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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10
THE SOIL AND SEED PROBLEMS

| Soil building il a branch Of agrt-
feature that Is pTacticed so little ii
Texas that Il is almost unknown ard
lganeraily the farmers oil this state
pay little attention Ri ii. There Is
10 snuch of the soil that Is prod NJ.
/ tire without II. SO much land tha,
produces fairly good crops from yea
To year without arr effort. al inn
proven1eus that IL i taken for grant
I'd that US productivity II not dirnin-
ished By cultivation and there Is 10
Thought Of replenfishmans In most,
if not AL. the other southern states
much Of the land Tnusr be fortified
else no crop is made and many thoa-
sands of dollars are expended for
commercial fertilizers knowins
that II il rot absolutely necessary
70 do that IN Texas the farmers
plaat and reap year after year wifh-
out giving baeh TO the soil any If
the strength they have taken from
ar III Texas mhen the land IL ex-
haus7ea ~ constant cultivation ii Is
abandoned FOR other land fresh and
rich with the elements necessary for
production ThiS il made possible
BY tine almost unlimited expanse Of
unused Land which can be had COM
p@tativeiy cheap and can be pat III a
fair state ~ cultivation IVA one year
But. very little OF II eyer wears out
The acreage Of abandoned land in
|thi2 state il too sfnali 10 take into
account ln . discussion Of the aues-
ton Df SOL building. Of vastly Eno i
Importance Is the matter ri snereaA
Iins The preauetIveneSs OF the Ian
that never SCARS oas- We &c on rob
hing tha soil from year 70 scar AMI
then expect TO make good orolss The
farmers Of this state should fnra
their attention t0 soil building II 50
their duty to care for their land ana
make IL better and better as the
geafe 90 bg Bow much better 1T
viii be ahen every farmer will be q
soil bplieer rather than soiI robDer.
4 country Is judged By lis people A
horticultural country Is Judged by ~
farmers No farming people can he
great unisss their lands are rich aaa
ffnlsfai Wherever the iands asa
poor the people are po0r They is
poor u the common comforts Of life
ard aesoid 81 aspirations aud hooe
Tor better things Find tie rich and
.frui'ful iaaes AMI Yoe fad taore
good honaez good schools and v.gof-
Uua happy. hopefei Eseu and women
Nest 10 seli building ia iHpo--
t2Ree Is she selection Of seed. Il
s. Just - impossible 10 get good
crops from inferiof seed as il Is from
interior land Great Improvement
has been made IN Texas during the
last se~ years 10 the selection o.
seed. Not enough @ttenti0n Il tai j
10 fhis impostant work. however.
lsad Ake the building OF the soil n
suffers because Texas land produces
~ sell without H. Seed selection
IS aoi a saborioae task u requires
Thought 4ad care and action Al tbs
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10
NAVAL ArvTAeHE REPORTS
On HESPERIaN SINKING

LONDON. Sept. 1s,--The state de-
partrnent at Washington has A re-
roFs or Lieutenant Mcbride. nafal
attache at the American embassy, OIL
the sinking OF the Hesperian, IT was
stated this afternoon. Ii is under
stood the report does not change
tbs previous statements made to the
b part ment thar the Hesperian vas
attacked without warning.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

America today owes much to the
newspaper. and it will owe much
more in the time to come for il
seems almost impossible to improve
the newspaper system. with its
thousands OF correspondents scatter
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

breakfast for gaw days oad you nss
then act fiue. This famous sslss - 81
the acid OF grapes and lemon ll +, spss
with lithia, and has been usea ' 4
10 clean clogged kidneys ana ss ID
to normal ACTIVITY, also 20 haa.i ne i ii
in urine. so it no longer Is q soa'''
thus ending bladder veakLesS' ;n;ars
Jad salts IS Inexpensive, eaii''os r drIs (
a delighted eilcrvesecnt lsllla,~,as' ~, 10 Ia
everyone should take now ana 'Dss i,
kidneys clean aud active. i3Ti' ,sbo ii
they sell lots 81 lad SAT- % iolss il
overcoming l-5ipey trouble VINE
trouble.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

ed the wide world over -
conceded that time iI@s's
things. and when. il posillz
finishing touches are afdsa !
almost perfect newspaper y
day then indeed will ne aF''
be the highest source aug z
powerful influence seF as I
against wars and dis9fts'>-'
kama -Four States Pfesh-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

