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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-08
4 W0BI, OF PLEASURE
At DALLAS OPERA HOUSE

For three nights and dollar
"wednesday 3natinse, beginning jan
uary Is. IN Dallas, the Dallas opera
house announces the New York win
ter garden spectacle. "A World of
Pleasure" the latest offering of
that famous temple eli musical revue.
This colossal entertainment comes
!direet to this city from record
breaking engagements at the Win
tier Garden. ana the Palace Music
Hall in Chicago, Ii both q which
cities il has won the unqualified en-
dossomcnt Of the press and public
lalike.
Supporting its noteworthy cast are
tnearly 100 people in which the per-
lcentage Of fair femintty is largely in
excess There are girls galore, and
Hooking at them as they sing. dance
and frolic throueh It's niue huge
lseenes. one marYeis how the manage
Iment ef the Winter Garden succeed
Cd in eorraiing such lot of pretty
girls at one time
! Massiveness, gorgeoUsness and
loveliness best describe this latest
1cGeation from the national home Of
musical entertainment There are
1.-TWO big acts and nine scenes. which,
lonce the curtain rises upon the first
iv.slon of magnificent scenery and
igaahionably gowned girls whose
Ibeauty has been tbs talk of every
lefty In which they have appeared, the
faudience cannot heln but gasp at the
lwonderfulness of ii all,
At The finale OF The first aes of
this production. UNIONS other scenic
leffects striking to the eye. there Is
Ia scene in which the soldiers eft al
nations. apparent to all as the War
sring ones. march on the stage up 8
lstalrs sixty feet higher and disap-
lpoar into a hugo melting pet, from
(which they later emerge formed i'm
10 the soldiers OF the greatest of al
lnatious, This act is said 70 be one
sof Inc most spectacular eyer seen on
1.-The American stage, ara II Is invari
lably the sienal Tor optbursts of en-
Ethusiastic applause en- the part o.
the audience,
| Nor must the music of the extraya,
lganza be overlooked, There are iul
Ely two score Of musical numbers
Eranging frem the toe-tapping syneo,
gpated variety 10 the ught opera class
land each and every number is mos
lslSislgully handled By an excellent or
lchestra under the able direction g
ar. samuel Lehman. most noted o.
an New York Winter Garden con
auctors.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-08
MANY ORDERS ENTERED
FIRST WEEK or COURT
JUDGE HAWKINS rs MIXING IN
ROADS On CIVIL DOCKET
FOR JANUARY TERM.

Last week vas d busy week IN
district court. Judge Hawkins took
up the civil docket and entered the
following judgments:
Abe Turner W.. Elmira Taylor.
tsespasa to try title, iadgaiene fea-
deresa.
State OF Texas vs.. Walter Earle.
injunction. violation pure food Law j.
dismissed for want 81 prosecution.
r. ". Guyer Is. p A. Chapman
81 al, damages continued by agree
ment.
]. VI. walker ct al vs.. b r VIII
llams et al. contest Of viii. appeal
from county court, Mrs Margia VIII
fams, defendant; demands jury
James H. Smith W. Mamie Il.
station. Partition; report receiver
approved.
Laura Dawson ct Al VS. Mrs. BIanch
Underwood ct al. partition. inter-
lcentory Judgment rendered BY court
in which various interests of parties
are set up and receiver appointed.
f. e. Chapman VS.. Oliver RackIey
Ell al. remove cloud. defendants have
judgment.
Virgin p. Cone ct al vs.. REQ Cone
e al, partition; receiver appointed
to sell.
Waxahachie lumber company vs..
NJ. e. Reeves ct ii, debt and fore
closure; plaintiff dismisses as to
Reynolds Mortgage company and has
Judgment against NJ. E. Reeves in
sum of s254e.o6.
China MASSEY ct al rs. Roach Man
i8an Paving Co., damages: plaintiffs
have judgment by agreement for
$1,000.
NJ B. Ray vs. T.. P. Anderson sr.
Injunction; continued for service.
Divorces Granted.
Bertha Z. Knight vs.. r. Z. Knight.
Pearly Howard IS. Jesse Howard.
Lit Snow rs. f. l.. SNOW
Mrs. e. v Wertenberger VS.. I'd.
Wertenherger.
Jessie Daniels vs., Sam Daniels.
Elite Howard VS.. A. r. Howard
Minnie Taylor VS.. Thos. ]. Taylor.
Ida Williams VS.. Charles Williams
Dan Fields vs.. Isabella Fields.
Maud Couch vs. J. 7. Coaca.
VIII Stephens ". Ida stephens.
Laura Brosius vs.. Harry Y. Bro
slus.
Lula Murphy Us. ]. T Murphy.
Divorces Denied.
Matilda Douglas VS. Charley Doug
lass.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-08


