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Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
LIMB RAW As PIECE OF BEEF.
Suffered for Three Years with itching
Humor-Cruiser Newark U. S. N.
Man Cured by Cuticura.

81 suffered with humor for about
three years off and on. I finally saw a
doctor and he gave me remedies that
did me no good, so 1 tried Cuticura
when my limb below the knee to thel
ankle was as raw as a piece of beef
All 1 used was the Cuticura Soap and
the Ointment. l bathed with Cuticura
Soap every day, and used about six
or seven boxes of Cuticura Ointment
I was thoroughly cured of the humor
in three weeks, and haven't been az
fected with it since. l use no other
Soap than Cuticura now. H. J. Myers,
U. S. N, U. S. S. Newark, New York,
July 8, 1905"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
unearthlnn the arIher.

During a recent campaign in Eng,
land certain woman called on a la
borer's wife and asked if her husband
would vote for Lord Blank. mo, he
won't" was the reply. But, remem-
Der the blankets and Goals you got
from the clergyman Never mind
them He's been promised new pair
of trousers if he votes for Mr. Dash"
Suspecting that this was case Of
bribery that must be outdone, the
woman canvasser offered sovereign
If the woman would tell her who had
promised the trousers. The money
paid over, the woman smiled. II
promised Them" she said, and I'll
buy them out of your sovereign
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Missed Chance for Fame.

The astronomer, Lalande, narrowly
escaped being made famous by q dis
covery. He accidentally struck Nea-
tune with his glass on May 8, 1895,
but supposed it was a star He put it
down in his notebook as a star and
recorded its exact situation. Two
days later he struck it once more and
made record of it. But when he
looked over his notes he found he had
it down as being in two different
places, and as star cannot move in
4S hours he supposed he had made
a mistake in one of his notes. If he
had used his mind little less me-
chanicalIy he easily might have been
Columbus
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
The "GOosy|IsIand'" DRpute.

me supreme court of the United
states probably will be asked to de
eide CONTROVERSY between Missouri
and Kansas oy.r the boundary line
with reference Il 500 acres bf land on
an island in tie Missouri river. 1t
Is known as Goose Island Kansas
claims 1t and t appears on the tax
luiiS OF Wyandotte county; Missouri
cr'iiiiS II and it. is on the tax rolls OF
Gay county. The owners OF the land
say it is on the Missouri side, but it
las oeen sold to satisfy taxes on the
hansas side. The complications are
such that it probably will be-necessary
TO resort to the supreme court of the
United States to decide the controver-
sy.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15

When Emperor William was In
Budapest young waiter employed in
q cafe knocked over a pile OF plates,
breaking So, The proprietor ordered
him to pay for the dishes or be dis
missed. The waiter was puzzled how
to find the money. He finally deciddf
that the Emperor was the one man in
Budapest who had a superabundance
of money, and so he indicted the fol-
lowing letter: Very Honored Mr.. En-
peror-I have broken So plates belong
ing to my employer. l must pay. but
] am poor boy. and have not the
money. I beg you. therefore, to send
me FIVE gulden ($2.4O). l send you nv
thanks in advance and also greet your
wife and children" The next day
there came from the German consulate
an envelope which inclosed five gulden
from Mr.. Emperor"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
State Patent Law Upheld.

In a decision in the case of Allen
VS. Riley the Supreme court construed
as constitutional the Kansas law
REQUIRING the copies of letters
natent be filed with clerks of the state
district courts in order to make val1o
negotiations involving the sale OF
patented articles under such rights.
The case in which the decision was
rendered originated in Coffey county,
Kansas, where Riley agreed to pay
s1,15O fer the right to sell certain
washing machine in Kentucky. The
Kansas courts annualled the agree
ment because OF noncompliance with
the law requiring the deposit of copies
and that decision was sustained.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Case Against Packers Continued

Chicago, Ill. = Trial of the charges
ag1nst the packing companies indict-
ed for alleged combination in the re-
straint of trade which was set for
Tuesday will be continued by consent
of the government and counsel for
the defendant companies. This trial
is remnant Of the case in which i'm
munity was secured for the individ-
uals indicted jointly with the packing
companies in the hearing before Judge
Humphrey.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
A blow to sImpfIned SPELLING.

