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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-06
Bona Eide Circulation of The Even
ing and Sunday Star.

ing and Sunday Star.
Inc sworn statement below
shows that the circulation of 1HE
STAR is what it is claimed to be.
The circulation of THE STAR for
the week. including and comnin-
ing it's evening and Sunday morn
ing issues. is the largest, the hest
and the only sworn detailed cir
culatlon of each day. covering all
issues. in the District of Columbia.
In both its evening and Sunday
morning issues it has a .arger
carrier delivery circulation into
the homes Of Washington than
any other two local papers COM
bined.
THE SUNDAY STAR, viewed
separately. has the largest, the
best and the only sworn circuia-
ton in the District of Colum5ia.
Fifteen thousand of THE STARS
regular subscribers take no other
Washington paper whatever in
their homes. depending upon THE
STAR alone for news and adyer-
Using.
THE STAR. daily and Sunday,
thoroughly covers the local ad-
vertising field. reaching all classes
of Washington purchasers, rich
and poor alike, in their homes. on
every day in TT week. at an hour
when they have the time ana In
clination to read a newspaper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-06

The greater part of the winter he was
under the influence of liquor. she added
The result was that for three or four
DAYS at a time he did not know what he
was doing At times he would call me
up on the phone and say foolish things
He would ehave lots and lots of crying
spells He would write letters and one or
two days later he would have no recol-
lection of having written them
Mrs. Stewart told of a letter he had
written her. Il was from sixteen to
twenty pages in length. had no begin
ming or ending ard was but words put
together without any sense or meaning
DR.. Spear had told Mrs. Stewart about
his child life. He also told her of his
mothers death when. as matter of fact.
she is alive. The witness also told of
how lawfully queer DR.. Spears head
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-03

ground water is to near the surface
and must be removed before a good
road will be possible. This means
that some foim of subdrainage must
be resorted to, usually tile drains,
of clay or concrete Water from
whatever source must be gotten rid
of effectively, for water plus clay or
gumbo invariably equals mud when
mixed in psring and summer.
Water becomes ice in winter and
as water in freezing expands one
eighth its volume the road heaves
out of shape and when the ice melts
the road disappearsb eneath the
rising tide of mud constantly fed
by rains, melting SHOWS and under
ground springs
In s-epy andboggy places the sub
drainage in order to be fully ef-
fective should lower the water
level TO not less than three feet
below the road surfac. e tiles are
used they should be carefully level
tolaid, true to rgade. Most fail
ures in tile darinage can be at
tributed to carelessness in laying,
or too flat grade. Tile less than q
inches in diameter should rarely
be used, nor should grade of less
than inches to the 100 feet be used
unless absolutely necessary. In
very dense soil, it s always advis
able to cover the tile to at least a
depth of 8 to II inches with coarse
sand or fine gravel. Care should
always be taken to secure a free
outlet for the drains and to protect
the outlet with a concrete bulkhead
or catchbasin, which can always
be kept clean and the outlet free.
The kind of tile to be used depends
on local conditions. Concrete tile
tile if properly made are equally
as good as CLAY tile. Which kind
to use is entirely local question
of dollar and cents If concrete
tile can be mademore cheaply
than clay tile can be had, use
concrete; if not, use clay tile.
One great advantage of thecon-
crete tile is that they can be easily
made by the local users at or near
the place where the are to be
placed, so that the freight charges
are dispensed with as we'll as the
large breakage losses due to handl-
ing. Placed in the ground, both are
rdurable. If concrete is used, great
care should be taken to see that o
good grade of Portland cement is
selected, and that the drains are
properly constructed. he i'm
preston, which prevails TO some
extent, that tile disintergates is
erroneous.
A bulletin is now in course of
preparation by the United States
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-03
Is Haunted By Girl S Ghost

