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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-12-12

1t takes clever woman 10 boss her
husband without letting him know it.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-12-12

The average reputation is too brittle
for rough usage.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-12-12

Don't kick about the quality of what
you get for nothing
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-12-12
DEFIANCE STARCH


should be in every household. none 50
good, besides or more for 10 cents
than any other brand of cold water
starch
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-12-12

A roman's no is often contradicted
by her eye.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-12-12

YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNsIGHTLY.
Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue
All grocers sell large 2 OF. package, 5 cents
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-12-12
Mrs. Svinslow's sootl

A man may be on the level and still
have an uphill fight to get along.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-12-12

A fancied wrong is generally harder
to bear than real trouble.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-12-12

For children teethIng softens the gums reduces In
namation. alays palm wind collie sc bottle
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-12-12

Stops the Cough and
Works or the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Price 25c.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-12-12

IF YOU USE BALL BLUE,
Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue.
Large o. package only cents
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-12-12

When difference of opinion arises
it is sometimes wise to split the differ
euce.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17
Force Of Habit.

The force of habit was very forcibly
illustrated by an incident recently at
the pumping station of the water
works at Enid. A tank standing Just
outside the building is kept full of
water for the accommodation Of
passersby and the neighborhood
stock. A COW accustomed to drink at
this tank came for her morning drink.
The valley was covered with water
and stood within two or three inches
Of the top of the tank, but the COW
went over the waste of waters to the
tank. Twice she stuck in the mud and
appeared to be in danger of drowning
but by perseverance she finally reach
ed the objective point. After drinking
long and copiously she turned about
and slowly made her way to land, ap-
parently satisfied that she had done
the only available thing to find water.
Enid 20. To Eagle.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17
The Poet.


One gang, and many turned aside to
hear,
And they whose souls were fashioned to
conceive
The beautiful still listened with delight,
And inly blessed the singer and the song.
TIL far and wide, in countless homes the
strains
Flowed from the lips familiar and be-
loved;
And often the charmed world, half envy
ing, said:
why Joy must I'LL the soul that thus can
soar
Above the woes of earth, its pains and
cares,
And bless and beautify the lives OF men
With treasures gathered from the realm
OF thought"
And far away lonely woman dwelt,
Whose feeble flesh had often shrunk be-
meath
The touch OF pain, and who in silence
bore
bitter fate and fed a hungry heart
on dreams Of love, and for the power OF
song
Paid with the loss of all life held most
sweet
Maud Rose in Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17
THE ORIGIN OF FAIRIES.
Many Legends Connected With Their
Existence.

Many Legends Connected With Their
Existence.
The fairies are considered by arch.
biologists as the heirs and descendants
of the inferior pagan divinities, good
and evil. The demigods and demons
were reduced to this condition when
heathenism was outwardly brought
to an end. However, the popular be-
lief is that the fairies were those
angels who, at Lucifer's revolt, did
not openly join him, but felt kind Of
sympathy with his wicked aspirations.
When the rebel angels were precipi-
tated into hell these cowardly spirits
fell no farther than the earth,
on which they are to remain
till the day of, judgment, un.
certain during the whole time
whether they are to be pardoned
or condemned. The Irish fairies are
the spirits of the Daanan Druid chiefs,
who after their death took possession
OF the chief subterranean caves
throughout the kingdom, and con-
tinued, according to their good or evil
dispositions, to succoT or injure the
descendants of the Milesians, by
whom they had been dispossessed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17
nae. MALApRop IN REAL IL


conical Phrases AserIbed TO Newly
Rich American Woman.
A young Philadelphia who has
just returned from abroad travelled on
the same steamer with Molly Elliott
Seawell, the novelist, and found her
to be a woman with a keen apprecia-
ton of humor. She told Of a very
rich but rather vulgar American
whose daughter had married into the
nobility and who was a Yeritable Mrs.
Malaprop.
THE old lady spends considerable
Of her time with this married daugh-
ter" said Miss Seawell land when
met her in London she gave me a
very pressing invitation to come out
and see her at her daughters coun.
try house. Then she started to de-
scribe what evidently had been an old
baronial castle remodeled, only she
referred to It as a baronical castle,
whatever that may be. In the hall
they have the loveliest pair of ant
ler's horns you ever saw she said.
And the hall has been entirely rum
Mated
II ventured to express the hope that
the stairs had not been altered, for l
have a sort of veneration for the stair.
ways and balconies that are chafac.
teristic of the old English houses. oh,
goodness me! yes she said. They
have a spinal stairway now "-Phila-
delphia Record.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17
az reckon younsTI hev ter kim back

