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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-28
chioesa Athlatics,

The Chinese have always had athlet-
ic exercises Of a sort in which they
have rather prided themselves, though
none ever seem to have taken such a
hold on the nation as ours have on US
during the last century or 50. They
have plenty Of stories Of strong men
capable Of welding extraordinary
weapons. Of bending wondrous bows or
OF lifting heavy weights, etc.
Even within the last few years feats
Of archery were done before an officer
could get his commission In the army.
and in almost any village there Is a
bamboo with pierced stone at either
end to test the strength Of the rising
generation in lifting. But there was
nothing of regular athletic training, ex-
cept for few wrestlers perhaps, be
fore foreigners came.-Shanghai Mer-
curry
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-28
PATE De FOIE GRAS.
Fearful Cruelty That Makes This
Dainty Possibility

To the ordinary man and woman no
conception of the torture to which the
poor, unfortunate goose is put could
possibly be formed.
The geese when about nine months
old are taken from the pastures and
placed in an underground cellar, where
broad. slantng stone slabs stand in
rows, and are bound fast to the ia
bles. They are literally cruciied.
Feet. wings and bodies are spread
out and bound by bands, so that only
the neck is left free. AS may be imag
ined. the animal struggles with all its
might against this stretching till, after
days of vain endeavor to free itself
from the bands and it's position. its
powers Of resistance are overcome, and
a duh resignation, broken only by Its
low cries. takes possession of it. Two
months must pass away before death
brings relief
The animals are meanwhile cramned
with dump.ings made Of dough Of
buck wheat, chestnuts and stewed
maize. Every two hours, six times a
day, they receive from three to fve
dumping pills, which in time become
so sweet to the tortured creatures that
they stretch their necks to be cram
med
The most difficult task is to deter
mine the right moment for death
Those who die Of their own accord are
lost to the liver factory: therefore a
kind Of study is needed to see when
the cup OF agony is trimming full and
! the liver is ripe for taking. The bod
les of such ripe ones are like pump
kins Where ordinarily fingers are
, buried In flesh and fat nothing but
skin and bone are found. The livers
have absorbed all the strength and
! juices
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-28
RANK VANDALISM.
Party of Hunters Destroy Property
of Indulgent Friends.

u lHuuIScHI EitHus.
The News learns with unutterable
disgust of case of abominable van
dalism in the Crisp country by boys
who went out there from Ennis to
fish and hunt.
John Novy is thrifty Bohemian
farmer there and he and his wife
had 20 fine turkeys, now they have
none. A few days ago, it is said,
some Ennis boys were out there and
during the day considerable shoot
ing was heard. The turkeys ranged
about the fishing grounds. The boys
had some dogs with them. On yes
terday the Novys went out to look
for their turkeys. They found some
of the young ones dead and some of
the feathers scattered as if by dogs.
The rest of the flock could not be
found and it is believed that the
boys and the dogs killed them.
1t is learned that hunters and
fishers have had privileges in that
neighborhood and now to learn that
the privileges have been abused, 1t
puts the guilty parties in bad light.
1t is said that the Bohemian citizens
there are greatly incensed over the
matter and they are apt to make it
uncomfortable for that crowd IL they
know them. They are apt to close
their gates against all sporting par
ties as means of self protection
Ennis News
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-28
ARTISTS ARE PLEASED.
Magnificent Collection Of Paintings at
Texas State Fair

