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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-21
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forafo crop and phis Tho ground 10
fine shape fof faN planting Tho
cotton crop vas rut Short fully 11
ner cent auriur the month OF August
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my iudrmsnt thar cotton vill NOT as
craze over the county more than
bale "a every seven ng eight acres
N someone can tell me lust hos
long frost viii stay off can tell YOU
pretty close 90 the amount ~ thar
1000 ooo bales our Texas farmers
win make This rain with the rain
81 last week viii start cotton grow.
ing again, and should we have an
open fall TO Thanksgiving Day We
can make a good yield Of cotton
Talk about gambling This farm
ing has the Wall street and race
track gambler skinned city /
block One week il looks like We I
viii be rich aud the next we are
broke In particular this is true with .
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-21

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rows are seven and one bali fset
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corn t hRs plenty Of room ana nm
fei repaid fnr ms fertilizer tn fact
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acre for is is tn fuil bloom. and mt
other cotton has qut Al ans rate.
havo learned enough about prepaf
.nE my land Pep satisfy mo thai aeeu.
early breaking Is best followed b.
frequent harro3ine go Keep down
ne weeds aud eousorv, the moIs-
lure
have one acre iu me corn that
as planted n May thai PROMISES a
very fine yield This ony acre vas
broken about eight inches deep anc
narrowed five times. and at no time
las II suffered for moisture. J shan
certainly try June corn next year.
md viii plant the rows six feet
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Kansas Citg Mo. Ost "a Three
men wore KILLED and five seriously
injured by the explosion OF The steam
pipes OF rho Fowler packing COM
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-21
Ladies'Fine Shoes

Fine Dress Shoes
only $3.50, $500, $3.50. -
Ladies' nice Dress Shoes ana
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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19
Guarding the Tongue.

How many of us have the tongue
trick-that seeming inability to silent
ly accomplish anything without hav-
ing the tip of ones tongue visible,
and nearly as active as ones fingers!
Watch your young friends for
awhile when they are busy about
something, and see how many Of them
show their tongues. Watch yourself
and see If you do 1t. You may find
that you do not, but It will astonish
you to see how many there are who
do.
It is not q pretty habit, you will OBJ
serve, for there Is nothing attractive
about tongue protruding. II you
do not know whether you have this
practise or not summon q little
thought sentinel from your brain, and
put him on guard at your lips. II he
reports q visible tongue at any time.
90 and look at yourself in the glass.
You will keep that little sentinel on
duty until you have cured yourself Of
the tongue trick.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19
WAYS TO COOK EGGS
SOME NEW AND A FEW THAT
ARE WELL KNOWN.
Spanish Style Popular With Those
Who Like Highly Seasoned
Dish-DeIicious When Served
With Melted Cheese.

Spanish Eggs.-Cook two cups of
raw tomatoes with chopped-up sweet
pepper, frying the two in table
spoonful of butter. Add paprika. salt
and a teaspoonful of finely minced
chives. and reduce to half the quaint
ty, which will take about 10 or Is
minutes. Toast slices Of white bread.
put poached eggs on top, and pour
ever the tomato and pepper sauce.
Serve ct once.
Poor-Woman Eges.-Heat a little
butter in an earthenware dish and then
break six or more-or fewer-eggs
into 1t. and sprinkle over fresh bread
crumbs. Set the dish in the oven and
let it cook for two minutes or until
the eggs turn. Add salt, white pep
per and a tablespoonful of olive oil,
favored with little garlic and made
hot. and serve right away.
Eggs and Mushrooms.-Peei, wash
and drain quarter OF pound OF
fresh mushrooms Place them In
saucepan with a tablespoonful of good
butter. and season with salt, white
pepper and two drops of lemon juice.
Cover the saucepan and cook for 10
minutes on moderate fire. Add two
tablespoonful of good madeira wine,
letting this simmer to one-half, which
will take a very few minutes. Pre-
pare six poached eggs, put them on
hot dish over the sauce. with the
mushrooms piled in the center. and
serve piping hot.
Eggs and Melted cheese.-Grate
two ounces of Parmesan cheese in a
baking dish; set it on the fire. adding
half a glassful of white wine, pinch
of minced parsley, little chopped
chives, one ounce of good butter, and
salt and pepper to taste. Stir thor
oughly while cooking and when the
cheese is melted break six eggs IN
bowl, pour them into the sauce and
stir all together until the eggs are
turned, but not too we'll done. Serve
on hot fried toast.
omelet With Herbs.-Break six eggs
in bowl, adding a pinch of finely
chopped parsley. half pinch OF chives
and half a cupful of. sweet cream.
Beat the whole without stopping for
four minutes; then melt little butter
in pan and when it begins to crackle
pour in the eggs, letting them cook
on one side for about three minutes;
fold over carefully with pancake
turner, letting the inside get more
solid, then slide the ome!et onto hot
dish, haste with melted butter, add
fine sprinkle of raw parsley and serve
at once. The salt and pepper are
beaten up with the eggs.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19

