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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-15

Mrs. NJ. A. Mclaughlin, 512 Jay
St, LaCross, Wis, writes that she
suffered all kinds of pains in her
back and hips on account of kid
ney trouble and rheumatism. -
got some of Foley's Kidney Pills
and after taking them for a few
days there was a wonderful change
in my case, for the pain entirely
left my back and hips and am
thankful there is such a medicine
rs Foley's Kidney Pills"
Curtin Drug Co, North side Of
Square. Curlin's Pharmacy, West
side of square. d&W
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-15
Town $50 Years Old.

Athol, Mass, June IA week S
celebration of the 150th anniver-
sary of the founding of the town
of Athol will be ushered in tomor-
row morning with anniversary SER
vices in all the churches. Parades,
band concerts, athletic contests and
historical exercises will fill out the
week.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-15
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. TEXAS INDUSTRIAL NOTES.


Austin-The Imperial Fire IN
surance company of Denver. Colo
rado, has been granted a permit
to do business in Texas; capital
stock, $230,000
Waco-The contract for the cree
ton of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railways shops and termin-
ais has been Jet and work is ex-
pected to start at an early date.
Beeville-Ten thousand acres of
land near this city recently solo
for 100000.
Houston-The recos Valley Oh
and Gas company has been organ
/ lied with headquarters at Houston
i capital stock 100000
Sabine--A permit to do busine!
, in Texas has been granted the Eal
> Texas Oil Company, headquarters
, at Sabine; capital stock 100000
Hereford-Survey work on tn
new railroad line between Benjs
4 mine and Crosbyton has been fin
| ished.
DaIIas-Ruring the fiscal year
ending May 81, this city has is
sued s5,409,665 in building per-
mits.
have been struck on a farm near
here at depth of nine-four feet
and to be now standing thirty feet
in the well.
Rockport- The surveying crew of
the Middle-Buster has arrived in
this city, completing the survey
from Quanah to tidewater.
Galyeston-The federal govern
ment has decided to have the Gal
weston harbor deepened to a depth
or thirty-four feet The work is
expected to be completed by Sep
TENDER LIST.
San Antonio-A new record has
been made in the construction work
on the Medina irrigation project.
During the month of May, over
$500 cubic yards of material
were placed.
Wichita Falls-The Henry Oil
company of Chicago has been grant
ed a permit to do business in Texas
with headquarters in this city; cap
ital stock 100000.
Brady-The new union passen,
ger depot on the joint track of the
Santa Fe and the Frisco has been
opened for service.
Corpus Christi-The San Anton
10 Machine and Supply company has
let the contract for branch ware
house in this city.
Brenham-The Brennan Gas
company has filed articles of in
corporation with the secretary or
state capital stock 100000.
Hamilton-Work has been start
ed on the Cotton Belt railroad de-
pot in this city, The building will
be constructed of fireproof mater
ial
Paris-Every public road leading
into this city is being dragged by
members of the Paris Automobile
club
San Benito The Brownsville
Truck Growers association has in
stalled packing station in this
city.
Brownsville-The contract for
the canal to drain approximately
5000 acres near here has been let
and work is expected to start at
once.
Harlingen-The tree nurseries
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-15
Farms For Sale.

No 400 acres Of good land sale Pluto, Ellis
$50 in cultivation balance pasture, vel
improved water and wood. Price $4,000 per acre, OF
| easy terms.
No $50 frst-class black land May
pa ne arres d Wood Ths bargain
$3.50. 90 terms.
No 8 80 acres of good black land two miles west from
Waxahachie, fair improvements plenty of water nearly
all in cultivation 1t will pay you to look at this farm
Price 500 90 per easy terms.
No acres of good black land Gqnter in Gray
son County; nearly all in cultivation This is bargain
at $4,000 per acre, on easy terms.
No $3.50 acres good black sandy land Savoy in Fan
min County l2O acres in fine meadow 25o acres IN cult
walton, balance in pasture, splendid improvements
Price 5000 per acre, on easy terms.
from Caddo Mills Hunt County, 80 acres in cultivation
balance in pasture, enough timber for fire wood well
improved, plenty of water This is bargain at 94o'OV
per easy terms.
No. 7-18o acres black waxy land mixed with white rock
u miles southwest from Midlothian $50 in cult
vaton 80 in pasture, good improvements, plenty
of water. Price $50. 90 per acre. on easy terms
No 8-122 acres good black waxy land. mile southwest
from Ovia 100 acres in cultivation, balance in pasture
well improved plenty of water Price $4,000 per acre,
easy terms.
No $3.50 acres good red loamy soil miles from Dundee
in Baylor County; sets of improvements, about 100
acres cultivation balance in pasture, on pubhc road
This is bargain at S35. 90 per acre.
No 10-123 acres first class black land Caddo Mills in
Hunt County splendid improvements nearly all IN cul-
tivation near church and school, This IS a splendid
home Price SIS 90 per acre, easy terms
We have list of farm lands for sale easy terms
and at great bargains Write US what you want
!. j. Cole & Co.
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-04
HANDS CRACKED AND B j .l:I