Texas State Fair.
Alex Sanger, director OF the art de-
partment OF the Texas State Fair at
Dallas for the twenty-third annual
meet, October II to November 1, next,
has recently returned from the East.
While in the metropolis Mr.. Sanger
called on Julian Onderdonk, who has
charge of selecting the paintings that
will be exhibited in the art depart
ment this year. Mr.. Onderdonk pre-
dicted that for the Fair of 1908 will
be gathered the finest collection Of
paintings ever brought South. He
stated that the artists of the East APP
preciated the efforts of the Fair man
agement in the encouragement of the
fine arts in this section, expanding, as
they have done, $35 900 In the erection
of ladies' textile and art building,
we're more than willing to loan
their pictures for exhibition purposes.
Visitors Of last year will recall the
magnificent collection, which, how
ever, was not displayed to the best
advantage on account of the lack OF
proper facilities for light and yentila-
ton. In the new hall, constructed
this year, with 232 lineal feet OF wall
space, the light and ventilation comes
from a great dome glass and steel,
rising fifty-five feet above the hard
wood floor OF the hall. This will az
ford the proper light, so essential in
bringing out the fine points of every
picture.
There will be at least one hundred
paintings in this collection, represent
inc an annroYimato value of $500 900
Among the great artists that will be
represented are Robert Henri, Fran
els Murphy, Robert Vonnah, Gustave
Cimmiotti, Jr., Julian Onderdonk and
many Others
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-28
STATE FAIR POULTRY.
New Ruling Very Gratifying to Texas
Eanciers.


AS predicted early in the year the
poultry show at, the twenty-third an.
nual meet OF the State Fair of Texas,
at Dallas, October II to November l,
will be the greatest in the history OF
the South. Director Fred F. Sliney
predicts this, and he has made spe-
cial study of the situation. Offering as
It does. the best of accommodations
for the display Of 5000 birds. the de-
partment will be taxed to its utmost
capacity by the number Of birds enter
ed
A new ruling allowing exhibitors to
remove their birds after the first week
Of the fair, provided however, that
they replace those removed with the
same number and kind of birds, will
have much to do success of the show
this year. Many fanciers have stayed
away heretofore, on account of the
fact that it was injurious to the birds
to keep them cooped up for sixteen
consecutive days.
Premiums have been literally In
creased especially in the pen prizes
and in the turkey department. There
will be exhibited all classes Of poultry.
Including American varieties. Asiatic,
Mediterranean, Polish, Hamburg,
French, English, Games, Pit Game
Bantams, Bantams and other varieties.
Turkeys, ducks, geese, rabbits,
Ruineas and pheasants win also add to
the interest OF the show.
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ENTERPRISE
PUBLISHING
COMPANY
PRINTERS FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE

bank. Some little boys screamed and
called to some negroes chopping
wood nearby and Harve Robinson,
eight feet of water and found the
boy on the bottom. He brought him
to the bank and began heroic work.
The doctor said had not Harve un-
derstood how to work the boy would
never have been restored, but he
soon began to breathe and he was
brought home just about shutdown.
Harve Robinson deserves a medal.
He had to dive twice before he could
find the boy.-Milford Courier.
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WHY WE SLEEP.
Darkness and Our Eyes tho Answer,
Says . Scientist


If it were always daylight we should
never sleep. So says scientist
There is no particular reason why we
or any other animals should rest on
an average eight or nine hours day
The period of rest has been deter
mined by the fact that eight hours is
the average time when there is lack
of sufficient light to enable US to move
about in comfort,
This most fundamental distinction
between day and night is wholly rela-
tive to the sense of sight. 1t only af-
fects those types of life which have
developed eyes.
Plants, being dependent for their
growth upon the action of rays OF
sunlight which fall upon their leaves
have a wide distinction between day
and night functions. They eat and
digest in the light and grow during
the hours Of darkness.
The lowest forms Of animal life
the sightless denizens OF ocean depths
do not rest at regular intervals. They
prowl around necessarily, seeking
prey by the sense Of touch alone
When they. rest 1t Is at irregular pc
RODS. In ler words. they have nc
distinct periodicity of their own.
But as soon as eyes are developed
and in proportion of this development
animals begin to divide their time into
two main portions-a waking and q
sleeping time. While there is light
they perform all motive functions
When darkness comes they retire tt
nest or lair to rest.-Cleveland PlaiI
Dealer.
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APIARY DEPARTMENT INTEREST.
ING,
VIII Demonstrate Value of Honey.
Producers to Texas.

