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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-19

driving at. the first batch OF Tigers
viii not start south one week later
than usual. but at just about the
Same old time. This change vas an
uonnced Two days ago by the Detroit
club president Instead of starting
for the new training camp in Texas
tie first saturday in March the adj
vance SQUAD leaves this city on the
final sunday in February.
According to the present plans
the party leaves here for St Louis
II, the afternoon, reaches that city
Monday morning and will there be
Joined by the recruits whose homes
are in the western section of the
country. On Monday night the jour
ney TO Waxahachie Will be resumed.
Billy Sullivan, former White Sox
catcher and manager, who was re-
Gently signed to have charge of the
Detroit battery men, will be in con-
troll of the delegation.
Under this new schedule the
young pitchers will get two-weeks'
lead on the veterans. Mr. Navin be-
Iieves this will help his hurlers and
anybody in BASEBALL will admit they
need something Working alone will
give them confidence and get them
into good condition before the vete-
rams arrive. Also they will be in
shape to give the experienced men
some tip-top batting practice.
Much to he Done on Grounds
"Hugnie Jennings and Trainer
Harry futile will arrive in Waxa-
hachie next week and put the finish
ing touches to the new training
quarters. There is still considerable
work to be done down there, as
photographs received seem to indi-
cate. These pictures we're sent out
by the Waxahachie Chamber OF Com
merce and snow the servants of the
soil working on the new diamond.
There was quite story sent out
by the Waxahachie business men in
connection with the pictures. quite
a story. In it the flat statement
was made that Detroit would win
this years pennant, the Tigers simp-
IN could not help win. And for
some reason. quite numerous rea-
sons. we will quote q few of them:
They will train in an atmoa-
phere that is surcharged with that
indefinable something called good
luck for Waxahachie and Ellis coun-
Is. in which the city is located, are
some pennant winners tAemselt es.
Two years ago WaxAhachie rut out
/ the pennant W;nl ~ team in he
Central Texas leag II. Last year
another Ellis county town hoisted
the colors Of the national game from
its park mast.
Also Ellis county has won the
championship for producing more
cotton than any other county in the
United States One of her farmers
also walked off with the grand
sweepstake prize in the Texas corn
show at waco last month.
And that is not all, for Ellis
county boasts of being the home of
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-19
TIGERS SCHEDULED TO REACH
NlXlHACHIE ON FEBRUARY 29
First Squad VIII BE in Charge of Billy sullivan hrs'-
while White Sox Catcher, Signed by jennings
Trainer Due Here Early Next Week-Travel
South on Katy Fast Train.

Announcement ia made today that
the Detroit Tigers wiU reach WaNa-
hachie on February 29. coming mere
on the Katy fast train. The first
squad viii be under ihe management
of Rmv sullivan. former white Sox
catcher and manager. The coming
Of the Tigers wiz hive q double
signineance in Wasabachie. In adj
dltiou to bringing q squad OF wish
tors their coming Hill cause the
Katy fast train to make it7 first
stop IN the city. Toe Tigers VIII
travel south in two special cars az
taehcd to the Katy fast train. and
should arrive here about 100
O'Clock Tuesday morning. February
-. The party viii leave Detroit
on Sunday
Manager Hughie Jennings and
Harry futile will arrive in the city
next week. futile coming probably
on sunday. They will put the finish
ing touches To the park and make
ready to care for the Tigers first
squad 10 follow within ten days
The playing grounds are about com
pleled and bese bah fans who have
looked EN- over say there is not
better park in the south. and many
declare that the Tigers will want to
take it home with them 70 start the
League season on.
The fencing viii probably be com
pleted by night and then the grand
stand work viii be rushed. Final
estimates place the cost of The BAH
plant Is fixed at $4,000, and to meet
the requirements special committees
are out today making final colIec-
tons Of pledges and taking addition
al subscriptions
Favorable Advertising.
Some idea Of tie amount Of favor
able advertising Waxahachie is re-
celying IS a result of her effort to
secure tho Tigers during training
season may be cleaned from copies
OF the Detroit papers Of few days
ago which carried from a helf -
tfr.e.1u Ttefs.aNa page of views and
news stories about the new park, the
town and ,he welcome that awaits
tbc rfusrs Also "a column article
III the sporting News telling about
the new training quarters. These
stories have been presented to mill
lions Of readers and WaXahachie is
perhaps better known today than
ever before in her history Begin
Ming next week Waxahachie date
lines win appear in all the leading
papers throughout the United States
Ii is a medium of advertising that
can be secured in no other way Be
low we give an extract from the story
by II, @. salsinger in the sporting
News:
1T may be that something una.
srally alluring has been discovered
about Waxahachie. Texas, or that
the Frank ]. Nayin account at the
Peoples State Bank has ben sudden
~ fattened, or-but Why so OF
eiumerating speculative causes.
Getting right down to what we are
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-19
EXCELLO COFFEE
1.-THE Cup Exquisite
Is years have taught US.