Washington. Simplified spelling
received a hard blow Friday in the
legislative. executive and judicial ap
preparation bill for 1908. reported to
the house by tho committee ON al
preparations, which says: Hereafter
in printing documents authorized by
law or ordered by congress or either
branch thereof. the government print
ing office shall follow the. rules of or
biography established by Web6tets or
other generally accepted dictionaries
of the English language" The bill.
carries an appropriation of SCI, 215.52
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
NO MEDICINE.
sut Change Of Food Gave Final Relief.

Most diseases start in the aliment.
airy canal-stomach and bowels.
A great deal of our stomach ana
bowel troubles come from eating too
much starchy and greasy food.
The stomach does not digest any OF
the starchy food we eat-white bread.
pastry, potatoes, oats, etc-these
things are digested in the small mites.
tines, and if we eat too much, as most
OF us do, the organs that should al.
gest this kind of food are overcome
by excess of work, so that fermenta.
ton, Indigestion, and a long train
of ai1s result.
Too much fat also is hard to digest
and this is changed into acids. gour
stomach, belching gas, and a bIcaty.
heavy feeling.
In these conditions a change from
indigestible foods to Grape-Nuts win
work wonders in not only relieving
the distress but in building nm
strong digestion, clear brain ann
steady nerves. A Wash. woman
writes:
About five years ago suffered with
bad stomach-dyspepsfa, indigestion
constipation-caused, / know nov
from eating starchy and greasy food
Il doctored for two years wfthont
any benefit. The doctor told me tTssrs.
was no cure for me. could not eat
anything without suffering severe
pain in my back and sides, and be-
came discouraged.
"A friend recommended GrapeNuts
and began to use it. In less than
two weeks began to feel better. and
inside OF two months / was a wen
woman and have been ever since.
I can eat anything l wish with
pleasure We eat Grape-Nuts ana
cream for breakfast, and are very
fond Of it" Name given by Postu.s
Co, Battle Greek, Mich. Read -.
little book, Tbs Road to WellyiIle. )
b pkgs- There's reason.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
President NWants Moro Power.

Washington. = The president We'd
nesday sent special message to con-
gress urging giving the executive au-
thority on his own initiative and re-
sponsibility to dismiss any officer
whom he thinks unworthy to remain
in the service. The law at present
provides that in time of peace no Of
ficer shall be dismissed except in pur-
suance of courtmartial or in mitiga.
ton thereof. This provision the presi-
dent wants repealed.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
What Becomes of the pImes7

"ndt becomes OF the DiTn6S1
In some parts OF the country trouble
is reported on account of the scarcity
OF dimes. What becomes of the
dimes? An official In Washington sug-
gests that because the country is pros
porous people keep dimes in their
pockets to hear them jingle. This po-
sition is not tenable, because any other
coin would jingle just as well, and if
people are so prosperous as to find
pleasure in jingling coins in their peck
cts they would be likely to use larger
ones for the purpose. The penny-in-
the slot machines are held responsible
for scarcity of pennies. Street car
lines and automatic telephones accu-
mulate nickel ive-cent pieces. but
there is no particular use for dimes
that would cause them to be concen-
trated in the hands OF a few corpora
tons. 1t is not likely that they are
boarded in children's savings banks
to the extent that pennies and nickels
are, because it does not take many
dimes to make a dollar. and dollars
draw interest and then the coins are
released to go back into circulation.
estimating the coinage of dimes since
the publication of the last reporSuof
the director Of the mint as averaging
the same as in the last few years re-
ported, there have been coined from
lI92 to the present day, says the Chi
cago Tribune. about $50, 600, 900 dimes.
More than half OF these, however. have
been coined in the last 20 years. and
the older ones have largely disap-
peared from circulation. In the wear
1908 the different minis of the United
States received nearly s, 900 600 dimes
which were retired as uncurrent. a
number almost exactly equal to one
third the coinage for the year 1t is
probable that there are not in circula-
ton more than three dimes for each
inhabitant of the United States The |
slight relation which the total coinage.
or even the amount outstanding, bears |
to the amount in circulation is shown |
by the fact that there are still out
standing about SOC. 900 half cents, Is
100000 two-cent pieces, and 10000 900 |
nickel three-cent pieces which no one
ever sees, and which may have been
lost or melted long ago, but are still
on the treasury books as outstanding.
In view of the statistics the scarcity
Of dimes need not be wondered at.
The only extraordinary thing is that
anyone should complain There is
nothing dime will buy that cannot
be paid for in other coins with almost
equal convenience. Any kind of mon
ey is good if there is plenty alto
gether.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
burlington keeps Down Speed.

