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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-29
VOW 4 MODERN CITY
ts MAHkASLE GROWTH HAS
% BEEN MADE BY kAARTUM.
"a Fourteen Years II Has Risen From,
Ruins to Have population of
SIXTY Thousand and Stately
Public Buildings,

Fourteen years ago the present
sapltai OF the Anglo Egyptian Sudan
vas reduced by Lord Kitchener's
n'ny TO a heap of uninha bited ruins
To-day khartum is one of the most
important cities in Africa; with It's
anVirons, it has over sixty thousand
mia bitants
beautiful esplanade runs for
niles along the bank of the Nile. on
which are many handsome stone and
prick buildings surrounded by gar
lens and groves of palm trees. The
most Interesting of these are the
athedra1. consecrated last January.
he Gordon Memorial college, and the
governors palace
There Is direct railway and steam
'hip connection with Europe through
Sairo, a branch line to the Red Sea.
and another to Ell obeld, capital of
he province of Kordofan. This will
probably soon connect with the
french railways. and so complete q
.ranscontinnental route to the Allan
lie. When the Cape to Carlo line Is
completed Khartum will be the prin-
eipal railway center Of the continent
The value OF its exports and i'm
ports increased in three years from
.welve million dollars 70 nearly
twenty-one million 1t Is the great
.rade emporium and the educational
center of a country almost ten times
az large as Great Britain In the
Gordon Memorial college students
are in training 10 become teachers in
igernaeular schools. Judges In district
courts, engineers or surveyors There
smithWork and carpentry are taught
The college also has research labora-
Ties. where economic products of the
country and its diseases are studied
The principal cause of this unexam.
pied growth is the position Of Khar-
tum at the junction of the two great
rivers that form the Egyptian Nile
The Blue Nile rises in the noun
tains of Abyssinia, and is the sole
source of the floods that are the life
Of Egypt. The White Nile takes its
rise from the great lakes Of Central
Africa and the SHOWS OF the tabled
mountains of the Moon.
Under dispensation of peace and
order the rich nat ural resources of the
country will be rapidly developed.
Much OF the region is admirably
adapted to the raising of cotton.
There are very extensive forests. cap
able OF supplying. among other things,
the very valuable product rubber.
The vast swamps on the White Nile
are to be drained and made cult
vable. When all these things have
been accomplished the new born
khartum viii undoubtedly become
the leading city of Africa in wealth
and population, and in industrial and
educational activities.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-29

We have been in business in this town
for some time, and are looking TO
build up trade by always advising our
patrons right.
So when We tell YOU that VIC have
found the eczema remedy and that we
stand back of it with the manufacturer $
iron clad guarantee backed by ourselves
you can depend upon it that we give our
advice not in order to sell a few bottles
of medicine to skin sufferers, hut be-
cause we know how it will help our
business If we help our patrons.
We keep in stock and SELL all the we'll
known skin remedies. But we will say
this y If you are suffering from any
kind Of skin trouble eczema. psoriasis.
rash or letter, we want you to try full
size bottle Of d. d. d. Prescription.
And, II il does not do the work, this
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-29
SCHOOL FIFTY YEARS AGO
Reminiscent Writer Tells of the Fash.
lonahIe Girls Academy of
Period Of the Past.

| The fashionable girls school Of
fifty years ago was a most interest
ing place apparently. Looking back
ward to those busy. shining hours. +
writes Julia c. R Dorr. in Harpers
Bazaar, my first thought is, how We all
studied How eager We we're What
keen delight We took in constituting
an intricate sentence or in solving
haFd problem There were about
! fifty scholars. or possibly seyenty-tive;
and among them was group of eight
+ It ten bright Young fellows who We're
hitting for college; preparing to enter
as sophomores the coming autumn
What an ambitious lot We were, to
he sure, vas the only girl in the
advanced Latin" and had the honor
4 Of seat on one end of a long. mar
row recitation bench, a little with
drawn, As Was proper, from those
stars Of the first magnitude.
| The problem Of coeducation had not
come u then. II a girl wanted TO
study with her brother and his
friends she did it--and that was all
there Was Of it. How We sought for
the derivation of words. How we
revealed in the classical dictionary
brought by one of US and throwu into
the common stock. passing from hand
to hand, from desk to desk, The
first word of greeting in the morning
was a question about the coming les
son: the latest word al night was d
reminder of the last one.
How many teachers did we have ,
Just one. | doubt very much if he
was marvel of learning though |
thought he was then He was Just
out of college himself. and he had had
no wide experience OF books or men
But he had the rare gift of being ab}e
to stimulate and inspire his sch0ldrs.
and kindle every latent spark OF IN
thusiasm In their natures. Enthus
In this connection, Study was joytu{
labor. done for the pure love Of it.
1t was its own end, net simply
means to some other end
The village academy of that day
taught concentration if it taught moth
Ing else. Study and recitation Rsnt
on In the same room and at the same
time. We had but few iron-ciad rules.
Whispering Unfortunately was. of
course, not allowable, but If there
was real occasion for speaking we
spoke. and no one was the worse for
it, We had never heard the express
sion good form 1t was not in
vogue then But il it had been, we
would have said with one voice that
1t was not good form to disturb 9th
ers
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-29
CAT AND MOUSE START FIRE
House Burns Down aud Owner and
His Wife Saved by Flames

