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IT THE RING AND
THE OSTRICHES
By FRANK RUSSELL
III 81
Copyright. by shOrtstOry Pub. Coz
By FRANK RUSSELL

kids with the woman had fell over
board, so l tears back along the deck,
shuckin of my coat, an / sees the
woman hot-footed after a awstrich, but
it gets mixed up with the crowd and
they all run for'ard together. 1 asks
her whut's the trouble, an she begins
to cry an says the awstrich has done
swallered her dimin' ring, and that Bill
has got to cut 'em all open till he finds
it, 1 told her I'd see Bill and see what
ne SEE, and started off, and she looks
for the cap'in.
She sets forth that she left the ring
on 'er toilet stand, an went up on
deck fer a walk. When she comes
back the awstrich WIS standin' in
her room, an she druv i'm back up
stairs, an when she went to git the
ring it wus gone, so she chases the
burd till they git mixed up together.
She reckons there's only one thing to
do, and that S to git knife an exam
inc 'em all inside, till we gifts the right
one. Everybody knowed how bad the
awstriches wus bout swallerin' things,
spechully shiny things. so of course we
thought the ring was inside one of the
burds.
How much is this here ring with %
SEE Bill. III pay you fur it.
But the woman seq it wus a present
from her first husband, an had a
dimin' in it as big as her thumb, an
she wouldn't take a thousand dollars
fur it.
Well, they jawed fur an hour. till
Bill thinks of scheme to git the
ring without slaughterin' the burds;
so he hustles round fur the doctor to
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05
PICNIC FOR THE PUP.
His Devotion to Duty Rewarded BY
Strange Luxuries.

A Boston bulldog owned by George
H. Clapp was so determined to cap
ture a woodchuck which he had chased
into it's den that he followed after and
staid in the hole all night.
When the dog had got his Jaws
about the enemy he found that he
could not get out owing to the sDaD
size of the animals hole.
Rather than lose his prey the dog
retained his hold on the woodchuck
over night, and was helped out by his
master in the morning. The dog was
nearly exhausted, and revived after
feeding and drinking in curious man
ner.
He consumed about two quarts OF
unguarded ice cream, which had been
set aside for a party, and capped the
climax by falling into bucket Of ]em-
onade.-Worceste (Mass.) Telegram.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05
MucH up AGAINST IT.
Old Lady's Description of Ills Some
what Confusing.

Mrs. Rhoda Holmes Nichols, the ar
fist who spends the summer at Glou-
eester, Mass, where she teaches a
numerous sketch class, tells of an
old woman who lives on the out
skirts of the town and whom she has
known for number OF years. The
old lady has often been sketched by
the students OF Mrs. Nichols class,
and is known to them and TO every
body else as Aunt Sally.
When Mrs. Nichols went to Glou-
eester this year she called at the
quaint little cottage and found the
old woman rather more bent than
last year and looking a good deal
older as she tottered along her little
garden leaning on a STICK.
We'll, Aunt Sally" said the artist,
how have you been since last sum
mer?''
"Oh. not very WELL" she replied,
shaking her head, mot very weI.'
rs the rheumatism still bad?"
"Oh, yes, miss, it's that bad nova
days l can't set and 1 can't scarcely
lay"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05
CURED HER CHILDREN.
Girls Suffered with Itching Eczema
Baby Had a Tender Skin, Too
Relied on Cuticura Remedies.

''Some years ago my three little
girls had very bad form of eczema.
Itching eruptioSs formed on the backs
of their heads which were simply COW
cred ! tried almost everything, but
failed. Then my mother recommended
the Cuticura Remedies. l washed my
children's heads with Cuticura Soap
and then applied the wonderful ONT
ment, Cuticura. did this four or five
times and l can say that they have
been entirely cured. have another
baby who is SO plump that the folds of
skin on his neck were broken and even
bled. ! used Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment and the next morning
the trouble had disappeared. Nine.
Napoleon Duceppe. IL Duluth St,
Montreal, Que, May 81. 1907"
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A Unanimous Vote

