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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-06
Notice.

Mothers, having children in pri-
mary department OF the First Bap-
fist Bible school are urged to send
their children on time and every
Sunday. Our enrolment In this de
partment is large and now as the
spring days are coming on We want
cur attendance to equal our enroll
ment. We have an excellent corps
of teachers aud assistants. Won t
YOU help them by having your chill
dren there? We are always glad
to look into the sweet faces Of your
little ones every Sunday.
SUpT. PRIMARY DEPT
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-06
HOW FRENCH PEOp!E
CURE STOMACH TROUBLE.

A household remedy of the
French peasanJrF, consisting of pure
vegetable oil, and said to possess
wonderful merit in the treatment
of stomach. liver and intestinal
troubles, has been introduced in
this country by George II Mayr, who
for twenty years has been one Of the
leading downtown druggists Of
Chicago and who himself was cur
ed by it's use 50 quick and effect
i've is it's action that single dose
is usually enough to bring pro
nopnced relief in the most stubborn
eases. and many people who have
tried il declare they never heard OF
anything TO produce such remark
able results in so short a time, 1t
is known as Mayr's Wonderful
Remedy and can now be had at MI
leading drug stores 1t is sold with
the positive understanding that Your
money will be refunded without
question or bubble if ONE bottle
fails to give Won absolute satisfac-
ton. CurIin's Two Drug Stores
adv.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-06
CAL0MEL DYNAM|TES YOUR LIVER!
MAKES YOU SICK AND SALIVATES

Tone tonight. Your druggist or deaIer
sells YOU Il 80 cent bottle ei Dodson's
Liver Tone under my personal money
back guarantee that each spoonful will
clean your sluggish liver better than a
dose OF nasty caiomcl and that it WON'T
make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You'll know it next morning
because you will wake up feeling fine,
Your liver will be working headache
and dizziness gone; stomach viii b.
sweet and bowels regular,
Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely vege-
table, therefore harmless and can not
salivate. Give it to Your children.
Millions OF people are using Doasoa's
Liver Tone instead of dangerous ealontel
now Your druggist will tell You thai
the sale OF Calomel il almost stepped
entirely here.
Two Drug Stores
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-06
"Dodson's Liver Tone" Starts Your Liver
Better Than CaIomel and You Don't
Lose a Days Work

Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel
fine and cheerful make your work n
pleasure; be vigorous and full of ambi-
ton. But take no nasty dangerous
calomel because it makes You sick and
you may lose days work.
Calomei is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis OF the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite. breaking it up. That's when
you feel that awful nausea and crampng.
Listen to me! II you want to enjoy
the incest, gentlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced jast. take
a spoonful OF harmless DodsoD's Liver
For sale by Curlin's
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-06
LONE Elm.

LONE ELM, March 6.-First bail
team played the school boys close
game Friday afternoon. They played
nine innings. The school boys did
some good playing. The scores We're
nine and ten in favor of the first
team.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. West, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester Ralston, and Mr., and
Mrs. Wiley WQodall were all at
VIII Ralston's last night to practice
on the new songs,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wiley Woodall spent
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-06
SHIP SLIPPED INTO
FORT DURING DARK

LIVERPOOL, March THE Ln-
sitauia from New York entered port
today. arriving in total darkness tc
guard against submarines. The
American flag was not used on THIS
trim. The AS passengers were con
siderably alarmed at the precau-
tons
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-06
Cannon Saws All Is Wen.

A letter from J. Lea Cannon to
A. NJ. Browning says the WaHa-
hachie colony at the Texas Pasteur
instituta in Austin Is getting along
as nicely as could be expected, AMI
that the members of the party are
in good spirits
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-06

CISCO, Eastland County, Ie&aS'
March GA 100000 contract has
been entered into by the commission
ars' court of Eastland county for the
Improvement of roads in hastland
county. The work viii begin WITH
in the next sixty days.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-06

