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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

The following appeal FROM lutiin re
celyed by the lord mayor II printed IN
the city Press
MAY II please your loriahp that
am very indian. and | belong g. tho
Brshman caste owing to my rover
Is and unhealthlness cannot earn
money 10y any profession. Including
me there ar, eight fn.mlcrs In nay
large. poor and pltiabIc fafnily-my
paternai grandmother. my maternal
nndmother, my mother my aunt.
myself. my wife. ihy first daughter,
my second daughter Moreover /
must perform marriage for my two
daughters.
80 II ! have at least f2.pD as a
capital for my large. poor and pitiable
family | can invest this amount In the
safest bank and | can maintain my
large poor and pitiAble family by the
interest on this capital. SO | must
humbly request your lordship to re
gard me as your lordship's own sou
and send me at least $1,000 ~ your
lordships earliest convenience. | am
IN earnest. ain In earnest. | am In
earnest. London Standard
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

To cui np hlplupoianua IL no EASY
task w ssinp places the hide lE ~.
most two and n half Inches thick and
before you have got through hand $
breadth your knife has completely lost
its edec and requires 10 bc rcsharp.
nncd Tho bend aui the feet ARE put
on one side Ca be preserved as trophies
~ the chase. while the remainder OF
the flesh II rui Into long. thin strips,
which. after they have been dried by
hanging them on he tree branches.
will keep good for n very long time.
The ivory ~ the teeth aud tusks.
which IS of very fine quality. used to
be employed almost exclusively IN the
manufacture of false teeth Nova.
days. says the Wide World Magazine.
II Is turned to all the purposes Of ordi-
nary ivory As for the hide, cut into
strips II Is made into sticks. which are
~ good defensive weapons as one
could wish to possess Treated with
oil. they become transparent rs tortoise
shell and look quite pretty. out Of
hippopotamuS hide bullock drivers
likewise make thongs for their whips
which are positively everlasting and
fetch relatively speaking quite q good
price
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

The first meeting of the season be-
tween Texas Christian University
and Trinity University took place
Monday afternoon on the local dia-
mond, and resulted in victory for
the Waco team by a score of to 2
The weather was ideal for the game
and the attendance was large. The
game was slow all the way through
two hours and thirty minutes being
required to play the nine innings
Edmonson for Trinity and l.. Drucke
10 Texas Christian University did
the slab work. Both pitchers were
hit literally, but Trinity's hits did
not come when they We're needed.
In the last inning Drucke lost con
troll of his delivery and hit three
men and gave one base on balls.
Score.
T. c. L. 90. 0 o 0 0 ! 0 2 OF
Trinity 80. o 0 o 0 0 0 -
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04
II Silicon Were q Gas.

Whistler at West Point seems to
have had II sort OF subconscious knowl-
edge OF his destiny. and this gave him
an utter indifference to everything not
consonant with It. Here he was fail
itation that silicon II a gus" discour-
aged his chemical instructor and was
one OF the nnal blows to his military
career. As Whistler says himself. If
silicon had only been II gas he might
have become n major general. But the
fates were against 1t.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

In discovering The failings or eccen-
trlcitles of person Hawaiians not
only show perspIcacity. but an aptness
In applying nickname to the one
possessing such characteristics. The
politician who changes his faith too
often is called a squid (octopusl. One
species Of this animal Is caught by the
aid Of II torchlight in shallow water.
While a bag net is held some distance
In front of It. so that 1t can conven-
iently run into 1t and be caught II Is
prodded behind by the fisherman's
foot: Sometime al he squId will go dl.
r ru fo eve ept , Ds1ga !. VI" Of
being sSeshe1~to point within two
feet OF ,,ae net, when 1t will suddenly
turn about and 90 back TO Its starting
place Then it Is likely to describe q
right, left or oblique angle always
contrary TO the iisherman's desire. So
In Hawaiian metaphor the politician
or candidate who switches from the
straight track is Il squid Paradise OF
the Pacific"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

uta nessi lh hls AlaHr tfs
o. fHa fsle bF tl WH IL
#faw iaia 20 9eHa nfH "a
aast "a tsIttr hff A"f
Hf t f f
" aNt fW
NlHF hHw #sl * $3.50
ih faH Wtt ft1 hf De- Ht hlg
ai mde af ivla NH
ta rH hrs fauH 81 siis ls#t , cas-
ta Ft1 iHeet t'ef hap : shsss b. :
aaitb aHA gB nHtuf tnaw vNst b.
tlH
iiHiA un ttbd aiu ie hsnssi
~ : waHt ia Boz uftltt dead fi
hee sut PARDON i'd you sst
something
saa ata tiehi said sineihiaa
In u.t rsita i3 ruu the Hst ~ siat
lns tete 1su take ihis tefth and lot
tnt 49, up iacft
On. doat iet me dlsrasarsa sea
sias right whefe ton nfr v mas NOT
fali sometimes dooant
esomciimes deesn1' Here. iet n1e
St ~ theee
"Wcn " sou Insist -"
'flnsisi' / should ihluk DO
tliuied the ladder snd fnssei
prettt much ~ nlghi II was the por.
ter who lf,ike he news g. mc the next
day ~ how I had bcrn the victim ~
TINT INT mans guile
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

