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Aside from his splendid physi-
cal condition. the most gratifying re-
suit Of Wizards first weeks of training
is the surprising speed he has devel-
Oped. He moves his two hundred and
forty pounds about the ring with the
Himbleness of a lightW eight. Willard
peculiar style in his early fights Gre
ated the erroneous impression that he
depends entirely on his great size and
strength to win his battles, but such
is far from the case. He possesses
a working knowledge Of the fine points
Of the game that is equaled by few.
He is cool and level headed under
fire, and has the natural ability to
foresee and forestall punch. He was
a business men when he took up the
boxing game, and he set about to mas
ter it in a business like way, learn
ing every blow from start to finish
how to deliver it. and how to guard
against It.
Unlike the majority Of fighters, he
has always been willing to consider
seriously every scrap Of legitimate ad-
vice offered him since I have been
around him. I have often seen him
practice a suggested blow or step, over
and over, studying every phase Of it,
before finally adding it to his roper
tOire " discarding it as impracticable.
In the ring he deals out his wares
WIN care ana judgment
Wizards HARDEST Blow.
WIZARDS hardest blow, a right hand
uppercut, is used only when conditions
arc absolutely favorable, and it sell
dom misses the mark; in fact. he in
dulges in fewer wild swings and misses
less times than any fighter I know. He
watches every move Of his adversary
and. when hit, knows exactly how il
happened. This gives him a chance to
form defence which will prevent
repetition.
] expect to see him do the most dam
age to Johnson with a straight left.
He viii find an opening and finish the
bout with his right if he can, but he
viii undoubtedly depend on his fast,
Furnishing left to wear the negro down.
Inside Wizards Left.
Some followers Of the game have fig
ured that Johnson will keep inside the
Kansan's long left. From observations
7 have made at close quarters. I am Of
the opinion that inside Wizards left is
about the unhealthiest spot the
smoke" could possibly pick out NO
one yet has been able to keep inside his
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
GIBBONS AND M'G00RTY T0FIGHT;
WINNER SHOULD THEN TRY CLABBY
Gibbons Will Weigh About 155 Pounds, and Clabby
About $780, Ringside Dillon Has Posted Forfeit Of
$1,000 to Meet Gibbons, Clabby or McGOorty; Match
ing Stars Against Dubs Should Be Stopped.

20 round route and Joe

, viii be over the 20 round route and Joe
viii have to travel at top speed to keep
pace with the New York lad. Mandot,
with all his clever blocking and
straight hitting, should be able to give
the fast and aggressive Dundee some
! thing to worry about Johnny has q
left hand that is most tantaliZing and
when he is working right he can make
an opponent look foolish at times
He has a habit Of springing forward
with his left hand and arm outstreched
and aimed for the face and unless his
opponent gets next he is liable to
have much trouble trying to block the
move. 1t took Jimmy Duffy, the Buffalo
lightweight, several rounds to solve the
puzzle when they fought about six
weeks ago, but once solved, Duffy be-
gan to counter heavy and more than
made I'D for what he lost in the early
part of the battle. II will be up to
Joseph to fathom Johnny's left leads,
otherwise the speedw little italian
will be sure to outpOint him. New York
and Chicago fans would give consider
able to see these boys over the mar
athon distance, for it will no doubt be
a treat.
Dillon Would Post Forfeit.
It might be well to mention here that
Jack Dillon, the Hoosier claimant of
the title, is not to be denied. Through
his manager, Sam Murbarger, Jack
writes that he still has a forfeit OF
800 which he will post with the writer
$1,000 which he will post with the writer
Gibbons, Clabby or McGOorty at 15S
pounds at o'clock. There is no bluff
ing about the offer as the money is
ready to be posted any time the match
can be made and Jack is hardly the
boy who would want to throw $1,000
away, especially during these hard
times It is almost a cinch that Dillon
and McGOorty will be matched at In
dianapolis for the night before the big
AUTOMOBILES race but Jack is anxious
to meet either Clabby or Gibbons in
the meantime.
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Willard Is Getting In Fine Shape
-:Ii;- -:I:- -:I;- -:I:- -:T:-
His Trainer Is Now Highly Pleased
u - OROURKE, WilardIs sparrfnr Partnar

