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Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
The Bird Or the Cat?

fThe Bird or the Cat?" has become a scratch ing subject which is making the feathers fly in many heretofore peaceful neighboThood. Bird lovers who have attempted to establish sanctu- aries for their feathered friends have been com- peed to revise their visiting lists according to where her royal hghness Tabbykins holds sway.
 The bird who has found to his sorrow that any bird and cat combination means catastrophe, while he is taking the mangled body of the little feathered tenant, that he has worked for months to attract, from the clutches of the inno- cent-lookng, fluffy 'fourfooted murderer, will be assailed by the cat-owner, who indignantly de- clares that while other lowbred creatures may catch birds, she. knows her own blue-blooded darling Fluffykins is too well bred and too well fed to do such deedi
 Natura1ists satisfactorily rank the fes domes tcus as third in the bird-destroying agents, hold ing every roaming cat responsible for the lives of at least fifty birds year. game warden who reports 200 quail killed by mother cat in less than year on the game preserve advocates the wholesale extermination of cats under the super vision of game warden
 The value of the cat to catch mice or rats is disputed by bird enthusiast, who maintains that this Nero of the animal world will hush forever the joyous song of any little feathered chorister simply for his own amusement when not in need of food. When he dimes he goes after cold bird in preference to any other delicacy and will catch mice or rats only last resort to keep from starving.
 The most serious arraignment against both the domestic and stray cat is made by the boards of health, who have found these animals to be carriers of scarlet fever, diphtheria and other diseases most fatal to their human associates
 successful business says that if a cat kills little chicken in the yard of the average farmer the cat is made away with. If the four footed hunter comes home with a quail, he Is petted; yet the quail is of greater economic value to the farmer than is either the cat or the chicken. He thinks. for humane reasons, the wild or stray cat left on abandoned farms should be put out of the way.
 A cata-comb where feline providers may be laid permanently to rest, is considered necessary adjunct to every bird sanctuary by a bird seryationist, who has tried, without success yari ous methods to prevent cats from killing helpless song and insectvorous birds so valuable to man. Another long sufferer from cat depredations con siders nearby deeper bath in which to inn merse and leave the savage depredators Is the only way in which bird bath may be maintained
 Some friends of the birds think to license the cat and hold the owner responsible for his pets destructveness will solve not only the vexing cat but also the kitten. question. They conclude that If person pays for license he will not be SO
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
RIGHT MAN FOR THE POSITION
Colored Citizen Knew His Qualifica- lions and the Job Was His as
 Matter of Course.

Oliver O. Agler, lately deceased, had occasion to go to a hardwood lumber yard at Cairo, where he and Fred W. Upham were in business. The floods had caused some annoyance by depos- iting mud from the Ohio and Missis- sippi rivers on the blanks in storage.
 MT. Agler was not long in compil- ing a crew of negroes to wash the soiled stock. Various ones were as- signed to hold the blanks and there was a job for one man to hold the hose
 ''Who is going to take charge of the hose?" asked the proprietor.
 A long black man uncoiled himself. "Ah reckon Ans de washinest niggah aroun' here" he said-and he quail fled
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
A QuibbIe.

John B. Stanchfield, the lawyer, was discussing in an interview h New York the case of his client, Harry ThaW.
 But objections like that said NIT. Stanchfield, "are mere bubbles. They have no real bearing on the case Like the farmers wife, they only confuse and embroil matters.
 "A sickly farmer said to his husky wife one spring morning:
 CT see by the papers that woman down Paint Rock way goes out every morning and hoes with. her husband
 Well, what of it?' the wife an- swered She could do it easily enough If he's as thin as you are. I've often thought of using you to peel potatoes with :"
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19

ant tto desert his cat leaving it dependent upon hunting for a living
 Optimists who still believe that cat nature may be educated or restrained, suggest that bells ana bright ribbon be placed on pussy so that warn ing will precede her fatal spring Others advo- cate that the poles trees on which bird houses are placed should be sheathed in tin or wrapped in barb wire to prevent the cat from climbing up and destroying the halfgrown nestlings before they can fly to safety thorny rose bush Is advised by another humane person; but the eyer present cynic thinks it much better to plant the cat at the roots of the rose bush, where he is sure in time to evolve into harmless fertilizer.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
The Heroines of Novels.

