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THE WRTuEs q TAR-vyATER.
Fad That Once Had Great Hold on
Physicians, Faith.

physicians fasth.
The Curies, according to an Ameri-
can resident of faris, put small faith
in the curative properties OF drugs.
To their little daughter when she is
i'll, medicine is rarely given.
IN. Curie," the American said,
laughs at the fads that seize upon
physicians from time to time He
told me once about the tar-water fad
"a thing. that agitated France and
England and Germany in the eight
eenth century.
1T seems that tar-water was sud
denly declared to possess almost mir
everything. 1t was as popular among
them as radium now.
ITO one of the French medical so.
cieties a surgeon, noted usually for
skepticism, wrote that tar-water was
good in surgery.
A sailor broke his leg and applied
to me for help, the surgeons letter
ran. I bound together the broken por-
lions, and washed them with the cele-
brated tar-water. Almost Immediately
the sailor felt the beneficial effects of
this remedy, and it was not long be-
fore the leg was completely healed
This letter was highly applauded
by the society, and resolutions were
passed advocating tar-water for frac-
lures. But the organization was pretty
we'll disguised at its next meeting
when the surgeon, in another letter,
said:
In my last communication 1 for
got to mention that the broken leg to
which 1 referred was a wooden one 4"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

room at daylight, too late to lie down
and he would toss up his bed to make
his landlady think that he had spent
the night at home. And she, the dear
old soul. thought he was model man,
and she often spoke of his good be
havior and advised young men to fol-
low in his footsteps. And yet the
bachelor continued in his deception.
as his greatest ambition was to stand
high in the opinion of his landlady.
One night James became involved
in poker game, and so absorbed
was he that he never thought of the
time until it was o'clock in the morn
ing. Here was a pretty predicament.
He was due at his place of business,
and would be unable to go to his
room.
What did he do but engage a mes
senger, who, upon receiving certain
instructions, repaired with great
haste to the apartment of James, and
after tossing up the bed departed
quietly without being seen or heard.
And after all, isn't there a pretty
touch of sentiment in the story? p
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

near by and washed it. Then he ex-
amined the stone; and. to his great
establishment, he found "colors" in it
bits of sparkling gold. The pros
pector does not mistake gold when he
sees it. He is not deluded by iron
crystals or bits of mica. as the ten
derfoot' frequently is. The gold spar
k1e is clearer and brighter than that
OF any other mineral, and it is the
same in sunshine and shadow
The prospector, tremendously ex-
cited, broke off more pieces of the
ledge and found more of it bearing
free gold. Then he located his claim
and that was the beginning of a rich
mine. Yet for years the sagest of
prospectors had passed over this trail
through the cut in this ledge, never
suspecting its value. although by it's
very prominence it seemed to invite
nspection.-Leslie's Weekly.
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stranger, who appeared to be devoted
to her
To make certain of his suspicious
Banks passed the domino and placed
himself so that the couple must pass
close to him. On they came, arm in
arm. chatting, but when the woman
caught sight of Banks she started like
guilty thing and dropping the mans
arm, fed.
Banks hurried after her, and when
he finally cornered her she covered
down on a seat and, unable to utter
word, extended her hand as if begging
for mercy.
Forgive me-" she pleaded. .'ard L
promise you
Before she had completed the SEN
tence Banks tore the mask off her
face. Then he gasped. The woman
was his wife's maid. She had pur-
Joined the costume OF her mistress
and wore it to the ball
Banks has not told his wife, because
she might inquire why he was at the
balI-New York Press.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19
Schools in Russia.

According to the latest statistic :.
there are 84,544 public schools in IT,
empire of Russia, out of which nu :
Der 40,131 are under the jurisdictiol
of the Ministry of Public Educatio !.
42.5SS under the Jurisdiction of the
holy synod. and the remainder under
other departments. OF the pupils. 49,
167 were adults, 1921 ,694 boys and
L .203, 902 girls. The teachers number
$4,000. The maintenance of all these
schools costs more than $25, 000, 900.
The average school tax for city
schools is $3.50 and for village schools
So a pupil.
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Omnipresence.

I met the ragged coat beside the chance.
rail.
The stained and hardened fingers clasped
in prayer,
And cheeks that seemed as pallid as thc
taper frail-
The spirit called and God was there.
And then heard the laughter of a litHz
child,
A sunlit glimpse of golden, tunblei
The plunging of a frightened steed. a
mother shrieking Wild
The danger past, and God was there.
I saw the lantern CLEAN above the mis-
sion door,
The little band Of Christians by tN2
stair.
The weeping one who kneIt upon tic
4 soul awoke and God was there
VICTOR A HERMANN
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NIIIIy)

in an undertone to coach a presiding
officer intelligently so that he can
speed the senate or the house in it's
work. Chief Clerk Henry M. Rose.
the senate "elbow man." went away
last week to Michigan, and Mr.. Frye
undertook to go it alone. After hav-
ing narrowly escaped parliamentary
tangles and steered clear of several
troublesome matters about the dispO-
sition of papers, he is now glad to
have mentor again within call.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19
A Hint.