Chicago. III. = Excessive speed in
passenger train service was express
ly forbidden by the management of
the Burlington road in a circular is
sued to train crews and enginemen by
Daniel Willard second vice-president.
The circular states that excessive
speed is not necessary even in main
tanning fast passenger schedule. In or
der that there may be no excuse for en-
gineers disobeying the instructions
the officials have installed speedome-
tiers in the cabs of all passenger en-
gineS
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15

Ell Paso, Tex. = c. NJ. Schwab the
steel magnate, passed through Ell
Paso Friday night returning from Mex
leo and admitted that he owned the
San Toy mine in Santa Eurlalia dis
trict and has just closed a deal with
a Mexican capitalist in the same dis.
trict for a group of other silver prop
critics. He declared they would be
merged as the San Toy Mining cor
poration and would be the biggest CON-
pany in Mexico.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
The Kansas Goes to Sea.

Philadelphia, Pa. = The battleship
Kansas, one of the most formidable of
the United States navy's new war YES
sells, left the yards of the New York
Ship Building company at Camden, N
j., at O'Clock Wednesday afternoon
for an official trip off the New Eng
land coast, Captain Ramdel. the mar
Inc superintendent of the company,
with crew of 800 men, commanding
hor
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Farmers Feed Fewer cattle.

Frank NJ. LOckard, of Norton, says
eattlemen in the Northwestern part OF
the state have been making money
during the summer and fall. Mr
Lockard says that there will be no
large punches of cattle fed in the
northwestern counties during tie
winter, but that every farmer will
have a small bunch which he will
carry through the winter and get in
to shape for the Kansas City spring
market
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Nicht Operntor A..auItea.

Kansas City, Mo. = A robber ear
ly Thursday rendered Miss iona Heck
ert, the night operator at Desoto. Kan
sas, "a miles southwest of Kansas
City. on the Santa Fee, unconscious
with blow from a wagon spoke, rob
bed the depot money drawer of what
small change it contained and escaped
Miss Heckert was found unconscious
lying near the station. About three
dollars was taken from the cash draw
or
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15

Supply, Okla, Dec. 11.-Word has
been received from Parma, Okla, OF
one of the most cruel murders in the
history of Woodward county. The
murdered man, named Smith, and his
wife, had quarrel Sunday afternoon
about going to the endeavor meeting
that evening, the woman finally GO
ing against the husbands protests
When Mrs. Smith was returning with
one of the Heighbors she was met by
Mr.. Smith, who warned her not to
return to his home. The next morn
ing people passing the house saw a
pool of blood in front of the door and
began an investigation. A trail was
discovered leading to where the body
was discovered with the lariat rope
around the neck The theory is that
Smith was called to the door, struck
down, the rope fastened around his
neck and tied to a saddle horn. There
were tracks of three horses leading
across the plOwed ground A most
sensational arrest has been made in
the Imprisonment of Harold White. a
well-to-do farmer, the alleged leader
of the gang that killed Smith. Coun-
ty officers claim that Whites affec-
tons for Mrs. Smith was responsible
for the tragedy. Several other farm
ers. charged with being accomplices.
are also under arrest Their names
cannot be learned
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Ness RuIe for Hunters.