4. st. Clair Mo.-"My trouble began
about fifteen years ago. It was what
some claimed eczema The form the
disease worked under was breaking
out with, watery blisters on my hands
which would then dry and scale. and
then would follow the trouble Of
cracking and bleeding. also itching
and hurting. My hands were disfig-
ured at the time, and sore. The trou-
BILE was very annoying, and disturbed
my sleep. This last February It was
ever 10 much worse than before. !
did not do all my work on account Of
the condition OF my hands. could
not put them in water without max
ing them worse. ! tried lot OF home
remedies also salves and liniments
that claimed to be q cure for the
trouble. but I did not obtain a cure.
AT last saw the advertisement for
Cuticura Soap and Ointment. I sent
for q sample. thought they would
cure, so I sent for a nfty-cent box OF
Cuticura Ointment and some CUT.
.cura Soap. A doctor advised me to
keep ahead with the Cuticura Soap
and Ointment and they cured me com.
,pletely. No trace of the trouble re-
mains" (signed) Mrs. Mary Taylor.
Mar. 20, 1912. &,
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept Il Boston"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-04
( Pleasant Rainy Day,

Az a very little girl was much
depressed by stormy weather and
hated rainy days. Then when was
nine went to live with Great-Auht
Huldah. On disagreeable afternoon
she would be sure to say. Such q
horrid day! must have something
good for supper" And she always
did.
So my point Of view changed and
l began to look forward with pleasure
to having stormy weather. Now that
have children of my own profit
BY that experience and always con-
trive to have some little delicacy on
rainy nights. It may be waffles or a
loaf Of their favorite chocolate cake.
II l haven't time for that; arrange
to have them make candy or pop corn
after supper. md that my husband
enjoys the surprise" almost as much
as the children, and rainy evening
Is a real festivity In our house
Housekeeper.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-04
N. MAST Z. TREES i FOR 1 THE CROWN
Mark Of the Broad Arrow Was
Placed on Pines In the Plym-
out Colony.

In the provincial charter Of 1891.
under which the Plymouth colony and
the province of Maine we're united
with Massachusetts,, 1t was provided
that all trees of the diameter of "a
inches and upward OF IL inches from
the ground, growing upon land not
heretofore granted to any private per-
son, should be reserved to the crown
for the furnishing of masts for the
royal navy. Harper's Weekly OBJ
serves.
A surveyor general of woods was ap-
pointed to see that this provision of
the charter was carried into effect.
Near the coast all white pines of suit
able dimensions were marked with the
BROAD arrow"-three cuts through the
bark with an ak, like the track OF q
crow. This was the kings mark.
Long after the revolution had oblit-
Grated the royal authority men who
had been taught in boyhood to re-
spect the kings mark hesitated to cut
such trees. IS
In telling a tree it was necessary
to "bed 1t" to prevent its breaking.
This was done by cutting the small
growth and placing small trees across
the hollow, SO that there should be
no strain upon one section more than
upon another when the monster pine
struck ground. fs,i K
The mast was hauled out of the
woods on one strong sled, whether In
winter or summer. and so many oxen
were required that the hind pair were
often choked in crossing hollow, be-
Ing hung up In their yoke by the pull
ing OF those ahead OF them.
A mast hauling was a great event,
SIP SuIYlsM uIq9IA 1poqAI7AS puu
lance came to see 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-04
Had Confidence : III c Christians.