Fifteen years have taught Us
good coffee maker can make 9,
ter cup from the same package iA-
a poor maker. But no one can ia4
a pleasant one from poor stock.
You inspect your silk before Y
buy it. Be twice that careful Wy
your coffee.
Look for this space each NJ
We will tell you all that oaT 7
years experience has taught Us a~'
coffee.
1t has taught us how 10 ha-'
"The Cup Exquisite; our ni'4'
is TO teach this TO you.
ExCELLO COFFEE
Sold only by
TEXAS CASH GKs,t ERi ec
Waxahachie, Texas
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-19

Thursday THE Strange Case !,
Mary Page" featuring Henry !
Walthal and Edna Mayo win Ca
at the Empire.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-19

Dode Criss. one time pinch hitter
fer the st. Louis Browns, and is a
nciRhbor 10 the home county of Iris
Sneaker. who. as Ellis county folk
well remember. got the first safety
in the recent worlds series.
Besides all this and on top OF
IL Waxahachie has baseball fans
that know how TO boost and they viii
innoculate the Tigers with that spirit
before they leave the city Yes, the
Detroit Tigers are going to win the
pennant this year Waxahachie
knows II and says so. right out, INK.
that.
THE new training lot is called
Jungle Park and from the pictures
IL is we'll named But sand is being
ueed 10 offset the effects OF soft,
black earth and it will probably be
brought into condition Waxahachie
is spending $4,000 for the improve
r1ents and covered stands
Unduly Alarmed.
The writer in the Sporting News
Is unduly alarmed about the rough
going" Jungle Park. The pictures
sent to the Detroit papers showed
the park developments in the early
stages. The park has been polished
as smoothe as floor and within
few days will have lovely coat OF
green over it, making velvet car
pet for the players to run over. The
trrf forms cushion that VIII
protect the players. A better park
will not be found any where in the
south an dbut few will excel ii in
any section OF the country.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-02-19
Liverpool.
Chicago Grain.


The Waxahachie dealers are pay
ing the following prices for country
produce today:
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BRING !
]. IN THE GOLD
4. TO THIS MAN
Neighbors Wonder Where the
Yellow. Metal That He 4
Banks Comes From.

iRFNAUr,p otia All, ar
pr,san ~. U I'M. Apln tS.!osepn
anrss .n %n' s mvss Un = iancn Of many
$3.50 $3.50 anu ny. ouiiainks near Tenmiie
dary line has cistsiS hennna nn yt
on two counts " -s
About twics N vear h. ar,,.. !. ~,
motor car into Tdhsrs1 Rsn s,,n. o -
front lof tbe E,rst Ss,,onaI 's,a 49, sn -
there leaves n sooS s,,sd has ~ a M,
dust. Also hc L consfsn,,v rs W. s
hugo shinments ~ ind,.n p"una,
ducks. which hc nlscas -, h,s NJ,
ramon The neishhnrs s,,, w h,,,, sco "a
Dust Joea and his nronar . ..nm. ,S
Ranch !" - h-NpS Hts sA
R,,t mt ur.,,. ,s..,, s,s
between the e ,a,d drs. an t sSn se.
Real .Pi.csr Mira. .ne ausAs'
Rrvson, Ina s,wsrs sxn nes i-.a :. a..
banLers that ,ha ga Az. ~ 80. ~. y,
bis ciaim IN Ar,,ena 1 sns s. :. sa .hs AN,
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National Weather and Crop
Bulletin Indicates Nortt,Ward
Advance of Planting.