ENNIS, Texas, March 1.-THE city
of Ennis is making official publ
cation of its intention to take up
ST coo waterworks, 500 school
house and $4,000 road, bridge and
street Improvement bonds, $50, 0G0
in all, issued on forty and fifty
years time at G per cent interest.
It is the intention to replace them
with new bonds at 5 per cent, issued
as refunding bonds.
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So take a lip and tn yea. nil
If sNagger YOU would he.
NEW YORK, March 5-GtoTes
with buttonholed opening in HE
finger tips just sufficient ior Mi
rdy ross highly polished finger
nails 10 snow through are the Eer2
latest freak OF fashion for e"enjoa
wear. This cut at-the-hHger m9ae
started on the Rivera and has GteA
sAatcaed at with eager ta"d' a4s'
taken up OF rather Oh by az tn
well done lady fingers OF Paris
That's what my trieEd, th" Val
correspondent, writes mo ana no
ought to KNOW, Tor thouEh We over
theFe 10 "a'e" 'ne a. l,'i9 ~
doeS'' ihi99 ","''' 'pi,g' ''' ''',''7 N
'he l'"ie 'f''' ''' ms -
~ tue >-"e .'''''
70 MS eNPs'' 'l''''t'''
glove "'iSH ~ ''''
VIII pIu IAN ~ ~ a. u ''','
OK thdt tiS'N "'''' '"'
NAT,
Anyway it ought TO boost business
for the busy httle malhcAleS' Ter
with All opening ike mat before IL
every self respecting niger man VIII
vie with one aHothef 10 maize it9
coming out party Il VISION OF Pima
polished perfection,
After all, why shouldn't milady
fingers tips he pu. on WE'VE With
little Of everything else exposed in
the present all reTtaiIaE nar@ht
concealiug evening t0tlettes why
draw the line at ten poor little in
nocent fingers?
Nevt +o \ hand rainted Iace
,o,oae tho hand nainted hal. They
anna bioh foo NV dears. but YOU
.,i,,,,l,, r,nst have ONE Garlands OF
,,,ri -colorad floyars are PAINTED on
,ha Glib or chiffon covered uDDer
t,r;,us Of ,hosa cute little low
cailor shanes Likewise
,,i,+aa !, ,oeouavs that would put
-. t,,a,o IN fho l,losb are those
ribbon hands that tic
ona RI. nav, enrjng hats with
,;,,a,- hon,s and dr;nnv ends he
,,;,a rronenaranf MATS with wide
,,onnv brims NJ lace maline or chif-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-06
Gold S
|' :. remedy for
| That is what Peruna
u successful use over

mr. are caught in MANY
|tb, ,.g Wv. ventilated rooms
ID d. ra nave direct draughts !;
! sb .yJ'as.. damp houses
| ''''' E00ms' Offices lily
\ d. s5 'f cru. at the RICH,
before ne e., ZONES begin to
IS i ;,'.,, the sore throat at
l Tor. Or the cough 81, or or
|.yas s~o Of peruna before fac.
eis't'a s begin is gen reae
h .s4., But after the e cold
rarnn',sollshed with the
ii ps p,u,'s Prominent, a
aes.sssanraa,, or maybe two.
|, \ si sI'' ,5 S;ss', !, ! have been
\ treas took psrunaaa 'a a,s change ,ge
y sati, ssss s., with the I slirh have
Y a'sAer St. BB aI,,y,
~, children a1 + peruna !, ~.
I. ~ I'll. b. Haal1ws reiI saey
a ! is4I Nd 1887 Druid
M, ~. easrl sna ! and 'i il asese on -, !
iilaE \, Y. = Many. IL Water
r. i should q ever be vv,,,..
HI. Mrs. AZ u unfsiling aou.
|'s3 Ky ~ r. Jones, B1 urn
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-06

Vivid embroidery in barbaric and
oriental coIorings and design Is a
feature of some of the smartest new
suits and Gowns. With touch Of
metallic trimming it adds Il piquant
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-06

II people said what they thought.
the hostilities would become more
general.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-03-06
South Bound.

LOCAL CARS, tmaklng an,
stops leave WaEahachie for Waco
6;42 a. m Local cars (mahing all
stopsl pass WaNahachje for Waco
and all intermediate points 7,52,
9:52 and 11:52 a. IN, 1:52, 3.52,
5;52, l0:42 p. m. Cars arriving
TSP and 9;52 p. II, and 12;42 d
IN. stop at WaXahachie
LIMITED CARS from Dallas. run
ming through to Waco. Uaaking no
country stops) pass W ~ahachie
S:42 aud 10:42 a In, f2:42, 2:42,
4;42, 6:42 and sac p, II. Car
passing SIP p. III, may make Local
stops when necessary south o.
WaXahachie.
BAGGAGE CARS: lis. $50
and 9:52 p. III.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-12-10

