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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-04-29

A circus adver crowds out lots
of local and editorial notes.
SchwalIer has sold his barn to
Ward 80 it will not be moved to
town for livery stable and Kirk
man will use the DIadden barn.
The W CTU. will meet with
Mrs Jourdan next Tuesday Nav
2, at $3.50 pm. All are invited.
The Commissioners hold an ad
iourned session next Monday TO
specially consider bridges.
As Charlie Hof could not get his
Stoll Saline farm he has returned
TO Wichita.
Mrs Alex Philip is arranging to
sail for England in a couple weeks
for a summer trip.
Mrs John Adkins has gone to
the South to attend a National
sunnaY school convention.
The Alumni OF our High School
hold their annual reception Nav 10
at the GA r. Hall. They give
the '99 Graduates a banquet
An aviarv eff domestic and rare
tropical birds is one OF the MANY
striking features of Rngllng's cir
Gus. The collection em mbraces all
kinds of birds from cook toos to
Ostriches.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-04-29

There is nothing Myaterlona in
the wondt rful cures effected ny DIR.
Sswyer's Wild Cherry and Tar
You get the benefit of an eminent
physicians prescriptions for ell
throat and iuBg diseases. At Far
ley'n,
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-04-29
Go to KOhl's
drug store for

Your MEDICINE. He will
treat you right and you can rest
assured you get what you want
Or If you have a Prescription be
viii put it up just enh0t 1t cols
Gq, just arisnt YOUR Ur. orders
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-04-29

Mrs. James Behan sends this
Office q box of beautiful flowers
from her conservatory.
The appointment of Editor
Brettle as postmaster at Ellis Was
"a complete surprize, only the dav
before was George LeiseEng clrcu-
Iating a petition for himself, but
Rseder wanted q paper IN the
county. "Fhe Push" wanted =
paper and got it when they found
that neither Fuller nor Bascen
could get It.
Ringiing's great canvas psVil-
lions cover more than - acres &
be on the grounds on south Chest
nut, same as last season, and con-
stitute a veritable city of tents;
the mammouth hippodrome aBphi
theatre is thu largest ever construc
ed and is absolutely impervious-
to ram.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-04-29
Next Thursday Is Pension day,

Ringlirgs circus must be tony,
The 90 bill posters here this week
taking their meals at hotel Bruins
Mick, as do The performers.
F BplI, Ugh johnson of Topeka
has bull and is now located with
his famIl on his claim on the Smo
KEY IN the new mining district and
now We C, n expect rapid dcvel-
Ctements
Big ills, as we'll as little ills of
the kidnevs, cannot resist the cura.
tive power of DR.. Sawyer's Uka-
tine. At Farley's.
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Only S3 a week.

The weather grows warmer, veg
stables coming cheaper, we will
now take boaIders at So a week
4 good bed and 8 good meals each
day at $3 a week at the Farmers
home. MRS RICE
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Hail, Hail, Hail.

Hae0R0 secured the = 0ency for
tie old reliable ST PA VI,
I am saoaO prepared to do a gen
6rdE hail Insurance business.
1 solicit your business ard
2prOnatse fair treatment
H. w. OSHANT.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-04-29

National Baptist Societies Aa-
,VersaT5es, Portland. Oregon
June 2nd- 5th 1892,
One Fare plus 50 90 for round
trip via Union Pacific For dates
on which tickets viii, be cid, limits.
and full information, call on
DGve Taylor Agent.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-04-29
Teachers examination to day.

Teachers examination to day.
Miss Irnla Henley closed her
school last Friday.
The 3. B are fixing their cross
ing on Chestnut at. 1t needed 1t.
Only 2 weeks more of school,
then for q long vacation.
Judge Robbins makes q beauti :
ful display of tulips in his garden.
EnRg DAN CASE every WEEK if yoa sen
fS&ESfFs . ~ STARK TREEas. Outfit tIee 81 &RE
s NuRSERT' i0'ssslAs ~ a's'st q. ssisaaIlszE
If you have saws tohe shsrpened
aud cant find Drake in his shop,
leave them at Philips store for him.
The Saunders farm for sale advr.
in this paper quickly brought a
customer and the add goes out.
But Reeders have an extra good
farm on the Saline yet for sale
awfal cheap.
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Millet and Alfalfa.