Southwick. the pretty little seaside
resort few miles from Brighton. Eng
land, has found out that it has a
ghost and efforts are being made by
the inhabitants to discover its iden-
tity.
The story of the discovery is told
by a correspondent of the Hove Ga
zette. who states that one evening re-
Gently he visited the disused forts at
Southwick in company with a friend.
1--WE walked round the moat." he
continues. -and were looking through
one of the narrow windows into a
small room whose walls used to echo
with the songs and laughter of the
soldiers stationed there, when sudden
ly Git was about 9:f5 p. m. and dark
ness was just setting I'M we saw a
tall white form attired in white
sheet
1T was horribly CHASTITY and grim.
1t seemed to come from the far end of
the room and slowly approach us.
must say ! was dreadfully afraid, and
my young friend who had Just re-
marked: "Oh, this would be capital
spot for a ghost. shook all over and
nearly tainted
THE figure was tall and its cover
ing, as far as one could see, was ex-
tremely thin.
An old Southwick boatman told us
a wonderful yarn about a young sol
der who had rowed a beautiful maid
en- over the bar late one night and had
cruelty murdered her there. and ever
since her spirit had haunted the fort
Il think there is no doubt that the
peculiar spectral form which we saw
in the room of the old fort was the
spirit of the dead and long-forgotten
maiden
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-03
THE IMPORTANCE
OF DRAINAGE

With an average of $4,000 tons
of water falling in the form of
rain on each mile of public road in
the United States annually, it is
scarcely to be marveled at that the
ten commandments of the road
builder can be summed up succinct
ly in the word drainage. "
The saying has truth for basis,
as good drainage is the primary
requisite for all good roads. The
saying has truth for a basis, as
good drainage is the principle re
quisite for all roads Even in sand
roads this holds true, for there
good drainage,' means such as will
safely remove the storm water with
out erosion or gully and still retain
the surface moisture.
To securegood drainage one must
take into consideration both the sur
face water and the under ground
water. The surface waters must be
removed quickly and completely and
without subjecting the road to ex-
cessive scour or erosion. For this
reason, the center of the road should
be raised and the slope towards the
side bitches should be from one half
inch to one inch to each foot dis
atance or so that the water will run
freely to the side bitches and not flow
down the road or remain in puddles
on the roadway. The side bitches
should be of ample size to care for
the severest storm With fall of not
less than inches to each 100 feet.
Frequent and ample cross drains
should be constructed and every
opportunity taken to get the water
away from the road as quickly as
possible ANY road long which you
see water standing in the side
bitches or on which puddles Of
water have collected or which has
been badly quilted and eroded by the
rains has POOR drainage and is in
need Of immediate attention after
each rain The splitlog drag is
essentially tool to maintain good
drainage on our earth roads, and
should be used after each rain. On
a heavy clay or gumbo osil he drag
when properly usedtends to pud-
die the road surface, keep it free
from ruts, dense, smooth and hard,
thus securing the best surface drain
age possible.
But in many places the under
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-03

The case of a bird swallowing a
lion whole-the latter being afterward
rescued alive-is what happened at
the Earls Court zoo in London lately
The bird was a great pelican. one of
the kind with a pouch beneath his
bealI wherein is stored the swallowed
food before digesting. The lion was a
tiny, wriggling cub whose pink skin
showed in wrinkles through his tawny
down. The pelican looked at the baby
lion seized him and gulped him down.
But keeper happened to see the act
and three men pounced on the bird,
held it in their arms and forced open
the mighty beak while one of them
extricated the cub from the pouch
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-03

office of public roads telling how
to make concrete drains. This
bulletin will treat hte subject
fully, explaining carefully everv
point that may arise in maxine
pipes and culverts.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-03
SPECIAL NOTICE.

This office continu ally receives
rticles for publication without the
signature of the author. 1t is nee
essary that the names of the sender
be attached to the articles TO insure
publication. We insist upon this
and no communication will be
recognized not bearing the a sigma
turc.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-25
'PuHi.7C f,AfzKs,' IN n" n1vT1t.;rgi rs
Public Spirited Citizens of san Mar
cos and Decatur Make Liberal
Donation.