nor robbery: for all evidence to the
contrary Liveridge and Roker, vandal
and Mark might have died peacefully
in their beds! But the condolences
were too many for all but the most
casual observer. Finney Valentine be.
lieved that deliberate murder had
been committed in each case, and pro.
ceeded accordingly.
His solitary clue was that bit of torn
postal card; yet before that he had
raked with a fine tooth-comb the per.
sonal acuuaintances and associates of
the four dead men. How many promis.
cuous thousands had been ruined
through their operations no man
could say. But one transaction Valen.
tine did unearth which seemed to
promise results.
In going through the affairs of Philo
B. Liverdge he came across docu-
ments relating to the foundation of a
stock company to float a certain cleo
trio device applicable to traction cars
in which the name Of certain Ar.
thur Sarell appeared as the inventor,
dated some ten years earlier. Later
papers showed that the company had
been reorganized, anc under the new
order of things Sarell's name did not
appear. AS a matter of fact the
brains of the invention had been
frozen out" by his associates.
This was clue Number Two and
bore heavily in favor of Valentines
theory that the four murders had been
the result of private vengeance for
some business wrong. 1t then re-
NAMED to connect the address on the
torn postal with the name of Arthur
Sarell.
To get line on 4S9 West 23d street
and its inmates was such simple
and natural move that it was matter
for surprise that the regular police
had not done so long before; yet, of
course, they knew nothing of the hid
den affairs of PhiIo g. Liveridge nor
of Arthur Sarell and his losses. Valen-
tine, by that prescience which diff
ferentiates the born detective from
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19

rapplng a second time, and a third
time. there reached his acute ear the
faint sound of footsteps within; then,
after perhaps an interval of a dozen
Watch-ticks, there was a heavy fall;
then silence again.
valentine, upon this, hesitated no
longer, but put his shoulder to the
decrepit old door and pushed it in.
The sight that he had half expected
met his gaze. On the faded carpet
lay the body of man, thin and bag
gard to the point of emaciation, but
with an almost seraphic smile upon
his face. There was curious odor
In the room, the windows of which
were tightly closed and which was
crowded with workbench and ia
bles containing all sorts of retorts
and electrical Devices
In the right hand of the dead man
for life was extinct when Valentine
reached his side-was a curious in
strument, something like a clumsy,
wide-chambered gun, having handle
and a trigger, with a short thick bar
rel, terminating in a rubber cone such
as dentists or surgeons use when they
administer ether.
When doctor was called-fOr
even Finney Valentines encyclopedia
knowledge was at fault-he uttered
the words:
"Ha! A gas-gun. Carbon dioxide!"
Arthur Sarell had chosen to travel
by the same road as the men who
had wronged him and whom he had
removed in his half-crazy determine
ton to get square," His "gas-gun"-
one of his many inventions-was
charged with the deadly carbon diox.
ide, an instantaneous narcotic poison
when inhaled.
lie had somehow lured his victims
into the narrow interior of a taxicab.
At favorable Opportunity he had
pressed the rubber cone of his dia.
bolical gas-gun over the mouth and
nostrils of the condemned men, then
pulled the trigger two or three times,
by which the poisonous vapor was ex.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19