We have some splendid seed
for sale cheap, Warranted pure
ard the very hest.
Geo Philip cE Son
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O1 OOSAS and PIE.

l always have on hand tor
sale the choicest of bread, cake &
pies, and special orders promp'.
1Y filled Give me g trial.
MRS, RICE, Opposite Depot
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.17 En THIS greatly 81 En
-AaJU, Re21Lcsd r0t6 kElJU

has been made bV the O5ai0fs
Pacific to CaI!fornio points.
Through tourist sleepers,, quicker
time than any other line For
tickets and full information call on
d. Iautor, Agent, Hays.
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Mare taken I'D.

A black pony mare came to nv
form Il miles east of Hays, near
Elihu Stout's. Owner can have
BY paving expenses and proving
property. DAVE KORBY,
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Be0as Mf0. 90. &srs.

BeG0s Mf0. 20. &Srs-
have used your CHERRY COU-
GIL SYRUP the past week for La
Grippe and can cheerfullv say, it
is sure cure for that disease; as it
cured me in a short time, and viii!
cure others if they will use it faith
fully. F, ShadIe. Odin. Kansas.
Sold at Farlev's.
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ARR.

Remember If you want to
buy hees, Fakes or forks. Nails
and all kinds of hardware.
Tinware of all kinds. or want tins
mended, or roof timed or fixed.
that we are in the business oppo-
site Yost's mill, have a big stock
of goods on hand which we are
selling at lowest prices, Or do the
work at lowest possible price.
HARTLING & WOLFE.
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BIG new sTszEr 1sEz PARADEm3O SECTIONS sS, :ss.
ING. sRhGhhI SERat EXCURSIONS SGL 81 RAILROADS.

-. DOORS OPEN ONE HOUR EARuER
The Press., 1899-11-30
FATE OF A CAESAR'S ASHES.

Shakespeare's C0nceit Finds e C0un. terpart In Reality.
 When Shakespeare put in the mouth of Hamlet the curious conceit about the dust of the great Alexander hav- ing become lo3m and then stopping a bunghole in a beer barrel, he had seem ed to reach the ultimate extravaganza of imagination. Yet, near the Porta Salaria a still more unexpected ex- travagance was revealed after the ex. cavations carried on there. In these cippus. or sepulchral column, con taining a cinerary urn of rare oriental alabaster was brought to light. The inscription on the cippus revealed that the ashes contained within the urn were those of Calpunius Piso Licini- anus, who, in February, A. D. 69, was proclaimed Caesar by the Emperor Galbra. Four days afterward Galbra was killed, and Piso also suffered death in his thirty-first year. His were the ashes that the alabaster urn con tained.
 The precious urn was given to 6 workman employed on the premises tt take care of. Some days after. wher the proprietor of the place asked fol the urn, he found 1t empty. Where, said he, 'are the ashes that wert hereY The workman. surprised, sait that he gathered them together and never dreaming that they were an! good, but being white and clean. sen them to his wife to make lye for he
 washing! And thus, said the lat Shakespeare Wood. describing this in cident, have the ashes of an imperia Caesar, adopted by Galbra as Tiberiu
 was adopted by Augustus and accept ed by the senate. been used more thai IS centuries after his death by a Ro man washerwoman to cleanse her dirt, linen, together with the ashes of othe members of the family in whose vein flowed the noble blood of Crassi an' of Pompey the Great!-Baltimore Sur
The Press., 1899-11-30
SHORT ON GOOD STORIES.

The Predicament of Q Woman With
 Seven Calls to Make.
 ,"Seven visits to make in one after Some of them may not be at home. and can make an early start. Let me see. There's that anecdote about Eth els fox terrier and the cute speech of little Bob and that awfully clever thing that Dexter told the other night about the Goddess of Liberty. Is that all l have in stock? Oh. dear. no! There's that quotation from The Pneumatic Woman that struck me 50. haven't got it of to any one yet. and l dare say it will go as original. Not one person in ten has heard of The Pneumatic Woman
 "Is that enough for seven calls? Pm afraid not. We'll, there's always the weather. Really, if it came to the point, I'd rather talk Interestingly about any old subject than stupidly about a brand new one. There's more art in 1t. l wonder if dare risk that joke about Clara again? I've told il so many times lately-indeed. l wont be sure that some of the times were not at the very places Pm going.
 "How mean 1t is that Maude made me promise not to repeat that lovely bit of gossip she gave me this morn ing! I haven't heard anything so de licious for a long time. We'll" with { sigh, 'T promised on my word of hon or wouldn't tell, and"- another sigf -"why, here we are at Mrs. Some body's. 1 wonder if have enough tt talk about for seven calls? Oh, well some of them may be out-and-oh dear, if only hadn't promised l Maudev'-Cincinna Enquirer.
The Press., 1899-11-30
G8strOnOm Anarchy