W TLLARD'S TRAINING CAMP,
Nv near FL Paso. Texas, Feb. 10
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
Pleased

arms with any degree OF comfort and
3 Johnson, who never did relish stiff
body blow, will be no exception to this
rule, am sure.
Personally, would prefer to be at
the end of Wizards left rather than
take chances at closer quarters with
ms right the principal objection to the
former being that you are so far out
beat him to a punch.
JOhnsOn's Handicap.
Johnson will be .iandicapped nv NOT
nav ing men to train with, as big as the
challenger He has never fought a
man anywhere Wizards dimensions
ana VIII have to revise his judgment
OF distances at the last minute, whereas
jess has two spGrring partners whose
meas ufemeutS are very close to the
negro s. One Of Wizards trainers
w after Monaghan, has worked with
Johnson eight months and has de-
velOped a style very similar TO fine
champions. Monaghan has won MANY
OF his fights by using the negro's
IIaVorlte uppercut, and yet he has failed
TO land it on Willard more than once
or twice in the last two weeks
Wizards Height HELMS.
The big fellow is too tall to be hurt
70 any extent by an uppercut. The blow
IS dangerous only as long as the
weight Of the body stays behind it. and
when the arm begins to extend an
extra six or eight inches, it loses its
force.
Another problem Wizards height Of
lers to an adversary is the necessity
Of holding the hands higher than is
natural, firing the arms quickly. With
most boxers you can occasionally rest
your arms by lowering them, but to
drop your guard when facing Willard
invites an immediate and vicious port
side attack
Willard VIII Be in ShHpc.
WIZARDS condition will he gTICh 7 ran
say, that he can force the fighting all
the way, relying on the minutes inter
mission for his rest. Just how this
viii suit Johnson depends largely on
what kind Of shape he is in when he
enters the ring. At the present time
this IS hard to say, but I have made ar
rongements to spend some time at his
camp and hope to get a line on his
condition before long.
One thing is certain: If Johnson does
not take the big coWpUncher seriously
and fails to prepare properly for the
tight he viii never be able to stand the
pace for As rounds
TEX O'ROURKE.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
BILL JAMES WANTS RAISE;
OTHERWISE. HE WON'T pI

Boston, Mass, Feb. 13.-Biu James,
one Of the men who pitched the Boston
Nationals to a worlds championship last
fan, wrote to a friend here today that
he was negotiating for an increase in
salary. His three year contract, signed
last July when the Braves were still
low in the league standing, calls for
$4,000 a year. 1t is understood the big
Californian wants $4,000
President Gaffney, according to sec
rotary Nickerson, has told James that
he must play for $4,000 or not play at
all. In the letter received James said
he understood the binding provisions Of
the contract and added: 1T is my pres
ent intention not to report this season
unless my demands are granted"
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Shugrue has always been DESTROYS Of
becoming a legal shining light and lost
no time in accepting the offer. He has
promised faithfully to follow instruc-
tiOns and will make every possible eff
fort to become another Gladstone His
friends are convinced that by applying
the same systematic attention to detail
in his new undertaking, Joe Shugrues
counsellor at law. Will be just as fam
Gus throughout the country in the fu
ture as Joe Shugrue, contender for the
lightweight title, is at present
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

weight title contender.
Shugrue has been the main support
of his parents, both of whom have
been i'll several years, and seven broth
ers. He has saved his ring earnings
and recently purchased a beautiful
home for the family He is a teetOtaler
and refrains from the use of tobacco.
Shugrue is everlastingly preaching
temperance to his close friends.
Realizing that nature VIII not permit
him to box all his life, Shugrue has
decided to accept an offer made by one
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
ROSWELL RETAINS LEAD
IN EOTHTTf MEEK'S SHOOT

washington. D Q, Feb. 13.-NeW
Mexico Military institute retains its
lead for first place in class a" of the
national shooting competition for mill
tary schools, according to the scores Of
the fourth weeks matches made public
here Friday night Scores:
Glass A:
New Mexico. Roswell, 969 vs.. North
western, Highland Park, Ill. 951.
New York, Cornwall, $50 VS.. St Johns,
Delafield Wis, 934.
Bordentown, n J., 932 VS.. st. Johns,
Manlius, n. Y. 897.
Kemper, Bonneville, No, 91S vs.. Har-
ward. Los Angeles, 1872
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