a WASHINGTON, April 15.-Tks
northward advance Of crop planting
from the extreme southern portion,
OF the country to the Canadian Dor.
der causes farmers to be busily oc.
cupied during April. The National
Weather and Crop Bulletin OF the
weather bureau In It's first issue OF
the season indicates how far north
the planting Of various crops usually
advances during April.
In an average season the begin
ming Of corn planting has advanced
by April as far northward as south
eastern Virginia, central North Caro-
lima and Tennessee, and southern
Missouri and Kansas. During April
the beginning Of planting spread 'as
far northward as Southern Pennsyl-
vania, central Ohio, northern Indi-
ana and Illinois, and central Iowa
and Nebraska.
Planting Of early potatoes by early
April has usually spread nearly as
far northward as the plant OF corn
at the close Of April and during the
month reaches to the extreme north
ern, portion Of the United Slater. ex-
cspt in northern Maine, where the
planting is generally later than
May /. $500.
Seeding OF spring wheat Is an aver
age season Ia done during March In
Iowa, Nebraska and most Of South
Dakota. and during April the seed.
ing under normal conditions Is car
ried on in all OF North Dakota, Min.
nesota and Wisconsin, and In upper
Michigan.
Seeding Of spring oats is usually
going on in April from southern New
York and Pennsylvania, north-central
Ohio, and northern Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa and Nebraska northward to the
Canadian border west OF the Lake
region, and to north-central New
York and southern Vermont and
Maine in the eastern districts.
Cotton planting begins on an aver
age in extreme southern Texas about
March / and by the close Of that
month II has advanced in normal
seasons as far north as1central Texas,
Mississippi, Alabama and northern.
trail Georgia. During April plant
ing Of cotton is usually carried to the
northern limit Of the cotton region.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
zAPATA BANDITS
+. KILL ENGLISH
SUBJECT
His Widow Tells Of Her Flight
with Children through a
Wild Country.

NEW YORK, April 15:-There Is, a
little woman at the Judson in WASH
ington Square, who wears black be-
cause on January 4 last her husband
was killed by Mexican bandits while
defending his home, his wife and
three small children at a small min
ing settlement high in the mountains
$50 miles south Of Mexico City. She is
Mrs. Frank Henry. H-'t nl
"My husband was British, subject"
said Mrs. Henry. "He was a. graduate
Of London University and had studied
engineering at Bangor University in
Wales. Nine years ago, when he was
80 years old and we were newly mar
ried, he took me. to. Mexico. Two years
ago, he became superintendent OF a
silver mine owned by the San Miguel
Taxpama Mining Company at Zacual-
pan, in the state Of Mexico. I re-
NAMED In Mexico City, but year
ago the. three children and myself
went to Zacualpan because we could
not get enough food in the capital.
Pe0n Spreads Alarm.
"At 10 o'clock on the night Of Jam
uary 3 last peon ran into our house.
He was greatly excited. The Carran-
vista troops had left the town without
word of warning. 1t was news to
cause more than excitement even to
peon. But TO us 1t meant much more.
It meant that the aZpatista bandits
would In all probability ride into the
settlement with the next dawn and be-
gin their looting.
1--WE remained awake all night, not
knowing what to expect. 1t was
matter OF common knowledge that the
Zapaustas were in the vicinity. There
was no doubt but that they would come
sooner or later. The night passed
quietly and the next morning. But at
noon the bells began to ring and we
knew that the first OF the bandits were
on their way.
"Then followed q period Of thirty
minutes silence. Finally 1t was brok-
en- by the sound Of rifles and the break
ing of glass and doors. We knew that
the work Of footing had begun. Be-
fore long the sound Of o cavalcade Of
galloping horses told us that band
OF men was approaching our house.
My husband sent me into our bedroom
with the three children and told me to
remain there until he came for US.
Then he picked up his rife and threw
open the front door. 1aa =. =
Fifty bandits were leaped from
their horses at the gate. My huse
band called to them to wait and he
would talk to them. But they laughed
and prying loose rails from the fence
began to open the gate This meant
but one thing They were: bent On l2o'
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
MIND TEST FOR
BAB|ESPLANNED
Clinic at the Washington State
University Is to Make the
Examinations.