Something bothering you, Miss
Weaver?''
why. yes, Mr.. Ragmore. It's only
a trifie, of course, but our lives are
made up of trifles, you know. Mamma
and Aunt Miriam have been giving me
such a lot of nice linen lately. and 1
was just wondering how l would have
it marked"
why not with your name?"
Yes. of course. B-but if I wanted
to change it?'
But you don't want to change it, do
you?"
"Oh, Mr. RagmOre. this is so sud
den! Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Profitable Amer.

My old medical preceptor told me
that when he was a boy his father
took him to a doctor who told him
that he could not live long, but it
made him angry and he went home
with his father, filed up some nails
and took the iron dust as medicine,
then he went to the sap-bush and built
him hut and lived there during the
run, making maple sugar. He got
well and is living to-day, so far as |
know, while that must have been a
half-century ago. Some people may
prefer calling it determination in
place of ainger.-Earl NJ. Pratt.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19
A Four-Hundred-Dav Clock.

A clock which win be a joy to the
forgetful housewife is known as the
four-hundred-day birthday clock. 1t
is the latest thing in the clock line. 1t
is a foreign novelty, mounted in brass
and set in glass case. One winding
sufices to keep the pendulum moving
for thirteen months and five days,
without further thought.
Instead of the orthodox swinging
pendulum, the works look like cog
wheels, which turn first to the right,
then to the left, and so on.
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WOULD HAVE TO BE GOOD.
Secretary Taft Under the Watchful
Eye of His Father.

Secretary Taft Under the Watchful
Eye of His Father.
Secretary of War Taft's father. AL
phonso Taft. was secretary of war be-
fore him. serving with Grant in 1876.
An oil painting of Alphonso Taft
hangs on the wall facing Secretary
Taft's desk in the war department
When he reached his office on the
morning after the day of his swearing
in as secretary of war Mr.. Taft stood
before his fathers .picture and viewed
it for a long time. Then he turned to
one of his assistants. That's a good
picture" he said. My good old gov
ernor certainly had a commanding
eye. l say nothing about the compel
ling force of his hand" Then he add
ed, his eyes twinkling: II am afraid
III just naturally have to be good
here under that steady and question
ing gaze
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19
Speak the Kindly Word

And loving eyes that cannot see the
WIN watch the unexpected movement
Around the heart ana seattle il like
whip2
Then hide it not. the MUSIC of the soul
Dear sympathy expressed with kindly
But let IT, Ike shining river roll
To deserts dry-to hearts that would
rejoice.
oh. let the sympathy of kindly words
Sound for the poor, the friendless and
the weak
And Ie win bless you-He who struck
these chords
VIII strike another when in turn you
John Boyle oReiny.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

The kindly words that rise within the
heart.
And thrill it with their sympathetic
tone.
But die ere spoken. fail to play their
part.
And claim merit that is not their
The kindly word unspoken is a sin
a sin that wraps itself IN purest guise.
And tells the heart that doubling looks
within,
That not in speech, but thought the
virtue lies.
It is not So Another heart may thirst
For that kind word. as Hagar in the
wild
Poor banished Hagar.-prayed a well
might burst
From out the sand to save her parch-
ing child.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

spite of the want of water. New Mexi-
CO has ready for market 1,123, 600 head
of cattle, 81 500 horses. 10000 goats
and 5,674,O0O sheep, with wool yield
OF 20,0OO.000 pounds annually. The
agricultural productions of the terri
tory are valuable. Over LOO, COO
acres have been taken up since 1900
under the homestead act, increasing
the number of farmers and ranch
men by nearly 10000
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

Johns Hopkins university lost eighty
buildings. worth S1.300.00O. in the
Baltimore fire. with only $4,000 in
surance. That's the way a professor
attends TO business. He isn't even as
careful and thrifty as an editor.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

We notice that a Passaic man, the
proud father of twins, has named one
OF his offspring Russi Ann and the
other Jap Ann. and conclude that
Passaic is doing it's level best to pre-
serve strict neutrality.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19
Lie of ParIiaments

The Austrian Parliament lives six
years. The Italian, German. PrussiaT
and Spanish live five years. The
French. the Dutch, the Belgian, the
Portuguese and the Roumanian live
four years. The Danish and the Swiss
live three years. The United Stales
lives two years. and the Austro-H=n-
garian only one year.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

New York has a hotel that is ex-
clusively for women. 1t is found by
the board of managers that the hotel
must have a bar for the accommoda-
ton of its patrons. and in order to
stop the operations of neighboring
saloons. How would you like to
have your, daughter settle in New
York?
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

The heather Chinee" has one New
Years custom that his Christian
critics would do well to emulate. He
either pays all his debts when New
Years comes or runs the risk of social
ostracism.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

A woman in st. Louis is to run a
restaurant at the exposition for dys-
peptics-an enterprise that does not
seem to have anything startlingly new
in it. Most restaurants, so far as we
know. are run for dyspeptics. That's
why dyspepsia is so distressingly COM
mon.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

Capt. Mahan complains that he has
been misquoted by a reporter, Those
familiar with the captains metaphysi-
cal way of saying things will not
blame. the reporter. -, -. -.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19
Gain in Export.