Dan Sheridan OLeary, an illustrator
for Life. Judge and other New York
publications, is here representing the
Winthrop syndicate. He is on his way
to California. He made a number OF
sketches while here including series
at Camp Willard Of the big fighter
and his trainers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
He Is Main Support of Nine
People and Has Bought
Home for Family

FEW YORK, Feb. 13.-Joe shug-
M rue, the Jersey City light
= weight, may be cIassed among
the professional boxers who are a
credit to the game. Shugrue comes from
a fighting family of Irish extraction,
having seven youger brothers who are
handy with the gloves: and when Joe
is in training each brother takes his
turn in a short bout with the light
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
GENERAL OFFICE WINS
IN SHELTER BOWLING

In the bowling match Of the Smelter
department league on the Cactus club
alleys Friday night, the general office
force defeated the time office team by
the narrow margin of 81 pins. The vic
tory Of the general office was princi-
pally due 10 the fine bowling of Bate
man who had both high game with
score of ISL and high total with 523.
Bateman's total gave him the nice
average Of ia for the night. The scores:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
r1IILWAUKEE. WIS.

INC WdLCHIHB OF NIht IIUDUH5
and Eddie McGoorty at Hudson
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13

Of his admirers, a prominent New Jer-
sey lawyer, to adopt the law as his
profession after retiring from the ring.
Thinks He Has Ability.
The lawyer is of the opinion that a
man Of the Shugrue type, possessed
with S-ains, perseverance mad courage
qualifications absolutely essential for
a mon to become one Of the most sue
cesful boxers in the wOrld-can with
two years instruction and advice and
with one year. of actual study N a law
school develop into a successful lawyer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-13
Big LeaFue stnndEnr.
NEW YoRK ILLusTRAroR HERE-