VIII Demonstrate value OF money
Producers to Texas
The busy bee" will have depart
ment Of his own at the twenty-third
annual meet OF the State Fair OF Tex
is at Dallas, Oct. II to Nov. 1. next.
Begun as an experiment last, yea
this department Is now one of the per-
manent features of the fair, and re-
ceiyes liberal portion of the awards
and premiums offered j. W. Slaugh-
ter is director, and two prominent
Texas bee-keepers. Louis H. Scholl of
New Braunfels, Tex, and w. 0. Vic
tor Of Hondo, Tex, are superintendent
of this department
All the various processes of honey
making will be exhibited, sections of
the hives being placed in glass-cover-
ed cases. Here the visitor will see
the bee engaged on an artificial foun-
dalton making honey; see the differ
ent workers and drones that go to
make up the bee kingdom and the
queen bee in all her glory.
Texas is famous Hle world over for
her Italian queen bees. Queen bees
of this variety have been shipped to
the different states OF the Union, to
South America, Japan, Asia and Aus
tralia.
Tastefully displayed will be bulk
comb honey, extracted honey, the same
in granulated form, beeswax In fancy
designs, honey vinegar, fruit preserv-
ed in. honey, etc. Forms OK cooking
In which ~sweetening is needed, and
in which honey Is used as the only
sweetetang. will also .be exhibited for
the benefit u the housewife.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-28
Are Your KIDNEYS Well?

Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Rheu-
matism, Govt, Gravel Dropsy, Infla-
nation OF the Bladder, Bad Blood
and Nervous Troubles caused by sick
Kidneys.
Hood & Curtin, the we'll known
druggists of Waxahachie, know by
experience that HINDIPO will cure
all forms of Kidney and Nervous
Troubles, and will guarantee it in
all cases.
Can't you AFFORD to try it at their
risk? 1t costs you nothing If it don't
do the work.
Sent by mail to any address, pre-
paid, on receipt of so cents. Six box
es, $3.50, under positive guaran-
tee. I'll
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A Strono Hint.

They had met for the first time since
their schooldays and were telling each
other Of their professional careers.
"And how did you come to leave the
stagey' asked one.
II had hint that was not suited
for it."
81 see The little birds told yoH
eh?'
We'll. no; not exactly. But they
might have been birds had they been
allowed to hatch"
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Nearly Drowned.

Athol Bell, second son of Rev. C.
H. Bell, nearly lost his life in a
three miles east of Milford yester-
day afternoon. Athol was swimming
across in deep water when he gave
out and sank. His older brother
went to rescue him and Athol grab
bed him and they both nearly
drowned. The older boy finally got
loose and nearly dead, reached the
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-28
A Lesson.

The Lady Look here. You said
NOW the lawn for me- The Hobo
I'd like to do 1t. ma am. but gotter
teach yer lesson. Never trust tn
word Of to-ai stranger.-Cleveland
Leader
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His Nioht Work.

Wifey-What makes you stay at the
Office so late at night? Do you gain
anything by TT
Hubby No. But | have several
times come-er- within an ace of gain
ing something philadelphia Record
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tn Ernlanation

Him Tin this SUBTITLE water Is get
ting cold | wonder why.
Her-That tall girl who just came ig
u from Boston.-New Orleans Times
Democrat
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For Sheriff 80, .e.
HENRY FORBES.
For County Clerk
JOHN M. LOGGINS ~
For County Attorney-
CHARLEY PIPPEN.
For Tax Assessor
JACK KILLEBREW
For County Collector
GEO. c. SWEAT.
For County Treasurer
JOHN JOHNSTON, JR.
For Constable Precinct No. T.
]. J. McCALPIN
For Justice Peace Precinct No. H.
M. H. FINCH.
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Wealth Is not his that has 1t. but hi.
that enjoys lt.-Franklin.
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Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