more fortunate than their confreres OF
New York and Philadelphia in solving
the mystery. 1t was clearly seen that
only master-mind could successfully
grapple with the problem, and that
was how Nnney Valentine came into
the case, as much in response to pop
ular clamor as owing to the fact that
he was retained by the FAMILY Of the
second victim, Zenas Roker, to run
down the assassin.
You can't commit any sort OF a
crime without leaving trace or a
clue" said the great detective. Gen
orally, sooner or later, we pick up the
thread: sometimes we don't; but It's
there all the same"
For paucity of detail available, Val
entine was early compelled to admit,
probably the taxicab murders were
unique in the annals Of crime-for
there could be no doubt that the four
successive removals" of men so close
ly associated in business affairs as
Liveridge, Roker, Vandal and Mark
had been, was the result of care
fully outlined plot.
The center human K1ng-pin was I'M
doubtedly the mysterious companion
of the several victims who had disap.
peared before the bodies were discov-
cred. Two of the crimes had been
committed in broad daylight; two I'LL
der cover of darkness. Beyond the
most hazy descriptions the four cab
men concerned could give no closer
or more accurate descriptions OF the
second individual than would fit the
average man on the street.
In each and every case he seemed
to have been on more or less init.
mate terms with his victims-Other
wise they would not have been in his
company. From this fact Valentine
deduced and confirmed the primary
fact before referred to that the quar-
tet of murders were in all likelihood
a matter of private vengeance for
financial losses inflicted. Yet this only
complicated the case, for the ramifi'
cations of the various enterprises in
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19

which Liveridge and his allies had
been engaged were such as to en-
brace the whole country. Victims
could be found in any corner of the
United States.
Finney Valentine was never the
man to fit his facts to a pet theory.
Give him a basis, clue, however
slender, on which to work, no man in
his profession could construct clev.
erer superstructure of logical infer
ence. But the taxicab murders at first
seemed absolutely barren of evidence,
either descriptive, personal or tan
gibles
However, proceeding upon his own
axiom, that the criminal invariably
leaves behind some discriminating evil
dence, he stumbled upon one tiny clue
This consisted of the third of torn
postal.card found on the floor of the
cab which figured in the Roker muir.
der. On the message side there were
only two words left, evidently the be.
ginning of lines. meet" and "sure."
But the address side bore the figures
Of street and number: "4S9 West
23d, Man" The name of the ad-
dressee was missing.
The fragment might have been
!. tossed on the floor of the taxi by one
of half dozen previous occupants;
the New York police apparently had
passed 1t up" as worthless. Not so
Fnney Valentine, Where all was
blank even those few blind words
were like water In a thirsty land.
Not the least puzzling details per-
tanning to the four widely separated
crimes was the fact that each victim
had apparently died a natural death
one not out Of keeping with the age
and the personal habits Of the vic
Tins. The most rigid autopsies had
failed to discover any symptom that
might not be covered by the stereo-
typed heart failure" or "apoplexy";
there were signs of neither violence
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19
Simple and Delicious Dessert.

Take as many good baking apples as
desired, pare and core with apple
corer; fill the centers with sugar and
sprinkle sugar over them; place IN a
baking pan with sufficient water to
keep from burning and bake In oven
until soft. Serve either hot or cold with
a sauce made as follows: One pint
milk, yolks Of three eggs, half cup sugar.
one teaspoon cornstarch, pinch salt,
Juice of half lemon. Beat the yolks.
sugar, cornstarch and half cup Of milk
together, stir into the pint Of hot milk
and cook until as thick as cream.
When cold add salt and lemon Juice
The baked apples and cream sauce
make most delicious combination.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19
italian Rice.

