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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-08-21
SQUIRRELS DIG UP FOSSILS.
Little Oigsers Reveal Ancient Indian
Graveyard.


Graveyard.
santa Monica, GAIA peculiar dis.
covery has been made of fossil bed
up the coast ut the mouth of Topanga
canyon. Some years ago a man living
there unearthed some excellent speci-
mems Of fossils and supposed Indian
bones. Recently large heap of black
dirt was noticed at the edge of the
beach, and upon investigation it proved
to be the burrow of family of SPUR
rels. --..
The little diggers had piled up on the
surface Of the sandy soil perhaps $50
pounds of black sand, In which were
pieces of clam shells, fossils and bits
Of human bone. There were even rocks
weighing close to two pounds. The
dirt was -just1as- it. had been dumped
by the animals. and bones and fossils
were mixed together with the rocks
and sand. The bones have been iden-
tilted as those Of human beings, sew
eral specimens showing conclusively
that they at one time had constituted
the framework Of q stalwart Indian
brave. ss.....~ ~
Theories have been advanced by men
interested In osteology. but no definite
conclusions have been reached. They
think that the bones are those Of In
dams, but that they are hundreds Of
years old. The squirrels must have
burrowed many feet, or else the beach
In the years past was nearer to the
mountains than it is at present,
That is natural, for the change Is
made by the yearly washing Of guam
titles Of sand and rocks from the inte-
rior down to the mouth Of the canyon.
The old burying ground is now prob
ably many feet below the surface, and
only the busy little ground squirrels
know the exact location Of the rest of
the bones.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-08-21
CHEMISTRY ABOL|SHES
WORK WITH THE HOE
Weeds Killed by Arsenic and
Much Labor Is Saved.

Neutrality-suspicious. Of the depart
ment Of agriculture are greatly inter
ested In reports received from Hawaii,
to the effect that one of the big sugar
companies has adopted as regular
field practice the system Of destroying
weeds by use Of IAN arsenic poison
spray instead Of by hoeing.
Experts who have conducted expert
ments on Hawaii sugar lands estimate
that by the spraying method saving
can be made in labor of SIS to $50
per acre per annum.
The latest developments along this
line In Hawaii are discussed in q let.
ter received from Professor II. P. Agee,
director of the experiment station staff
Of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters asso-
citation. Before going to Hawaii Pro-
lessor Agee co-operated with the de-
partment in experiments on Louisiana
sugar land.
The value of this method in Hawaii
is very great, because of the fact that.
like most tropical regions. the islands
are subject to torrential rains. The
less the surface of sugar and other
lands is disturbed by cultivation the
less chance there is that heavy rains
will wash off the top soil or immedi-
ately beat it into compact form.
A few years ago the department of
agriculture issued bulletin dealing
with the weed factor in the cultivation
of corn, following series eof expert.
ments extending over several years.
which apparently established the prin-
ciple that it is the removal of the
weeds rather than the cultivation prop
er that contributes most to the pro-
duction Of the corn crop. A series of
125 experiments were conducted, GOV.
ering many states. On some plots the
most approved methods of cultivation
were employed, while on other plots
there was no cultivation whatever, the
weeds being eliminated by surface
scraping with hoe.
A general average Of all these ex-
periments showed that the plots that
were simply weeded produced, 95.1 per
cent as much fodder and 99.1O8 per
cent as much grain as those, that were
subjected to the most approved. meth,
DDS of cultivation. ss
The arsenic spray method will be
given trial on cortland in Louisiana
this year by experts Of the Office of
farm management in cooperation with
local authorities, with view to de-
termining whether it Is not available
for use in that region, where climatic
conditions to some extent approach
those In Hawaii
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-08-21
FRANCE IMPROVES MATCHES.