The federal game Law does not
protect doves except from sanset I'M
til sunrise- This Is all rigat with
our hunters as they never slip np
on bird and murder II while Il ia
sleeping
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

Our good nelghhor. w p. Ander-
son. is one OF IA. finest shots ia The
country. When ne goes after shs
birds they come across Ii You had
seen u Officiating 81 the disposal OF
q lne mess the other day you would
hate agreed that We had the best oil
evidence for the above statement
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

Men never marry for money. but
q rich ssrl seems 70 have more GOOD
looks and winning WAYS than The
other kind
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

An end OF the var would o.
course. mean an end 70 the '5nlisi
states osn prsbietaa srenift out OF
the VA Il s etfil ne that 'laiz ma
,ien can moi fenew OF press IT. o'fer
I'D ~ desire 70 aid N faFing the
aTriors IRON thems' lfsa, as nineh
As MA be 1T this stage; bar !. Is IN
cseasiagiy apvsIent that that oHef,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

TIE wife OF . New York man
elcped with the goodman. but the
husband was greatly consoIed when
he fcand out that she had taken the
phonoersph with her.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

People up III thiA part Of The state
base always had an idea that the
Mexlcaus aoAn ID southwest Texas
vote as they are bought.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

Xheu Il comes to ,andslides th<
psoese down 1t Panama ere certain
n t5ecdy. rp this way the demo
'es.fs arr natisaed With one every
roer year4
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

Nc nation ought ever TO succeed
in var that permits lis officers and
air-raidcrs se drop bombs down
among helpless and defsnseless
women and chiidreu-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

TO keep ycur stove from smoking
you should furnish II Win GOOD
pipe.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

chicago.s chief OF police IN.
nounces that he intends to run Al
the crooks and undesirahles out Of
the town. Won't that leave him
withont ! force.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

The game season has opened and
the undertaken holds himself III
readiness to 70 after the remains OF
the fellow who pals his gun, musxie
firxs. through = 1ire fence.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

rhe naa are bal little aftfaeted
Is she or.ass zncM windows II touE
Thsg prefer - gateh sbe display g
il ,.ass marching down the street
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

What kind OF a generation would
folioa a. II mothers SHOULD iieten
TO the advice ~ old maids as 20 tue
besf aay 10 raise e}ildren2
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

III the Mexican bandits are arsx-
ious not to die with their boots OF
they should scar shoes
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

THE amateur gardener IL usually
an adept at explaining why bis gar
dcn isn't better.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

Commanders a. English vessels
seem determined to 20 10 the bottom
OF this submarine business.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

war and take on a vastly higher
mission San Antonio Express.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10

One Aaaarsd thousand waters
ure araplogad III the hotels asa ses-
tapf&pts of Hes YORK eiig Some
ifpplne sulng ia III that old tosn.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-10
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-18
SETTING THE coUNTRY's TIME
But, After All, What's the Ussf-lt
Doesn't Really Exist In Scheme
Of Mature.

Twenty-Five years ago western rail-
road centers often had % many -
seven standards Of time, besides the
local mean solar time. Now, every
day, Just before noon, the tick Of the
clock at the United States naval OBJ
servatory at Washington comes over
every Western Union wire throughout
the land-click! click-till at ten Sec
onds before meridian there falls .
hush which Is broken by the tick that
marks noon-not noon for all the land
at once, but noon in strip fifteen de-
grees wide. In the next strip west.
central time, 1t is eleven O'Clock, and
so on till at San Francisco, Pacific
time, It Is nine o'clock, while In New
York the clock hands close together
at the zenith of the dial.
II we could fash around the watery
globe to that imaginary line where
the day takes up its course we should
reach the place in the Pacific where
Sundays midnight leaves OF and Tues
days morn begins. A paradox? Yer
lily, and more than paradox. Nature
here traps us in the lie We told hel
that we might win her treasures from
her. She knows 1t is q lie, and provei
It to us that there is no such thing al
time. It's but word; 1t has no rea
entity. no existence save in thu
thought Of man.-Munsey's.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-18

