to be a noise in the national re-
publican convention that sounds
like Roosevelt for third term.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07

There should be no politics in a
school trustee election. Neither
should there be any politics mixed
up in school affairs.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07

If you can't wait for the Waxa-
hachie revival you might take a day
of and go to Fort Worth. We know
you feel bad and want to get relief
as soon as possible.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07
The Death Roll.

Mrs. Ed Glasco, age 20 years,
Sterrett, April 27.
Baby Keenom, age l day, Waxa
hachie, April Is.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07
Electrical Convention.

FL Paso, Texas, May Repre-
sentative manufacturers and dealers
from all the important cities of the
southwest are in attendance today
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07
". A. OWNBY City Editor
tResidence Phone. Bell No 1881

Some people seem to have ma
MIA for doing nothing.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07

Obituaries, resolutions OF respect.
cards OF thanks-all matter net
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, 1908-05-07

but the agency by which II works
exhaustion
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07

Every dollar spent for public or
private improvements is that much
in the interest of general welfare.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07

Entered at the Waxahechie Post
once as mail matter of the second
class.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-07

. THE TEMPLE OF JUSTICE .
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Licensed to Wed.
Fred Adkins and Lena Smith
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19
A New Lure of The Sex.

New York World.
 Dismay will fill masculine hearts at the report from Paris of new device of feminine fashion for mans undoins gowns so tight-fitting and transpar- net that the police were required to protect the women wearing them from ardent demonstrations. What Paris thinks today" the rest of the world will think tomorrow, and likewise what shocks Paris must be somewhat extreme The prospect of this de- moralizing attire on Broadway will create consternation.
 How far Is the siren sex to go in the display of its charms to mans dis eliminating eye, The peekaboo waist was first assault on masculine sus- ceptibility. Open-work stockings wid- ened the breach. and elbow sleeves about finished him. If to these devices of Venus a gown Is added the tele- graphed description of which suggests a Thais costume. his dlscomfiture will be complete.
 Assuming that all are worn in com bination, Merry Widow hats of the widest proportions will be required to keep him at his proper distance. and Commissioner Bingham may see the need of more police to form fashion squad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19
Win Risk HIS Money.

Washington Fost. szon "A R1nn that Governor Johnson Wlll pc tIlv z nominee of the Denver CohVentltIun,
 declared Thomas Wilkinson menoet of Tammany Hall. and pr0m1iinena' T,7'1ia ra politician of New York, at the -,,Iu.ler Wl!iaru: Mir Wilkinson has known GoVerhos hoa travelled through many states eleG, ';, of friendship for the Minnesota man;
 "There arc so many elements or strength about Johnson that Bryan does not possess that 1t seems to me impossible that the delegates at Den yer can fail to see the folly Of noml- hating Bryan. Johnson has sho"n n his two campaigns for governor tnat he can carry states and yet set votes that 1t is impossible for Bryan 10 get He was elected, as we all know; m year when the State went HePHohcan for the national ticket by liO;oV0; ana the next time he ran he carried Mlnhe- sota by 7600O. ,u
 There are thousands Of Swedes Tn other States of the Northwest WHO i,, or dinarily are Republicans but Who VII vote for Johnson if he IS on 1lsS,et, nIna9eI, In Illinois there are 75.OuO SWedls1 Republicans who will vote for him am sure that a large percentage or tne delegates already chosen, whether m structed or not. are at heart In laNor of Johnson's nomination. In Iammany Hall I think every man would Ike to see Johnson the nominee, with the eX- ceptIon of Sulzer and McCarren. l am so confident that Johnson Will pc chosen that I am willing to bet on H.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19
Of Interest to Democrats

The National Democratic Congress sional Campaign Committee has begun active operations at Its headquarters at Washington, D. C. In addition to it's regular work. 1t Is now preparing campaign handbook whdcn 1t hopes to have ready for distribution by July l two or three months earlier than heretofore.
 The Committea is charged with the duty of assisting. in every way possi- ble, the election of a Democratic Con- gress. We wish the active co-opera- ton of every voter in the United States who believes, with us, that the election of Democratic Congress would greatly beneht the country. We must rely upon the people to sustain our work by giving information as to local conditions and suggestions for Each Individual can at least add us by making a contribution. Win he not do so and interest others in helping us too?
 distributed as generally as possible and we will furnish copy as soon as published, to every one who contrib utes to our committee.
 Send remittances to me at Washing am. D. c. ,,s
 Chairman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19