If I were his satanic majesty, and novelist came to me for judgment, should beetle my brows in horrible manner and quiz him thus:
 Did you ever make your heroine eighteen years old? Did you ever en- dow a maiden with the repartee of Pinero, the intuition of Blayatsky, the carriage of Garden, the hauteur of the Medici, the beauty of Aphrodite and the wisdom of Athene-an at the age of eighteen years?'
 If the novelist answered me Ger tainly not!" 1 should say: ITO heaven with you!" But if he answered.; Sure I did!" l would blast him where he stood.
 For, of all the iniquitous, fallaeious, unfair and dangerous doctrines, this takes the icing of the cake-that the female species reaches her apogee at the immature age of eighteen.-From Balm for Lovers,' by George Weston in the Saturday Evening Post.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19

they display speed and endurance entirely out of their ordinary wont. little sandpiper, which summers in northern Siberia near the Arctic, has to fly over the Himalaya mountains in order to reach India, where it passes the winter. In domg this it must rise to heights of four miles and up wards to clear the towering ranges. Wllsons petrel is known to range from the South Ant arctic ocean to the northern limits of Brltlsn America. As ducks and geese are almost the only birds whose mgrations have been seen ln the daytime, many telescopic observations ana instantaneous photographs lave been taken or them during flight These observations indicate that the flight of ducks, particularly teal, must frequently reach a speed of 100 miles an nout and over Even with the slower flying olrds IL is possible to cover long stretches in one night as the flight seems to be pursued without rest "all drought the night The probable choice of night for flight Is that the day may be de- voted to feeding. Besides, the dangers or the birds of prey other than owls are thus avoided. The ducks that reach this latitude in the spring are frequently very thin and poor, evidently o"- ing to the strenuousness of their voyage
 One of the remarkable characteristics of mi grafton is the regularity of it's annual movement among the different species, often the same day each fall and spring marking the departure and arrival The flights seem invariably to De Ill docks whether the species be gregar1ous or otherwise No sooner is the destination reached than the nongregarious species separate either singly or in pairs One exception to this are rohins which are nongre garious in the North, hut invariably go in focks in the South Just why some birds of the game species stop m one lafitude while others go farther on is not known, though probably the question of food supply IS the determining factor. The whole subject of migration is one of the interesting phenomena in nature which has been a matter of common observation for some thousand years and yet of whose essential nature have only the scantest information.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
Brothers in Misfortune.

The first baseman had just been carried off the diamond with sprained wrist and dislocated shoul- der.
 On the way to the hospital the am- bulance stopped to pick up janitor who had fallen downstairs.
 We meet quite by accident" said the ball player. T am first base man."
 And l., said the janitor, "am first basement man."
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19

tion-concerning whose physical basis and nature we are entirely in the dark It seems to be sense common to most animals. It is extremely we'll developed in horses and dogs, and likewise in fshes who year after year come back to the degree by man, being more pronounced in the savage than in the civilized man. probably be- cause in the latter disuse has dulled it's percep- ton.
 The speed at which birds fly during migration probably varies according to the natural capacity of the species Nevertheless, in such flights
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
Whenever You Need General Tonic
 Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as Gen. eral Tonic because it contains the we'll known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System so cents. - Adv
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19

DON'T VISIT THE CALIFORNIA Ex- POSITIONS Without supply of Aliens Foot Ease. the antiseptic powder to be shaken mto the Shoes. or dissolved in the foot-bath, The Standard reiief to tired. aching feet and prevents swollen
 hot feet One lady writes. "I enjoyed every minute of my stay at the Expositions thanks to Aliens Foot-Ease in my shoes. Get h TODAY. Adv.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
He Should Worry.

How do you account for Nero id ding during the burning of Rome?" asked the professor
 T suppose he had the place heavily insured" suggested the senior who was specializing in finance
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
Couldn't Tell.

Why did you help the defendant in the fight, if that's the case?s asked the examining counsel.
 MT. Cassidy looked at the lawyer with contempt, and answered ill tone of blighting scorn: For the Ra'son that at that toime Oi had no means of knowing which O thim would be the defendant"
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
A DiHaEenca

Hello, old man. I haven't seen you since we went to school together. hope Fortune has smiled on you"
 You might call it that. She's given me the horse laugh many time."
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
QiHerent.

Dudley makes me tired. He's al ways Dragging about his ancestors" "Oh, well, there's one consolation. His descendants will never brag about him."
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
IN THE EueENIc HOUSEHOLD.

These eggs are exactly as like them. Hor- tense"
 Yes, Archimedes, I submerged them in water at PIP degrees Fahrenheit for exactly two and onehalf minutes"
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
MYSTERIOUS JAGS.