Gustaye SehoentS family eat chased
a mouse last night, upset d lamp,
started a fire around q gasoline mo-
tor. nearly cost his owners life and
destroyed his s., eco house before the
volunteer department could check the
flames.
Mr.. Schoen and his Wife lived ut
Alden and Quinns Avenues, Wood
haven. He is cabinet maker, and
in the basement of his home has a
work shop in which was a gasoline
motor to run his lathes. Gasoline
was fed through a thin pipe running
| from the outside Mr., Schoen was
at work last night. with the family
eat playing around his feet and an
oil lamp at his elbow. Suddenly the
cat spied mouse. leaped upon the
table, upset the lamp and set the
house afire In some way the gaso-
line pipe broke and the fuel fed the
flames Mr., Schoen fell in a faint.
Mrs Schoen, upstairs, heard the noise
and ran down. She caught np her
husband, whose clothing was on fire.
dragged him out of the house and
into the street. She rolled him in
the dirt and beat out the flames with
carpet. She then ran to the tele-
phone and while the house was burn
ing summoned aid Fire hydrants
are scarce in Woodhaven and the
men had to lay half mile of hose,
by which time the flames had got
such Roadway that the handicapped
service could not check them, and the
house was burned down.
Mr.. Schoen was scared about the
hands and fact, but not seriously and
his wife's hands We're burned saving
him. The cat and mouse escaped. -
New York World.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-29
Bible in Japanese.

When the bible was translated into
Japanese an equivalent to the word
"baptlZe'' could not be found and the
word soak" had to be used instead
So that Japanese biblical students
are acquainted with a person named
John the Soaker," and with a doc.
trine of soaking for remission OF
sins" In that case the mistransla-
ton is due to inadequacy of language.
1t Isl oftener due to ignorance. A
schoolboy once rendered "Miserere,
Domine!" into 'Oh, heart-broken
schoolmaster." And another recov-
cred from German the text, THE spirit
indeed is willing. but the flesh ia
weak" in the form. 1.-THE ghost. of
course, Is ready. but the meat is
feeble"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-29
Sheriff Goes TO Cleburne.

Sheriff Wilson Went to Cleburne
Tuesday morning to see II the
young man arrested there Saturday
night is the one wanted here Tor
passing bogus checks on local mer
chants.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-29
"Our Personal Guarantee
10 all Skin Sufferers"
Curlin's Two Drug Stores

bottle will cost you nothing You alone
TO Judge.
Again and again we have seen how a
few drops Of this simple wash applied
to the skin. takes away the Itch, in
stantly And the cures all seem to be
permanent.
d. d. D. Prescription made by the
D. D. D. Laboratories of Chicago. is
composed OF thymol, glycerine. oil OF
wintergreen and other healing, SCOT. mr..
cooling ingredients And ii you -aii
Just crazy with itch. you win IT,
soothed and cooled, the itch absolnt "
washed away the moment you applieu
this D.. y. p.
We have made fast friends of more
than one family by recommending this
remedy to skin sufferer here and
there and we want you to try II now
on our positive no.pay guarantee
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-29

juices, and no matter what the
form of stomach trouble, stops 1t
instantly. They are guaranteed to
cure dyspepsia, Indigestion. gas,
sourness. heartburn and in cases
of overeating, cramps and stom-
ach poison. there is nothing when
acts so quickly. Every stomach
sufferer should take advantage OF
the guarantee and try them at
once. They are on sale by all
first class druggists. Trial size
sent on receipt of ten cents in
stamps by addressing Harry l..
Fowler Il Co, San Antonio, Texas
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-29
very Stomach Sufferer Can Get
Instant Relief and Ultimate Cure
NO CHARGE FOR THIS If YOU ARE NOT CURED.