n DR.. Courtney, H. Fem sof Picking;
relates e. significant incident Of the
recent disorders in China, says the
Far East. 4 At Paotingfu the local
banks were 80 much frightened at
tho revolutionary outlook that they
suspended every sort OF payment
across their counters. Not even gov
ernment officials nor teachers Of gov
eminent schools were able to get
money: for necessary expenses. But
a missionary in the city found 1t i'm.
po-tant to obtain 5000 for current out
lay at the mission. and he sent mes
senger with an appeal for this sum.
Greatly to his surprise, the messen-
ger returned with $500 in currency
and an offer from the bankers OF $500
more II the mission would be kind
enough to take it.. The bankers were
in serious doubt whether. the govern.
:ment was going to continue or not,
but they were entirely confident that
Christian missions would persist.
and that money loaned to the mission
aries was really safer than in their
own Golfers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-04


chusetts was devoted to fervent ad-.
yocacy Of the general notion of indus.
trial amelioration and general denun-
citation OF the courts for preventing It,.
He has no monopoly OF this matter
His criticism of the courts is based
on Misrepresentation. on exaggeration,.
and Is singularly sophistical. a rea-
sonable analysis OF his professions
and his ideas. so far as he has con-
scented to define them, shows q very:
pale and Intellectual conception OF the
great subject with which he Is UNDER
taking to deal. That analysis will be
made in the course OF the next two
months. The American people will
not take high sounding and. for the
moment, telling protestations Of supe-
rior humanity as proof Of Mr.. Roose-
velt's peculiar fitness for the Presi-
'dency-N. " Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-04
Rea, Greatness.

{ A great man is always willing to be
little. While he sits on the cushion
Of advantage he goes to sleep. When
he is pushed, tormented, defeated. he
has chance to learn something. He
has been put on his wits, on his man
hood. He has gained facts, He learns
his ignorance is cured OF thttSstnsanity
OF conceit; has got moderation and
real skill. The wise man always
throws himself on the side OF his as
sailants. It Is more to his interests
than it is to theirs to ind his weak
point. The wound cicatrizes and falls
OF from him like dead skin. and
when they who would triumph, 10! he
has passed on invulnerable. AS long
as all that Is said against me, feel
certain assurance Of success: but as
soon as honeyed words Of praise are
spoken for me, I feel as one that lies
unprotected before his enemies
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-04
DEVELOPING The GRIP
SIMPLE AND AT THE SAME TIME
BENEFICIAL EXERCISE.
Utilize the Read Newspaper In Health
ful Way, and Muscular Power,
Astonishing In it's Volume
. Will Result.

After you have read your morning
paper and want to rest your brain
by a little exercise In which the
newspaper may still play an import
ant part, the writer suggests that you
adopt the method of a friend in New
York city. It lis simple, yet quite
ingenious. as 1t stimulates energy
in mild way and Is especially help
full on mornings when you do not feel
inclined to exert your strength.
Take in each hand a corner of an
ordinary sheet OF newspaper and
crumple 1t up until the four corners
are brought into the palms Of your
hands. forming paper balls. Avoid
assisting in the process by pressing
the hands against the body. The re-
suit is surprising. Every muscle will
be brought into sympathy with the
muscles Of the forearm In the EFFORT
to secure the last corner Ito COM
pletely hide the sheets In your hands.)
Your nervous force and blood circula-
ton are thus pleasantly: stimulated.
Practice this from one to two min
utes, beginning slowly and gradually
increasing in speed. s.
When you have succeeded In form
Ing these paper balls you can use
them in the same manner, as you
would use a grip machine; that is,
grasp them as tightly az you can and
then release the grip without open
ing the fingers entirely, repeating this
alternate action grasping and releAs-
.ing-about seventy-hve times min
ute. BY so doing you will develop
q powerful grip. Simple as this pa
per grip machine seems it is superior
In many ways to many: of the manu-.
featured devices. i 5.s
This exercise does not make the
hands callous nor does It enlarge or
deform the joints. 1t messages the
flesh of the inside Of the hands, in
Guiding the thumb. and gives them
beautiful outlines. 4. &
a The gentleman who discovered this
novel form OF exercise puts It to q
practical test in the winter season.
He carries these paper balls in his coat
pocket ard keeps his hands warm by
the exercise Of grasping them tightly
and rapidly. He has developed such
strength in his fingers thereby that
he has no difficulty In tearing a cor
ner on full deck Of cards or Of
lifting with one finger good-sized
man by the belt. Il. "
There is something decidedly fas-
cfnating in the exercise Try It.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-04
WAS TIME TO CALL a HALT
Ice Law Justified BY Acts Of
s3S, Public Servants.