Fort Worth, Tex, Sept, 25.-Mr.
c. l.. Hopkins, prominent banker
of San Marcos, appeared before the
directors OF the San Marcos Com
mercial Club at recent meeting
and donated the city ten acres OF
land for public park purposes. Sim
uiraneousy with this announcement
comes the news that President Moss
of the Decatur Commercial Club has
received donation Of $400 to i'm
prove public highway leading to
the city. The Texas Commercial
Secretaries Association which has
undertaken to extensively advertise
Texas at the Alaska-Yukon Eposi-
ton at Seattle next June has had
business men voluntarily placed
themselves behind the movement. A
spirit OF commercial liberality is
abroad in Texas and is travelling from
tow to town and its speed should be
accelerated by the announcement OF
every commercial club in Texas.
Every citizen in the state needs
such citizens as San Marcos and De-
catur now have and every town has
citizens who can easily afford to imi-
, tate their example, We frequently
read of public spirited citizens max
! ing liberal donations to monuments,
library building, etc, but seldom hear
, of a citizen who donates a mile a.
| McAdam road, site for a county
fair or . nr.hl'c park and the fact
that the attention of progressive
cusly turning In this direction in
dicatcs that we have reached high
er zone of thought and found a
k-, ~, y ~ So =. N! A ~ s~sA
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-25
CASTLE OF EVERY FARMER.

What is life without home? This
question should especially appeal to
every farmer, The man with the
home should make it his most ear
nest endeavor to have that home the
II OFT gelged cs AL he nossesslone
The man without home should
struggle and economic to own one
and then At 1t up properly TO receive
those Jewels nearest and dearest to
his heart. People in congested CEN
tiers of population are becoming less
and less owners OF homes. because
the home which appeals TO the ideals
of the average American cannot be
had by the man OF average means
In our cities on account OF expense,
In some Of the great tenement build
ings OF New York city there are con-
gregated as many as ten thousand
people in one block, each family al
loted to space hardly larger than
single room of country home.
These people know nothing about
50 - ,.,s ....s~ gkyS. ~ .y.ss., ,yS,,%>-
of home life as we have 1t in the ru-
my. 4 ,.ySet~ .,f Inv vsAltE IA "a Nvc%
are spent in one uneventful period,
battling for bread and clothing SUI
flcient to meet the cravings OF the
''human app5tite and tie de1naiffss RI
civilization, The owner of good
faFnnfr n TIE sotita, largo or sszaE;;'
can walk his broad acres as SOW
ereign Of his state and be free ana
I. t2tr1 4rrt ire4.S SIS S+-s - .an. -css NJ
ngs.-Cotton Journal
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-25
Colonial Hill Church.

The Colonial Hill church Is max
ing rapid progress, both In member
f1ff7- ai.i Ia IFS GeT eaGsoh. e2t sa
prise, That Is one of our finest resi-
dence sections and the church is
most happily located 1t has one Of
the finest corner lots in that portion
of the city. and their new building
is going up rapidly. About six weeks
ago II WAS begun, and now the frame
work is completed, and the roof Is
ready for the slate covering. Also
the brick veneertng IL in progress,
and this will be In beautiful st. Louis
gray pressed brick Last Sunday at
ternoon was the time for the corner
stone laying, which was observed ac-
Rev. j, l.. Morris, the presiding elder
with the pastor, Rev, w. ID, ThOmp-
son, assisted by all the Methodist
pastors in the city, had charge OF the
services, A large crowd of people
were present to witness the ceremO-
ny, which vas impressive and re!sg
ious. The writer made the address.
The church is to be very beautiful
structure, almost an exact duplicate
of the church at Waxahachic. We
have been In nearly all our new
church buildings, and while they are
modern and most excellent, yet with
out any disparagement we can say
that, according to our judgment,
the WaXahachie building il one of
the completest for the money invest
ed, and the best Utilization OF the
space OF any church edifice we have
ever examined. This one at Colonial
HIN is It's reproduction, and when
finished, which will be by next
spring at the furtherest, 1t Will be
one OF the best 1000 structures In
| the state.-Texas Christian Advo-
! cate.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-25
500 Reward. 500.