They say the art of cooking is dying out in France. Cooks and public agree in this, but they charge each other with the cause.
 "The French public is degenerate, " say the cooks. Tt no longer knows a good sauce from bad one"
 "Qu' est-ce que vous voulezY' retail ates the public. ''The cooks may still be artists, but, they are no longer cooks"
 eff you want the matter demonstrat. ed," says a Parisian who may be con. sidered to represent the public, Hook at the so called culinary exhibitions given in Paris every year. These exhibitions do not ask the judgment of the palate They ask the judgment of the eye They ask you to criticise Swiss chalets made in butter and Louis XIV furniture made in cake. They wish to initiate the salon, and they show lard sculpture sentimentally ulsposed in palm bowers and canvases, with foregrounds of string beans, and sunsets of tomato catchup. It is the last word in impres. sionism. if you like, but it is not cook. ery-it is anarchy.-Sketch.
The Press., 1899-11-30
How He Wanted to Pay.

Some years ago an affray among miners in the west resulted in murder, and Senator Thurston, believing the ac- cused to have been innocent in inten- tion, took up his case and greatly mitigated the lads punishment. Six months afterward a man, armed to the teeth, appeared in Thurston's office.
 ''Be you Squire ThurstonT
 "Yes."
 "Be you the man that defended Jack Bailey at court?"
 The senator, thinking his last hour was come, again answered, "Yes."
 "Well, I'm Jack Bailey's pardner. and I've come to pay you. I haven't got any money, but Pm man of hon. or. Anybody in town you don't like?"
 As the senator smilinsly disclaimed any thirst for booty or blood, the caller insisted incredulously: Put on youl hat, squire, and just walk down the street. See anybody you don't like throw up your thumb and I'll DOT him. ."-Youth's Companion.
The Press., 1899-11-30
furbef. ! alsanare's
springneld, November. is0s.
Begin to do Your Gift Planning

For almost before you be- gin to realize it the Christmas bells will be ringing.
 Remember that any calcu- lations made before you see what we have will count for naught, for-we say it in no boosting or vain-glorious spir- it-this is the biggest and most complete merchandise establishment in Western Massachusetts; we might al- most say Western New Eng land. Forty-four distinct and comprehensive lines of goods every one a complete store in itself-are before you here, comprising almost everything for personal and home needs, necessaries and luxuries.
 And all these forty-four stocks are just now at food- tide for the holidays. There are Christmas thoughts every where; suggestions of what to give Charles and Grace and father and mother and little Johnie and Susie on all sides.
 Just a word as to prices: Economy is not out of place, when gift buying, in the sense that one should wish to pay no more than the lowest price for good goods; the less that good things can be bought for, the more can be got; and there are so many friends to provide for at Christmas.
 You may be sure we do not wish you to sacrifice quail ity to price in buying gift things; but you should be careful that you get the very lowest prices for what you do buy---and that you can be sure of here.
The Press., 1899-11-30
LoNe DooroR1Ne MEANS WRoNe Do

LONG DooToRINa MEANS WRONG Doo- ToRING. If you are afflicted with chronic and lingerir g disease it is safe to conclude that you are doctoring on wrong lines. If proper medicine could not overcome your disease, the disease would long ago have overcome you. The trouble is that you have been treated for something wholly foreign to your complaint, and the medi- cine either has had no effect or has made you worse. The wise thing to do is to consult Dr. Greene, 85 West 14th Street, New York City, the discoverer of that greatest of all remedies, Dr. Greene's Nervura. Call on him if you can, but if that is inconvenient, write him fully about your case. You can tell him in a letter many things that you might forget in a personal interview. It will cost you noth- ing, as Dr. Greene makes no charge for consultation and advice.
The Press., 1899-11-30
MUSIC IN EVERYTHING.