hnt re,ina sufferers can get in
~ will Ilel and ultimate cure If
BE, WIKI; Try Harry l.. Fowler's
busandss 'o u has already helped
(der AN No oi people. They are sold
b ara ABSOLUTE guarantee that if
/ boy not satisfied after using
b fun me druggist will refund
(eslion purchase price without
(ier fo,n, stomach Waters are in
! no norm, They are placed In
% nnm and break up instantly
ssin"uer, which when swallow
a'es with the stomach
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-29
PRAYING: WOMAN WAS
BURNED TO DEATH
Was knceling in Front of Altar at
Bedside.

st. Paul, Nina, Oct, %. Mrs.
Johanna McMann, Is years old, was
burned to death yesterday while
kneeling in front of an altar erect
ed near her bedside The flame
from one of the caudles ignited her
clothing.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-29
/ IN CARS REACH bss.
DISTANCE Of 81 MILES
c,.,,,,o show Immense
>' ,.,,, Galveston Port.
.,b supply is~t'ma''"'

18th ,"P''''
ya On October
sl9N' .,,-.taship Iowa
h''' a5 fga,u Galveston
@H'' I,. l,gt lpa of what
Fff0''' .,.,,- t,.Irth Trip be
her TWIN noriod of
the nine years the Iowa
- from Galveston cargoes
.,,l y,I4tf.on Of So .l6 :
,arga- AaEinA All aggregate
Ss0f25 pounds, or
o. this enormous val
=i5bf fha= greater percent
4arso= lfae= been the Texas
.toa tft tatH number OF
.niod from Galveston since
calling Baf,ez October Is,
=oot }4l2 being close
.aa a9g mark. or to be exact.
5ofos on seven of the
Efonr trips lie cargo OF the
|renresenfed valuation Oh over
A o00, WblEs tire smallest cargo
hisbtly over HE 10. 600 mark.
! h. from eutua.=' me principal
hi the various rdrzoeS the M
| yaIaatio6 vas made up in
seed meal aAd CAKE 'loof'
er. wheat 9rh ana Oh ieef eA-
% per feht OF ="hFh were
bets Of Texas arms
b eafsoes a7'e 70 Galveston so
bon that bat III ne d''eh'ioh Is
paid to them, me exports rep
ltins but a 5'll4l' part o. Tue
que ooo Fsla' ~ 'Npo' - '''''
1nailE S'l.itE''o 4'e' '''' ''''
mere ~ "it''5''+ '71''e " i u = -
III feehol''s9 " Ii 'S Il '''u''''s9 III
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-29
INFANT STRANGLED
BY PECAN KERNEL
Clicked to Death When Kernel Lodg'
ed in Windpipe.

Mckinney. Oct. 90. The 49,
months-old child of w. F. Robin
son Of the Charlottesville communi-
ty. seven miles from Mckinney, was
choked to death at 6 O'Clock Sunday
afternoon when 1t drew a piece OF
pecan kernel down it's windpipe.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-29

The art exhibit at the city hall
will be worth your time and ten
cents. At the city hall October 29-
Nov. 2nd.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-10-29

Car of fine maize heads. Wax
Grain Co.-Adv. 1874
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-11-28
CITY FATHERS IN SESSION
Timothy Miller Resigns The
Treasurership. Bond
Bids Opened