M 1923. in bankruptcy In the
matter OF Thomas Frederick Thump-
son, bankrupt. Notice OF first meet
ing OF creditors, To the creditors of
Thomas Frederick Thompson OF
Waxahaehie in the county Of Ellis
and district aforesaid. bankrupt
Notice Is hereby given that on the
lfourteenth day OF December. 1915,
1.-THE said Thomas Frederick Thamn-
son was duly adjudged bankrupt.
THAT the first meeting oil the cretl-
htors OF said bankrupt viii be held At
lmy office Ia the city of Dallas. Texas,
ION the sixteenth day Of January. A..
IN. i9lT. AT 10 o'eseek In the fore-
moon. nc which time and place the
said creditors may attend. prove
their claims. appoint 4 trustee en-
famine the bankrupt, and transact
such other business as may proper-
lly come before said meeting At Dali
Has, in said district. this the fifth
day OF January, A. n. 1917.
EIGk'NE MARSHALL.
| Referee in Bankruptcy,
/ { Ady..24S
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-08

sEREICETwo Jersey males for
service at my barn Old phone s2s.
Fsray q son 26spd
FOR SERyIcEAt Synco's weed
yard, thoroughbred Jersey male 3I
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-08

%. s. STEVENS practical nurse from
proyident sanisarium. Waco. Is now
located in Waxahachie. WIN be glad
TO get in touch with any one need
Ing male nurse, New phone 4.sa
rings. 256pd
SEE tbs. NEW Frisco COVER
LEAF four passenger roadster With
hair million dollar motor al d G..
MeNair 8 Sons, first door east
Wayahachie National bank. Naxa-
Texas. only $40. 80
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-08

acts, starring Ethel Clayton and
Carlyle Blackwell Emmett Camp
bell Hail wrote this wonderful story.
50 surprisingly beautiful; so amaz-
ingly mysterious and so full Of thrills
that to tell any part of it would be
robbing you of some big moment
which must come as a surprise. The
photography OF this Brady made
masterpiece IS marvellous, In fact,
the picture e1eels all previous at
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-08

If you contemplate marriage this
fall let us print your marriage inyi-
tati0us or announcements. ]. T.
Tucker. job printing. that's all, ="
al the Daily Light office. 4
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-08

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THE WEATHER.

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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-08

FOR RENT---Three connecting fur
nished rooms for light housekeeping.
Mrs II. c. bradshaw. Kaufman ST.
Old phone Sss, tt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-08
CITY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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Made subject to the action of
white mans primary:
For Mayor:
Il, +. PRINCE.
CARROLL TODD.
4. r. THOMPSON.
IFor Alderman Ward J
T. T.. hawkins.
For Alderman Ward ,:
Il. II. YORK.
For Alderman ward 3;
r.. +. PHILLIPS.
GEORGE pATTEN.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-01-08

WANT to buy etaan soft cotton rags,
Daily Light office. II
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-26
GETTING TIE FEET WET.
The Part che Sidewalk Plays In CoIds
 and Grip Epidemics.