spade a spade. That is when you should
use words that burn.
AS 1 have said, the crusade was started
in 1896. and 1t was continued without a
let-up until 1904.
Along in 1902 and 1908 a reaction set
in, and 1t came in chunks. You could
fairly feel 1t in the air. From all over
the country there came letters from men
who had been branded, saying they had
gotten Just what they a deserved and
no more.
Prominent ewspapers all over the coun-
try which had been condemning this fight
now came into line and frankly COM
mended the leader of 1t for the good work
he had done. And many of these same
papers instituted a course of sprouts for
any of their local townsmen who might
transgress the laws OF decency in the
killing of game or the taking of fish.
One of the most gratifying comments
that was ever made on this war was de-
livered by the Judge of a district court
in Montana. A man had been brought
before him on a charge OF killing fish
with dynamite and had been convicted,
In sentencing the man to a term in prison
and to pay a fine Of $500, the Judge said,
In effect, that men who slaughtered fish
with dynamite were called by a certain
sportsmen's journal fish hogs and that
he considered this a proper appellation.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
IN A HONG KONG TYPHooN
An Experience which I'm Sustained
Effort Puts n Cyclone On the
Sick List.

Boom! Boom! Booml The signal had
changed to the ominous red-green-red, and
the three dynamite bombs were the warn
ing that the typhoOn was upon US. No
need to hurry the servants now-everyone
was only too anxious to assist. The wind
was steering around the house. seemingly
in all directions. but strongest from the
north. and the noise Of 1t was louder than
thunder. One outside room. more exposed
than the rest, seemed TO be its especial
butt. We stayed there for a moment to
listen to the raging OF the storm. but even
the stoutest heart could not sleep in that
pandemonium OF sound. 1t was well-shut-
tered and barred, but 1t was incredible
that II stood IN that tornado OF wind, The
doors creaked and groaned with the strain.
and the windows clattered with a shTiller
note, while outside IT seemed as though
all the winds OF all the ages were let loose
for destruction. In the center Of the house.
though the noise was less. one could feel
the building rocking on its foundation and
hardly dared speculate how much the late
heavy rains had weakened them. Every
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

don of a peculiar kind of paper hat will
stand continuous beating and whose COM
position is a trade secret.
Beaten for three-quarters of an hour be-
tween the leaves of the Clutch with a twelve
or fourteen, pound hammer, each square OF
gold spreads until 1t covers nine square
inches. Each of these squares is cut into
four equal parts and these inserted between
the 800 leaves of the shoder. This is similar
to the Clutch, but one inch wider and longer
and made of the intestines of oxen. Here
1t is hammered for an hour with an eight
pound hammer.
Taken from the shoder the sheets are
again cut into four equal parts M the
original eight yards of ribbon have become
$500 pieces of gold. about five inches
square.
Finally these squares, a thousand at a
time. are inserted In a mould of a thousand
leaves of OK intestlnes (and here again
the exact preparation of the five hundred
intestines necessary to make a single mould
is a trade %secret), and gradually beaten
to the required thinness.
Taken from the mould the leaves are
trimmed by young women, handling them
delicately with wooden pinchers. to squares
OF three and a half Inches, twenty-five
squares being inserted between the leaves
OF a small. book, and twenty OF these
books being combined In a pack for the
convenience Of the workme who are later
to transfer the beaten gold to Its final posi-
tion.
In the case OF the dome the entire gliding
will probably empty 25 packs. or use up
some 1S7,OO0 little squares OF gold. This
gold Is of 20 carat quality, beaten to a thin
ness Of one two hundred and forty thou
sandth part OF an inch, and to cover the
eIpanse Of the dome about 5000 worth Of
1t is necessary.
To pay for the work of distributing this
gold over the surface of the dome requires
a little more than another 5000. thus max
ing the total cost OF the establishment
something less than one mill apiece were
1t divided up among the inhabitants of
Boston proper.-Boston Transcript.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04