The Democratic members OF con.
gress have committed themselves to
a modification of the civil service law
which limits tenure CT Office Of gov.'
eminent employees to seven years.
This modification appears to have
been suggested by the results Of in
vestigations Of the executive depart
ments which. in round numbers, en-.
ploy $4,000 people resident in Wash,
ington alone. Through organization
these employees have established condi-
lions and exerted Influences which,
the Democrats do not believe yield to
the government the highest degree of
efficiency. The Democrats may be
right. Il a
There is no doubt whatever that the,
Democrats have pretty good grounds
for assuming the position they have.
Even though their claims concerning
the efficiency OF civil service protect
ed employees should not be wholly sus-
tanned by critical examination of serv-
Ice rendered, the fact remains that
there are approximately 100000 men
and women scattered over the coun-
try who yield political service to the
administration to which they owe APP
pointment, and to the party which Sc
cured such appointment. It 10 noto-
rious that during the ante-convention
campaign Just concluded there were
no more active partisans than those
holding federal Office. The tendency
Of civil service protection is toward
license, which, carried to extremes.
would prove mischievous in this coun-
try. Even Grover Cleveland de-
nounced "pernicious activity on the
part OF such employees. Z, s<.5 I
The underlying principle OF civil
service is reward for efficiency and
faithfulness in official duties. II it's
protection OF office holders extended
only SO far, 1t would give the country
thoroughly trained high class public
servants II its prohibitions were
more vigorously enforced there would
be less "pernicious activity" in politi-
cal affairs. But they are not. Wheth-
er 1t be the fault Of the administration
or the party in power, public servants
have been becoming political bosses
to such an extent that the Democrats
have had the courage to call q halt.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-04

York City. Certain British laws must
be repealed before it-can be recovered.
however. It is In one Of the out-of-
way places of the world and very lit.
tie is known by the general public
about it. The superstitious French
fishermen, unchanged in a hundred
and fifty years, still await the return
OF the fierce pilot to claim his own.
@ The Rock of Perez, named for the
adjacent fishing village. is one OF the
true natural wonders of our continent.
When some CONFUSION Of nature rent
the coast this rock was split from the
nearby mountain and left standing. a
grim monument to the caprice Of the
gods Of sea and land. Several hun.
dred feet high, with a comparatively
nat top, its sides are beetling and one
side is about two hundred feet higher
than the other. Once it was pierced
by three arches through any one Of
which a small ship might sail. but now
one OF these has collapsed. leaving
only the two huge galleries. III IA
Captain Duval was a French priva-
teer who returned only small por-
ton OF his loot from English and 9TH
er ships to the French authorities.
and after the declaration Of peace he
becume an out-and.out pirate. He
protected the French fishermen and
was generous with them They, in
their turn, protected him as the Eng
lish peasant protected Dick Turpin.
At last he was hard pressed by the
English. and having in his service a
Mtcmac Indian who knew a secret
trail to the supposedly inaccessible
Rock Of Perez, he collected all his
caches Of treasure in the maritime
provinces and brought them to Perez.
The Indian carried a line to the top
OF the rock and hauled up block and
fall. Then two prisoners were hauled
up. and next Duval himself. Boats
containing the great treasure chests
stood BY below. 5s{5. II:
The tradition is that they. were a
day ano a moonlight night getting 1t
all up. Then the Indian was sent
down and Duval himself was lowered
away. His rapier was dripping with
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-04