That a close relationship exists be- tween sidewalks and grip epidemics Is asserted in Good Health by Martin Nevins. Grip and colds. says Mir. Ney- ms. are germ diseases. Germs are floating about uS in the air. We breathe them in hy the thousand. But they are cowardly fellows. Once they get inside healthy body they retreat" He goes on:
 Tt is only when one thing CT anoth- CT disturbs our health equilibrium that the bugs manage to gain foOthold In our system It may be injCdicious eating. 1t may be lack of fresh air, but most frequently it k some kind of eX- posure-getting the feet wet that lays the fortress open tO them.
 Tt is not at all hard to get your feet wet. And that is where the sidewalk comes in. The ordinary sidewalk is q right hand assistant when you want q cold foot bath. It Is built hat, without any slope to drain 1t.
 "The condition is aggravated if there occurs a natural depression in the side walk. The water runs into it and stands until it is dried or is frozen The natural result Is a harvest of grip epidemlcs and any number of colds, bronchitis and lung troubles. And tu- berculoSis, too--this disease can often be traced to sidewalks, since it usually starts with some simple lung affection.
 I've must stop building Hat side walks and make them convex instead, so they will drain easily, and elevate them slightly above the level of the ground"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-26
Old Peoples
 Kidneys
Many Elderly SlIag0YaY Residents Suffer From Some Form of
 Kidney Trouble.

When past middle age, there ire quen'ly comes a noticeable weak ening Of the organs of the body, and resulting danger of quick de- cline. It is quite necessity to give prompt help to any part that first shows signs of wear. Healthy kid neys are necessary to hale old age. Weak kidneys often bring constant backache, lame back, stitches and twinges of pain, annoying urinary troubles, and the danger of dropsy or Brlghta disease. Doan's Kidney Pills are gratefully recommended by very many aged people. Convinc- ing proof of merit in the following testimony:
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-26

J. Y. Johnsen, carpenter, 2G25 w. Fifty-ninth St, Seattle, Wash, says: "A cold weakened my kid neys and after that I had a great deal of kidney trouble. My back was lame and it felt as though the muscles were all drawn up and stiff. My kidneys didn't act right at all and the secretions were highly colored. l had to get up often at night. Doan's Kidney Pills gave me a complete and lasting cur am now free from kidney trouble in spite of my age, which is past sixty years"
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for kidney remedy get Deans Kidney Pills-the same that MT. Johnsen had. Foster Milburn Co.,, Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
 Advertisement.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-26
sI00 Reward, Sl0O

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and that Is catOrrh. Catarrh being greatly influenced by constitutional conditions requires constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur faces of the System thereby destroying the foundation of the disease. giving the patient strength by building up the con- stitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in the curative powers of Halls Catarrh Medicine that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address P. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggist, 75c.
 =AdYertisAment
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-26
Washinn kha nishea.

4 convenient device in the form of good sized depression in the center or end of a kitchen sink does away with the necessity Of drawing and emptylng water for a separate pan. By the ad- dition of double set of sieves the dishes may be washed and drained without being touched by the hands.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-26
BRITISH DOGGEDNESS

Tho meager reports of the fight iRE in Palestine contained in the cable dispatches inadeQuately de- seribo the achievements Of Gen. Allenby's men in that historic land. Not cDly were the British facing a resolute and resourceful enemy, but they had to contend with na- lure itself in maintaining their un- interrupted march on Jerusalem. Hot winds from the Arabian desert Eslsed aust storms which parched their throats and blinded theu with sand. The Turks in retreat filled the wsils with refuse and made the question Of obtaining water most difficult. Scotch territorials and Lcndon cockneys charged guns and trenches over open ground and sent lhe Turks helter-skelter from their strOugholds. The annals of the war will contain accounts of no stirring CT more brilliant achieve meDts than the troops which fought in the holy land.
 As the British approached JeruSa- lem many oi the natural difficulties dlsapl cared and they had only the Turks to contend with. Watercours- es were found for the thirsty horses, and the rainy season made life more hesrable. It may be noted that the latter psrt of the campaign was car rie5 on with greater rapidity than the campaign about Beersheba, Ga ga and Joppa.
 One British officer, who had spel5 three years fighting in France, paid the following tribute of praise to the Londoners:
 These cockneys are the best men tu the world. Their spirits are simply wonderful. l don't think any division ever went into e big show with a higher morale. Discipline vas absolutely perfect, physique and courage alike magnificent. The cockney makes the perfect soldier"
 Iu the battle at Hui ten troops of cavalry were ordered to charge a battery of twelve guns which were manned by Austrtans and Germans, h describing that charge the cor respondent Of the London Times said:
 Giving full-thrOated cheers, they went straight for the field and heayH pieces, The gunners did their ut most to stem the onslaught and Set theiz shell fuses at zero to make them burst at the mouth of the guns banged as fast as the Ger man and Austrian gunners could load them, but every enemy artil- Ierymaa was sabered by his piece. The Londoners heard the fire of all Ehe guns stop dead almost at the same instant"
 One of the results of the war will | be B revision of the worlds esti- mate of the cockney. Because of his unfaYorabIe living conditions in | thc heart of London, within sound | of Bow Bells, he had deteriorated in- atature. Usually the cockney Is smaller than other Englishmen. How ever, 1t k shown again, as it has been on many battle fields, that She cockrey is @ figher who in 1 courage and doggedness is not sur passed by the soldiers from any psrt Of the fighting wOrld.-Seattle sH
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-26