'Boffels says he makes it rule never to take drink before six o'clock in the evening" "Ahem!"
 ''Well?'
 T frequently see him full during the day and was just wondering if he had hit upon some way to take his liquor hypodermically."
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
Stupid.

Jack Slowboy = May-I-er-kis you?
 The Girl-What do you want, writ ten permission?
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
PUZZLED.

T never can tell what you men are talking about, said the debutante with pout
 What's the matter now, Celestine?"
 T met Mir Brokerly just now, and he said he'd been up to his neck in wheat all morning. yet never saw him look more immaculate"
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
NOT THE RIGHT KIND.

T don't see how you can stand these bowling students with their class yells for everything"
 Well. yon see, they're such cheery sort"
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
HIeHBRoWs.

She-Didnt you think the people at Mrs. Gan. ders reception were all extremely duli?
 Yes, but you know 1t was authors day. Life
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
NATURAL DEDUCTION.

'I wonder how those spirit messages are writ ten?" remarked the dense party
 With medium pencil. imagine" replied the wise guy.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
TOO BULKY.

Stout Wife-How do you like my masquerade costume? I'm page.
 Husband-Page? You look more like vol. ume.-Princeton Tiger
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
Odd.

What caused the eoolnes between you and Jones?"
 "A heated argument
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-05-19
 VieWpoInt.

You shouldn't be dissatisfied Look at all you have
 Yes, but look at all haven't"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-15
Hotel Rogers Arrivals.

II. A. Bredow, Fort Worth; Rey-
burn Jones, st. Louis; w II. Ham
nond, st. Louis, j. G. Bown, Dallaa
Matt Forreter, Dallas; w. c. Kevan,
Petersburg. Va; C. b. Anthony, ST.
Louis; J. e. Carroll, Dallas, j. G..
Smyth. Fort Worth; G. n. Cox,
Waco; w. b, Ferguson. Waxaha-
chic; Stone Schiller, El Dorado,
Ark; j. {. Wood, Dallas; L. l..
Mann, Detroit; j. t. Morris and
wife, Dallas; Jno. w. Harrison, Fort
Worth; r. l.. Middleton, Waeo; II.
+. kepler. Waco; II. NJ. Mahoney.
Dallas; J.. A. Parish, La Pryor; r.
l.. Sea. Dallas; C. o. Collins, st.
Louis; l.. O-Grigsby. Dallas; r. 3.
Walker, Rice; E. Gipeuns. Navasota:
L. A. Henry. Tyler; Fl. Chancellor,
Dallas; V. Z. Blanchard. Dallas:
r. H. Waggoner. Dallas; L. II. Helm,
Dallas.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-15
SYNOD Of The PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH MEETS Al SHERMAN

The Synod of the Southern Pres
byterian church met in sherman
Han OF Austin College. at sherman.
Texas, on Tuesday night, Oct. 18th,
at eight o'clock
pr Chandler preached the open
ing sermon after which the mod
orator. DR.. d. Il. Eagleton, called
the Synod to order.
Rev. VIM. Anderson d. ID. Of DaI-
las was elected moderator.
Rev. T. S, Clyee. president of
Austin College. presented to the
synod's moderator handsome sill
YER mounted gavel. made of black
walnut taken from the stairway of
the old main building of Austin
College. which was burned two
years ago
Nearly two hundred commission
ers have registered with the state
clerk. coming from ELI over the
state and the spirit OF the Synod Is
very optimistic
One Of the great thiaes the synod
proposes to do al this meeting Il 10
launch the campaign for the rails
ing OF million dollars for the edu-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-15
EXHIBITS WILL Be SHOWN
It TEXAS State FAIR.

Although no united effort was
made to have Ellis county repre-
scented in the agricultural displays
at the Dallas Fair. the visitors 10
the State Fair will have opportnn-
ify 10 see what the county can pro-
duce In the way OF corn at least
Messrs. Lon Wicker and j. Fl. Key
worth left this morning for Dallas.
taking with them the corn exhibits
shown here during the recent ag-
riealtural display. also an incigid-
uaI exhibit By Mr.. keyworth. The
corn display Is exceptionally good
and OF course Mr. Keyworth will
have creditable display. He Is
featuring his turkeys Among the
number that will be shown al the
Fair In a two-year-oId gobbler that
weighs thIrty-fise pounds and
spring her, Matched April 20. that
weighs fourteen pounds.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-15
FOLEY QIHARuc TABLETS