moment we expected the roof would go.
Crash! The upper part Of an inner glass
door had blown in. There was q stampede
for that part of tho house. for the wind
must be kept out at all costs. Sofa cush-
ions, sheets, blankets from the beds. all
were reQuisitioned to stuff the broken
panes. We had hardly finished before
there was a terrific noise in the base
ment. and such a shouting in Chinese that
one could hear the boys above the din
OF the storm. It was the door OF the
cooks room which had burst its hinges
and bolts, and once the wind had found
an entry II made the most of its oppor-
tunity. Twenty-seven panes OF glass clat-
tered to the ground in the basement before
they got the door wedged back into place,
with great difficulty. But there was little
time to think Of the servants. for we had
our own troubles upstairs. The wind sud
denly veered round until the full force
seemed to be coming from the southwest,
and the front of the house began to feel
1t. The hall door was straining on its
hinges. and we had to improvise struts and
pile heavy furniture behind it to help its
resistance to the wind. Then a rush up
stairs. for a bathroom window had
crashed in, and the door was straining.
Every moment the wind was increasing in
fury, but the roof held. Between 3 and 4
o'clock the typhoon was at its height. and
1t is impossible to describe the sense of
helplessness one feels in such a wild raging
Of the elements. Sleep was out OF the Ques-
ton until the wind abated toward morn
ing, and we rested a little. a. tired, sorry
looking household. encamped in the safest
part OF the house.
With the morning the storm died away
almost suddenly. and we were able TO
congratulate ourselves that the danger was
over and that we had escaped with com
pHratively little damage. Outside the house
a changed landscape shivered under the
gray sky, where little storm clouds still
scudded along at a great pace. The trees
were stripped of their leaves and showed
gaping wounds where the branches had
been torn away, II they had not them
selves succumbed to the force of the wind.
The paths were strewn with leaves and
branches, flower pots In fragments. and
tiles from the roofs; a long hedge OF tree
hydrangeas had broken near the roots ana
hung Imply over the path. while the Leaf
less bamboos bent dejectedly 20 the ground.
Our ~neighbors had been less fortunate than
ourselves, for one had his basement ana
all the verandas completely wrecked. while
another had lost the greater portion Of
his roof, and the debris and the rain had
done great damage to most Of the ooms.-
Leslie's Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-04
WAR ON THE GAME HOG
Change of Public Sentiment DrivinH
the Animal from His .
Trough.

q. o. Shields, president OF the league
of American Sportsmen, in describing the
war against the game hog in Golfers
Weekly, says:
Until recently any man who made a
big killing Of game or who caught a
big string Of fish FASTENED to tell all
his friends about 1t. But a great re-
vulsion of public sentiment has changed
all of this. Now, II q man begins to tell
of a big killing or a big catch in the
presence of half a dozen men, some ono
Of them is lead sure to call him down;
to ask him If he does not know that that
sort of thing is passe and that he Is put
ting himself out OF the class of, gentle
men by such killing. Then the man takes
in his slack and goes away and concludes
to say nothing more about his big bag.
In every case where 1 got authentic re-
ports and photographs l printed them
and branded the killers as. in my judg-
ment, they deserved.
did not use the newspaper clippings
without first verifying. l would write
the men who were mentioned, stating
that I had been informed they had killed
or had caught so and so, and asking them
If the report was correct. Many of them
did not know 1t was loaded, and replied
in enthusiastic and -self-laudatoTy terms
that they did make these great killings or
catches. Some of them would send pho
tographs to prove It and others offered
to send them II I wanted them. These
letters would appear in the next issue OF
my magazine, together with the pictures,
II any had been furnished. and each man
would get his number in the game-hog
book.
One bad man from Wyoming, who hap
pened to be in the city when my denunci-
alton of him appeared in print. came to
the office and demanded a retraction. l
told him TO go to-yOu can guess where.
He said he did not want to muss up my
office and alarm the women who were
employed there. but that he would wait
for me at the foot of the stairs. I ooked
at the clock and saw It was 1910. l
told him 1 should go to lunch at 1880.
and that n he was on the sidewalk al
that time he would get all that was coN-
ing TO him. When went out he was not
in sight.
Calling names is always a disagreeable
duty TO a peace-loving man. In this case
it became necessary in order to check the
destroyers.
When you go after wild geese you dc
not use No. IL shot. When you hunt
grizzlies you do not use a .22-caliber
rifle. You would not hunt elephants Of
rhinoceroses with the same gun you
would use to unit deer in the Adiron'
dacks. In any case, you would use q
weapon and ammunition adequate to the
purpose
When you talk to gentlemen you use
polite English, but when you talk to
brutes who slaughter game as q avage
dog rehds a flock OF sheep. that is diff
ferent. That IL when you should call 3