Wash we'll and boil until tender six
ounces Of rice; fry a chopped onion In
butter until brown, add three sliced to-
matoes and cook until soft. Stir this
into the rice with the yolks of two
eggs. half a teaspoonful Of salt and
one and half ounces of grated Par.
mesan cheese. Mix well over the fire
until the cheese has entirely dissolved.
Serve with tomato sauce.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19

the ordinary "gum-shoe man." sensad
that the rounding-up of Sarell would
at once solve the mystery Of why and
how the four financiers had lost their
lives.
And SO it proved. Inquiry and a
watch set upon four-eighty.nine re-
vealed the fact that Arthur Sarell had
lived there. 1t was one of a block of
old-fashioned houses setting we'll back
from the street, forming a veritable
oasis in the midst Of the busiest part
of Manhattan. Further sleuthing add.
ed that Sarell was an inventor who
had laboratory and workshop on the
top floor. He was an eccentric and
soured, said the landlady, and in great
poverty owing to the roguery of some
men with whom he had been asso.
ciated in business. He was only able
to keep body and soul together and
pay his rent because a brother some.
where in the west sent him few dol.
lars every month.
This data seemed sufficient to Fin.
ney Valentine to warrant q heart.to.
heart talk with Arthur Sarell. Meth.
err he nor his men who watched the
premises had succeeded in getting a
glimpse Of the inventor, for he seldom
went out Of late, said the woman Of
the house. So Valentine determined
on a call-which was destined to
bring about tragic results and also
clear up the mystery Of the taxicab
murders.
Gaining admittance to four.eighty.
nine, he assembled to the topmost floor
and raped on the door Of the rear
suite. Although the landlady asserted
that the man had not stirred out of
his room that day, there was no re-
spouse, only a sort Of stealthy. pal.
pftating silence such as results when
one knows that there is some other
one living and breathing behind \
closed door.
Then, while Valentine waited. after
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19

did. was not sent up az an alco-
holic. had q relative who had been
advised to take the cure. As was
the only person on earth who had
stuck to him through thick and thin,
he urged me to see him through the
institute ordeal. went. l ate there
with him. There were fourteen other
patients at the table, ell men. The
f,rst two days the ordeal Of eating
three meals a day with fifteen dips
sitting to the right, to the left and in
front Of me nearly drove me crazy,
hut for the sake Of my relative !
stuck II out.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19

Then began to be popular. wac
the first woman who had dined at
that table. The men braced up in
my honor. They couldn't do enough
for me. At the end Of the first week
! was having the time Of my life, So
cially considered. Imagine what it
means for a woman who has never
been pestered by the attentions Of
men suddenly to find fifteen men.
well bred, well educated, most Of
them, striving to Guido each other in
entertaining her, and not another NO.
man in the limelight. It was simply
great"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19

PEELED and which, taken by surprise,
his victims Immediately inhaled. Be-
ing every one men of advanced age,
heavy build, and apoplectic habit, with
hearts none too strong, the result was
as certain as If a revolver had been
fired at heart or head, with neither
noise nor powder fumes. And as q
result the taxicab murders had puz-
zled the coroners and the police of
three cities until the fertile mind Of
Finney Valentine led to the true so.
luton.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19

one day of the wonderful cures made
by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and decided to try it.
and 1t has made me well woman.
My neighbors and friends declare it
had worked a miracle for me. Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
worth its weight in gold for women
during this period of life. If it will
help others you may publish my
letter. Mrs. NATHAN B. CREATION,
81 N. Main Street, Natick, Mass.
The Change of Life is the most critf-
cal period Of q wOman's existence.
Women everywhere should remember
that there is no other remedy known
to medicine that will so successfully
carry women through this trying
period as Lydia +. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
fyOu would like special advice
about your case write a cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pfnkham. at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19
FEED YOUNG GIRLS
Must Have Right Food While Growing.