40 reckon youns'II heV ter kim back
an marry me wen youns git rieh.'"
did toward the little girl back in Ten
nessee.
"As soon as he was we'll he adopted
me and changed my name, and then
my education began. Being an edu-
Gated man, the hermit had charge of
my studies until l was fitted for col.
lege. He nodded me according to
his own conception of manhood, ever
impressing upon me the sin of ingrati-
tude. AS boy and man / had talked
and thought about the little mountain
lass. You have nc. idea how tender a
romance could be built upon q founda.
ton as slender.
Before l entered college my bene-
factor told me that l was to be a
gentleman; that had unlimited
wealth at my command, and that l
must spend money freely for the ben
eft Of others. He had fortune left
him, which had increased rapidly dur
ing the years of his seclusion.
Il suggested that / go back to my
old place and see if could do any
thing for the little girl who had been
so kind to me. No act of mine ever
pleased him more. / travelled to Ten
nessee and found that her. parents
had died some years before, and that
she had been adopted by a widow, who
had moved to a distant part of the
country; but found no trace that l
could follow. advertised, but to no
avail. She has been in my dreams all
these years, and determined never
to give up the search until knew
what had become OF her. Now for
your advice. Should marry before /
have found this girl?"
you certainly should not" she re-
piled, raising her eyes for the first
time.
q had hoped for a different an
swer.
Il can give you no other"
''But she may be married. or dead.
he urged.
"You are not sure"
And perhaps she is as illiterate as
the people from which l sprang, and
whom detest for their ignorance and
lack of ambition"
and IL she were2"
Il could never marry her. Every
man has his ideal. Nine has been the
! little mountain maid; now. you are
my idea Of perfect womanhood. Gould
you not grant my hearts desire b.
marrying me7e
Are you sure you would care foI
me, even II you knew my past?p sht
asked timidly, after a pause.
Il am sure no other woman will egel
hold the place in my heart that yot
hold. / care nothing for the past II
can have you Ia the future"
"Shall tell you Of my childhood ?
~ you wish, but It WIN make *
difference After q long pause d.
ssid, Please 90 not keep me IL sus
4 pense"
"You were born % the nlouptaips Q
Tennessee she began. and i tpp
was born ID the mountains 81 rennes
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17
THE LITTLE MOUNTAIN MAID
BY DOROTHY G. CLARK
copyrighted 1908 By The authors Pa0lishiAo Company


They were seated on a rustic bench
at fashionable water place. She
was a fair woman of 26; he . tall,
dark, handsome man of 80.
Il want to tell you the story Of my
life, Miss Arlington" he was saying.
Il don't suppose it will prove interest
ing to you, but have a selfish desire
for your opinion after have finished.
will not tire you with details, but
will state as briefly as possible the
principal facts. shall picture to you
a dirty, ill.clad, ill-fed boy, who knew
nothing of schools nor books, at the
age of thirteen. My mother died when
was quite small, and l stayed with
my father, whose business was work
ing one of those numerous stills in
the mountains of Tennessee, and dodg-
ing the revenue officers, when he was
not too drunk to do so. My duty was
to scout around and warn him If dan
ger threatened; and for my faithful
ness l received but kicks and threats.
At last he was killed while defending
the still, and l was left alone-A fam
lily took me to work for my board, but
the treatment received at their hands
was more than l could stand, so one
night went away. All night l ran
through the darkness; every noise in
creased my terror lest l should be
overtaken and carried back. After
sunrise l crept into a thick clump Of
pines some distance from the road,
and with my bundle for a pillow l fell
asleep. Several hours later l was
awakened by little girl bending over
me.
'Where'd youns kim FROM? she
asked calmly, as l opened my eyes.
l bounded to my feet, expecting that
/ was about to be captured and taken
back, but there was no one else in
sight. What youns 'fraid of, boy?' she
asked.
After she had repeatedly assured
me that she had not seed anyone after
me, and she knowed her pa and ma
would not let me go If anyone came
for me- and had cautiously peered
behind nearly every tree in the vicin-
ity, told her my story. / at once en-
listed her sympathy, which was sweet
to me, as it was the first l had ever
known.
when my story was finished, she
came close to me, and, patting my
cheek with her little brown hand, told
me again how very sorry she was, and
assured me that was safe as long
as l stayed there, and that IL anyone
should come she would hide me where
nobody couldn't never find me- She
invited me into her playhouse, which
was nearby, and there we played until
the evening shadows began to fall,
then l reluctantly resumed my jour
ney. She walked a short distance with
me, and saying that she would have
her par shoot anyone who might be
looking for me, pointed the nearest
way to town, and as we parted, said:
4 reckon youns'n hev ter kim back an
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17
THIS ACCURACY REVIEW
DEPART M E Mt