- HAT particular kind of fur-cloth Tor
j "fabric-fur," as some people prefer to
call it,, known as "Pomoire," is shown
here made up into costume for the
winter promenade. With high collar
and cuffs of fitch fur and smart fasten-
ing of cord and buttons, 1t reflects
something Of the military modes. But
the jacket, or short coat, is strikingly
original. topping OF the straight scant
underskirt and long full tunic with
which all the world of fashion is more
than familiar.
The coat merits study, as 1t is I'M
like any other without departing from
the lines that are decreed as correct
for this season. II Is double-breasted,
short in front and sloping downward
toward the sides. Al the back il is
heightened into a square tab which
extends somewhat below the middle of
the entire length Of the figure. The
sleeves are straight and loose and a
diminutive cape extends over them
and across the back. 1t terminates at
each side OF the front In the jacket
Following the line Of the cape . fat.
turnover collar lies below the stand
ing collar Of fur. By this arrangement
the fur collarette may be made sepa-
rately and not always worn There is
. slight blousing of the front Of the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-18

THE fad of the hour is the straight
! hanging ample veil, ripping about
the lower edge and just as full as it
we'll can be made. 1t is of dotted or
figured net and usually it is in black,
although a warm gray or mode or
dark fawn color is liked immense
ly. The latter are often finished
with a lace pattern about the lower
edge, which does not interfere at all
with their being bound.
The usual binding is narrow fold
of black satin. A recent arrival is
the black veil with binding Of white
satin. A few varieties are bordered
with ribbon an inch wide, but the
great majority of all the wells are cut
circular. hang to point little below
the shoulders, and are bound with q
narrow fold Of black satin.
An extreme of the mode is made of
q square of black filet net having
small solid squares scattered over its
surface. The net is q yard wide. A
circular piece is cut out from the cen
ter and the opening is hemmed in q
narrow hem into which a round elastic
cord il run. The edges are bound
with q narrow fold Of white satin. The
veil is adjusted to the hat by the elias
tic cord and hangs full. and in points
to waist line.
: 1t Is an easy matter to make ont
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-18

jacket at the waist line and the merest
hint of a slope inward at the sides.
One could not ask better or more
graceful management of the fashion
able silhouette. But the fabric-furs
really look best when used with
smooth.faced cloths in making up
costume. With skirt or tunic bordered
with Pomoire, and Q short coat OF 1t
fine combination, durable and hand
some. results.
One Of the smartest of cloth gowns
shows a plain skirt with long narrow
triangles of the fabric-fur let In. one
at each side Of the front, one at each
side of the back and one at the center
back. The short coat Of cloth n
heightened by skirt sewed to 1t and
cut to ripple about the bottom. 1t ex-
tends to the knees. but not across the
front Of the figure. as it hangs from
the sides and back Of the short jacket.
There is band of Pomoire. which
forms a border about the skirt Of the
coat. Cuffs and long revers are also
made Of It.
For wear In mild climates the Cos
tune trimmed with fur-cloth or using
| fur-cloth with plain cloth In its com.
position. is the most pleasing Of the
seasons new productions.
JULIA 5oTroMLEY.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-18
lndlscreet Memory.

You and that very charming Miss
Malcolm were boy-and-girl friends, I'm
told9"
YES"
Il saw you talking to her You
must have had delightful time re-
calling early days."
We'll, no. tried to make it pleas.
ant. but it didn't seem to work. / re-
called to her how she climbed trees
and fences when she was tea years
old, and she gave me a freezing look
Then l asked her to remember how
she was thrown from an overturned
bobsled and went head foremost into
q snowdrift and stuck there. You
were seven years DID, said, and
recall that you wore What do you
think she did,"
Il dunno
Said 'Sir!' and stalked away
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-18
New Muffs Are Small.