J. e Keck. deputy game warden in
Wyandotte county. received orders
from The state headquarters in Pratt,
TO take Up, all hui ter's licenses that
Were Iot signed byt the men to whom
they Were issued. 4 that did not con
tain a fuE descrip Sion. On the back
of the hcense is a description OF the
person TO whot1 1t il as been issued and
a place Cor his ST nature. In many
cases the county CT rk has signed the
name Of the persoFi to whom the IL
cense was issued, Tkhis, the game war
den says. is incorref and the person
to whom the licen4 is issued must
sign his own AazHe
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Boy Shoots His Sister.

very tragic death occurred at the
home of John Weingart, two and
one-haIf miles southwest Of BI'e-a.lSz'.
Mr. and Mrs. Weingart had gone to a
field to shuck corn. leaving the chill
dren in care of the Oldest, a boy of
nine years. Soon after they left the
house the boy took up a shotgun, load,
ed. accidentally discharged it and
killed his sister. The boy rushed to
the field for his parents, who found
the little girl dead.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
EnaIish PheasIants Arrive.

Two express cars carrying about l.
900 English pheasant IS have arrived at
Pratt. The birds wekre imported direct
from England and consigned to the
game warden of Kasnsas, Dell Travis.
They are to be dist5 ibuted in the var
ious counties with = view of stocking
the state with the bgaIne. The game
warde7- made cohtract with K G..
Beck of Nickerson,i Kan, an import
er of birds for 1,0pO pairs of pleas
ants. but about 100 pf them died on the
way to this countryI
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Was Accidentally Killed.

Enid. Okla. Dec. 1I.-Wm. Hughes
a prominent farmer, living five miles
west of Marshall, was killed by the
accidental discharge of shotgun
yesterday. He was getting ready tc
go to the field to husk corn and il
placing the gun in the wagon the
hammer struck the edge of the wagon
box, causing the gun to be discharg
ed and the load of birdshot entered
his breast over the heart. Hughes
was a man of family and he was al
most A years of age.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Surveyors and Engineers Meet.

The seventh annual session of the
Kansas Civil Engineers and Surveyors
Society was held at Ottawa The so
ciety chose Topeka for it's next place
of Topeka; vice president, G. L. Nc
officers: President. John P. Rodgers
Of opeka: vice president, G L. Nc.
Lane Of Hutchinson; secretary, H. A.
Rowland of Mcpherson; treasurer
G. Petefish, Scott county.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Chase County Institute.

most successful farmers insti-
tute has been held In Cottonwood
Falls. Discussion was directed to corn
breeding and good roads. Seventy
farmers were in attendance and a per
manent organization was made with
w. S. Romigh for president and Geo.
Miller for secretary. Nearly sixty
farmers became members.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Cutting ARRAY at Mulvane.

Wichita, Kan, Dec. II. = AS a re-
suit of a cutting ARRAY at Mulvane
Sunday evening George Stevens. .
young married man residing at that
place, is in a very dangerous condi.
ton, and his two brothers, James and
Charles, and Fred Wilson are incar.
cerated in the county Jail at yelling.
ton, each charged with an attempt to
commit murder. The cause of the
trouble cannot be learned at thia
time, but it is claimed the men had
been drinking
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15

Raymond L. Angelmire, OF Chicago.
announces that he has constructed an
airship propelled by currents OBJ
tanned from machinery on the earth
by the use OF Bells aeroplane and Her
bcrt's mechanism. The factors of car
rying fuel and engines win be thus
eliminated, If the inventor can make
good"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Needs of the Southwest.

Southwest Kansas is one huge gran
cry right now. At every station stand
full elevators and at many corn and
wheat are piled on the ground. At Lib
eral, a like situation exists with re-
gard to broom corn. There was a time
when the country to the southwest
needed chiefly people; now it needs
increased transportation facilities,
more railroads and better equipment.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
River Breaks Out Again.

Yuma, Ariz. = The entire Colo
RADIO river has found a channel around
the Hind dam and is flowing back in
to Salton sink Unless the flood can
be stopped very soon the main line of
the Southern Pacific will have to be
rebuilt for 200 miles on higher ground
and thousand people in Salton basin
will lose their homes.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Lemon Extract WAS Fatal.

County Attorney Bender is investi-
eating the sudden death of an Indian
named Kitch- Commie-Wako at May
eta Thanksgiving. The Indian fell
dead, and it is said that he had been
drinking lemon extract. Unable to
buy whisky, several Indians celebrat-
ed with case of lemon extract They
all got drunk. The county attorney is
trying to ascertain what the lemon ex-
tract was made of.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
No Joints for Arcadia Now.