e for cooperation IN reformation to redues
mutually erpensiDe Ristakes H 70 for Meehdn-
zeal, commercial and ProfessionaI people; Me
employer, employee and customer; aud e0Rsists
Of extracts taken By pernissioH from the copy
riqhted Letters sEsetures note books and It6rdrss
Of Or. Earl N. Pratt. When you secure on any
sU1jset an idea personally VSeful 10 you, aud
yog t0iSh 20 givs q to him, address him IN care
Of The Joha Crerdr library. Marshall Field
Building, Chicago. he 70 hunting the whole WOrld
over for Information Of every day use TO yOr,
and he regrets he Inability, personally to reply
10 contributors. 50 far ds possible he I0ishes 10
haze IN tlis space the gerry ideas you tDowEd hks
TO Ind here You are at liberty 10 send hin
any sug0estion y0u may care 10. His Arcade
Tdep libraries tOere started IL 1879 and non con,
tain unpublished reformation dating back to 1876
IOiA systeRdtic plans extending to 1882 your
abort story Of some example Of GOreth0ught dc
posted IN TIE arcade Index collection may proVs to
b SOW beet monument.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

see. My parents died wAen I was a
child, and was adopted by wealthy
lady, a cousin of my mothers, and"
"Well?"
I'll remember the little boy whom
I found asleep beneath the pines"
Her listener started. "Youl Miss
Arlington" he exclaimed. lifting her
head so that he could look into her
eyes. ARE you my little mountain
maid?"
Yes, very family.
my darlingI"
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17
Preferred BAD Money.

An acquaintance from the country,
having visited some friends, and be-
Ing about to depart. presented little
boy. one Of the family, with half q
crown in the presence OF his mother.
Please. ls Il q good one?7 asked the
little fellow. "Of course It Is " replied
the gentleman. surprised. why do
You ask7n because I'd rather have
bad one, and then they'll let me
keep ii II get any good money Il
GOES into the bank, and never get
Il again "stray Stories.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17
Dead Stock
Possibilities