A German-AmerIcan who had re-
Gently arrived at the estate Of riches
attended his first banquet. The vino
was particularly vile, and. so several
gentlemen who were seated near the
German were quite satisfied 10 have
him empty the bottles that had been
set apart for their common use.
Neither the quality nor the quantity
of the wine in the least disturbed the
Teuton, and, after draining the last
glass, he looked around jovially and
said: "Sbentlemen, hat now drunk
en- all your wine and safed you the
trouble Of thinking vat you did not
like. I tink you ought TO vote me a
public tank" They did.-Lippincott' 8.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste Of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality Of the goods. This trou
bic can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
Hr strength than other makes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05
Too Much Afraid of Dirt.

IL is quite true that cleanliness is
next to godliness," but in this day of
fads and scientific frills the question
is whether we are not getting alto
gether too afraid OF a little dirt. Dirt
has been defined as matter in the
wrong place, and hygiene is the
science of keeping it in the right
place. But we are inclined 10 think
that we are all a little bit too much
up in the air on the matter OF cleanli-
ness; little too afraid OF coming in
contact with the clean-smelling, kind
ly earth, and are in danger of becom-
Ing nasty-nice.-Washing Herald.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05
Apureciates Teachers Work.

One woman says that when her
children bring home their school Te
ports at the end of the month she al
ways finds five minutes in which TO
write a personal letter to the teach
ers If there is something that the
children have learned that surprised
her she writes a note of thanks and
appreciation, and if the reports are
unsatisfactory she writes Offering to
help the teacher in any way she may
suggest Needless to say, the teach
ers are appreciatiye. as any one viii
know who has ever taught school
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Not Guilty.

Now, Mrs. Mccarthy" said counsel
for the defense, please tell us simply
as you can your version of this affair.
1t is alleged that yon referred to Mrs.
Callahan in disparaging terms"
mot a bit aV it,. I didn't say amy
thing about disparaging nor disparagus
nor amy other garden truck, except
that l said she had nose loike a
squash and her complexion was as bad
as a tomato in the lasht Stages. Yez
can see for yersilf if it amt the truth"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05
STATE OF ONO CITY OF TOLEDO, !

FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath that he IS senior
partner the firm Of +. J. CHENEY & Co. doing
business in the City OF Toledo. County and state
aforesaid. and that said firm will pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
OF CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use OF
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn before and subscribed n my presence
this 9th day Of December, \. D.. 1885,
SEAL A. w xO GLnA Po8Ilo
'C-' -'-- -
Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Send for testimonials, Gee-
F. j. CHENEY d CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists, Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for consultation.
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weak to work. Though constantly
using medicine 1 despaired of being
cured until / began using Doan's
Kidney Pills. Then relief came
quickly, and in a short time I was
completely cured. L am now in eX-
cellent health
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box
osterMilburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05
Tboreau,s Sensible Answer.

When the forest-haunting hermit
Thoreau lay on his deathbed, a Cal
whistle friend called to make inquiry
regarding his soul. Henry" he said,
anxiously, have you made your peace
with God?" john replied the dying
naturalist, in a whisper, II didn't
know that God and myself had quar-
reled!"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

Bears the
We KNOW Thai FeIIovs

"That man over there is the biggest
skin in the city
Rob you, would he7,'
Rob, Say. if l had to shake hands
with that fellow wouldn't feel sure ]
had all my fingers until I'd counted
'em-'-Boston Transcript
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

The value of this years crops of
various sorts raised in the United
States is placed at $8,O00,000,000. or
nearly nine times the interest bearing
debt of the country and enough over
to buy all the railroads of the land.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

The superior man. being yirtuoas, N
free from anxieties: wise, he is FREQ
from perpIexities; bold, he is free from
fear.-Confucius.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

In drinking liquor some men com
plain that it goes to the head and 9th
ers that it goes TO the feet. which
would seem to indicate that it goes
where there is the most room for ii.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05
WHICH,