ton and San Antonio. Night service
With Pullman sleeping ears will be
re-established on the Shreveport d.
vieion, the sleeper running between
Shreveport and Dallas.
The Limited time between St.
Louis and Dallas will be shortened
approximately one hour. The Flyers
time between Dallas and Fort Worth
and Galveston will be reduced forty
minutes. and the time of the Flyer
northbound. from Dallas TO ST Louis.
will be shortened fifty minutes.
The change in schedule affects
Waxahachie only with regard TO two
scuthbound trains. The Limited
leaving here now nj 1880 will pass
at 1926 a. m. end the Flyer due mere
at s:14 win pass at 9:12 p. m.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-15
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

cationai institutions OF the South
ern Presbyterian church in texas.
The Southern Presbyterians have
In Texas FIVE institutions OF learn
ing as follows:
Austin College at Sherman, DAN
iel Baker College at Brownw God.
Texas Presbyterian College for Girls
at Milford, Texas. Austin presby-
terrain Theological Seminary at
Austin, and The Texas Mexican In
dustrial School.
Mr.. Magill. manager of the South
ern Presbyterian Publishing house
at Richmond. Virginia. addressed
the Synod In the interest OF this
feature of their work and called
special attention to the fact that
the Southern Presbyterian Publish
ing House at Teyarakana is the
largest church publishing horse in
the South.
" tehSeHd9 hf@ht q Elttt fAiOalse
filled Sherman Hall, at which time
the city OF Sherman formally pre-
sented to the Synod, sherman Hall,
the gift of the citizens of Sherman
and one OF the handsomest build
ings Of its kind in the state
The Woman's synodical OF the
1
also In session in Sherman. in its
tenth annual session.
Over fifty Representatives of
ladies' work over the Synod have
registered and their reports give
occasion for great announcement
for the work OF the coming year.
Rev d. b. Bell, pastor OF the
First Presbyterian church OF Wax
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For ~ Family
Medicine Chest

c. ~. ~. Aan- w. :. Dshssz s.ys
= ekssss - gsasy's Haasy ~ Ter ~ -
s1A - \ easklv trssks - 49, cs,1s ~i6h
nsta1 49, sGIscl.. - fhsy ~ - taks 4. :.
IN this season Of coughs. colds and
crcup every family medicine chest
should be supplied with . good cough
medicine that can be relied upon
v hem needed
0uch q family cough syrup IL Foleys5
Honey and Tar Compound. This
standard medicine has been on the
market for years and in many Sec
ti0ns Was found In every home IN
the days when doctors were not SC
hendy and when money was scarcsr-
Fofeyss Hcney and Tar Compound
ts an excellent medicine for coughs.
solids, raw or inHaned throat. hoarse-
ueea tighfness and soreness OF the
ebert, Group and whOcping cough. X
II IN absolutely safe remedy, contains
ing only healing ingredients. and frso
from any harmful drugs.
aold by curlin's Two Drug Stores.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-15
We WILL DELIVER

Beginning Monday. the 1stl. We
have been solicited SO often 10
deliver our goods in the city that
We have decided To do it.
We have purchased Ford deIiv-
cry car and will make free deliv-
cries In all parts OF town twice =
day Our car will leave the stores
at 10 a. m. and 4:30 p. N. daily
and Will deliver any amount to an
part OF town on the above hours
Cur aim In doing this is to accom-
modate the hundreds of people iii
this city who don't feel like buying
the $500 purchases at any one time.
and We feel that ali people are alike
when ii comes to the almighty dol
lar We know that IL takes the dol
lars 10 make your closest friend
Its a dead cinch that If you have
SI,oe you have one friend and so
on.
Now LEI as make you few friends
each month Our prices are far
cheaper and our goods are as good
as the best. all OF which We can
prove to you BY q trial order. Re-
member We have two big stores and
.if Tvs 10 eat we have IL The pow
er Of cash works wonders Call us
for prices. Phones: Old 5f2. neH
22l, for store No. / 81 for store
No. q
TEXAS CASH GROCERY co.
fAdv)t7e
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-15

hachie at an early date to look over
the field with a view OF contracting
for the Tigers to train here next
season and many seasons to follow.
Last advices were that Mr.. Jennings
would come to WaxahacEie irEmc-
diasely after the close or the world ;
series. and the Boston Red sox nego-
tsated the close Of the season last
Wednesday. so its time for Hughie
10 put in appearance.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-15
PERSONA. MENTION.