she was sure And here were certain
rings, seals trinkets, a miniature on
ivory-even a tight curled ring OF gray
hair, siken and delicate
She sat respondent after all her
search. The halt coin was not here!
She had failed once more obviously
at her wits end-for now she knew
not where to look further in the room
she sat gazing at the three llltle
rosewood drawer before her.
Suddenly an idea came to her mind
She picked up one OF the drawers and
stepping to the side of the cabinet
measured the depth OF the drawer
against that OF the upper case which
had contained It Ii was shallo"rF
than thc full depth of the desk By
some tlfre ncnes
Ilurriedly she stopped down IN trout
of the desk dropping her eyes to the
level o. the drawers, which III the
canning Of the maker had been placed
precisely where the level Of the hn-
man eye would not be apt to fall
She peered back into thu recess from
which she had drawn the three tlslt.
lifting drawers Heyond them she saw
three little ivory knobs
An exclamation escaped her MOI
for nothing, then, had been her own
experience in antiques She knew
somethng OF the cunning the old max
ers put into secret drawers anl spaces
in some of their furniture,
She thrust in her hand grasped one
OF the tiny ivory knobs, and drew II
gently toward her, II was as she mad
thought there vas row OF three
shallow secret drawers In the bacH OF
the desk, hidden by the three larger
ones which originally she had drawn
out Not one tine in fifty would any,
one suspect the presence OF these Sc
cret compartments. The work Of the
old cabnetmaker was beautifully done
throughout It had been master
mind, and a cunning one. when had
designed 1t and executed it
4 strange convection came to Kitty
that now sh. was at the end OF her
quest Hurriedly ter fingers turned
over the contents Of the little recepta
Giles one held vet another miniature
beautiful thing Of a lady whose
high ana aristocratc features remind
ed her Of some face she could not at
first tell whose There was nothing
else
The second was also emptv-just an
address or so in faded yellow papers
treasured for some purpose, she knew
not What ard could not ask
The last drawer was filed to the top
with tissue paper which had been
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little chamois bag thus suspended at
her colaagc From this, her hands
still trembling in her haste she
brought out the kings half OF tile coin
that which had given her SO much
trouble 20 regain
They match It's done, exclaimed
Kitty half aloud And indeed the
broken edges Of the coin fitted abso
lutely Her crrand was done at last
she had succeeded
"Roleau' she started up now But
even as she did 50 she stopped once
moro arrested the two halves OF the
coin still in her hand
There Was a little window AT one
side OF the room, a curtained window
she had not STOPPED to see whether
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-12-10

crushed down. Her hands half-trem.
bling, Kitty began to unfold this tissue
All at opce she paused her eyes gleam-
ing
The half of the Gretzhotfen cola lay
in her hands!
She caught at the little silken cord
about her neck, pulled to view the
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-12-10

or not it was glazed Now through the
parted curtain Of this little aperture
she saw the leyeed black barrel Of
a revolver poiuding its atm directly
at her as she stood
"Roleaur she called once more and
% she spoke covered away as best
She irli'., from the eapou whose aim
was flll prou ter
NO ~ CONTINUED
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-12-10

The Motion Pictures OF The Broken
Com are shown at The Peoples Theatre
and Rosemary Theatre,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-01-07
SYNOPSIS.