Saturday morning ! had a 10'a. m.
appointment with a Chicago man and
he had telephoned that he would be
an hour late. After debating in my
mind and waiting twenty minutes
decided to borrow paper and find a
desk and start this subject. After
writing a few words man came in
and laid package on the desk and be-
gan talking with a man at a nearby
desk. Thinking he used the desk
was at left it and again sat down
on the callers couch by the elevator
door and before l had written a
minute there, my 10 a. m. man
walked n at 1925. Now, l had
reasoned that as he had been de-
tanned beyond 10 a. m. he might be
released before IL a. M, and he was.
When he came in he politely explained
and as he had man with him he said
he would see me in a moment Soon
he came out and invited me into his
half hour. 1t took us about fifteen
minutes to advance our subject a
step and make another appointment
for 10 a. m. Monday.
got there seven minutes late that
morning, and he was much later, but
l got at this letter again. Now POI
likeness pays. Had been Indifferent
TO the man who put the bundle on the
desk Saturday morning would not
have seen my man when he came in.
Inquiry pays also, because just now
by more thorough inquiry than l made
on coming in, / find my man is sick
at his home and not likely to be down
this a. m. Waiting time is dead
stock" time and 1t pays to be able to
invest it by thinking or writing. The
skillful handling of irritating things
produces pearls-even an oyster
knows that A foundry salesman on
the road told me if he had to wait two
or three days to see his man he got
so ratified that he seldom sold any
thing in that town that trip. If he had
studied how TO use his time Alright
while he waited he might have made
an extra good sale. While speaking
to some men at the Ravenswood asso-
citation asked the secretary If he had
any cards which were printed on only
one side and which he intended to
throw away. He said yes, and got a
bundle for me. passed them out to
the men, explaining that the cards
were known as dead stock in the
stock room and that we could bring
them to life, and as talked to them
J wanted them to write some thought
or question on the hack OF the cards
for my work. Then ! collected the
cards and secured some information
personally useful to me. ! have res.
cued a strong, catalogue from the
waste basket and turned it into a S25
scrap-book All OF us see, hear, read
and think Of things every day which
are worth saving and exchanging with
other people There is such q thing as
dead stock" ideas, latent or idle "a
your head, note book, or IN bundles
Of papers and magazines which You
frequently throw away and it Is an
occasional rescue OF such q one YOU
are invited to make for your continued
growth, the benefit OF others ana the
success Of The Arcade Index which
Is an index 70 indices a Continually
growing, unpublished guide TO the
most reliable sources of up-to.date
Information on any personal, mechan.
ical, industrial, commercial ana pr6.
fessioDal subject
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

ued, 81 had worked my way to the
far west A few weeks later l found
an old man lying in one of the noun.
tain gorges, crushed and bruised.
assisted him to his cabin, procured
medical assistance, and nurseN him
back to health. He was a recluse. and
was known as a bad man, but my act
completely changed his nature. had
been good to him without any selfish
motive. and he felt toward me, as /
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

marry me wen youns gifts rich. and /
promised her, OF course
miss Arlington, that was my irst
and last experience In childish com
panionship, and my first taste OF the
sweetness Of human kindness and sym.
PATTY ! have never since seen my
little mountain girl; but can you won.
der that she stiil has warm place IN
my memory?s
Miss Arlington was looking intent
" at the ground. end made no raply,
IN two months time" be contln'
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

The stowaway on the Cedric who
had only a biscuit and flask Of rum
and four onions 70 sustain life with
on the way across the ocean couldn't
had had understanding breath when
ne reached New York. but Ne was
auray TO have any breath At All.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

A former Columbia instructor has
Just written a book in forty days while
fasting Men have written books be-
fore and men have tasted forty days,
but Mr. Wellington Putnam holds the
belt" for combining these feats.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

A young clergyman of New York
state, who happened to be a good
checker player won a bride and freed
his church from debt by defeating the
local champion after the latter had de-
feated his father-in-law.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

Now the farmers Of New York are
complaining that their crops are going
70 waste because It is impossible to
hire help. Presently II will be neces-
sary for the government to offer q
bounty for every farm hand who can
be captured.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

A Philadelphia claims to have dis
covered the secret of making gold
from baser metals. We knew Phila-
delphia was considered a sleepy town,
hut we didn't know they had dreams
like that there.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

Nicholas of Russia is getting after
the sultan with a stick that seems to
have a pretty sharp point. Go it, Nick.
Here's a case in which we are all
ready to wish you well.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

The statement is going the rounds
of the press that Sara Bernhard will
be SO years old in October next. But
isn't it sort of mean to tell on a lady
that way
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

There is a new animal called the
: zebrula," 1t is a compromise be-
tween the horse and the zebra, but is
striped like the latter, and, II It is all
that Is claimed for it, the zebruia will
knock the spots on the army mule.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

The discovery of a counterfeit of
the 81 silver certificate will interest
great many more people than the re-
cent announcement of the counter
feiting of a So bill.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

The Apple Shippers Association es-
Inmates the 1903 crop at 4S,614,OOO bar
rels. The apple pickers are going to
have busy fall.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