lose treasure Is to bury 1t, 1t seems.
The earth in some mysterious way
spreads q mantle OF oblivion which
can not be pierced by the memory OF
man and takes back to her bosom the
treasure that was wrested from her.
The other area Is in the east, be-
ginnig at about Camden. N. j., and ex-
tending north to Albany and thence
to Portland. Maine. In that field lived
the rich Royalist and Tory families.
The sudden turning Of the tide found
the Tories in possession Of great
quantity of gold coin, gold and silver
plate and jewels. and fearing they
would lose these. they buried them
and then fed. Comparatively little OF
dotted thickly with localities where
search would be highly profitable. OF
them I can mention few only. r.
At Sound Beach. Conn.,, lives Mrs.
Jane Louden. 101 years Of age. Her
husband, knowing that on the home
farm a wealthy Tory family had buried
gold, hunted, until he found several
pots containing several thousand dol
lars each A neighbor also acquired
sudden wealth which he did not ex-
plain. Every one knew there was a
great Joint family cache somewhere
near. ,s tE
1t was known for many years that
on Lord Edmeston's estate near West
Edmeston, n. \ Y, his personal repre-
sentative. Perdifer Carr, had buried a
treasure. The property known as the
Burdick Farm, having been bought by
Henry F. g Burdick In. 1850, was the
site. In 1904 a tenant named Cheese.
borough plowed into q case Of china
and glass. breaking half OF it before he
realized what the obstruction was. By
reason OF design and quality the re-
mainder. however, was worth small
fortune to dealers In antiques. It was
the Edmeston ware. The law suit that
followed for possession made the case
famous. Where Is the remainder o.
the treasure !? .}tsii a. f.
Joel Coryell, sexton at Romulus, N.
Y, digging a grave on what was
Tory estate in 1875. found large
quantity OF money in an old pot. Inc
grave belonged to Thomas Mann, but
Coryell kept the gold.
Walter Butler. the notorious Mo
hawk Valley Tory, returned to the, val
ley at the end of the war with force
OF Tories and Indians to dig up the
treasures he had buried and those that
had been buried by other wealthy
Tories who had told him where to re-
cover 1t in their behalf. When he had
finished his work and was returning.
the pursuing Colonials under Colonel
Marinus Willet, overlook the treasure
squad beyond Johnson's Hall on the
bank OF the West Canada in northern
Herkiuler county.
The treasure was too heavy for the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-09-04

fleeing party SO it was dumped In the
shadows and horses were ridden
through the water to make 1t muddy.
Butler was killed, the raiders driven
away and the spoils await present-day.
seekers.
While there is some doubt AZ to au-
thenticity, there Is said to be a $16.-
100000 cache Of Spanish doublons,
buried by Captain Kidd, on Esopus
Island In the Hudson river, not far
from New York City, while at the very
gate OF New York is a forgotten treas
ure Of many hundreds Of thousands.
This famous treasure was lost when
the British frigate Hesarar, q pay ship
sent in for the British soldiers during
the revolutionary war, went down in
the East river. It will be easy to look
up the old Admiralty records and get
the full information that may lead to
the finding Of the treasure.
The facts pertaining to Hopper
Smiths horde are as follows: der
Hopper" was very brutal and much
feared knight Of the road on the west
shores Of the Hudson from Nyack to
the Catskills and he robbed the
wealthy Dutch In an unmerciful man.
ner. He had no opportunities for
spending his ill-gotten wealth and
boarded it somewhere. At last he was
captured and before his execution at
Newburg confided to keeper who had
been kind to him that he had sacks of
gold and silver and jewels buried in a
spot on Storm King Mountain. just
north of Cornwallon-the Hudson, some
thirty-five miles north Of New York
City. No search has ever been made.
In the hey-day Of Mississippi river
steamboat traffic, a great deal of sun.
ken treasure accumulated in the Ohio,
Cumberland. ID nnessee. Missouri, Red
and Arkansas rivers. A pay boat on
its way to Grants army at Vicksburg
with more than two million dollars
aboard was fired by some Of her crew
who meant to rob her. The paymas-
ter's men defended the money till the
boat sank. James B. Eads, who built
the Eads bridge at st. Louis and the
Eads jetties at the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi, invented an apparatus by use
of which he could reach some Of the
treasure-wrecks In shallow water and
! recovered several million dollars. All