High single game to date, Charles
Springer. 224
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M e: T.: e: :: !: ]: ): :; ;::
iof Mecoa Of tha Shia Mo-
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/ into rooms for different purposes.
Bungalows are not SO roomy as two
story houses, so that cellar room is
better appreciated.
This cellar Is divided into cold stor-
age room, laundry and furnace room
and bins for the storage of coal. Mod
ern housekeeping requirements de-
mand conveniences for doing the nee
essary work as we'll as in providing
supplies for future use.
The construction materials selected
for a house like this depend somewhat
ON the climate. But on general prin-
ciples, the building should be thor
oughly well built. Well-built walls,
ceilings and floors are warm in winter
and cool in summer.
The specifications for this bungalow
call for sheathing boards and building
paper under the clapboards or other
outside finish. The sheathing boards
are of good quality, well seasoned, to
prevent shrinkage. Then a good grade
of building paper is used. Such
house is comfortable in cold weather
or hot weather. A well-made house
wall is protection against heat and
cold.
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! made precious eSents to this temple,
until its vaults are bursting with pent-
up treasure. The city has no indus
try, no commerce-nothing that is
apart from its religious purpose. 1t
supports itself upon the money of the
pilgrims, lodges them, feeds them,
robs them, sells them prayer bricks
made from the graveyard clay, and
even marries them for the period Of
their visit to perennial brides, brides
kept in stock, who legally have many
husbands in their lives.
A British Indian army officer told me
that the looting of the Nedjef mosque
was favorite dream Of the soldiers
in the middle East, who looked forward
to the day when war may sweep an
army of invasion into Nedjef
Something About Caucasia. 4
Concerning Caucasia, where the
Turks and the Russian are renewing
that long ago conflict that has existed
between the Turk and the Muscovite,
the National Geographic society is
sued the following statement:
Caucasia is a potpourri of races,
tongues and religions. Nowhere else
in the world can one find on similar
area so many types of peoples, so
many languages and dialects, so many
religions and sects thereof. The Cau-
casus mountains, for the most part,
stretch above fruitful land, and every
folk-stream which flowed their way
has left eddies within their closed,
world-isolated valleys.
The cosmopolitanism of New York
is provincial compared with the mag
regardless confusion of eau
casian peoples. There are some seven
ty dialects strange to the West spoken
within its boundaries, while business,
touring, engineering and other tech
niques bring most of the other lam
guages in. In this modern Babel dwell
Georgians, Imeritians, Chevsurs,
Lazes, Mingrelians, Pshavs, Swanit-
tians, Abkhasians, Circassians, Kebar-
dams, Ossetes, Avars, Chechinzes,
Jews, Russians of several varieties,
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I posed of early on that account
The New England varieties are the
best keepers. They are pulled when
| the tops fall over and lie in the sun
during the day, but they are stored
before night in a hot loft for curing
with the tops left on.
When perfectly cured they are
stored in a cold, dark place with the
dry tops still on, as they lie more
loosely in this way and do not sprout
SO readily as when the tops are cut
off.
In the cultivation of garden crops it
always pays best to manure and fer
tilize heavily and plant in close rows
and work with hand implements. OF
course, in the large trucking opera
tons the crops like early potatoes,
cabbages and peas are grown wide
enough apart to use horses in the Gull
tivation.
I frequently have letters from peo-
pie saying that they have been manur-
ing their gardens for years till the soil
is so rich that potatoes make immense
tops and no tubers. This is not be-
cause the soil is too rich, but because
the plant food in it is one-sided.
The annual application of stable ma
nure only has put an excess of nj
trogen into the soil and in order to
make tubers on the potatoes there
must be an abundance Of phosRhoric
acid and potash, for the presence of
potash in due amount is necessary to
the formation of starch to points
where growth is being made or it is
being stored in the tubers.
Nitrogen promotes the vital activ-
ity Of the plant and if it is balanced
by a due percentage of the mineral
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| clty's walls, where millions upon mil
lions of past Shias have turned the
sands to clay. This enormous grave
yard about the city is not the least
part of it's weird fascination. The des
ert trail to the sacred city is empty
barren and dead. 1t is an unattrac-
tive trail whose silence is broken only
by fanatic pilgrims and by caravans
transporting corpses to the Shia Nee
ca of the dead.
Nedjef is a great city. Not a green
thing-a plant, shrub, or tree-lives
within its dry, hot limits. 1t is built
on high plain of soft sandstone. The
narrow, crooked streets, in many
places mere passages three or four feet
wide, wind like jungle paths. One Of
the strange features Of this strange
city is it's cellars. In summer the
fierce heat drives the painting people
deep down into the earth, like rats in
a hole. Beneath every house is cell
lar, burrowed mine-like to amazing
depths; one I explored reached an as
toundingly low level, being more than
one hundred feet below the street.
Cellars as Refugees From Heat.
Into these damp, dark holes the
shias fee when the scorching desert
air sizzles above and imported Ger
man thermometers stand at 100 de-
grees F. Some of the cellars are ar.
ranged in a tier Of cells or rooms,
one below the other; the upper room
is used in the first hot months, the
family going lower down as the heat
lncreasesA Many of these cellars arc
connected py underground corridors,
and the criminals, who swarm In Ned
jef. easily efpde capture by passing
through these tunnels from house to
house.
The mosque 70 covered with great
gold dies which run to IT. very base
Tor ages the rich of ghis faith have |
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matters it makes no difference how
large the potato tops grow.
You will have big potatoes, too. In
my garden / spread stable manure an
nually, and after turning it under I
add a dressing of a mixture of eight
per cent phosphoric acid and ten
per cent potash for my soil is sandy
and needs potash. This mixture is ap-
piled broadcast at rate of half q
ton an acre, and / find that any crop
grown thrives better with manure and
the commercial mixture
While the. Malakon and Port Ches-
ter corns are the earliest sweet corns
l plant, they cannot be planted as
early as the Norfolk Extra Early,
which is an early Dent.
This l can plant in late March, and
l have had it pass through two or
more white frosts, but when there is
q frost l always make sure by turn
ing the hose on the plot and washing
the frost OF before the sun rises.
This has never failed to protect the
corn. and l have even saved string
beans in April in this way, but in
the case Of beans that are up when
the frost threatens, l usually taxa the
garden plow And throw burrows over
them from each side. THU II certain
10 protect then
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Man to Whom World owes Much.