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Hunury Ants.

To have his mail eaten up by white ants Is sometimes the lot of the resi- dent of Siam. owing to negligent or criminal postal officials. 4 few months ago a whole bag of mail was lost in an outlying district, and the letters were afterward found in the jungle partly eaten.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-12-26

Fame has only the span of a day, they say. But to live in the hearts of the people-that is worth something Onida.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-10
Psychology of-ResponslblIIty.

Psychology of-ResponsiblIIty.
 The saying runs that as soon as a lieutenant is made commander he begins to carry a stick. and as soon as commander becomes captain he turns religious" says the London Mall. For Justification of the latter part of this assertion there exists the undoubted fact that naval captains are mostly serious-mindeds men who give some thought to the greater things of life. Possibly their hours of loneliness may sconduce to this frame of mind, though for the most part their leisure hours are given up to study of mat ters connected with their calling. One well-known, captain there was who used to hold prayer meetings, which any member of the ships company could attend. Remember, there are no rates to Le picked up here." the captain would warn them before the meetings started, meaning hat anyone who came there hoping to curry favor and thus get promoted would be dis appointed. And iI this the captain was always aN good as his word.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-10

was a little more than l5 tons, Vast. space amounted to more than Ag By 1915 the average capacity G X freight cars had increased to oys, B tons. The load averaged soms. thing over IS tons. Still a waste 4 more than 4l3o. In eight wears il. railroads had increased the capaeit, of the cars almost 69o, but the shjp. pers used only 38c of the space pro. vided, letting 48% of the increasa space go to waste. If shipptrs would make 1t a rule not to send oul . car loaded to less than mayimm capacity, we could haul almost h,li again as much freight per train $ we now do"
 Then by loading cars to capacity this clamor for more cars could h silenced?
 "Not altogether. Cars msst k released quickly. Railroads xodl rather have their cars earn noney hauling freight than getting demui. rage for standing idle and blochn, tracks. If shippers will load {. capacity; load and unload quickly, there will. be no car shortage"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-10
Fresh Green. for the Canary.


 Fresh Greens for the Canary.
 Canaries are very fond of lettuce. celery tops and Other young and ten. der greens, as all birdlovers knew. When the birdman tells us we must not give these things to our pets too frequently the temptation to so con- trary to advice Is strong, for we sym pathize keenly. An accident showed me the way to gratify our pets without harm to them, as experience has proven. Some months since, & little birdseed was spilled on the earth in a large tub containing rubber plant. Soon these seeds sprouted, and we hit upon the idea of removing the bottom from the cage and setting 1t over the young sprouts, The joy the canaries found in their greens, and the conse- quent discovery that the birds were really gaining in health and song con- vinced us that a box of sprouting hird- seed was the thing to keep on hand for them.-Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-10
Dieksns' Forsnsle Masterpiece

l Dickens' hwyera are legion, bu, none Of them has . stronger hold on the memory of his readers than Ser gaant Buxfuz. whose peroration in Bardell VI. Pickwick ranks as loren. nc masterpiece: "But Pickwick, gen. temen. Pickwick. the ruthless destroy or of this domestic oasis in the desert of Goswell street-Pickwick, who has choked up the we'll and thrown ashes on the sward-Pickwick who comes before you today with bis heartless to, mato sauce and warming pans s-Pick. wick still rears his head with sunblush. ing effrontery and gazes without sigh on the ruin he has made. Damages. gentlemen heavy. damages, Is the only punishment withawhich you ccn visit him-the only recompense you can award to my client. And for those damages she now appeals to an en. frightened, high-minded. a right-feel- 1ng. conscientious, dispassionate. . sympathlzing. . contemplative jury Of her civilized countrymen."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-10
lmperishabie Bagdad.