AS II to show just what length
fashion would have us follow, the
latest muffs are infinitesimally small.
Quite absurd do they appear after
the huge pillow affairs we have been
cheerfully hauling around with US for
the past few seasons. 1t may be that
the long, tight sleeves. fur banded as
they are on the modish suit, interfere
with the huge muff, 80 milady de-
mands that q smaller affair be de-
signed for her comfort.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-18

on the I'D there was poised . dove
with outstretched wings.
You asked me to bring your letters
with me-" he said, quietly placing the
vase In her hand. They are in that
little vase"
II do not understand" faltered
Helena, all her anger and Jealousy
suddely dissolved in q great terror
Of losing him forever. She lifted the
lid Of the vase and saw within pile
Of grayish-black ashes. II do not un-
derstand." she repeated.
Jack Henshaw turned his eyes away
from the delicate beauty Of her face.
Your letters to me since we have
been engaged-in fact every word you
have written to me-were too prec-
ious to leave carelessly around, but I
wanted to keep them in some form
and 90 burned them. The ashes Of
your. letters to me are in that little
vase. They are as dead ~ the ashes
Of your love seem to be-"
Before Helena could utter Q word
Nora returned with the package.
somewhat breathless, but her honest
face wearing triumphant express
sion. In her hand she held Q square
| package wrapped in pink tissue paper.
"Give the package to Mr.. Henshaw,"
said Helena. And as Jack took 1t he
weighed 1t in his hand with smile.
Rather light reading" he COM
mented wryly. II suppose you have
no objection to my putting them on
the fire nowT
Helena nodded assent and he tore
OF the pink paper, disclosing a white
pasteboard box. In trice the lid
was of and there, ripping over his
fingers was an alluring mass Of au-
| burn puffs and curls that exactly
matched Helena's lovely hair.
For an instant they both started
Mortified at the frivolous curls that
had adorned Helena's head the winter
before.
| Mora has brought the wrong pack
age-I forgot this one was wrapped
in pink paper ALSO" faltered Helena
and then her violet eyes met jacks
doubling brown ones and saw q
CLEAN of mirth in them.
Its the funniest thing that evel
happened" laughed Helena.
How about the original pink pack
age-that is yet unhsrmed?" asked
Jack practically.
81 shall keep that after ALL" sale
Helena, "because-oh, Jack, am 81
wicked and jealous and everything
just to punish me you must never tel
me about where you went and wha
you did last evening"
She was safe in the shelter Of bill
arms now. "I'll have to tell you
can't get out of 1t. thought toda!
was your birthday. never mind hov
l figured it out-and 30 last night
went down to Dogwood kennels Will
Ned Speedle to bring homo to yo'
that prizewinning French BULLDOG
who hasn't a curly hair on his body
but whose name is" He pause'
for effect.
mot Curly?" cried Helena, d.
lightedly.
THAT same-but he's not wrappe
In pink paper" grinned Jack ~ b
opened the door to admit Helena
delayed birthday present.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-18
Pure Bred Arab Anr..

In Cairo society has been formed
Tor preserving the rure bred Arab
horse. 1t is said that recent changes
In the lives and habits of the Bedonin.
have resulted in the deterioration Of
these horses. A practical horsem.n
Of wide experience says that as a rule
the Arab horse is now no better treat.
ed than our own horses, whatever NAV
have been true Of the old DAYS when
sucn poems as The Arab to Hi,
Steed" were written.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-18
uaaful Enoek.

A useful little day frock is Of old
parchment.colored wooden rep trim
med with braid, very wide silk braid
to match, worked over again in places
with very narrow braid in black, and
the buttons are wooden, matching the
parchment hue, while there is an ODD
little waistcoat, of which little is seen
In black and white checked velvet.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-18

of these pretty wells, and anyone can
afford to indulge in a fad that costs
SO little. The prettiest touch is added
by lacking rose or small nosegay
of bright flowers to the border at the
left side. This is the very latest trick
of adornment and is wonderfully pleas
ing. JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-18
Mixed.

Vicar (his mind full of the recruit.
ing posters)-Wilt thou take this
woman to thy welded wife-for three
years or the duration Of the war;
Puush.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-18
Extraord mary Bird.