., ,,s and incidentally. to spend At frs. saqs: t might fpar.Ssg sis@ fine. is a care. free pleasditi esan1ieties, ought to soio Ohonoiness, but 1t don't. The Sact is those who frivle most are nap. nv least They know none ot tnoS ,,I aniet peaceful moments When the sou' within says all is we'll ,h. Let us glance for a moment over .ne 1ists of the pleasure pursuing. Inete is Harry Thaw who spent s.rar ms having sSGia sSissrsces' s,ns' and wretched man. There is Alfred. heir or tne WVsnderbilts, a sportsman and ciuo man and q pursuer of pEsd pieadsue not m oniy M From from his wife, but his own family as well There Is Frank Gould. young est and most indulged of this wealthy family, who is. of his own statement, a most miserable man. Think of those you ' m have known in your life whose first consideration seemed always to have a good time. Did they impress you as being happyF ,ov .o.s s we ali II will fii sd admit anu ma ke S Jack a duli boy, all play absolutely ruins him. Like wise his pleasure loving sisters: ana cousins and aunts. Happiness IS as true love differs from hypocricy. as the diamond from the paste, as the sunshine from the moonlight.
 Orison Swett Maiden. who as writer who can say true, sensible and helpful things has no equal that we know of, puts it in this way:
 Real happiness is so simple that most people do not recognize it' Little happiness, pleasant words. ltt- tie helps by the way, trifling courte- sies, little encouragements, duties faithfully done, unselfish service, work that we enjoy, friendship, love and affection-all these are simple things. yet they are what constitute happiness"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19
Bricks for the University.

Birnin gh am Age Herald
 The Building Committee of the Trus- tees os the University met on Tuesday at the ofice of the Governor. Cover nor Conner was present and acting in his official capacity.
 This committee decided to Ignore all Alabama bricks and to accept and pay freight on bricks made in St Louis, Mo for use in the two buildings now in course of erection on the University grounds at Tuscaloosa. There were other bidders. presumably some or them natives of this State, but all Ala hama bricks were rejected to make room for Missouri brick.
 Cntil the hoice of St Louis brlck IS explained The ge-Herald will be ex- cused if 1t ventures the opinion that good, sound, presentable, brick ,iarr are made in Alabama as well as in Mls- souri, The mules In Missouri are con : fessedly superior, but no one outside of the building committee of tn the Gni- 4Ia versity knows any, reason "ny Ala !. Suv Missouri bricks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19
A state Without a Street Car.

hanSdS Olly OIdT.
 ''In all our State there Is not one mile of street railway nor any paved streets" said Professor Frederick c. Beeler. the State geologist of Wyoming, who was in Kansas City, last night.
 How do you get along without them?" some one asked.
 Well" answered Professor Beeler, There is a street railway system soon to be build in On eyenne. where l live. There Is a population of 16.0O0 in Che yenne, but being a very compact town 1t has not needed street cars. As for navements. nature provides them. There is a gravel that washes down from tn 6 mountains and overspreads the thor ouEhfares. making an excellent road bed. Over this there forms fine white dust. It Is sometimes annoying, so I am investiga ting Kansas Citys system of oiling boulevar4s. I think it quite likely we will employ the same system in Cheyenne. There are nineteen good oil wells in the state. and their product vantage"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19
TUESDAY, MAY 10. 1908.

Andrew Carnegie calculates that if the consumption of coal continues to Increase as it has done during the past twenty years the entire supply in America may be exhausted in two hun dred years. That may be a fair cal culation, but with the rapid increase in the use of electricity the consumption of coal ought not to increase, and there may be other causes to conserve the coal supply. At any rate we seem to be in no immediate danger of being out of coal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19

Suppose a man spends all his life digging and grubbing for money and dies worth a million dollars. or several millions; does he derive any pleasure or benefit from it when all is done? and can he die feeling sure that his wealth will confer real benefit on any one else? Whats the use. then. of wasting a life to attain something that he cannot enjoy?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19
Curious Fishes of the Bahamas.