pleased to learn that there Is at
least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in all
it's stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls
Ca:arFa Care ,T lie eaIy positive
cure now known to the medicinal
Fraternity; Catarrh being a eonstitu-
tionRl disease, requires co1ststu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting d.
rectly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the. system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation Of the dis
ease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the consti-
tuition and assisting nature h doing
its work The proprietors have 20
much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that 1t falls to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address: f. ]. Cheney 4 Co.,
Toledo, Ohio,
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family pills for con-
stipation. dew
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-25

Just TO keep the record straight:
Colonel Frank H. Bushick more than
two years ago, assured the people of
Texas that Joseph Benson Foraker
was noble patriot, a manly man,
wholly devoted TO his country's good
and really did not hate the south or
its people, anent his utterances in
the Brownsville case Where BLACK
ruffians wearing the uniforms OF SOL
diers OF the United States, murdered
men. women and children 70 make
Az African holiday for a semi-bar-
barrie mob VIII Colonel Frank H..
Bushick, soldier and journalist and
~ Gnag. !r-tkc light o recent de-
SEles.'SsntF,, ;a@a~G. volsaEate- that
charge In defense of the disgraced
and disgruntled Foraker? Foraker
is not dead Hon. He is disgraced
public oflcial who might have been
president q She y9dt~s Eta:ss had
- t'sec. ~. s~y'rsss. -ss~s~ ~. ysA ,ss.,.~--
ditlons OF the American people. e.
DaisE Tfaies-d$rsia ..-,.---r'
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-25
The Sewing Circle.

Mrs, Dennis Newton was at home
to the Tuesday Afternoon Sewing
Circle at her pretty cottage on Fer
ris avenue at the accustomed time
this week, the meeting last week
having been held at Mrs. Jess Ken
nedy's hospitable home.
Several new members have come
into this informal circle. Art in
needle work and other interesting
themes and tid-bits kept merry ton
CUES chattering and nimble fingers
busy. Some of the guests, besides
club members present, were Mrs,
Nat Wise, Mrs. rlVbert Templeton
and Miss Grace Herring. A delight
ful course OF refreshments was ser
we'd
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-25
To Whom 1t May Concern.

i wish to state that all persons
going over the country selling spec
tacles or treating diseases OF any
kind, representing me In any man.
ner, either by name, or claiming any
connection with me whatever, are
frauds and imposters. have no
agent, partner or representative,
and never make visits unless sent
for. All spectacle peddlers will be
prosecuted for using my name In
any manner after publication Of this
notice. d&wti
DR.. LEONARD KEPLINGER.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-25
IN THE SOCIAL REALM. ,
Mrs. BRADY Enternins