AT the meeting of the city coun-
Gil Monday the resignation of Tim
othy Miller as city treasurer to take
effect Jan. 1>t 1918, was received.
The resignation was accepted. The
council then proceeded to elect a
man to fill out the rest of the term.
Herman Bockman placed IN nomi-
nation B. L. Smith, w. w. Blew
seconded the nomination and VIM.
Curtis moved that nominations be
closed. Mr.. Smith was elected by
four votes of the council the other
two members being absent. He
will take Office on the first of the
new year.
The postponed sale of the $4,000
issue of sewer bonds was brought
up at this meeting. The bids were
opened and sorted, only two of
them being what the council con
sidered legal bids. The contract
ors Rose & Reynand and the Keene
company of Chicago bids were
practically the same. The con-
tractors asked the council to accept
the other bid if the people would
come through with the money at
once. If not, they wished to take
over the bonds themselves. The
Keene company is the same one
that tnonkeyed around all summer
on buying these bonds and the
council did not wish to give them
any consideration. However thew
were given until Wednesday night
to put the money in Chicago
bank to the order of the city cf
Libby. If they do not do this the
bid of the contractors will probably
be accepted. The council took the
matter under adyisenent until
Wednesday evening.
This Keene company instructed
Booth & Maiden to start suit
against the city of Libby for dam
ages. If the council let them buy
the bonds they will drop the suit,
therefore they were given until
night to put up the
money.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-11-28
MONTANA DAY AT SHOW
Wheat Prize Is Sought By
Farmers From Montana
Governor Speaks

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. a.
Weights and measures, education
and womans work today shared
the attention of the more than 1000
delegates to the second annual Min
nesota conservation aud agricultur-
al development congress which is
in session here in connection with
the Northwestern Products expo
sition.
montana day. at the exposi-
ton brought large crowd of Mont
anans headed by Governor Norris,
who in an address late today spoke
of the adv antages of his state. With
Governor Norris was Governor-elect
Stewart, T. J. Walsh, United
States senator-elect; Tom Stout,
congressman.elect and J. H. Hill,
state commissioner of agriculture.
Thirteen northwestern farmers
still remain in the contest for the
$4,000 prize for the best bushel of
wheat in the land show. J.P.Kane
Conrad, Mont, with score of %,
leading and Peter Deboor, Conrad,
Mont, being second with o6. The
severest test, that of the quality of
bread to be made from the grain,
remains and may effect the final
'tauding.
F. +. Gray of North Yakima,
Wash, was announced as first
prize winner for the best 10 boxes
of apples, winning the Howard FL
liott prize of $1oo in gold.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-11-28
PRINTERS WIN The CASE
County Printing Law Inter-
preted In Favor Of
Montana People

The actions brought several
months ago in Hill and Blaine
counties to restrain the county COM
mlssloners of those counties from
allowing bills for county printing
sent out of the state, have been de.
clded by Judge J. E. Erickson, in
favor of the printers.
When those counties were Great
ed local men were given the con.
tracts for the printing and supplies.
In Hill county some of the work
was sent by the contractor to be
done in Spokane, while in Blaine
county it was sent to St. Louis.
Under the Montana law it is pro.
ylded that all printing for which
county is chargeable shall be done
In the state, but there is no penalty
provided for a violation of the law.
In order to bring the issue to a
decision, the printers of the state
brought actions to restrain the
commissioners of the two counties
from approving any accounts of
claims for any work done or SUD-
plies furnished by the county prin-
ter under his contract, where he
sublet the work to an out-of.the.
state firm.
Judge Erickson, who heard both
cases, has handed down his decis.
ion making the restraining order
permanent, and restraining the
county commissioners from paying
tor work done or supplies furnished
under the contract, in violation of
the state law.-Kalispell Bee.
Similar conditions exist here in
Lincoln county. The Eureka
Journal has the contract for the
county printing and it is alleged
that the printing for the election
such as ballots, list of voter, ETC..
was printed in Spokane. There
are two Offices here in Libby fully
equipped to do the work aud who
would have been glad to get it,
but 1t was sent out of the state.
The county commissioners of Lin
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-11-28
NEWS ITEMS FROM URAL

Mr.. ID Mrs. Holcomb and
ch ldren a@e spending few we ks
with Mr.. Holcombs brother Albert
Holcomb, section foreman here.
Van Branham made a bus ness
call to Warland Saturday.
The railroad surveyors who were
locating the section lines crossing
the railroad completed their work
in this Vicinity.
Mr.. Gesha has returned from
Ripley where he has been building
right of way fence and is now
building an addition to his house.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-11-28
LIBBY GIRLS WIN q TOl4