Pretty Surprises Met With In Q Ge-
 neva Music Box Factory.
 The chief industry of Geneva is the manufacture of musical boxes. Thou sands of men, women and children are employed in the factories, one of which was visited by a traveller who gives some interesting particulars about his visit.
 An attendant invited him to take a seat. He did so, and strains of delight full music came from the chair. He hung his hat on a rack and put his stick in the stand. Music came from both rack and stand. He wrote his name in the visitors register, and on dipping his pen into the ink music burst forth from the inkstand.
 The manager of the factory explain ed the process of making musical boxes, a business which requires pa- tience and nicety.
 The different parts are made by men who are experts In those parts and who do nothing else year in and year out
 The music is marked on the cylinder by man who has served several years of apprenticeship. Another man inserts In the marked places pegs which have been filed to a uniform length. The comb, or set of teeth, which strikes the pegs and makes the sound is arranged by 8 man who does nothing else. The cylinder Is then re volved to see that every peg produces proper tone.
 The most delicate work of all is the revising of each peg. It is done by g workman who has good ear for mu sic. He sees that every peg Is in its proper place and Is bent at the correct l angle.
 When the instrument is in its case an expert examines it to see that the time is perfect.-St. Louis Republic.
The Press., 1899-11-30
GEsTlCULATING TALKERS.

italians Wave Arms Wildly When
 Conversing With One Another.
 The farther south one goes in Europe the more do the people gesticulate in conversation. asserts traveller who is at present doing" Italy
 A Neapolitan. he says, goes through an entire course of calisthenics before he has talked five minutes. Give Neapolitan a pair of dumb bells and ask him what he thinks of the weather and before he finishes his answer he will have taken enough healthful exer- else to last him all day.
 This traveller spent many an interest ing hour in watching the Neapolitan a couple of Italians. who were engaged in a most spirited conversation. The younger of the two men grow very excited. With his hands he made reaching and clinging motions, as if climbing. Then he reached right and left above his head, as one would do in picking cherries. Then. without slack ening his remarkable flow of conversa- tion. he put the thumb and first finger of his left hand together and held them a few inches before his eyes and went through the careful movements of one threading a small needle. And all the time he talked. Next he made overland l motions as of throwing. Then he gave an imitation of some one swimming After that he described several rapid circles with his left hand. which gave the impression of revolving wheel Then he leaned forward and. with his right hand lifted. acted as a person would act in trying to put key into . keyhole. The writer asked his friend
 who understood Italian. what all the fuss was about.
 ''They're talking chiefly about tho Iweather." was the reply.-Londor Mall.
The Press., 1899-11-30
THE CHARM CAME BACK.
A Story 0f Witchcraft In England Ia
 the Seventeenth Century.

Story of Witchcraft In England IA
 the Seventeenth Century.
 Here is story of witchcraft- The lord chief justice, Holt. of England. who fourished in the seventeenth cen- tury, told it of himself. As young man, perhaps more sprightly than some, he found himself once in the country without any money. He went, however, boldly to the first roadside inn and ordered bed and board. By the ireside he saw a girl shivering with ague. "why let your child suf- fer?'' he asked. "I will cure her for you in a single night" Thereupon he wrote certain characters on slip of paper, rolled 1t up in a cloth and told the girl to tie that round her neck and to go to bed, and in the morning she would be we'll This she did. We'll did she rest, and in the morning she was well.
 Holt stayed a few days at the inn, and on his departure boldly asked for his bill. "Sir," said the hostess. "it is who owe you, not you who owe me. " So he departed. Forty years after ward, being on circuit, he had to try a woman charged with sorcery and wftchcraft. She healed sick persons miraculously, and therefore by the belp of the devil. Being questioned. eha acknowledged that she used . charm which generally worked cure. 1"Let me look at it," said the judge.
 She handed him 8 small cloth roll. Within 1t he found a paper with cer- tain characters. Then the memory of his trick came back to him.
 "You were yourself" he said, ''once cured of an ague by the use of this charm?"
 She said that was 90. Then he turned to the jury and related the whole story and dismissed the poor old woman But as for the charm, the court i'm pounded 1t and the poor witch lost hel power.-Detroit News.
The Press., 1899-11-30
Number 35.
The circulation of The Ladies' Home

The circulation of The Ladies' Home Journal for 1899 reached the enormous aggregate of 9,S15.S .S28 copies, an average of s17, ,9S6 copies for each of the twelve issues of the year. An idea of the amount of editorial work in the publication of the magazine Is gained by the knowledge that the regular staff of editors numbers 26 men and women. These do not include the scores of special contributors.
The Press., 1899-11-30
DoipE Without the Dot.

The small letter 'f" was formerly written without the dot. The dot was introduced In the fourteenth century to distinguish 'tr' from 'e'' In hasty and indistinct writing. The letter ''P' was originally used where the letter '.j' is now employed The distinction between 'i" and ''j'' was introduced by the Dutch printers at a compara- lively recent date, and the T" was dot ted because the s1 :" from which 1t was derived, was written with . dot.
The Press., 1899-11-30
Evil. of Continued Anxiety.