Real country folk are very tender In
their dealings with the birds that live
near them. In the course OF my OK
perience, extending over many years.
| have never known n case OF wanton
cruelty occur IN regard to wild birds
The laboring man, whose work so of
ten lies far from the haunts of men,
seeks companionshlp with the birds
or these none Is more friendly than
the robin, which Is sure to appear,
however lonely the place. - Cornhill
Magazine.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

AS used nowadays by the newspn'
pers the word interview is said to have
been the invention OF Joseph McCul-
lngh of st. Louis, and, according to the
Encyclopedia Britannica, 1t became
popular In England In the early nine
ties. But II was known before that
A writer on the subject In the Nation
of 1869 was possibly the first to use
the word IN Its present sense or tax
with II representative Of the press. --
Chicago News,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

News was received in WaNahachi,
today that Joe Brown died In For
Worth this morning Mr. Brown for
merly resided IN WaXahachie and fol
IA number OF years was head tailor
for Matthews Bros lie had many
friends here who will regret TO learr
OF his death MIR Brown was a mem
Der of the Benevolent and Protec
tive Order OF Elks and served the
Waxahachie lodge as exalted ruler
The lodge sent 3, f Thornhill and
Mino Busby TO Fort Worth 70 assist
in the funeral arrangements.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04
A Card.

This Is to certify that all drug
gists are at thorized to refund your
money If Foleys Honey and Tar
fails to cure your cough or cold, It
stops the cough, heals the lungs and
prevents pneumonia and consum2-
ton Contains no opiates, The genu-
inc Is In yellow package, b. W.
Fearis
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

II wish, John" said the editors wife,
that you'd try not 70 be so absent
minded when we are dining out"
"Eh2 What have l done now1'
why, when the hostess asked you
II you'd have some more pudding you
replied that owing to n tremendous
pressure on your space you were com
PEELED to decline. - London Tit-Bits
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

5. IT, Jack. Corsicana: G. S. Sto.
ner, Katy, +. r. Gwynn, Fort
Worth; Z. p Flagg, Dallas; d. W
Story, Dallas. Red Adams, Fort
Worth, J b, Green, Fort Worth: f.
II. Dewey, Houston, r. +. Hether-
iugton Dallas; A. F. Forgotson, Dal-
las a. c. Perkins, H. c. Barnard,
T.. G. Hardy, f, Baldwin, o. Drucke,
l.. Drucke, NJ. A. Baldwin. r. r.
Randall T.. Kerr. w. p. Witt, r.
Morton r. Lamonica, r. G. L. Base
ball club; j. r. Howell. Kansas
city; G +. Mcknight, Waco; Geo
o. Brewer, Dallas; Julian Open
heimer, st. Louis; f. w. SWIM ~
las; r e Hewitt, Dallas:-
an, Dallas, c. Il. -
Blooming Grove; e. n. Scott .1.1I
j w. Weatherford Ennis; l. JoJ
lesch, Ennis; Mrs Webster, Hous
ton; y. DuPre. Dallas; Il, H. Aurelis
st. Joseph; c. E. Davidson, Dallas
w. A Ryan, Paris Mrs. G, Latti
mer, l.. L. Lattimer r. n. Templetor
and wife J Baldrdge, Ennis.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04


Two quaint figures nre carved on the
two top pews and reading desk Of
Swaffham church. According to leg
end, Il tinker had n dream bidding him
go TO London bridge and stranger
would reveal TO him how to find n pot
Of money. so Off he went with his
dog. and ut the bridge stranger
stopped him. saying Last night had
dream bidding me go to Swafham
and dig In such and such place and
there find pot OF money. but don't
believe In dreams" Then back went
the tinker, dug for aud found the pot
as described and also an inscription
bidding him dig deeper which he ala.
and found another, and with them re-
stored Swaffham church The cary
ings were put up TO perpetuate his
memory London strand
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