Visitor-Can I see the editor, my
lad?
Office Boy-Are you a contributor
or gentleman?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

l had a bad fall and it
affected my kidneys.
Severe pains in my
back and hips became
constant. and sharp
twinges followed any
eXertion. The kidney
secretions We're badly
disordered. 1 lost
flesh and grew too
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

You always get full value IN Lewis
Single Binder straight SC cigar. Your
dealer OF Lewis Factory. Peoria. III.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

Lewis Single Binder costs more than
other sc cigars. Smokers know why
Your dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTELESS
CHILL TONIC. You know what You are taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing is simply Quinne and Iron in tasteless
form, md the most eJectual form. For grown
people nd children. L0c.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05
THE LAND OF GRAIN
JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD

Author of "American Farmers Build
ing a New Nation in the NORTH
"Canada-The Land of Greater
i4ope"-"The Invasion of Canada by
American Farmers"-"A Thousand
Miles on Horseback Across the Dc
minion Provinces" Etc, Etc.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

When a rich man is seriously i'll he
sees a lot of people standing around
waiting for his old shoes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

It sometimes happens that man
doesn't ask his wife 10 sing because
he is fond of music.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

ALL UP-To-DATE HoUsEkEEPERs
Use Red Cross Ball Blue. 1t makes clothes
clean and sweet when new. All grocers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

What a lot of trouble some children
seem to have keeping their parents in
the way they should go!
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

Mira Windows Soothing syrup
FOR children teethfng, softens the gums, Tednces m
ammation sIsYs psins cures wind coic- &c OoIIS'
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

Feet Ache-Use Aliens Foot-Ease
Over 00 testimonials Refuse limitations. Send for
free trial package. A s. Ofmsted. lie Boy, y. I.
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RED CROSS BALL BLUE
Should be in every home. Ask your grocer
for It. Large , o.. package only > cents.
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Even the prude isn't averse to sit
ting in the lap OF luxury.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

Being bad all the time is almost as
monotonous as being good.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

Gossips talk about others and
bores talk about themselves.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05
HER GOOD FORTUNE
After Years Spent in Vain Effort.

Mrs. Mary z. II. Rouse, Of Cam
bridge, n. Y, says: Five years ago
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-05

This woman says that sick
women should not fail to Try
Lydia z. PinkhamsS Vegetab10
Compound as she did.
Mrs. A. Gregory, of 1856 Lawrence
ST., Denver, Col, writes to Mr1
Pinkham:
Twas practically an invalid for !stE
wears, on account of female troubles.
/ underwent an operation by tbs
doctors advice, but in few months 7
was worse than before. A friend sd
vised Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and it restored me to perfec&
health, such as I have not enjoyed in
many years. ANY woman suffering 40
/ did with baclsache, bearing-etoyD
pains, and periodic pains, should not fa2
to use Lydia E Pinkham's VegetablO
ComDouudo
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FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female Ills.
and has positively cured thousands q
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcFTat-
tion, fibroid tumors, Irregularities
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, ffatulency, indigas-
ton, dizziness orneryous proStration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-23
SECOND MORTGAGE ON POLYTECHNIC
Lack of Adequate Endowment Makes Raising
of $4,000 Necessary.

4 second mortgage of $4,000 on the Polytechnic
Institute property in Livingston street Brooklyn,
was filed Yesterday. II dated June l. II is
made cut in favor the Title Guarantee ana Trust
Corpan,,. Regarding the mortgage President
Frederick W Atkinson OF the school said yester-
day:
Although a second mortgage has been placed on
the DrOnarty OF the Polytechnic Institute, yet II
does not mean that there have been any new Ioatls
TecantIv The fact is. the income account Tor tle
last academic year shows excess Of receipts
T1sed tn reduce the total Indebtedness Of the m
s+ftuts The institute has borrowed at diHereht
times from different banking corporations sums
amounting In the aggregate 70 $1Te0op- THESE out
standing notes. covering period of seven or eiblil
ears are retired and second mortgage IS
substituted to secure the new notes Whlch nave
been executed. -
During the last four years the attendance on the
day courses OF the institute has more uan doubled
aF uea rIv three hundred and fifty adult students.
have been established That the work OF the n
sffflte has become broader. larger and more en-
cient is due 10 the generous contributions "hlcn
have breu made BY the trustees For the last Tour
Years theV have given In al more IMAM s5VVVu
The results which have been achieved JUSTIFY the
hone that the public spirited citizens OF brooklyn
T-ntU there adequate endowment. the PVlS .
facbuC institute depend for its existence ana
maintenance upon the generosity OF private Gnu
zens There IS intention of Increasing IT'S m
5ebfedness but steps are being taken 20 raise n
fund OF $40 0aa for the current expenses or inls
and the coming tNn years, $4,000 OF y Vlch mas al
ready been pledged.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-23