nan TO Wnom WoTiu OWSS "uSIs
Charles Martin Hall died at Daytona,
Fla, the other day. His name will soon
be forgotten by the public, but one OF
his inventions will continue to serve
as an increasingly important factor
in the Industrial world. Hall discov-
cred the electrolytic process for the
manufacture Of aluminium. In 1855
aluminium sold for $50 pound, and
was used exclusively in jewelry. It
was rare and costly because of the diff
ficulty of separating it from the clay
in which it abounds. When Hall was
conducting his experiments In the lab
oratory Of Oberlin university, alumni
mum was selling for $12 pound. To
day, as result of his process, Is cents
is the quoted price. It now enters
into hundreds of household utensils,
and one automobile factory uses more
in year than the whole world pro-
duced in like time ten years ago.
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Daigs, Lesghians, Kazy-Kumyksh,
Tush, Ingush, Greeks and others of the
Occident. Caucasia, indeed, may be
said to be place prominently de-
voted to language-all kinds and COM
| plexions of speech being native there
in bewildering richness.
Between Black and Caspian Sea.
Caucasia is the broad, stocky 18th.
mus which, extending from the south
east corner of Europe to Asia, divides
the Black and Caspian seas. It's area
is about 100000 square miles, or more
than four times larger than the state
OF Ohio. 1t has good ports upon both
the Black and Caspian seas, Batum
on the one, and Baku on the other.
The famous Apsheron peninsula is one
OF the richest OF the worlds oil fields,
and, In general the Caucasus is the
mineral treasury Of all the Russias.
The grain, grazing and fruit lands of
this government are very bountifuI
and could be turned into the richest
of garden and farming spots with q
little modern care. Coal is produced.
Among the ores now mostly developed
for commerce are copper manganese,
mercury, SULPHUR, iron, cobalt and
salt.
Europe's barrier against southeast
ern Asia, the Caucasus range
stretches across the middle lands of
Caucasia, dividing the government in
to Ciscaucasia and Transcaucasia. In
the mountainous central region is to be
found some of the most beautiful
scenery In the world
The population Of Caucasia is most
~ agricultural in its pursuits. 1t il
backward and for the most part, be
ycnd an abundance of grains and
fruits, has no other desires. natural
y, therefore, the industries Of modern
life have only 1ads Negligible bsst>v
ntnm
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may be whatever happens to be the
cheapest or best in the locality where
the building is built. Concrete gives
universal satisfaction, but there are
places where stone walls or hard
burned brick walls are used instead,
because the necessary materials are
cheaper or more easily obtained.
The woodwork construction COM
mences two or three feet below the
main floor SO that the siding is con-
tinued down to level with the top of
the cellar wall. This is done in some
instances to save expense of wall, but
the main object is to hold the build
ing down close to the ground to re-
tain the beautiful, artistic effect of the
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|
elusive sands of the desert
almost unknown by the white
| "U man, the Arab city of Ned
JEFF, Mecca of the Shia Mo
| hammedans, born of and for rel1
gion, contains within its walls of sun,
dried brick a treasure rich beyond
fable, the Shia st. Peters, into which
streap. of gold and jewels has poured
for centuries, and over the looting of
which many an empire-building SOL
der has sweetened his dreams while
sleeping on the battle fields of India
and elsewhere in Asia. Nedjef has
become hostile land, and the wonder
full mosque of gold and precious stones
is exposed as a possible objective of
invaders. Frederick Simpich, one Of
the few white men of any race to have
made a visit to hidden Nedjef, has
transmitted an account of this strang-
est of cities to the National Geograph-
ic society. He writes:
1t is five days by mule or camel
caravan from Bagdad to Nedjef, and
in the eventful centuries since the
Shias founded Middleton the spot
where a nephew of the Prophet Mo-
manned was s1ain-it is estimated
that over 25,000,O00 Moslems have
made the pilgrimage to this mysteri-
GUS desert city of golden domes, fabu-
lous treasures, and weird rites. Thou
sands of devotees from the Shia
hordes of India, Persia and South Rus
STA flock through Bagdad each year,
bringing with them their mummified
dead-salted and dried-for burial in
the holy ground about the mystic city.
All Seek Burial There.
Each member of the Shia sect must
make the pilgrimage to this hottest of
his shrines, the city toward which |
throughout life he bows in worship, |
the unnatural city bound up in the |
deserts spell, into which the treasures |
Of all his fellows in faith are flowing |
for their spiritual welfare. Each mem
Der of the Shia sect expects to be
buried in the sacred earth without the |