Quite a pleasing affair was Mrs.
home in Billiard Heights Wednes-
day afternoon when she entertained
as hostess to the Forty-Two club and
to honor her following out of town
guests: Mrs. Inge of Terrell; Mrs.
Clark and Miss Murray of Dallas.
/; Mrs, Charles Tidwell Phelan of Dali
las was also to be an honor guest
but was unavoidably detained at the
last moment, much to the regret of
both the hostess and the guests.
| Mrs. Brady received her guests at
| the front door and with her to re-
! cefse for pleasing hour, piiof''to
the games, were the following
charming guests: Mrs. Inge, Mrs.
Clark, Miss May Brady, daughter of
| the house and Miss Murray.
| Different colored roses filled vases
a fc'' odtdGit1 d5tUas e. si}ao|eaxd IA m
| the library was an added bit of color
made By the use OF magnificent Cut
glass candelabra with shades of
glowing red The dining room was
.,s.f4st- fa..SADg-- WITH ia. Saacrnttye
scheme of beautiful dark red leaves
..u L., kE.N, clnstsss 1T, .1.a'te~, .4e.srs ~
and purple grapes. The dining room
table wore handsome centre piece
Of linen and lace with a magnificent
mound of grapes and leaves for
centre decoration. Grapes and fol-
y. ~, ssn-.s'ss> flankss' - 9as 90, tah,e.
corner. The same delightful decora
tons characterized the punch bowl
nook from which Miss May Brady
served delectable grape punch before
and during the games.
The burning of incense gave de-
lightful touch of orientalism to this
pretty party. Members of the NJ. w.
NJ club and other friends were sub
stitnted for absent members OF the
Forty-Two club, and at the close OF
the games delicious refreshments.
all of whcih blended so Harmonious
ly with the dainty Havelin china.
were served. Last, but not least"
was the cutting for the beautiful
club favors. candle stick holders in
lovely floral designs of roses in
China, one for each table. Quite a
number of these artistic favors were
won, The shades of night forced
each guest to reluctant leave TAX
ing of this joyous occasion,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-25

Here Is another good one from
that lively apostle of development,
the Denison Herald; mo man who
Is In any way interested in the well
fare of his home town can AFFORD not
to be identified with the commercial
organization OF that town. II he does
not affiliate with 1t he is to that de-
gree neslecting his own interests.
What is for the general good Is to
an extent at least for the benefit of
the individual"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-25

Discussing a live subject-a sub
ject that ought to be very close TO
the hearts of all those who are In
favor of better streets and roads
the Denison Herald says: Less
plowing up of the streets of the city
and closer attention 20 the matter
of surface drainage will accomplish
much better results so far as the
general public is concerned and keep
the streets in better condition. Gut
ters foul with weeds and grass sim
ply turn the water into the middle
OF the street
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-25

The first annual report OF the
state pure food commissioner recites
condition In drinkables and eat
abes that is not only calculated to
make dyspeptics OF the citizenship of
Texas but calls for some prompt and
earnest action On the part OF the
state looking to a correction OF evil
practices. Commissioner Abbott,
speaking of drinkables, says: What
is sold in local option territory as
mo- Hiawatha' and 'Teetotaler,' in
most instances, ! find, Is real beer,
Some OF the Information given out
concerning foods is as follows.
Preserves, jams and jellies largely.
adulterated and made up largely OF
glucose, ,saccharin and starch, peas,
beans and pickles colored with cop
per salts; meats embalmed with bo'
rax, boracic acid and sulphate OF So
,fa leiuon extracts IN many cases so
luton OF citrate; canned meats com
posed of gristle, tissue and scrap
pieces of meat and represented as
chicken. ported ham, etc; syrups
sold under false labels and colored
sugar syrup favored with maple
sold as genuine maple syrup; dis
,tilad VINEGAR, sold as ample vinegar
,rlsl,.|sc- t.s-.--t-AtS. s.sFa~ 9SSs.cs..v IS
as genuine olive oil; mixture OF cot
fee and chicory largely sold in Tex
as as genuine Mocha and Java cof-
fee.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-25
Lightning Cures Deafness.

Altoona, Pa, Sept. 25.-Jamea
Gorsuch. a hotel man, had scarlet
fever when ten months old. and be-
came deaf IN MS left ear. Folio wing
d flash 81 fightd1Is dlifiIl STORM
the other day he felt a singing sen
sation in the ear. and, after It passed
away. he discovered that he could
hear with It as well as with the
other.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-25

Menptis, Tenn, SEPT. zJ.--James
Tracey was ToGntd i1yTng I'll mousse
under construction on Gilbert ave-
nue., this city, early yesterday. His
head had been battered in with some
blunt instrument. Tracey died at the
city hospital shortly after being TAX
ep, there ,wItbogt ..,rfssIa'ps ..,.e an-
.sciogs"ess nr RtY'hx.. tha.., " liz b es'
clew az To who his assailant was.