The fish found in Nassau waters are of never ending interest to the stran- ger. With the aid of native water bucket with the bottom knocked out and a glass bottom put in, it Is possible to watch the fnny creatures swimming about, apparently regardless of prying eyes. The parrot fish. with body the shape and color of a gold fish, only ten times larger; the cow fish, with com: teal face curiously like caricature Of shouts grouper, hine. amberteck and turbot whose exquisitely tinted skin Is dried and used by the natives as scrubbing brush es are all there, but the most beautiful of all Is the angelfl fish. with its blue and yellow winglike fins. Angel fish are so numerous in Nassau. and their flesh is so delicate in flavor, that they are frequent item on the menu of the large tourist hotels.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19
Drakbacxs. of WidowhOOd in India.

HarperS weekly.
 The Indian papers record a curious case arising out of the terrible custom of infant marriage in that country. The daughter of Mrs. Justice Mooker- fee, a learned Hindu, was married when she was under ten years or age and she became a widow two months after the ceremony. Though he could not resist the early marriage custom sanctioned by his creed, the judge stood out against that other custom which condemns the child widow 10 fe-long misery in her dead husband family. and he determined to have her married again. The husbands rela- lives claimed and obtained a power or guardianship over her child, but be- fore it could be exercised the second marriage had taken place. and there is to be a legal struggle to determine precisely how the claims of the dead husbands family can be reconciled with the living husbands rights. The iudge's action will have the support or many Hindus who are eager to break down a custom that condemns thous- ands of young girls to a life that IS almost worse than slavery. But the power of the older schools of thought is great. and British lawmakers and administrators. though deploring the evils of infant marriage, must shrink from interference with customs which claim to have religious sanction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19
THEN AND NOW,

Harper's Weekly wonders what would be the feelings and sensations of a man of the middle ages if he could sit down to a modern dinner. and pro- ceeds to explain as follows:
 To begin with fruits, these were aI- riod; certainly in their M present SC form. So were most of our vegetables. The ] only vegetable which seems to be ] more or less indigenous over the 1 squash pumpkin tribe. The pumpkin Is very ancient. for 1t dates back to 1 Cinderella.
 Of course. he knew the small wild cherry, with it's bitter flavor, the little wild strawberry, the raspberry black berry and plum. Apples or crabs, . as Shakespeare calls them, were used order to deprive them of their astrin- 1 gency. The wild hedge orange ot China and India filtered into Europe occasionally. but 1t was scarcely eat able Potatoes were, of course, un- known Bananas were introduced in quantity to Europe within the lifetime of many middle-aged men. The grape esdes sdS Is tne ana PrSdsGt of the gsst crossed the Atlantic. The peach was poisonous shrub in Persia.
 strangely enough, it was the lack leu tO tue Ql6CONeIy OI Asia. In those days, when salt fish was the usual diet of all nations, pep per became luxury. Pepper plays a disproportionate part in history Who srocer's store? Yet 1t was to obtain pepper that the East India Company was chartered during the reign of
 It The Weekly is correct in it's com nients that ancient citizen would hard ly know where to begin or when to quit, but we think the article quoted rather overdoes the matter. While it is true that fruits of most varieties have been wonderfully improved by careful selection and cultivation 1t hardly seems reasonable to suppose that there was no good fruit Yn vns days of old. It Is hardly supposible that men went on for thousands of years without attempting to domesti- cate and improve the wild fruits around them. nor is 1t reasonable to infer that they had no success. in their efforts. It is true that a number of fruits and vegetables were unknown before the discovery of America. but the old world was not so destitute of edible fruit as the article quoted would have us believe.
 Harper's fails to mention one thing. When this man of the middle ages had finished eating and drinking of the various new things sprung on him and the cigars were passed around he would be very much up in the afr. People in his day didn't know the luxury of pipe or cigar. or even the luscious quid which many of the moderns so much enjoy. Sometimes we wonder how they managed to exist in those days without the solace of the weed which many consider among the greatest blessings of human existence. No doubt there are many things those old people were ignorant about.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19
Socrates on Big Navies.