Perhaps some day the $4,000 COM
pany just organized at Memphis to
make pants, jumpers and overalls will
add trousers to the list.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

Men talk 70 men By means Of signs.
inanMers, yoiee, Speakiag inbcs, tcle-
phones telegraph, letters and messen-
gers. a good rule Is 70 haze he man.
Hers yoA leonld aoish yoa had had II yoa
lgere 20 meet them al a banqaef h az
hour Or If you zoere 70 Ualt soma favoy
Of thept Some of the snarfest men ir
ths teoTla hare dictated each oHieYs
besi hfe agork BY foolish and mach r.
gtsised sfyife ogey Hifls thiaes II does
MOI pay 70 sghf sghsa diplomacy can soia.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

A Chicagoan gave his bride that old
gag about the biscuits mother used
to bake, by way Of invidious compari-
son. He is in the hospital.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

An automobile has wrecked a loco
motive in Switzerland. Thus is the
British parliament justified in its
classification of the horseless ma
chine.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

A woman in Washington has re-
ceived license to run an engine, but as
it is a stationary engine there seems
to be no danger of her running over
anybody.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

II the car could only be convinced
that reforms should begin at home
what lot of places there are for him
to get in his work!
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

A company of Chicagoans is going
to work the Brazilian diamond fields
If the glass trust does not get out
an Injunction.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

And now the American mule is
threatened by the German zebrula!
This calls for the most vigorous sort
of a kick.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

Some of the managers are afraid
Patti may not come to make another
farewell tour. They don't know
Patti.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

Every American lady is a queen in
her own right. Have you noticed the
ladies combs? They begin to look
like crowns.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

We understand that Harry Lehr
thinks that the newspaper reporters
who describe his idiOsyncracies are
zeal mean.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

China should be careful how It
leaves it's navy around where mer-
chant vessels can bump into it.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

Real estate values in the vicinity
Of Mt. Vesuvius must be discourag-
ingly low just now.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

Turkey can't tell Macedonia to get a
reputation before fighting it. 1t pro-
duced Alexander the Great.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

Isn't stealage a better word than
shortage when used in connection
with a bank robbery?
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

.Wili these colors run2" asked an
elderly lady who was shopping n .
Lexington street store mo, indeed.
replied the ennbie clerk They're
To- East Tor that baltimore Amerl-
can.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

Il is claimed that the Turkish army
ts demoralized. That is what Greece
thought.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

The wife who is seeking a divorce
from zone OF the incest of men" sure
ly cannot expect 10 find a nicer one.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

II May Goelet doesn't get this duke,
however, there are plenty Of others
that she Knows.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

II is gene Il tho new
Toy trust will TAI D., IRE Christmas.
Mexico Missouri message., 1903-09-17

Now, the question OF all questions
is how to do as well as you know
how and keep cheerful tin moving
day when we say goodbye to bones
and muscles, The Arcade Research
Registers are for the registration OF
valuable scattered and unrecorded in
formation, and you are invited to con-
tribute a paragraph containing infor-
nation which you have read, heard
or thought Of, which has enabled you
to take better care Of yourself.
The Washington times., 1903-06-04
SAENGERFEST INVITES
BARON Won STERNbUPG
Germany's Diplomatic Representative
Asked to Be Present.

There has been considerable specula-
ton in diplomatic circles in Washing
ton as to whether Baron Won Stern
burg, the German envoy to the United
States, would attend the meetings of
the National Saengerfest. to be held In
Baltimore. but recent developments
have set all minds at rest. When the
formal invitations were sent out, Baron
Won Sternburg was not included, hence
the speculation.
The Saengnrfest officials say it was
simply an oversight. and yesterday
Congressman Wieman. who has charge
OF the invitations. authorized his son TO
send a dispatch to the German special
ervoy, requesting him to. attend 1t is
said the son also added in his dispatch
that Mr.. Wieman would send an invi-
tation Immediately.
The Austriapf ambassador and Swiss
minister will also be invited. and they,
together with Baron Won Sternburg. will
occupy a portion of the box in which
President Roosevelt and party will be
seen.