Had Long Been the Worst In the
World, but No One Complained.
Paris.-For forty years France has
endured the worst matches in the world
uncomplainingly because the govern
ment took the monopoly. manufacture.
ing cheap and selling dear. as one
means of paying the German war debt.
Now. however, big. cheap wooden
matches, easy to strike, have replaced
the sulphur tipped splinters that nearly
choked upwary smokers or obstinately
refused to light.
The newspapers do not chronicle the
reform or It's reason.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-08-21
1920 CHARACTERS
ON new TYPEWRITER
Chinese Machine Has Three Keys
with so, Combinations,

New YorA.-Stenographers may be
interested to learn that there is a new
sort of typewriter which has just been
invented by a young student in the en-
cheering department of New York
university. The machine is different
from the typewriters familiar to the
average person in several respects. For
instance. the standard" keyboard has
twenty-six letters and in most cases
about dozen keys devoted to figures
and punctuation marks. while the new
machine has 1920 characters in all and
only three keys.
One of the three keys is a back
spacer, another the space key and the
third is the key with which the 1920
characters are struck. 1t is possible.
according to the inventor. to make
more than 1900 characters by combi-
nations Of radicals" or base charac-
tiers. About $4,000 combinations can be
made by the machine. the inventor
said.
That stenOgraphers ambitious to 3D.
crate the new typewriter will lind at
first their task little difficult, at least.
was indicated by the fact that it re-
quired two hours to write the first let
ter typed by the machine. This letter
contained approximately 100 words,
but the operator was unfamiliar with
the 1920 characters Stenographers of
this city who do not work in export
or import houses dealing with China,
however. are not apt to be called on
to memorize the new keyboard for
some time
=. The machine is said to be the first
Chinese typewriter ever invented.
Heuen Chi. the student inventor dem
onStrated the method by which the
machine worked. He conceived the
idea that a.,typewriter could be made
to write Chinese while he was at bis
home in southern China three years
ago. be said. He began a study OF
the Chinese dictionary at once to iso-
late the radical or base characters
Of the words In most cases one char
acter represents whole word in Chi
4iese. though. according to Heuen Chi,
thousands Of these characters are
made up Of simpler characters which
alone represent words themselves. he
continued studying the forms of the
language during year and "a half be
spent at London university and began
work on his typewriter.
Heuen came to this country as a
government student and on the
prompting Of Chinese officials who had
become interested in his scheme took
up the study Of engineering at New
York university and continued to work
On the invention He completed the
model a short time ago and has patent
ed it in this country. China and Japan.
for it also writes Japanese. which. he
said. il similar to Chinese
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-08-21
GALLIP0L| GUARDS
TURKISH PENINSULA
Was Once a Beautiful City,
but Has Gone to Decay.

Washington.--''The city of Gallipoli,
toward which the allied forces are
fighting, guards the neck of the CALI
poll peninsula, where the peninsula
joins the mainland, near the elbow
formed by the Dardanelles strait and
the Sea Of Marmora," begins a bulletin
issued by the National Geographic So
ciety. The description of this key po-
sition to the best protected of all of the
worlds water avenues, position to
which the interest Of all the nations is
now turned with much questioning.
continues:
"Gallipoli is the last bar that locks
the Dardanelles, and secures Marmora
sea as Turkish lake. 1t is a power
fully fortified city, it's defensive works
having been begun in modern style in
1878, when the Russians threatened to
take possession of Constantinople. The
work Of Strengthening this port has
been carried on at irregular intervals
since. When the Bulgarians. were at
lacking the. lines at Chatalja, the
Turks, who felt that they might expect
an endeavor to turn their TANKS by
way Of ,Gallipoli and Marmora sea,
worked feverishly upon the ports re-
doubts. While Gallipon is not COM
parable in strength to the greatest fort
resses of Europe, it, nevertheless, with
its modern batteries and extensive out
works, forms proper conclusion to
the nightly fortified water lane lead
ing down to the Aegean sea.
"This city beautiful Of the Greeks
(Kallipolis) was the first point in Eu-
rope to be won and maintained by the
Ottoman hordes. 1t is today anything
but beautiful city. Its streets are
narrow, immethodical and dirty, while
most Of its houses are overworn wood
en- structures, In which decay and I'M
tidiness mix to an unpleasing picture.
There are few buildings of any archi-
tectural interest, though the great lead
en- domed bazaars appeal to the imagi-
nation Of the westerner. Some few and
uncared for relics of eastern empire
and Grecian times have been left to
normal decay by the Turks.
Until Turkish occupation and the
putting into effect of the suspicious, in
tolerant and shortsighted policies Of
exclusion and exclusiveness Of the
orient GallipoH seemed destined, as a
well placed port upon one of natures
natural avenues of water trade, to be-
come one Of the greatest of all the
commercial cities Of the near east.
Through the centuries Of Turkish rule
it has slept an almost dreamless sleep.
To-day, with a population Of $4,000,
with few ambitions and little under
standing Of its advantages, it has, how
ever. under the Young Turk regime,
given some evidence Of reawaken-
ing"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-08-21
WEALTHY BOY JOINS NAVY.
Pasadena Millionaire Gives consen,
When His Son Enlists.