Zudora b lsft an orphan at an early
ere. Her father II killed In gold mine.
Eudora and the fortune from the mine.
which grows to be worth S2O.00ooO0 are
left in the guardianship OF Fpank keene.
Eudora's mothers brother. 01dora. CIV
ing promise OF great beauty. reaches the
are Of eighteen. The uncle. who has sci
himself up ~ q Hindu mystic ana u
known a. HaBsam Ali. decides that zu-
dora must die before she can have
chance to come into possession OF ner
money. 80 that II may be left to him. the
next OF kin. Hassam All sees an obstacle
70 his scheme In the person OF John
Storm, Q young lawyer. for whom Nu-
dora has taken a fancy. ana ne COM
mands the girl to put the man out OF ner
mind. Zudora insists that II she cannot
marry storm she will marry no one
.Well, WELL" says Hassam All II you
take such a stand I'll compromise. solve
my next twenty cases and you can marry
him; fail In a single case and you must
renounce him." -.
Zudora, using the knowledge gained
from years Of association with her uncle.
unravels a banning mystery ana wins ner
arst case-a case In which John Storm Is
saved from being convicted OF a muroer
fnstigated by Hassam Ali himself.
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She left the hallway and sought the
mystic room. where she found Hassam
All crouched over his globe. He look
ed up impatiently.
"wellf-
.some Hindus to see you. uncle"
"Hindus. nj this time OF night? Why
didn't you send AIMED to me? IL low
era you IN his opinion TO take upon
yourself to do his work. Hindus-
what can they want. ] wonderT
"Pm sure I don't know nor care"-a
bit angry at being rebuffed by her IN
Gle.
when Hassam Ali stood before his
guests there was some time wasted In
genudexions.
"You are Hassam Ali. the man who
seesr'
II am"
"Your servant here recommended
you to us. Sahib, we are In the midst
Of a strange mystery. In our abode
the god Of sleep comes suddenly and
unawares. Our own god seems to
have forgotten us. This dread thing
comes almost instantly, and we are
taken In sleep no matter what pose we
are in. That we are here tonight and
not under the evil gods influence Is
due to the fact that We waited outside
the octagonal room"
THE octagonal room" repeated Has
sam Ali thOughtfully.
"You are known to US as a great
yogi. a seer into the future. Will you
aid us to find out what causes this
dreaded sleep? Our religious ceremo
MES are being interfered with
All this was In an English that was
only fairly understandable. Here and
there Hassam Alrs man interpolated
the right word.
you will accompany US. Huzoorr
Hassam Ali smiled and nodded. Here
was an adventure that rather appealed
to him. More than that, 1t would ban
ish from his mind. at least temporarily.
certain psychological agencies which
were making their power felt more and
more strongly as the days went by.
~ must 20. too. uncle" said Zudora.
Hurry, then should like to see
these people before they come out OF
their trance"
They went away to get their wraps
!. BEFORE going downstairs again ZudOra
d al
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his soul told him that she would re
turn unhurt.
But how did you escape. uncleT
"They wanted you" he said glibly
"They blindfolded me again and sent
me about my business. What did you
Learnt"
Enough to determine me to see what
I can do. OF course 1t is a colossal
trick of some sort. but it would not be
wise to suggest that 1t must be
proved"
my child. this Is altogether strange
business. These Orientals are quick
to distrust. II they find you gone
when they wake up II Ia quite likely
they will try to kill you"
"Tve made mp my mind
Then she ran Upstairs She was anx
Ious TO send nIrSSage to Storm by the
carrier pigeon. She wrote short notr
explaining the situation and liherated
the bird. Storms hOuHekeeper received
the bird aud naturally read the mes
sage. She EcfbbIed on the back OF
LUl8 UeHSdkc uB0 AhAOA HANN Tvs $500
ter's sweetheart that be had left the
house in haste the night before and
had not yet returned The return Of
the pigeon left Zudora in a fair state
of excitement. She Immediately set
out for Storms apartments. but the
housekeeper could add nothing further
than that Mr.. storm had sent pigeon
to her and 1t bad come back with the
note.
Zudora returned home and quizzed
her uncle: but. Of course, he piously
denied having seen Storm. SuTepti
tiously she piled the Hindu servant
This man secretly wOrshiped the young
memsahib. and by and by she got the
facts from him. Sol She had not only
TO solve the mystery Of the sleeping
house. but to save her lover also. He
would be without a mission In that
fantastic house. and IT was quite likely
that he would he made to suffer for his
audIBiitp-
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would instantly begin 70 aoADect her.
and once they suspected her her life
would not BE- worth a snap Of the On
gers. Besides. II would not be such
very hard ordeal TO accept such mag
nificent gift So she told the leader TO
say 70 Nabok Shan that she hoped TO
solve the mystery for the sake OF the
pearls. being a normal woman But
she must have free run OF the house.
This was agreed, but under no circum-
stance must she leave without being
bllndfolded. and. moreover, she must
remain that night.
Zudora accepted the conditions phil.
osophically. She never wore Nabok
Shan's rope NJ pearls however.
She would have liked very much.
though. to acQuaint her lover with her