sss~s~~e~~
tsoNsis
49,. go:
uf ab8 Vts 3 ntaa, ere va ibal
iaH iodat
j 90 uaot ~ West spcui SUNDAY
Boz lbr atf
pt - lose ~ss passenger 10
nanas tbls morning
Vance, % kemblc and " p nn.
lups veut 60 Dallas this morning
NH e onega aud daughter
Mis- Matte are virl'ine lr Dallas to-
dat
Royal a Ferris Of Dallas Ia here
10 attend he funeral Of Capt " u
Cetzendaner
MTN. y. hoh mas gone TO faltas
+ TO spend q month with her daughter
4 Mrs Lowery
/ Tom Hatfield aud joe Daniel went
I to Dallas this morning to attend a
/ gun cub shoot
/ MIR and Mrs. T. y Tcmpleton
Mrs c. Lattimer, l.. l.. Lattimer. J
/ Baldridge and j w. Weatherford OF
/ Ennis are in the city to attend the
/ funeral of Capt. W II Getzendaner
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04
vicarious Oscillation.

He was having some words with her
chaperon
"11l-rll kiss her right under your
nose" he said deiiuntly
"Oh, well" said that lady, "vicnrlous
kissing like that | can see no objection
to-" BOSTON Transcript,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04
Something New.

We have placed in stock a line of
alcohol stoves and sad Irons. Also
denatured alcohol to use IN these
utilities. Please call and examine
them. The Oldham Hardware Co, 20
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

Hicks CAPUDINE Is the best
relieves the aching ana
feverlshness cures the Cold ana
restores normal conditions. It's nu-
hid effects Immediately. lOc,, zoe.
and b0c at drug stores. ait
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

Him Ana you won't go with mef
Her No. don't Ike rnur style. HIN
Pooh! You're as r. ( airs as
street piano. Her--Magbe, but don't
go with crank Cleveland Leader
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

Father (angrilyl-lf my son marries
that adventures shall cut him or
absolutely, and YOU can tell him so
Legal Adviser--l know better plan
than that tell the girl Exchange.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

Augustus Hello, old mani How are
you and how are your people and Nil
that sort OF silly rot?-- London Globe.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04
Nsticc.

Having been appointed city scav-
enger YOU viii please report any
thing pertaining to that oitice TO
old phone 1Si or A. A, FEW, Bop
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

.sss

NaHhm paHam fa u
pmrt a. ca Hss
ftar a.
% vs. wAwnt uHuauBf ata
tsUdef ~
aa tbs ets ,utssastef st p H
tfoat No n
tta usdlam srsy fat srHua
r'ssnlhe nesft : Ron ~
rlahtosn POLLS toHel rHpsf snd
haldaf fer o. n0 nt ptunt GO N
nug stut floor of from y g
rtonA Go Al Minds rflees cay
dova n
roma'o and cabbage plants shd
sweet potato slips g5c per ieo mira
Fotreai ~
when yoH need r. piumher cali
nuukley with y 9 Cronk Co Both
Phones 50
Ice cream 2tc per uuaft Va pals.
Nonc bother From factory TO con
sumner Ealitorium II
Who makes plans aud builds mod
etu homes7 see 5. Erwin. contrac-
tor. Once phone 800 n
Mrs Dalton has Just received a
/ beautiful lot of the very latest crea-
tions in ladies head gear. %
/ All kinds of yard plants ready.
/ Get them started before the hot
weather ONES. Bird Forrest. II
Either phone. No az. will get the
/ Waxahachie Livery and Transfer co.
/ Prompt attention given to all calls. #
Phone the Waxahachie Livery and
Transfer Co. when you want a trunk
| or baggage of any kind hauled.
! Phone 40. II
| The Citizens National Bank Is
closed today out of respect to Capt
W II .Getzendaner. one of the
stockholders and member of the
official board. who died yesterday
morning.
| Our line of hair goods Is com
I plete. We carry bangs. pompadours.
wigs, curls, chignons, rolls. puffs.
hair nets and switches Leave us
samples and we will match your
hair. Respectfully, Mrs. Dalton. 26
Col and Mrs w NJ G. Hill. who
have been staying in Waxahachie
since tly AlSGignaEon. Of heir home
-. ls" "a T1 mere
until their ~ RmeAhas been COM
pleted.
Geraniums, Elephant Ear, Roses,
Cannas, Coleus, Saliva, Petunias,
Border Plants, Asters Feverfew,
Verbena, Phlox, Carnations, Plum
bago, Sweet Allyseum and chrysan-
themums should be planted at once.
We have them, Bird Forrest. tt
If you desire a clear complexion
take Foley's Orion Laxative for con-
stipation and liver trouble as it viii
stimulate these organs and thor
oughly cleanse your system, which Is
what everyone needs in the spring
in order q feel we'll b. W. Fearis. d
Eat Acme Ice Cream. smooth as
velvet firm and tempting; the most
delightful of desserts. The one family
will want the oftenest Delivered in
1-2 and gallon lots TO any part OF
city. Sold by all leading soda foun-
tains. old phone 15i. New Phone
| 49, 20
cool drinks, Lime and Lemonades
Sc. Ice cream and Ice cream sodas >
cents, and all other cold drinks. We
have our own ice cream factory.
Phone us your order for home use.
WIN make TO order any thing YOU
mention. Sherbets, ices and fruit
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