PASaoena m1ulonalr0 gives Consent
When His Son EnIists.
Los Angeles. Cal.-Donald Murphy.
nineteen years old. son Of A. NJ. Muir
ply. Pasadena millionaire. ia at Mare
island. San Francisco. where be en-
listed for three years. service in the
navy. Young Murphy drove up to the
naval recruiting Office in Spring street
in his automobile. accompanied by his
parents.
81 want to enlist as sailor in the
American navy" he said to the officer
in charge. His father and mother
gave their consent. He passed the
physical and mental examination and
then was enlisted. Re-enterfng the
automobile. he went to the Santa Fe
station. where he boarded a train for
Mare island. Murphy last year was
graduated from the Pasadena high
school.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-08-21
SKINS WAY TO DEGREE.
Student Pays Expenses by Trapping
Muskrats.

&
Beloit, visa student at Beloit is
literally SHINING his way through col.
lege. He is Edwin M. Dahlberg Of
Cherry Valley. ILL.,, a senior. and he
has earned large portion of his col
lege expenses by trapping muskrats on
the Rock river. near this city.
Dahlberg began to emulate Daniel
Boone last fall. He set string of
traps along the river above the city
Every morning he would visit them
starting out in his canoe at 5 O'clock
Drifting downstream, he would skin
his catches on the way back to Be!oit.
He cured the pelts on some rafters in
the mems dormitory. which sometimes
were upholstered by several hundred
skins at time,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-08-21
OREGON MEN NOT FRESH"
Women "Hiked" II Alone, unarmed
.. and Unmolested. X

Eugene, Ore. = Five Eugene young
women have just finished hike OF
sixty miles along the Oregon coast un-
armed and unafraid of stories Of bears
told them at virtually every; place they
stopped. They carried packs weighing
almost twenty pounds and took their
chances at finding shelter each night.
They proudly boast that not one man
got fresh" and that it would be. quite
possible for woman to walk all over
Oregon alone without being molested.
The "hikers' were Miss Frieda Gold.
smith. Miss Harriet Thompson, DR..
Bertha Stewart, Miss Mary Perkins
and Miss Myrrha Hepburn. Four are
members of the University of Oregon
faculty.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-08-21
DOG FINDS ST.; TAKES 1T HOME
Shop 10 Honest, but Thinks EVERYTHING
Belongs to His Master.


Muncie. Ind.-Edward Gottlieb of
Muncie has shepherd dog which for
intelligence he believes cannot be sur
passed. It is not unusual for the an
1mal to bring home things that he
finds In the streets. but the other day
1t surpassed all its previous endeavors
by coming home with brand new 81
Dill In its mouth. It is said the dog
picked up the money in South Walnut
street. in the center of the business
district. Mr.. Gottlieb is now endeavor-
ing to find the person that lost the
money.
"Shep does not mean to be dis
honest" said his owner. ''but he thinks
that everything of value he sees
should belong to me-"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-08-21
Order to Shave Stir. French.

Order to Shave Stirs French.
Paris. The decision Of the military
authorities that soldiers at the front
must be clean shaver as a hygienic
measure has brought forth storm Of
protest from large number Of beard
ed men on the firing lire.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1915-08-21
NOT A NIBBLE; FINED $40.