The Troy girls basket ball team
came up to Libby last Saturday to
square accounts with the Libby
High School team, but were de-
feated, the score being 21 to "a.
1t was good game. Each team
had previously won game and
the Troy girls came to Libby with
blood in their eyes determined to
take the odd game. The Libby
girls defended their honors quite
gamely and are now the champion
players. The game was played in
the opera house after the show.
Those taking part in the game
were as follows: Troy: Ruth Clay,
Mrs. Clay, Mrs. H. l.. Baker, and
Pearl and Francis Baggs. Libby:
Annie Gibson, Cecily Abbott, Grace
Ownby, Marie Bockman, Lillian
Burns, Marguerite Crystle, Clarice
Abbott and Doris McCrory.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-11-28
OUR WILD GAME TO Be PRESERVED
EUREKA NEWS NOTES.

c. G. Bradley, proprietor of q
large general hardware and furni
ture store here, is seriously ill of a
sort Of paralysis. His illness is at.
tributed to exposure while out on a
recent hunting trip. He is we'll
and favorably known all over north.
west Montana, having had such to
do with the development of this
section of the state. He entered
the mercantile business here about
eight months ago, resigning his
position as undersheriff of Lincoln
county to do so.
Distinguished speakers from the
Montana agricultural college and
abroad will hold farmers insti-
tute IN Eureka on Friday, Novem-
Der 20, sessions at 1880 and 1890
p. m. Farm topics. dry farming,
dairying, gardening, trees and
fruits, flax, alfalfa, poultry and
home making will be discussed.
The Eureka Lumber company
has just finished cut of 27,ooo-
900 it,, the largest in the history
of the concern. The planning de.
partment has shipped thus far this
season 100 cars. Thirty million
feet of logs have been contracted
for cutting this winter. The com-
pany operates along Fortine, Grave
creek and Tobacco river.
Threshing in Tobacco valley is
about concluded.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-11-28
The Poverty Social

Poverty reigned supreme at the
social given by the ladies of the
Presbyterian church in the church
basement Tuesday night. About
900 of the most poverty stricken
looking lot of individuals that ever
happened i'll Libby were seen at
the social. However, the poverty
aspect of the case did not seem to
dampen the ardor of any one.
Judges were appointed, a purity
squad police force elected, and then
court was held. People wearing
jewelry or good clothes were fined.
Many of the victims probably
think now that they would run
better chance of getting a favora-
bic decision from the district court.
A livelier crowd of beggars would
be hard to find: Judge Wilson
proved to be an exemplary judge
in that he fined himself twice as
much as any one else. Messrs
Shannahan and Elliott were excel
lent associate judges and were
dressed SO that no fault could be
found with their wearing apparel.
Millie Williams and Grace Collin
son won the prizes offered to the
most appropriately dressed beggars.
Games were played, the gir's
sang songs and good time in gel
eral was had. Luncheon was
served during the evening.
The Libby herald. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1911-1913, 1912-11-28
STORIES OF LOST HUNTERS

The following article from the
Kallspell Journal may not be true
but it shows what good imagina-
ton some people have:
Local men returning from Fisher
river in Lincoln county, report
some lost hunter stories that are
hair-raisers. One is as follows:
Two Butte men went out from
Libby last week with couple of
guides into the Fisher creek coun-
try. While the guides were estab-
fishing camp the tenderfeet said
that they would take little walk
over a small hill and "be right
back The next day one of them
was found by Mr.. Taylor, ranch
er who lives south of Kalispell, and
who was hunting in the Fisher re-
gion. The lost man was covered
with sweat and SO completely ex-
hausted that it is thought he would
only have lasted a few hours longer
He chartered like magpie for sew
eral hours after he was brought
back to camp. The other Butte
man Jared even worse. After be-
ing lost two days his mind was un-
balanced, and he was raving mad
when found This man is now in
a hospital in serious condition.
Another man was lost all of last
week in the Squaw creek region
near the Silver Butte mine, south
of Libby. The last reports were
he was still missing.
1t is said that several of the
hunters for Joe Waigel, in the
Wolf Greek country, have them
selves become lost, but that they
were all located, or by their own
efforts got out.
The adventure that befel Hav-
re man last week was not in getting
lost, but was about as bad While
hunting near Jennings he fell over
log and fractured his knee cap.
No one being with him, he pain.
fully made his way on hands and a
knee for mile and half through
the brush until he ca me to a road
where he lay for several hours be-
fore rancher with team came
along and picked him up.