"My dear friend. | beg YOU TO lend
me $40" wrote needy man TO mn &C
auaintNnce, "nnd then forget me for.
ever ! am not worthy to be rcmem
hered Philippines Gossip,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

Where lifo Is more terrible than
death II is the truest vnlor to dare to
live Browne.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

A good conscience IL TO the mind
what health Is to the body Addison.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

For fishing or picnic parties we
aave tallyho. wagonette or any kind
aYf rig you need. WaXahachie Livery
z4nd Transfer Co, Ring 40. II
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04
Fo1eys
Kidney
Remedy

Cures Backache, Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.
IL corrccts irregularities,
strengthens the kidneys so they
awiif eliminate the impurities
@rorn the blood and tones up
tshc whole system.
Commence taking Foley's
kidney Remedy at once and
avoid Bright's Disease or Dia-
zstcs- so. and $500 bottles.
Is. w. FEARS.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

Cool drinks, Lime and Lemonades
SC. Ice cream and Ice cream sodas .
cents, and all other cold drinks. We
have our own ice cream factory.
Phone Ms your order for home use
WIN make TO order any thing YOU
mention. Sherbets. ices and fruit
cream. Eatitorium Ice Cream Fac
tory : I
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

No. 8 leaves ....... 1875 m
Northbound.
No leaves ............ 3 p. m.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

Eat Acme Ice Cream. smooth as
velvet firm and tempting; the most
delightful of desserts The one family
will want the oftenest. Delivered in
1-2 and gallon lots TO any part OF
city. Sold by all leading soda foun-
tains. old phone 15i. New Phone
10. 20
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-05-04

Tom Hatfield aud joe Daniel Wen
TO Dallas this morning to attend Z
gun cub shoot
Lower coast gazette., 1909-11-06
VARIED CROPS HOPE Of SOUTH
Boil Weevil Make Crop Diversified
ton Imperative.

Washington.-Dr. B. T. Galloway,
chief Of the bureau of plant industry,
United States department Of agriculture,
and Prof. Spillman, agriculturjst in
charge of farm management investiga.
tions, bureau of plant industry, both
say that the farmers of the cotton area
Of the Southern states have got to diver
sify their crops or lose out altogether,
as the boil wccvil already has gained a
foothold which makes the diversified
ton of crops absolutely imperative.
These experts say also that diversified
crops does not mean simply that a bet
ter price will be paid for cotton because
of the decrease in the acreage, but that
the money returns from the products Of
the farms will be greatly increased.
Corn is the crop most favored and
recommended for the agricultural region
of which Memphis is the chief trade cen
ter, because the farmers understand its
cultivation; and secondly, indications arr
that the price of corn will remain re
muncrative. Besides corn means liz,
stock, principally hogs, which are Away
a safe and steady money producer.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-11-06
BANK IS BROKEN into S4,0o0,oo0 ON COTTON
BREATHITT FEUDIsTS FIGHT
OVER BALLOTS.
Sheriff in P ursuit of Those Who
Forcibly Took Ballots and Els.
capped to the Mountains.

Jackson, Ky.-Breathitt county, the
seat of a fcud which has been a promi-
nent feature Of the political history for
many years past, is in the throcs of a
campaign which threatens to result in
serious trouble. A full set of county
officers is to be elected, and feeling has
been at fever heat for several weeks
past. This eliminated in the seizure
of the stock of official ballots by a body
of armed men, who forcibly took them
from a local bank, where they had been
deposited for safekeeping, and made off
with them to a small hamlet in an al.
most inaccessible part of the county.
Sheriff Crawford, armed with war
rants for the arrest of S. II. Hurst,
county clerk, and William Sebastian,
summoned a posse and went after the
men and ballots. The sheriff says that
Then-he and his posse approached the
house in which the ballots are alleged
to be held they were covered with sixty
guns in the hands of men who had been
in the party which made the raid on
the ballots in the bank here, and the
sheriff and his men returned to Jack
Lower coast gazette., 1909-11-06
INSULT TO THE SOUTH
BISHOP CHANDLER DENOUNCES
ROCKEFELLER'S GIFT.
South Does Not Need Outside Aid to
Purge Their Brains of Ignorance
and Bowels of Worms.