Bagdad is perhaps the most eternal of all cities. She is built of clay, and back to clay she perpetually returns. But so long as the Armenian floods carry down their early burden to the Persian gulf; so long as Europe, Asia and Africa join their tracks beside the city on the Tigris; so long as pilgrim
 age to Mecca, Medina, Kerbela, Nejef, Kazimain, Rum and Meshed runs along this inevitable line; so long as ships ascend the river for tue huge harvests that we shall soon see once more coloring with green the plains of Mesopotamia so long. and perhaps longer, Bagdad must remain her im- perishable. eternal and inevitable self.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-10

Give us more freight cars! Give us faster freight trains! T.
 This cry is going up from east to west and from north to south. The railroads are doing all ine their power to appease this demand. Schedules are revised; passenger trains taken off; excursion trains eliminated; fast freights given right-of way. Still there remains congestion and demand for freight cars. The railways say, Shippers, fill your cars to capacity"
 To give clear idea of the situation a traffic chief of the Canadian Pa cifc-one of the men who is doing much to solve this problem, not only for Canada and his own road, but for the United States as well, answered the following questions:
 How. long period do your Canadian Freight Statistics cover !?
 Flight years, 1907 to 1915, inclu- sive."
 What was the increase in number of freight cars in that period?
 '91 1-10%"
 What was the increase in carry ing capacity! as
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-10

"134 4-10Ro"
 What was the increase in freight tonnage shipped? H,
 "5O1.1O%" ......
 Then the increase in freight shipped was much less than the in- crease in carrying capacity provid- ed by roads?
 "Yes. Decidedly 50! 80 3-10% less."
 Why then do people complain that there is shortage of cars, if the carrying capacity. has increased so much more than the tonnage
 ''That is the Big Question-its answer is the solution of the problem. The cars are not loaded IS heavily as they should be. Therefore the in- crease in capacity dees not take care of the increase in tonnage to be shipped. Most cars go ]. forward loaded to less than half capacity. That means othAr freight must wait until the empty space in that car, as we'll as the loaded space, Is released. In 1907 the average car capacity was bit more than 27 tons; tile average load fer that year
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-10
First Said of ooldsmlth.

,s"He touched no subject that he did not adorn" was first said in Latin epitaph on Oliver Goldsmith. < 'sNil tetigit Quod non ornavit." The Rlg- fish version of it was used in an epi- taph on Matthew Hale Carpenter of Wisconsin by Jeremiah s. Black of Pennsylvania. Carpenter died in 1881 and Black, who was attorney general of the United States from 1857 to 1881. died in 1888. His epitaph on Carpen- ter began as follows: ''The most ac- complished orator of his day and gen. eration. he addressed no audience that he did not charm, and touched no sub ject that he did not adorn." The Latin epitaph on Goldsmith was written by pr. Samuel Johnson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-10
Farmer will Be Wise.

The future farmer will be the best. educated man in America. He will be a chemist, with knowledge to enable him to handle his soils, his fertilizers and his foodstuffs as to make them yield the maximum of profit. He will be botanist with knowledge to enable him to take advantage of the laws of heredity to breed disease-resisting and frost-resisting plants. He will keep pace with every movement of the sci entiflc world which can be turned to his advantage. He will be able great ly to increase the quantity and quality Of his wheat and corn, vegetables and fruit, cotton and wool, without having to add a single acre to his field.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-10
Viewpoint of Undergraduate.

I find that there is cause for the tack of Individuality in undergraduate themes, cause other than the mere absence of ideas in undergraduates. It may be traced even to the door of class rooms and to the chairs of college pro- fessors. For, in college, literature is not thing Of the spirit, but of the mind and you will encounter above the door of the English department the scholars first and last commandment {: Beware of your emotions" There is no escape for those who enter, so have done with your adolescence, which has given you to understand beauty and freshness of phrase. You are face to face now with form, with technique and with the history of literaure.-At' (antic.