Some years ago l collected the sta tistics regarding the lives of stockbrok- CTS in a certain city and was surprised to find that nearly every person who lived a sober life and continuously studied the ups and downs of the money market failed either mentally or physically in a short time-less than a dozen years-ultimately disappear ing from active life.
 On the other hand, the men who were operators of great skill and cool ness and who lived regularly most of the time, but occasionally gave way to the drink habit and disappeared sev- eral days at time on account of help less drunkenness, lived longer and had fewer mental disorders.
 This, of course, cannot be construed into an argument in favor of drinking even occasionally, but was to my mind very strong indication of the benefit coming from the occasional complete relaxation from intense mental anxi- ety. Protracted anxiety without rest breaks more men than does hard intel. lectual eff0rt.-Medical Record
The Press., 1899-11-30
IF | WERE YOU.
I wouldn't think about distress.

! wouldn't think about distress,
 If were you; wouldn't even once confess
 To ever feeling blue, But when the sun is well disposed To shine upon our friends and foes I'd be content with even less.
 If were you. :. Just let it rain or snow or shine;
 Twill bring no gain To blame misfortune or repine;
 The longest lane 7 Will end sometime, and every day Roses will bloom along the way.
 Because of rain. Then sing your songs; cry if you mus&s
 But keep in view The healthy soul inspiring trust
 That's always due To them that strive to live above All earthly things-excepting love; I'd let all other treasures rust.
 If were youl
 Facts and Fiction.
The Press., 1899-11-30
Consumption, the Snake.

Consumption Is the serpent Of diseases it creeps upon it's victims and fastens its deadly fangs without warning. "Only cold" is hurrying millions to the grave to-day. Don't neglect that cold of yours. Cleveland's Lung Healer will cure il without fail. If it doesn't, you have youl money back. It is the most successful
 remedy in the world today. We will give you trial bottle free. Large bot ties, 25 cents. w. D. Heald, druggist. 9
The Press., 1899-11-30

The highest inhabited place in the world is the customs house of Anco. marca. in Peru. 1t being 1&OO0 feet above @ae sea.
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E. S. M YouNa Secretary
 e. BIAKEsLEE Treaurer D.
 THE STAFFORD SPRINGS ELECTRIC LIGHT AND GAS COMPANY.
office, 5 Main Street.

which
 
  regarding
   wilb day and o D. F. BURRITT. Gen1 Manager
The Press., 1899-11-30
E.
 DOWN

In a sea of low prices. Now is the time to secure the low prices that will prevail on all our Win ter Clothing while they last.
 We are selling all our new Winter Clothing at same prices that have prevailed in the past. Everybody knows that clothing will be higher, and now is the golden opportunity to get in on the first floor and select hobby or a business suit and save mon- ey. We have E Good Suits at $5.00 Better Suits at $6 to $8. Black and Fancy Worsteds,
 $I0 to SIS Overcoats, all prices, $4 to SIS And we have not forgotten the little fellows. We can make it a pleasure, as well as 8 source of profit, to call and see our styles and get prices.
 In Hats, Caps and Gents Fur nishings we have the goods, and the prices are right.
The Press., 1899-11-30
LAUNDRY.

Don't forget we were the first people to ever do laundry work in Stafford. We have always maintained the highest standard for this work, and always the lead CTS in low prices
 Shirts Sc.
 Collars and Cuffs l 1-2c each.
The Press., 1899-11-30
W. E. DEMOND.
Stafford Springs, Conn.

Stafford Springs, Conn. When you want prices for Lumber of any kind. Shingles, Roofing Felts and Bricks, give us a call. Steam mill will be To- cated on Henry N eff f farm, Holland road, after Oct. st.
 Large lot of mill cull lumber to be had very cheap at my yard during next two months.
The Press., 1899-11-30

Y H. REED, Attorney at Law, ofic. O in Stafford National Bank Building, Eas' Main-st.
The Press., 1899-11-30

A GENCY of Holland County Mutua
 A Fire Insurance Go. at J. W. CHANDLER'> office at residence, Westford-av., Stafford Spring,
The Press., 1899-11-30
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

~ IT. HOBBY, Piano Tuner and O. Dealer in Pianos. P. O. Address, Mans field, Conn. See advertisement.
The Press., 1899-11-30

NTM. A. COMINS, Horse and O2 w Shoetng, Machine Forg1ngs and Repairing done to order. Also builder and repa1rer Of al styles Of Wagons. South-st., Stafford Springs.