whereabouts. Her uncle's disappear.
nnce puzzled her. But perhaps he had
already begun his Investigations. The
night passed uneventfully. Those who
slept did so naturally. Zudora, how.
ever. wandered In aud out among the
curious alcoves and quaint balconies.
She peered behind the grotesque stat.
ues into the fountain. Whenever the
ceremony began sleep came. This fact
kept ringing through her mind. She
Just must solve It. II would be anoth-
er step toward her lover and happi.
ness. One thing she ascertained for fu-
ture use and this was the exit more or
less carelessly guarded. She might
have to take TO her heels.
And all the while. in the steel dun
geon below. Storm saw the walls slow.
ly and relentlessly contract. He had
beaten upon the unfeeling steel until
his knuckles bled. He had shouted un.
til his lungs hurt. and smaller and
smaller grew his prison. He recalled
certain tale by Poe and touched the
metal from time to time to see II 1t
were growing hot. But II was evident
that he was to be crushed only, not In
cinerated.
Morning came. The feast OF the
night before was resumed. Nautch
KITE uluCtu' uiuSiNtduS piuyCu ShS oeaN
and wailing music OF the east. Zudora
had quietly wet her handkerchief in
the basin OF the fountain and at the
moment the ceremony begun held the
wet cambria to her nose. She showed
her foresight in this. for shortly after
the music began the people in the &C.
tagonal room fell to nOdding and from
noddinR into peaceful sleep. Even with
the aid of<the dampened handkerchief
Zudora could not wholly escape the
subtle and amazing narcotic. She
struggled blIndly toward the exit. How
she manNged to reach the street was
something she could never remember.
She was mighty glad to get back to
New York again, for she had been 3D.
coo miles away in spirit If not In fact.
Still, she determined to return and
solve the riddle. She had already
formed a campaign. What simple fools
these orientals were In some respects!
Hassam Ali concealed his astonish-
ment Yet something deep down in
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fondled for q moment the carrier pl
geon which Storm had given her re
Gently. John had one for himself
The birds carried messages, Aside
from its practically 1t WAS very 70
mantle and Obviated the necessity OF
trusting ones secrets TO the telephone
girls. And ZudOra was not always
sure that some one IN the house was
not listening when she telephoned AS
Hassam All never entered this room or
hers she was quite confident that ne
knew nothing of the pigeons.
When they returned to the visitors
they were greatly nstOnishPd to learn
that they were to go blindfolded, gard
ed in oriental costume. HAssam a"
objected Very well, then: the Hln
dns declared that they would go else
where for aid They made this deci
SIGN internationally. Hassam All Oent
his head to signify that II they TOOK
that attitude be was ready to submit
Presently the procession died out
into the street They buried along
for several blocks: then came a long
automobile ride. HaSsam Ali counted
the turns and felt quite assured In the
end that they were being driven IN
circles and that the house OF mystery
was not so far away as It seemed.
When the bandages were dnaliy taken
Oh Zudora found herself In room
which might easily have been taken
bodily out of the Arabian Nights IT
was, indeed. like some fabulous fairy
land-the idols. the sleeping people the
strange. sweet Odor which seemed to
permeate everything. She was not
sure that she had not been transported
Oy some magic carpet to the heart OF
the ancient city of Bagdad.
She became childishly inqulsitiye
she moved about the recumbent fe
ures. and suddenly she came upon
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herei where was ahei In HISdnslan.
IN the middle OF n mad dreamy Sud.
denly. eveh as he gaxcd. the woman
ON the rug before the Idol stirred and
sighed. Her dark. sloellke eyes open
ed. stoAm stopped and raised her %
her feet
els zudora hereT' he asked
Zudora lay almost at bis feet, but no
had not recognized her, due TO the out
landish costume.
The princess looked at hiTa oewilders
lngly, shaking her head. Presently
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-01-07
The Liver Regulates the Body
A SIuvOish Liver Needs Care

Someone has said that people WI
Chronic Liver Complaint should
shut up away from humanity.
they are pessimists and see throp
glass darby" Why? BeeaN
mental states depend upon physle
states. Biliousness, Headaches, 3
illness and Constipation dsapp
after using DR.. Kings New
Pills. Csc at your druggist.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-12

The pretty drawing room was decorat
ed with quantities of dogwood bios
SONS and other harbingers from the
woods, in the dining room, while a
big bowl of roses centered the table,
where a twocourse luncheon was
served at the conclusion of the pro
gram.
Several matters of business, paying
of dues, etc. were disposed of and
Miss Gertrude Polk conducted an in
teresting program upon American
Periodicals" Roll call was respond
ed to by the names of prominent edi
tors and they were discussed. Miss
Mabel Nixon gave pertinent analysis
Of What Constitutes Standard Mag
azine," and Miss Frances Ferguson
talked upon "The Status of the Short
story" Miss Marie Hill concluded
noon between the hour of four and
Sweetest Flower that Grows"
Misses Edith Naylor, Lurline Col
Inns, Mary Hightower, Frances Fergu.