SEATTLE, Wash, April 15.-In Or
der that babies capacities and cor
rectable faults may be recognized, an
examination at leisure and with the
equipment Of a modern laboratory Is
necessary. according to DR.. Stevenson
Smith, Child psychologist at the Uni
versity of Washington, who recorded
the tests during baby week. Dr..
Smith said that under the circum-
stances perfectly satisfactory testing
was impossible. He suggests that par
ents take their children to the free
clinic at the university.
The most important thing to know
about children Is their mental condi-
ton, according to DR.. Smith. BY this
is meant, he explained, not how bright
OF how stupid they are, but in what
respects they are most capable, and
in what ways they show least mental
capacity. Y
"The old fashioned general intelli-
gence tests" said DR.. Smith, (which
are still widely used to diagnose the
intelligence Of children, consider their
Intelligence as q whole, merely enable
the experimental to say that the sum
total Of the child's mentality is above
or below the average for his age. Such
diagnosis as this Is only beginning
1t gives one about as much satisfac-
ton as though. after he, had taken his
child to a physician for q physical
examination, he is told by the physi.
clan that the child Is sick. Modern
medicine of course goes further thar
this. II we are not In the best Of
health. we are told in what our sick
ness consists. This gives, us q. Glen
to the remedy. 81 =
at Is only within the last Fey. ysarl
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that experimental psychology has been
able to make such, a differential dag
nosis. It is now possible to show what
is child's relative performance i'd
such mental processes as perception,
memory, association. attention, judg-
ment and reasoning.
"In the old fashioned general intelli-
gence tests, which to be sure, are still
OF much practical value, two children
might receive the same score and yet
differ enormously In mental makeup.
.There are two gold. reasons why
mothers and fathers should have their
children examined by the differential
method. One IS fn order that the chiid'h
capacities may early be recognized
and he be given proper. training, and
the second is that only. in this way
can science gather. It's data to further
psychological research"
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~.
sands from Colorado and New Mexico
have boon washed down. the streams.
aud deposited In tho sandy, soils. The
ducks, in wading about in the mud,
had occasionally dlved and taken up
a bill full of mud. and this, being lib
orally streaked with gold dust. stuck
to their craws or lined the walls Of
the stomach and intestines. @
Bryson began to propagate the
ducks on q large scale and encouraged
them to cat plenty OF mud. He sprin-
killed. the bed Of the creek with grain
and bugs to encourage the ducks to
fill their craws with the golden sands.
or course he had to kill an immense
number Of ducks to get much gold. but
the birds breed rapidly. Besides. he
shipped In ducks by the hundreds.
Some By.Products.
They yielded enough Of the shining
metal to enable him to bank q sub
stantial sum in gold dust every few
months. AS by-product the feath-
ers are sold to an eastern concern
and the dead ducks were fed to his
hogs, which went far toward fatten-
ing the swine, with a ratio of grain.
The ducks gave tho pork a flavor
which caused his hogs to be in great
demand.
For several years Bryson has kept
the secret, but 1t has at last leaked
out through some of his ncighbors
watching his actions; erf50 !,
Strangers, unacquaintcd with the
70 rfa nnnh nnnh fha {dnn 7htf thav do
not attempt to explain the fact that
Bryson banks a bag Of gold dust
twice a year, and that. with no market
for ducks, he has the biggest bunch
OF runner ducks In the country. :
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
waste
Of Possible Fertilizer and FISH
Oil Material by Coast Cam
4 I1ers Is Very Great. !, 3 :,
taf AanoclATrn eaEaal

I.---
WASHINGTON April lb-waste|
Of possible fertilizer and fish Oh ma
terial In connection with fish canning
operations on the Pacific coast Is es5,
timated by department OF agricui-,
tural experts to amount TO at least q
million and quarter dollars yearly
In the salmon canning industry ms
vestigation has shown that about
thirty per cent on the average of the
material as It comes to the factory Ia
unsuited for canning and II 10 dis
carded as well as large quaint ties
of fish Of other species caught with
the salmon. To.a great extent tlii8
material is now wasted. On the At
lantic coast an industry Of consider
able proportion has developed In the
production Of fish scrap for fertilizer
purposes. .i.slsic, s'.'
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
MONKS
In England Granted Exemption
from Military Service on
Conscientious Grounds.
tsy A,,oci1rrp rsss.,

LONDON, March iSMThe monks
Of 1.-The Community OF Divine Compass
sion. an order allied TO the church
OF England. have Just been granted
exemption from military service on.
conscientious grounds.
The members, OF this order, who:
are charged among other things with
the care Of all the, iepers IN England, :.
lead a life "of poverty and ptivation,
sharing the discomforts Of the poor.
est people. Their Headquarters are
ct Flaistown, an eastern suburb Of
London. Their leper colony, which.
ut present contains only six patients,
is'in Essex, about twenty miles from
london. ~ -
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Z +++++++++*++++ .