The capture Of specimen Of the
"takahe," or fightless rail, Of New
Zealand, has ever been accounted an
event in ornithology. So far as is
known, only four specimens Of this
bird has been obtained.
The takahe (Notornis hocnstetterD
is about equal in size to goose. but
its wings are very small, and, unlike
all Of his relatives in other lands. 1t
cannot fly. Its breast is Of a rich
blue color, and its powerful beak is
described as q large eQuilateral tri-
angle of hard pink horn. apparently an
excellent weapon.
The first specimen of this bird was
caught in 1s4s, the second In 1851. the
third in 1879 and the fourth In 1900.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-02-18

Cholera has usually found = use
full ally in superstition. In the old days
the disease was believed to lie bottled
up in volcanoes and to be released by
eruptions. The most eRectual way to
avoid 1t was to sleep In bed with your
head due south. In Russia during the
terrible epidemics six years ago the
peasants would not trust the doctors.
whom they actually accused Of caus-
ing the disease, but drank . fearful
mixture of tar, resin and petroleum as
preventives, and fired guns from the
doors and windows to scare the cnot
era away. What spreads the disease
along the caravan routes of Asia Is
the habit OF washing dirty clothes in
the drinking wells.
Rocks were the birds whose conduct
In connection with the cholera was OBJ
served In Ireland in 1882. According
to the contemporary Dublin Morning
Register, Immediately the cholera
came all the birds vanished from the
rookery In the Marquis Of Sligo's de
mesne, one of the largest in Ireland
For three weeks. during which the
disease ragged violently, these noisy
tenants OF the trees completely desert
ed their lofty -hahltationz. 1.-The mean
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-13
PHILANTHRoPIc DAY AT
THE PALMETTO cIIIg

The meeting of the Palmetto club
next Thursday afternoon will be in
charge of the philanthropic depart
ment, of which Mrs. VIM. Ruger is
chairman. A feature of the afternoon
will be an address by Rev. DIR. Robert
Mckay, rector of St. Mary's Episco-
pal church. Another feature of the
meeting is the annual Christmas show
er for the colored kindergartens and
1t is hoped that there will be a gen.
erous response in money. toys. candy.
etc, for this purpose The hostesses
for the afternoon will be Mrs. E. w.
Greene and Mrs. d. Louis Perrin.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-13
H. FORD SENDS APPEAL
TO FIGHTING RULERS

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Henry Ford today sent
by wireless from the peace ship, Oscar H. the text
of appeal to be made to the rulers of the belgeT
ent countries for an immediate truce. His appeal
begins: Sire, we come not to add to your burdens
but to help lift the not to consider which nations
to blame for the disaster but to end strife He
points out that each nation is fighting for its ideals
ference.
He states that the purpose of the peace expedi-
ton is to hold conference of neutrals and submit
simultaneously to the bellgerents suggestions upon
which peace negotiations may be begun. The mes
sage ends with an appeal for an immediate truce.
Ford signs the message, 'For the sake of humanity,
Henry Ford
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-13
CALLED NORTH 6Y CRITICAL
ILLNESS OF HIS MOTHER

Bernard Geiger received telegram
Saturday morning from Port Jefferson,
Long Island. N. ". informing him OF
the critical illness of his mother and
that there was but little chance for
her recovery. Mr.. Geiger left for Port
Jefferson on the afternoon train Sat
urday. Mr.. Geiker is a son-in-law OF
Ernest -Kreitzberg and makes his
home with his family in the Arcade
building.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-13
AUSTRIAN CONFERs WITH LANSING.

4 WASHINGTON, Dec. 43. - The Austrian
charge d'affairs, Baron Zweidenik, held confer
ence with Ambassador Won Bernstorff and Secre-
tary Lansing today with reference to his impending
recall He told Secretary Lansing that he wrote
the letter instructing the Austrian consul in New
York to secure neutral passports on orders from
former Ambassador Du1nba Lansing replied that
this government will not accept such an explana-
ton.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-13
KING CONSTANTINE COMPLAINS.

PARIS Dec. f5.-King Constantine has COM
planned to the kaiser that his throne is endangered
by the Bulgarian operations. Greece is making an
effort to secure assurances that no AuStroGermanS
will be used against the Allies on Greek soil