Angler Finds He Doesn't Have to Catch
Fish to Be q Fisherman.
Perth Amboy, N. Ut isn't necessa.
~ to catch fish to be fisherman in
New Jersey. Alec Buck0wskit was
seated beside Kessler's pond with
pole and line in his hand.
He hadn't had a bite since he arrived
there at daybreak. But a game warden
got him, and Justice Pickersgill ruled
that he was a fisherman and fined him
$40 for not having license.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

The WaXahachie Light has this to
say: 1t is entirely TOO early for
quarter horses to get into the race
for United States senator. They ar
liable to become WINGED long before
the goal is reached,f Now, that is
what We consider a pretty hard say
ing against some of fhose who have
already signifed thtir intention Of
making tie race Possibly the edi-
tor OF the Light has also in mind
some one or more |who are groom
ing themselves foH the race but
have not yet been 'called out" and
wishes . warn item of a fate that
is sure to oyertala them if they en-
ter the running Houston Post.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31
BUSINESS MEN WILL
TALK TRACES DAY
PLANS ON FOOT T. MAKE
TRADES DAY A RNitLiR
MONTHLY EvEkT.
Matter VIII BE DiscuSsc0 at Length
at Meetinf Held on thursday
Night. 4

Chairman VIII Moore NJ the Trades
Day committee has call4 meeting
of the business men at&Chamber OF
Commerce rooms for Th3rsday night,
when it is planned to d cuss the aa-
visibility of making II Waxahachic
trades day monthly u ent, A very
large number OF the ny rchante nave
expressed themselves as fayorIas
such a plan and it is sired that all
speak out on the subj ct. To make
trades day success each month
hearty cooperation OF he merchants
must be secured.
New plans have ben suggested
which will be we'll wo Rh listening to.
Come out. to ChambQ OF Commerce
rooms on Thursday ght at 1880 II
you are Interested arrangements
for a second trades |day.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31
TRINITY UNIVERSITY IS I
SEcURE0 FOR NEE nNG
SESSIONS OF STATE cnRErIAN
ENDEAEoR CONVENTION
WILL BE HELD THEHE.
Dates For the WaxahaChieNiather
Are June 10 to f3.7fA Big
Crowd Is EXpecfcti.

Trinity University haH been secur-
ed for the entertainmenEo the Texas
State Christian EndeaV& convention
which meets at Waxahs*hie. June 10
to 13 This definite announcement
was r~ceived yesterdays rom the Of
ficers of the convention committee
Consent was secured rpm the presi-
dent of the university, pr. Hornbeak.
The two dormitories OF the universe
ty will be used to house. the delegates
and the auditorium vi be used for
the main meetings, While numerous
halls and class roomt will be used
for conferences. Then oakum atllle-
tic field will be useA for baseball!
games, track and field meets, ten
mis- and other sEortss
Paul Baker, Jhachie, supern
tendent OF the good citizenship de-
partment of the staH union, was The
state representatiFekat Austin. Th1
The convention therH was we'll atten-
ddand Thirteen Of he delegates took
the expert cndeakor examination.
While large mum ber were interest
ed in the state cMyention at Waxa-
hachie and sever4 expressed a greet
interest i'll the Wbrld S convention Il,
Chicago The efficiency campaign Of
the Christian tAdearor movement
was a source ofInterest to the dele
gates at this convention. Plans were
made to have krallies held in each
society in the district was perfected
the followingFbetng elected to the
principal offisfs George II. Philip
pus, Austin, fpresident; w. H, Mil.
Ter, San scus, vice PRESIDENT; Miss
Bella warrington, San Marcos, secreta-
ry and treasurer.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31
THE WAxAAACH|E IH|CH
SCHOOL IS AFFILIATED
GRADUATES OF Tbs SCHOOL
CREDITED WITH 81 1-2
UNiTSa
Six Units Added to A'ourSe by Pc
cent CompietiqM of AiliIia-
tioAs

Waxanachie hisf school has al
ways ranked higW III its affiliation
with uniyersities% but through eff
forts of superinv ndent VIM it il
now completely $ffiliated with State
university, the &filiatiou on four
new subjects Ming been secured
during The Last few days. At the
beginning of Ills year the school
had Is IL tHits, to which have
been added * units on four new
subjects, as tbllows:
Domestic Sience-One unit
Domestic krt--One unit.
German-f Wo units.
Spanish Two units,
The higN school ranks now with
the very lest high schools in TeE-
as, The redlts are recognized in
state university and graduates Ct
the school may now enter that i'll
stitution without examinations.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

ecutive board to meet at the Rig
gins Hotel as his guests and consisl@
er changing the dates,
MIR. Schramm states that NE mat
ter has already been aX*hged by
correspondence, but thaEks the may
or for his invitations
Local tremen making great
plans to entertsh their visitors, 1t
is expected tkf there will be be
tween 1,ooynd $500 firemen here
for the QfEasion. One of the en-
tertainWent features will be to at
tend fhe Texas league games here.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31
t,Ieanint on Lot.