The value of the exports of the
whole country in 1908 was So per cent
greater than in 1888, but the gain in
New York was only 81 per cent, and
the gain at New Orleans was SO per
cent, at Galveston 239 per cent and
at Mobile 422 per cent
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

One of the Chicago banks has decid-
ed that its employees must not get
married unless their salaries amount
to at least $1,000 a year each. This
will give the boy who is in love
good excuse to strike for a raise.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19
DUTIES OF FELLOW MEN,"

Prompt Presiding Officers of the
House and Senate.
Mr.. Frye likes his duties as presid-
ing officer of the senate, but he likes
them much better when his elbow
man. is present Both the presiding
officers of congress have elbow men,"
who are experts in handling the de-
tails of legislative proceedings. 1t
takes years of experience to be able
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

A woman's club. in London has post
ed notice that no member must
bring pet animals or, birds to the
meetings with her, We trust this APP
plies TO birds on hats. ..n.. ,,,..
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

A Louisville millionaire brought
suit for divorce on his golden wedding
day on the ground of mcOmpadbility.
He seems to. have taken time enough
TO be sure he was right before going.
ahead, 80. ~, a.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

There is no No. 10 office or floor in
new Broadway building, yet there is
both thirteenth room and floor If
superstition can be blocked so easily.
could anything be more foolish than
To be superstitious?
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

Korea is ''disinterested spectator"
in the sense that a crippled rat over
which two terriers are fighting is a
disinterested spectator Of the dog
fight.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

Chicago women have organized to
solve the servant girl problem, but the
servant girl will keep on her old. dys-
peptic way, unmlndful of the higher
criticism.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

The State Journals Manila CORE
spondent writes that baseball is all
the rage in the Philippines. That
certainly looks like complete Ameri-
caniZation.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

Noah Raby of New Jersey, now 100
years old. has been an inveterate
smoker since he was 20. Here is an
other awful example of the evils of
tobacco.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

The Cincinnati pastor who elabor>
ated fairy story with chemical fire
which seriously burned ten children
has debarred himself from criticising
spectacular theatrical productions
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

A Newark, N. j., bride asked the
justice who performed the ceremony
for trading stamps. What she prob
ably meant was a return check
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

Things have not yet progressed
quite far enough for a poem by Kip
ling, but there can be no doubt there's
one coming; ,.,.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

The Antarctic scientific expedition
sent from Scotland made one sound
ing of 10. 4S4 feet. or 2,739 fathoms-
which beats McGinty's record.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

The price of diamonds has gone up
30 per cent within year. and many a
girls engagement ring is worth S12
now instead of $40.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19
New Mexican coaI lands.

The area of proposed coal lands in
sight in New Mexico is 1.493, $50 acres.
with 5000 100000 tons of coal, esti-
mated to be worth $4,000. COO. 900. n
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

Gen. Jiminez has fed for parts I'M
known. There is probably nothing in
the world that San Domingo could
better afford to lose.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

Russell Sage says his will is going
to surprise the world A bequest Of
$35 to some charity. perhaps.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

London women have revived the
fashion of wearing nightcaps. 1t APP
pears that a good many of them are
using eyc-openers too.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

Julian Hawthorne traces the Balti-
more fro TO the Angel of Destiny The
blaze at Chicago was started by Mrs.
O'Leary's COW.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

1t is now, generally believed that
next to Ohio. Satsuma. Japan, is. the
greatest breeder of great men on
earth. - '
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

There is enough Irish ia Kuropat.
kin's name ito inspire some confidence
in his. fightias ability.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

A quart of whisky weighs just two
pounds. And yet some men stagger
under the load as If. it weighed a ton,
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

Again speaking COT the various
fathers of 1.-THE nayy,H,is there not also
Father Nsptune o.; ~. .,,.t ....
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

1t will not be necessary to do much
carpet-beating cut behind The Hague
palace of peace this spring.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

HAYS S1TY,obircte s,ij =, rsKANS
Il s,.., ..,.r...
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

Russian fashion, uOteh, Japanese ca
bles this spEiRglwjll be Gut crpsswise
If passiblea .pelJiA i.!ai;.,
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1904-03-19

Prepare for Future Event.
At the birth CT a child in Cyprus a
vessel of wine is buried. to be served
up afterWard at its marriage.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30

the relations bet
wants; to have =
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What kind of a
Daily Newspaper
Do you want in
Your Family ?