Great care should be taken at the
critical period when the young girl 10
Just merging into womanhood that tho
diet shall contain that which is up
building and nothing harmful.
At that age the structure is being
formed and If formed Of healthy,
sturdy character, health and happiness
will follow; on the other hand un-
healthy cells may be built in and q
sick condition slowly supervene which.
II not checked, may ripen into
chronic condition and cause lifelong
suffering.
A young lady says:
Coffee began to have such an effect
on my stomach few years ago that
finally quit using 1t. It brought on
headaches, pains in my muscles, and
nervousness.
I tried to use tea in its stead, but
found its effects even worse than those
suffered from coffee. Then for long
time drank milk at my meals, but at
last 1t palled on me. A friend came to
the rescue with the suggestion that !
try Postum.
II did so. only to find at first, that I
didn't fancy 1t. But had heard of 80
many persons who had been benefited
by its use that persevered, and when
l had 1t made according to ID.
rections on the PACKAGE found II
grateful in favour and soothing and
strengthening to my stomach. I can
find no words to express my feeling
Of what owe to Postum!
IN every respect it has worked .
wonderful rroyement the head
aches. nervou- ness. the pains In my
side and back, all tho distressing
symptoms yielded to the magic power
Of Postum. My brain seems also to
share in the betterment Of my phys
ical condition; It seems keener, more
alert and brighter. am, in short, In
better health now than for a long
while before. and am sure owe It
to the use Of your Postum" Name
given by Postum Company, Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's q reason"
Ever read the above letter. new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19
Burnt SUGAR Cake.

Put one cup of sugar in a pan on the
stove and burn tip dark brown. stirring
onstantly; when brown add about one.
half cup boiling water and -four. Take
one and half cups sugar, one-half
cup butter, two and a half cups -four.
two and half teaspoons baking pow.
der, yolks Of three eggs, one cup of
water; flavor with vanilla and add four
or five teaspoons Of burnt sugar: lastly
add the beaten whites Of the eggs.
Bake in four layers. Make the ordi.
nary white frosting filling and add the
rest Of the burnt sugar.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19

Of the three do you think would make
the best husband?"
"Why, Annabel. child, consult your
own heart. Which Of the three do you
love best!'
Mercy, Uncle Henry, nobody pro
posed to me yet! I'm only trying to
ret pointers, 80 I'll know the right
man when he comes along"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19
Mutton Kidneys.

Cut some mutton kidneys, open
down the center. Do not separate
them; peel and pass skewer across
them to keep them open, season and
dip them in melted butter. broil over
q clear fire. doing the cut side first;
remove the skewers, have ready q
little butter mixed with some chopped
parsley, salt. pepper and a little
lemon Juice and dash of nutmeg,
put a small piece Of this butter in the
center Of each kidney and serve hot.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19
vassar FUDGE.

TO make the plain Vassar fudge.
take two cups of white granulated or
soft brown sugar and one cup thick
cream. Put this over the fire, and
when 1t gets hot add a quarter cake
Of chocolate, grated or broken in fine
pieces. Stir constantly and vigorously;
when 1t reaches the boiling point add
tablespoon butter and keep stirring
Until a little poured on saucer creams
with beating. Take from fire, beat un.
I'll cool and pour In buttered tins.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19
Difficult to Answer.

Explaining the happenings of the
sixth day of the creation, Miss Fran
ces Hartz read to her Sabbath school
class: and the Lord God formed man
out of the dust of the ground"
Well" spoke up one kid, that's
nothin' new. Did he put him in the
sun to dry, the way We do our mud
pies?"
Miss Hartz discreetly slurred the
answer and proceeded with her les
son.-Cleveland Leader.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19
In ouandarx,

Uncle Henry. want to ask your
advice"
"Well?"
But you mustn't mention It to 4 liy.
Ing soul. Suppose you were young
girl OF my age, and three men had
proposed to you; one Of them young
preacher, fine looking and well educa.
ted; the second one Z handsome
young man IN business, swell dress.
or, and thinking the world Of you:
and the third q rich foreigner, with /
distinguished air about him and
spoken well ~ by everybody. which
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-05-19
Vanity Cake.

Six eggs, the whites, one and half
cups Of sugar, one.half cup Of butter,
one-half cup Of cornstarch. one and q
half cups Of -four, one teaspoon Of ba-
king powder. Flavor to suit taste.
Follow the usual directions for mixing
and bake carefully.