St. Louis Post DlSpatcn.
 Socrates--I met Rooseveltius this morning. He Is madder than hops be- cause the Senate has denied him those four salleys.
 GIaucus-He has been abominably treated.
 Polemarchus--Aye, aye!
 Socrates-Not at all. The two gal leys he will get are quite enough.
 Glaucus-How can you say so. So- crates? Have we not insular posses sions to protect7
 Socrates-Certainly.
 Thrasymachus-And our coast to de- fend?
 Socrates-We have.
 Polemarchus--Not to speak of the Panama Canal!
 Socrates--True. all these must be protected; but we must also be govern ed to some extent by Humanitarian considerations.
 Glaucus-You mean the burden Of maintaining a big macy?
 Socrates-Yes; but not here. In Great Britain. Germany, France, and Japan. We could afford six more gal leys, or six each year, without reduc- starvation; but they couldn't do 1t in those other countries.
 Polemarchus-You mean that they will try to compete with us. ship for ship:
 Socrates-Is it not certain that they will try to do so?
 Socrates-Ah, as far as they can!
 Glaucus-But England would never let us overtake her.
 Socrates--No. not if she starved the King himself to build another Dread nought.
 Polemarchus-By George, Socrates. l believe you are right.
 Socrates-I knew you would say so, The simple truth Is that all the ma" ttons with big navies will be more or less governed by what we do with ours Ii we build a galley every minute. they will try to do so If we proceed leis- urely, replacing old ones with new ones now and then, they will do much the same thing I should say that the chance of war between any. one of these nations and our own is remote: but the chance that we would soon have Japan reduced to a spoon of rice per diem per Jap is extremely lively. Let us not abuse our wealth, but permit the En' glishman to buy shoes for his babes the German to have his beer. ana the Jap to have all the rice he can eat.
 Glaucus-Lets. =
 Socrates-I am very happy 10 near you assent. It is the right point OF view, but usually share 1t alone Now let us go into the nickelodson' and see the moving pictures of the sen ate flying from the chamber when Jet- fersonius Davius rises to speak. '-r-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19
HE WOULD ACCEPT.

In spite of all that may be said to
 the contrary the guild of third-termers
 is becoming more persistent. more con-
 fident and, we believe. more numerous.
 If they fail to get him to announce
 himself. and to have his name go be- fore the convention at the outset, they rely on the hope that Taft will not be nominated on the first ballot, and that there will then be a stampede to Roosevelt. That is one of their hopes, and many of them express themselves with confidence that such result will follow.
 What will Roosevelt do in such contingency? is a question that many are discussing with more or less heat. Those who do not want him for their candidate argue that he could not ac- cept a nomination after his solemn and do so. and that if he should accept under such circumstances he would violate his word of honor and discredit himself in the eyes of the American people.
 On the other hand the advocates of his renomination argue that when he made his declarations he could not foresee that his services would be absolutely necessary to the country for that is about the way they express it-and that when he sees that the government cannot be safely entrust- ed to other hands-that is also the way they talk-he will feel 1t to be his duty to accept. and will hold that the conditions exhonorate him from any suspicion of double dealing or of violating his pledge.
 All this again brings up the ques- tion, What will he do? Our opinion Is that if he should be nominated with something like practical unanimity he will accept. We do not regard as Of much force the arguments of his op- ponents that If he should again be l6 WOuiO NiCiatp tAAC iOho established precedents against a third term. As for that matter. there is no constitutional prohibition against a man holding three terms. and its strength lies in the names of those who proclaimed and practiced 1t. Then again. the sentiment against a third term applies only to elective terms and he would not violate that sentiment by being elected. for that would olny be two elective terms he would hold.
 And thus, so far as precedents and constitutional requirements are con- cernsd he might accept another nomi nation and election without discredit. But how about his pledge? will be asked. Well, our candid opinion is that he can go back on his word with out turning a hair. It would not be the first time he has flopped. and is not likely to be the last. Besides, he could salve his conscience with the old saying that the voice of the people Is the voice of God" or something of that sort. Trust him to find a gap through which he can accept a noni- nation. unless he believes he will be defeated. In short. if the convention stampedes to Roosevelt he will be the Republican candidate for President.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-19

haunted. Proving a negative is not considered an easy job. and this was a case where there seems to have been no ground for the defence to offer evidence. The judge in the case was plainly with Nagy in his contention. and the poor newspaper got lemon. But--are there ghosts?