the Under Secretarvshp Of State for Foreign Al
faTs at an unusually early and then the Vice
royalty OF Iadis. As II is a f0reEone conclusion
that in the next Unionist Cabinet Lord Lansdowne
VII return 70 the Foreign once. and there
seems 70 be sort OF l.nwritten law against for
ner FtceToys Of india occupying the post Of Sec
retary OF State for India, II looks il Lord Cur
zon was qualifying himself the portfolio Of
minister At the head OF the Colonial Department.
nowadays one OF the important Offices OF the
government II is understood that while IN South
Africa he viii devote himself especially to
the Investigation OF the lot OF TIE thousands Of
Hindu settlers there whose hUmliaJing treatment
by the South African colonies he has frequently
denounced with consider Bile vigor in the House OF
Lords MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
New-York tribune., 1908-12-23

from 1906 to 1907 Robert F. Munro, presi-
dent Of St. Andrews Society; Z. X. BeddaE,
first vice president of St Georges Society; Will
lam Temple Emmett president of the Society OF
the Friendly Sons OF st. Patrick; Colonel Will
lam jay. president of the st. Nicholas Socety;
the Rev. DR.. Anthony H. Evans. president Of
ST Davids Society and Colonel George c.
TreadwelI.
Among the other diners were Charles z
Brooker Republican National Committeeman
from Connecticut: Thomas A. Buckner John
Clahin, the Rev. ". H. P. Faunce, Harvey Ed
ward Fisk Charles r. Flint George Harvey. H.
0. Havemeyer. jr.; A. Barton Hepburn. Darwin
P. Kingsley. the Con1te de La Fayette, President
MCGOWAN OF the Board of Aldermen. Frank A.
Munsey. Ex-Governor Franklin Murphy Of New
Jersey Justice Willard H. Omsted. George W
Perkins Charles NJ. Pratt. Daniel G. Reid the
Rev. William r. Richards. John D. Rockefeller.
jr: z. V w Rossiter. DR.. Albert Shaw, George
R. Sheldon, r A. {. Smith. the Rev. Dr. ".
Merle Smith. Henry l. Stoddard. the Rev.
George R. Van De Water and Levi C Weir.
Professor William NJ. Sloane. of Columbia
University speaking on "Posterity" declared
that to-day America cultivated tolerance in di-
rect defiance of our ancestors I do not think
We are altogether easy in our minds at the
moment" he said we are wondering at the
disturbance of ideals that in earlier life were
elemental. The papers are fun Of stories Of
waste in almost every natural resource that we
have. How do we account for the pity We show
for wrong doing. the abominable tolerance of
crime"
Major General Leonard Wood. speaking on
The Army and Navy said that both branches
OF the service were too small. We have less
than so per cent of the men necessary to COM
mand the guns of our sea coast defences" he
said I'VE need at least another forty thousand
men an the army. There is nothing whatever
the matter with the navy"
New-York tribune., 1908-12-23
ST. JOHNS VICAR.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir Notwithstanding the fact that n 1917 the
rector and vestryn1en of Trinity Parish appointed
the Rev Charles L Gomph assistant minister
of Trinity Parish and prestincharge Of ST John >
and 81. Luke's chapels. the same vestry. under a
rector, turned about and un1id in November.
190s-the next year-the action they took. namely
they notified the said Rev. Charles L Gomph that
after Februarv l. 1909 his services would longer
be required.
Why. after such faithful service 20 N work
vas he thus treated Was he faithful his
trust or are there other reasons for this ccurse2
The people Of New York would, doubt be in
terested in print 2 copy Of the resolutions
which the late Rev. DR. Morgan Dix. n is claimed
wrote as well as the date Of same. il viii, IN
all probability BE- found that these dated
several years back and not Of recent date. as Dr.
Dix in the last six months Of his life was very
we'll pleased with the progress the work was max
ing and he more than once expressed his love for
St johns and the services held
A MEMBER OF ST. JOHNS.
New York Dec q 1905
New-York tribune., 1908-12-23
New York, Dec. q. ~
81 LoHN.s PARK REsToRATloN