the mountain fields are too steep TO
plow without danger Of serious wash
ing, and Furthermore. the people
have not the equipment for either
raising or utilizing any other crop
than grass.
Grow Trees Again. y
The chief dependence will prob
ably have to be placed upon the grass
itself. II properly encouraged, the
grass will usually hold its own with
the 'hawk-weed. Generally speaking,
hawk-weed is most prevalent where
the soil is either poor or worn out.
Soil that is naturally poor can hardly
be iremedied. and as such soils will
only support poor stand Of grass Mt
best. and will grow better crop Of
wood than anything else, they had
better be allowed to grow up in trees
again. putting the time and money
that would be spent on their improve
ment on land that is naturally more
fertile. tr- .s-- -r.,
Soils that have once supported a
good sod, but have declined and be-
come foul with hawk-weed. can often
be rejuvenated. The best methods
for accomplishing this are now under
investigation. As a general rule,
pastures will respond probably to a
top-dressing OF 800 to 500 pounds
per acre of acid phosphate. applied in
the early fall. In addition, -.
Thin Spots In the Sod
should be reseeded with mixture of
redtop, nine pounds; orchard grass,
ten pounds: Kentucky bluegrass
four pounds, and red clover, ak
pounds. It is believed that II the
hawk-weed is first thoroughly torn
up with. spike Doth harrow and
then treated as above, fairly good
stand Of grass may be secured. In
almost all cases an application Of
1000 pounds Of ground lime stone
per acre will be beneficial.
There is considerably popular in
terest in the use Of some mysterious
chemical that will kill the weed out
right without injury to the grass.
The department is now experiment
ing with this method, but, 1t does not
hold out much hope in this direction,
except for the use Of salt on small
pathches, as descriged above. While
there are "a number Of chemicals, that
will kill the weed, most Of them are
also poisonous to live stock. and the
expense and di. Guilty to apply any
chemical to such large, billy areas
makes the method impractical, except
in very special cases. 81 f4tt5
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
.PORTUGAL,S PART
IN EUROPEANaWAR|
.++*++++*****++
TO GROW COTTON.

PICKING, April 15.-Yuan
Shi-kai has decided to convert
his private estate at Changteh-
fu. In Honan. province. into u
modern cotton plantation,
which will stand rs q practical
example Of cotton growing for
the benefit OF farmers in his
own province. Tho Ininistry OF
agriculture and commerce has
sent Chen Huen and another
cotton expert to Yuan Shl-kai's
estate for the purpose OF hay-
Ing the land prepared imme-
diately for scientific cotton
growing.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
GRAND JURY
|ND|CTS NAIL |
ORDER 'DOCs''||
They Are Accused of Using the
Mails to Sell Their WORTH
less Medicine.

CHICAGO, April 15--Four notorious
mail order quncks have been indicted
by the federal grand jury here. They
are charged with using the mails I'd
dofraud. The Indicted docs are; z;
Francis w. Jlroch.
Thomas r. Bradford.
Eugene Katz. srI
Thomas Frank Lynott.
All Old Time Hands.
These four Quacks have operated exl
tensively during the last five years
through companies known as the Tir-
mock Medical Company, the Jirocti
Company, the T. Frank Lynott Com
pany and several others. They carry
on an advertisement campaign I'd
newspapers all over tho country guar.
anteelng to cure eighteen different
diseases.
Investigation showed that the takers
send the same kind Of medicine for
each disease. They were exposed first
by the Tribune with the result. ,that
they were barred from, using tho
malls. ffHt ~
later they were enabled to escape
trial on an Indictment by technicall
ity. A check on their correspondence.
was kept by the postotiice inspectors
and 1t was discovered that each COM!
pany received on an average Of 1000
letters day from prospective yic-
Tins. 1t was estimated $S50,000 d
year was taken in. d h li5v "a
40 Diagnosis by Mail. losa Al
The quacks operate on q follow upt
scheme. They send q sample bottle
OF medicine upon receiving the name
OF q dupc. and with II ipclose q symp-
tom blank the docs will return a
sterotyped diagnosis" which, states
that the SYMPHONIC show the neces1
slty ola course Of the. Turnock com.
pnny's medicine. a. Sal ,it4s.s
The medicine is' shippediiby mail
Following the victims first payment,
the medicine company sends q Gid
lettered guarantee OF q cure. III
An analysts proved the medicine
worthless for the disease It was guar.
anteed" to cure,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-16
Fre:e: ..Por!,t.
On the caratasca Bay Which is
Connected with Caribbean
'' y. e, Sea to Be Opened. ils'

WASHINGTON. April l5.-Honduras
has provided for the establishment Of
free port on Caratasca bay which iis
connected With the Caribbean sea. The
new port has, been named Puerto Her
rera, In honor Of the first president of
Honduras, pionisio de Herrera. When
construction - comp eted It viii open
up to commerce the department. Of
Mosquitia, comp rising one-sixtha Of
Honduras's territory. which Is labso-
lptely. untouched CONNIE rcially or In
dustrfally. s,is, res1F