Atlanta, Ga.-,John D. Rockcfcllcr's
gift of 81 100000 to fight the hook.
worm in the South, has stirred the ire
of Bishop Warren e. Tier Of the South.
ern Methodist Church, who %Icnounccs the
oil ]magna,c's action as an insult to this
section. Bishop Gambler says:
1T is to Lc hoped that cur people will
not be taken by Mr.. Eorkrirll"r's vcrmi
fugr fund and hookworm commission
This habit Of ~%ingling ont the South fol
all sorts nf reforms. remedies and en-
lightcnmrnts is not for our benefit. and
the too ready acceptance OF these thing,
on the part Of Some Of our people IS not
to our credit. Mr.. Rockefeller would
take charge of both our heads and on;
stomachs and purge ON brains of ignor
ancc and our bowels of worms.
'Rockcfcllcr's gift follows a campaign
in sensational magazines to picture ;ht
South as cursed by prllagra and hook
worms. With a million of money and
sensational press engaged in portrayini
our section of the unioE as %accurScd. WI
wonder what other Islander is to he cul
minated against it.
"Donatious may easily, as dum-du,'
bullets, wound where they hit and lcav'
a mortal poison in the hole they maxi
after being received. The South cal
get rid of its alleged worms withou
Rockefeller's million dollar dose of vermi
fupe."
Lower coast gazette., 1909-11-06
PATTON Is LONG BY ABOUT
zoe, 900 BALES.
Every Change of a Point Means
$4,000 to Millionaire
Grain Dealer.

Chicago.-James A. Patten became
approximately $4,000, 900 richer through
a wild rise in American and English
cotton markets Thursday. He is long
about 100000 bales, much Of which he
accumulated when cotton was selling
around 0 cents a pound. An advance to
IA 5-S cents at the opening when shorts
attempted to cover, gives him an aver
age profit Of four cents a pound.
Every change Of a point in the market
means $4,000 to the millionaire grain
trader, who won about $5,000,00O in
wheat on the board of trade last May.
Since last spring cotton has advanced
about five cents, and as a result Patterns
Chicago followers have been richly re.
warded, as they were last spring in
wheat.
With the exception of six years ago,
when cotton sold ut 1866 cents in the
New York market, the present era of
quotations is the highest in the history
of the market.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-11-06
PHENOMENON AT SEA-.
Shaft of Fire Plunged From Heavens
Into Water.

Galveston, Tex.-Thc steamship Disa,
just in from Frontera, Mexico, reports
having witnessed an a~we-inspiring and
terrifying phenomenon when about $50
miles north of the Mexican coast in the
gulf of Mexico on Oct. 81. Whether it
was a shaft of fire or light from heaven
or from the gulf, those who experienced
it could not tell. About 3 o'clock in
the afternoon storm clouds made the
day dark as night. a half mile ahead
appeared the wide band of fire or light,
extending from sky to water and about
a quarter of a mile wide. In the hcav
ems the light reflected the mountain of
surging black clouds, while the sea
boiled.
The crew begged the captain to turn
back, and all stood paralyzcd with fright
as the vessel entered the brilliantly il
Illuminated area. 1t was light enough to
read a paper on deck, and the sea was a
dead calm, while the water was boiling
hot. The fire pond was marked as clea,
as a well, and Immediately after passing
| beyond it the vessel entered a raging
| sea, running mountainous waves and the
| water cold.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-11-06
New Refinery Inspected,

Baton Rouge.-F. A. Weller If
New York, president of the Standard
Oil company of Louisiana, recently
inspected the work that Is being
done in the building of the $4,000
900 refinery that the Standard is
constructing just north of Baton
Rouge. The construction work On
the refinery and upon the pipe line
connecting the refinery with the al
fields of Oklahoma and north Louisi-
ana is being pushed very rapidly,
and everything will be completed
shortly after the 1st of January.
The pipe that is to be used by the
Standard Oil company in crossing the
Mississippi river has been landed
here. The pipe was brought up the
river from New Orleans by boat,
landed at the city wharf, and taken
from there by barge to the point op-
posite the refinery where the cross.
ing will be effected.
The pipe is eight inches in diam
eter, with extra heavy clasps for the
joints, and is of such a make that
it can be placed on the bottom of the
river. 1t will bend before it will
break.
The low stage of the river Is very
favorable for putting down this pipe,
and the work will be completed with
in the next few weeks.