Judge J. Lea Cannon Is in Dallas
today on business.
Capt. f. p. Anderson Is in Dallas
TO-DAY on legal business.
sheriff II. S. Dearborn Is attend
ing court at Dallas today
/ r. Pepuus of Navasota was In the
lcity last nigh, ON business.
Blake Rose has returned from a
few weeks stay at Corsieana.
r. III. waggoner of Dallas was In
the city this morning on business
Miss Myrtle Cole is in Dallas to-
Iday for the Birth of Nation per-
Torrance.
/ Jno. w. Harrison. real estate deal
Ter at Fort Worth. is registered "
1.-THE city today.
! f. b. Walker. prominent mer-
chant at Rice. was here this morn
ling on business.
! Or. r. r. Barnes viii at
/ tend the Birth of a Nation per-
4 formance at Dallas tonight.
Cal Nall and sister. Miss Lena, VIII
/ attend the .Birth of Nation" per-
i Torrance tonight in Dallas.
Robert Harrison. manager OF ho-
ltel Rogers. attended the matinee per-
lformance at Dallas yesterday
Miss Gillie May Whitman of Waco
Twin arrive tonighr and will be the
quest CT Miss Modena Hawkins.
Rev. A. n. Hall, pastor of the First
Baptist church, will go to Brown
wood TO assist in holding q revival
meeting.
| Carl Tankersley, dietrict clerk, is
in Dallas today to answer summons
before Court OF Civil Appeals in man
damus proceedings.
| Claude Fowler, chief of police OF
Corpus Christi, was guest over
night OF Carl schuster, while enroute
to Dallas for the fair.
Miss Pauline Erwin and Miss Eva
Munden, both of Waxahach.e, en-
tered upon their duties in our
school last Monday Italy News
Herald.
| Mrs. t. Keplinger has as weekend
lguests Mrs. j. L. De Almond. Mrs
IA s. Undue Baum. Mrs. Lee NJ
Umbernhour of Fort Worth and Mrs
Emily Johnson.
f! DR.. j. c. Loggins of Ennis pass
ed through the city this morning en-.
route home from Floresvilie where
he had been to attend the reunion oil
Hoods Texas Brigade.
Rev. Geo II Bassett, the new pas
tor of the Main Street Christian
lchurch. viii arrive in the city tomor
row morning at 10 O'Clock, and viii
lpreach Sunday and Sunday night
i Mrs. Tom Craig and baby o
Waxahachie visited her father anC
sister here Wednesday night, re
turning home with the Graftoni
Thursday afternoon.--ltaly News
Herald.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-15
KATY NEW SCHEDULE
EFFECTIVE SUNDAY
SOUTH BOUND TRAINS THROUGH
WiHaHACHIE WILL
MAKE CHANGES.
Fast Express Between Dallas and
Kansas City VIII Re Put
On With the Change
la Schedule.

A change will be made IN The Katy
schedule beginning Monday. which
provides for fast express train from
Dallas to Kansas City and the short
ening of the schedules OF the Limited
end Katy Flyer between 81. Louis
and All Texas points.
The schedules OF the Flyer and
Limited will be shortened consider
ably between 81. Louis and Calves
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Recognition PostnnnesI.

Announcement is requested that
the reception to have been given at
the Main Street Christian church
tonight has been Indefinitely post
poned, through the failure of Rev.
Geo. II Bassett, the new pastor, 20
arrive here In time for the event.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-15

ahaehle, and Mrs. Bel M
Mrs. w. E. shiss it,.
meeting Of the syasj Z
home Thursday.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-15
ELLIS STANDS s[l|lI
NUMBER 0F llB|

Ellis county stands ssu,
list of Texas counties isr i,
bales Of cotton ginnsd h
present season according
Sam L. Rogers, director Il
sus department. WiIlIanss
leads with a total nanba 4
ginned to date 1916, I'D
county has ginned only i3lss|
withstanding the fact thal l
ton crop has been cut ysE l
this county il is belieTsi Y
will head the list when tie d
is declared relative TO eOtia |
ton. This report eoVsl4 y
Der of bales ginned Up . n
25.
Ii is believed that ths 4
year will be practically aA
short OF last years crop q
unusually late frost shaaA
the top crop to mature.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-15

I'VE will Deliver . Read the ar
ticie with that head On the back
page. adv nc
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-15

John Rosgon. prominent citizen
OF Milford, Is in the city this after
neon