To the Editor The Tribune
Sir: note in your issue Of to-day the letter from
Nr Glider Of The Century Magazine" II his
project could be realized by the demolition OF the
large building opposite ST. Johns Chapel and the
restoration Of the pretty park that once hourished
there fl seems to me that this would be much the
hest scheme TO carry out of any that have been pro-
posed. The deuizens Of the neighborhood would
have their breathing place-part OF 1t a play
ground fo- their cIiIdren-and their house OF wor-
ship would remain 10 Them
But has the structure that usUrped the place Of
the park forty or more years ago further
availability for commercial purposes? And would
the descendants Of Commodore Vanderbilt care 10
see obIiterated the exploitation of the financial
genius who founded their fortunes. as set forth
atop of its southern facade in enduring bronco
Is the building purchasa5Ie2 Perhaps the author
ties of Trinity Church have discovered that II IS
not A J. 6LCIiN-
Nauv York Dec n 1905
New-York tribune., 1908-12-23
SEES A CHRISTIANITY FOB JAPANESE
Dr.~Grifis Predicts That They Eventually VIII
Adopt One of Their Own Making.

Nearly i've hundred me1rand women. inciu1-ns
~ Give japanese. most OF them members of thS
American Geographical Society listened with eager
interest last night in the Engineering Societies
Building at No. . West ssch street address
by Dr. William Elliot GrifIz author % -~Ths
Affkado's Empire" OF The Geography cf Jspsr.~
accompanied by Illustrations
Dr. GrHfs showed step by step the progress q rs
japanese nation from 900 B. g. the present Vfnza-
Pictures were SHOWN or Commodore Perry ard hia
fleet and OF the great Japanese generals and s1S
uiraIs and The monument erected by the Japansss
in honor OF the Russian soldiers killed IN lase
Tns school which DIT tfrffhs founded m
Toxic also shown. along with Hzenesses Oc
Of his pupils. who now among the greatest
statesmen IN Ianan. DR.. Cfris predicted that rhS
jar anese would eventually adopt Christianity %
their nakInZ
New-York tribune., 1908-12-23
eEsHEN CHowN PRINCES PATENT CON
TESTED

Ge-Dzzr1s crown Prince IS meeting the fate that
falls to the chAre Of many inventors. for & couple
q German ;swelry manufacturers. one in par
u-ulsr from PforZhern. nave lodged a protest
sEsins1 The pzte1t which Re recently took out for
Ssstsnfrz .or sleeve links They clsirn the inven-
dor theirs and 20 date from several years ago
Bur record thereof be found IN the Pa tent
o>s,e e. Berlin. they viii have produce very
poEtive evidence 20 the effect tnat they not only
Inverted the fastening IN question but likewise
rsru1ectured n for public sale, before they win Dc
shs - succeed IN deprivinE their future Emperor
~ the rights Of ks. discovery This cou1ter-lain
vss bound 20 Occur Cer there s. A considerable
s-o0-r O firth II, ~ ancient odsge that there
Is norhing under TIE sun" ard then, too. there
: hardy suy patent . value obtainsd without is
e-sng contested 5y Individuals who claim prior
rghts - The discovery The Fact 90 The inventor
beng = -eisrfrr sovereign or prince O. The blood
does rot render him immune from this fate