The mayor of Arcadia has issued
orders closing the joints there. The
mayor is beginning to take notice OF
the custer proceedings that are be-
ing filed against the various mayors
in the state and he does not want to
take any risk of the same striking
him. He allowed them to run the
full limit but they are forbidden to
open up now under penalty of prose
cution to the full extent of the law
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Cost Of running Expenses.

It will require $6H77 ,693.22 to pay
the expenses OF thee state and make
repairs and improvements at the state
institutions for the three years end
ing June, 80, 1909, according to the
estimates of the state auditor. This
is the amount which the legislature
Win be asked to appropriate for the
state officers, boards, departments
and institutions.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Grain Elevators RIocked.

The three elevators at Hartford
have about $50 cars of wheat which
they are anxious to ship, but they can
not set cars. They are filled to the
roof and have stopped buying grain
because they have no place to store it.
The Same condition is said to prevail
all over the country
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Kansas Persimmons Bear Early.

The horticultural department of the
Kansas State Agricultural College
grew ten or twelve bushels of native
persimmons this year. They sell for
10 cents per box and are in the mar
ket now. 1t has been a matter of con-
siderable surprise to the local horti,
culturists that the trees began to bear
as early as they did. Several trees
bore bushel apiece before they were
five years old from the seed.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
High School Graduates May Enter.

High School Graduates May Enter.
There are 140 Kansas high schools
that bear accredited relations to the
University Last spring these high
schools graduated $500 young
men and women. Under the recent
action of the college conference held
in Topeka, all of these young people
may enter the Freshman class of any
college in Kansas without examina-
ton.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
They look the Coal

The citizens of Latham and At
lanta in Cowley county, fearing a coal
famine, stopped a through freight
train on the Frisco and took two cars
of coal at each town The coal was
intended for company use and was
consigned to points in Oklahoma. The
citizens expect to pay for the coal
but were unable to get any without
these extreme measures.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Coyote at His Rack Door.

Bob Reed who lives In South Hutch
inson, was out in his back yard when
a big fat coyote came trotting up to
his back door. Mr.. Reed says that
he has taken several hunting trips es-
pecially to hunt the wolves, and on
none of these trips has he been able
to find any of the animals. He was
nonplussed for while. but he turned
his dogs loose and they soon caught
the coyote
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
BIoodhounds for cowIey County.

'SOGHSGuOS TOT SOWfcH OOunLy.
The Anti-hOrse Thief association of
Arkansas City, is negotiating for a
pair of bloodhounds to be used in trail
ing criminals. The numerous crimes
committed there recently and more 60
pecially the killing of Constable Breene
and the st. Charles Hotel double muir
der has caused the members of the
association to take this step.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
BuIgarians wanted at Home.

Sofia, Bulgaria. = Owing to the
great increase of emigration from
Bulgaria to the United States, the gov
eminent has introduced into the Sob.
ranje an amendment to the passport
law with the object of restricting the
exodus.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Needina More Room.

The Mercantile club of Kansas City
Will ask the Kansas representative in
Congress to endeavor to have an ad-
dition built to the post office there.
When the postoffice was built five
yearc ago 1t was thought to be large
enough to accommodate the business
for fifty years
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Funeral of corne.I v,cttms.

Ithaca, N. Y. A memorial ser
vice for the four students. and three
others who lost their lives in the
fire that destroyed the Chi Psi fra
teTnity lodge was held In Sage Chanel
on Cornell campus Sunday.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Hurts Il as shipoino poi,t-

Formal complaint has been made by
the SAtchison city council to the inter
state commerce commission, charg-
ing discrimination by the railroads,
principally by the Missouri Pacific,
against Atchison elevators
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15

Thomas Dixon does not care how
many times they suppress his play,
The Clansman." says the Champaign
Daily News. as long as they do not
suppress the newspaper accounts of if.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-12-15
Mrs. Read lie Held for Trial.

Mrs. Nellie Read of Burlington bound
over to the district court TO answer
the charge of killing her husband,
Captain H N E Read. November 81.
Her bond was placed at $4,000 and
she is still in jail