The Harrison ltent theatre has
leased the chapnl ban lot across Main
street from the 6ims- Thomson gar
age ana ,vdrkma are busy today
cleaning off the Not to make ready
for raising their big tent there next
Monday. The Harrison company ex
meets TO pay Il two weeks engage
nent here. Fred Mayfeld. the vet,
eran advance man. is here saperin-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

A North Carolina miser died this
week, and the only thing said ot
him in the press was that he lett
$50, 600 in cash in little iron safe
BroWnwood Bulletin. What a
consolation to know that when we
pass away no such cilnrge can be
brought against us.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

That drink is the worst of ell
enemies II voiced by David Lloyd
George, England s chancellor Of the
exchequer. who told a delegation Of
the ship owners federation that
we are fighting Germany, Austria
and drink, and so far Jas | can see
the greatest of these Ethree deadly
foes is drink"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31
CHANG DATE FOR
CONVENTION b MAY 4, 5, 9

WACO. TEX, arch si,-The
g@.a sFipemep,st q Peiatitogg of Tex
as viii meet in w o May = 8 and
6, instead OF on NJ II, II and Ia,
according to lei er received yes
terday from Peter chramm Of IT,
Ter, president OF I organization
The letter was in i ply to an invita-
ton from Mayor + ggins to the ex-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

While riding on a fain over in
Hunt county, white lnan slapped
a negl;o's jaws and tn + negro sues
the railroad Probably just what
a white man would hate done un-
der similar circumstance, The ne
gro Is an apt scholar.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

The republicans contend that
in this country until tlleir party is
restored to power. 1t Is a matter Of
history. however, that there have
been more panics since the war un-
der repu blican than under demo-
cratic administrations.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

The emperor OF Germany is a
good trader. He is paying the Bal
kan states for neutrality with terri
tory furnished by Turkey and is
paying Italy for keeping out of the
war with territory furnished by
Austria.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

The Old time rivals Will meet on
Yoakum field tomorrowland game
for your whiskers is expected, Both
teams are claimed to be in the pink
of condition and a large crowd is
expected to witness the contest.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

This is the last day CT March and
We hope the weather m&n is salts
fed with what he has dbne for US
Tomorrow being the fiIst day of
April he may decide toNfool US by
giving US a change
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

King Albert of Belgium declares
that he is not heros but says YOU
will find them in the trenches. This
is literally true. II id were not for
the man behind the gun, the man
with the sword and epiulettes would
count for but little.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

The Dallas Evening Journal eele
brated Is first birthday anniversary
yesterday, 1t has proven itself quite
a sprightly youngster -being not
only able to stand alone but to walk
in one year. May the pace increase
as the publication grows older.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

And now John Bull is talking of
ousting intoxicating liquors from
the British empire Regardless OF
what may be the outcome Of the
struggle between the warning ma
lions they are all united in putting
the kibosh to John Barleycorn.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

The fact that the state officials
the repeal of any portion Of the
warehouse law leads us to believe
that there is some merit in the con-
tention Of the Texas ginners that
certain sections Of the law should
be repealed.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

If Governor Fergusod submits
anything else to the call "a session
of the legislature except the gener-
al appro priation bill, he Will have i
happy time in avoiding IA second
called session.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

been well acquainted witlT its go
ing qualities, but it showA no dis
position tC meet us half Way with
its coming procliyities.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

There must be something radical
ly wrong with the warehouse law.
w. d. Lewis. president of Ahe farm
ers' union, is opposed toEits being
repealed or amended. Z
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

Waxahachie tmerchdnts compose
the home team and We make it
rule always tofroot for the team
which represets our town
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

Burglars ov1 at Texarkana are
anxious % obt in all the informa-
ton possible. finley raided book
store few nights ago.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-31

When all of kItalys grand opera
singers get intf action we are sat
isfed the enemy will take to the
woods.