You are very particular about the companions
chosen by your children and you cannot afford to
take less care in the choice of your daily news
paper which exerts a silent but potent influence
on all who read its columns regularly.
This political year you need good daily paper
Quality rather than price should determine your
choice Better take no paper than one of low
standard.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30

sediment or set
ting indicates an
unhealthy condi-
ton Of the kid
neys; if it stains
your linen it is
evidence Of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire TO
pass it or pain in
the back is also
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30

What to Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge so
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every
wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the
back, kidneys liver. bladder and every part
OF the urinary passage. 1t corrects inability
to hold water and scalding pain in passing
it, or bad effects following use OF liquor,
wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant
necessity Of being compelled to 60 often
during the day, and TO get up many times
during the night. The mild and the extra
ordinary effect Of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. 1t stands the highest for its Won
derful cures Of the most distressing cases.
If you need a medicine you should have the
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You may have a sample bottle Of this
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and book that tells f7.iiI'-. 4 '''..''.G':ss
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address DR.. Kilmer & Home Of swamp-Roos.
Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men
ton reading this generous offer in this paper.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30

We have not yet finished with
pride, but it is impossible to picture
it under all of its forms. | blame it,
above all, when it NEEDLES with lnowl-
edge and sterilizes it. We owe llnowl-
edge, like riches and power, to our
felloW-beings. 1t is a social force
which should serve-and it cannot. UNI
less those who know remain in heart
near those who do not know. When
knowledge transforms itself into an
instrument of ambition, it destroys it.
SELF
What shall we say Of the pride of
the good peOple?-for it exists. and
renders even virtue hateful. The just
who repent of the evil that others do,
live in a solidarity and in a social
truth. On the contrary, the just who
despise others for their faults and
their croOkedness intrench them
selves against humanity, and their
qualities, descended to the rank of a
vain ornament of their vanity, be-
come similar to those riches which
kindness does not inspire to that au-
thOrity which does no, temper the
spirit of obedience AS much as tie
naughty rich, and the arrogant ma ter,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
(Continued.)
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know it.
How To Find Out.

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a
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LESS THAN 2 CENTS A DAY.

The Daily Free Press costs subscribers less than
two cents day. You afford it. Sample
copies sent upon request If you this paper
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convincing proof that the kidneys and blad-
der are out of order.
Middletown transcript., 1904-02-27
A MODERN CITY

That Baltimore is to rise from its ashes
more substantial, more modern and far
more symmetrical, needs no further proof
than was made manifest by renewed ex-
pressions on tile part of Mayor McLane
and the committee of public safety by
leading citizens that no building permits
shall be issued until plan of realigning
certain thoroughfares whose crookedness
and narrowness have long constituted a
-blemish as well as serious embarrass-
ment to municipal growth.
There is a grim determination visible
on all sides that the public's compensa-
tion for the fiery ordeal through which it
has passed shall be the rising Of metro
sSolis which shall be distinguished among
AMerican cities for both its material sub
stance and its architectural art. The
mayor and the committee Of safety are
resolved that shells OF buildings shall not
be run up between ireproof structures,
as IN the past, and TINS serve as stand
ing invitation to the flames. On this
noint the controlling forces here are
apparently unit, titus affording guar
antee that the future Baltimore is to be
both modern and model city.
Middletown transcript., 1904-02-27
TWO LADS DISAPPEAR

Tuesdays Wilmington Morning Neus
says: Edward w. Pleasanton OF McDon-
ough, drove to this city yesterday in
search Of his son and another lad who
have run away from their home to see
the world. The runaway lads are Earl
Pleasanton son OF Edward w. Pleasan-
ton, and benjamin Pleasanton son Of
Hiram NJ. Pleasanton, two highly re
spectacle farmers Of St. Georges hundred.
The lads left home on Wednesday morn
ing last They had never indicated their
intention to start ont TO see the world to
their parents, but it appears that they
had secretly talked over their expedition
among themselves and with lad named
PIummpr. They told the Plummer boy
they intended to get employment for
awhile on dairy farm near Wilmington,
and after they got some money to continue
their trip.
Each lad is between IA and Is years OF
age. Earl is described as 5 feet'in height,
and wearing a light suit, either sloucll
hat or cap, and brown overcoat. Ben
jamin is described as being 4 feet s inches
in height, and wearing dark suit, light
overcoat, a skating cap or slouch hat.
Mr.. Pleasanton sought Constable Buck
ley on his arrival in Wilmington, and
the constable took him to the police sta
ton where complaint about the missing
boys with their description was filed.