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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-07-04

The Story A Aes Anss s Ns Eo A H. .90s
expected do something extraordinary and certainly Edith
Huntington Mason has given The Real Agatha and her
companions at the Castle Wyckhof at Wye enough orioon
atty satisfy the prejudiced Brion matron is a
charming tale of young girl whose parents English
but who reared In America and was left heress to
twenty millions by her American stepfaher providing she
escaped fortune hunters and married according her step
fathers will By original method she manages to find
her lover keeps her fortune and give good
FIVE other girls accordance with the terms of the
famous will.
Agathas story is told in the first person by Terhune
eligible bachelor who fees from London gayey to the
country with his friend Freddy Vincent the penniess
younger Of duke. Their train delayed in mea-
dow land and Vincent insists upon game of golf while
they waiting On the links they meet bev1itch
ing American girl and the ready Vincent soon learns
that she is the Honorable Agatha Wyckhoh owner of the
and mammoth castle Meantime the train has left
and the Honorable Agatha invites them the CASTLE where
their they introduced FIVE other Amer
lean girls who all Honorable Agathas and equally
beautiful
After dinner the quiet little secretary of the chaperon
them to the library hear the terms of the will
they candidates for the hand of the Honorable Agatha
The feel they must be in kind of asylum but
sure her they candidates The will states that after the
education Of Agatha she shall procure FIVE young girls of the
of Agatha with her her England
for years. They live uxurousy with ample
tertainment and the castle be filled with guests the best
England can boast. Each sutton is limited weeks and
and girl shall disclose the identity of the real Agatha
These two candidates passed their weeks in falling in
love with all the Agahas and in concal endeavors to dis
the real heress Even the were trained to
the and the clever girls gave only anazng ceVs
which msead the and each other The dernure
secretary takes but little part the many festivities Just
when Ierhune positive that he has found which the rich
maiden and penness Freddy propose her. that
reckless young eoPes with the tid secretary find
after their marriage but let the reader also find
his interesting story whose characters Evable
ovabe American girls and which Meaves clever plot about
the theme of the pursuit of the American heress
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Re
General Demand

e The Well Informed Of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant AID
efficient liquid laxative remedy Of known
value; q laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
eellent combination OF Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relics
snthe merits of the laxative for its remark
sbae success.
Tint is one Of many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA is given
The preference by the Welllnformed.
70 get its beneficial effects always buy
the northumberland by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
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When the President Receives.

Among the unwritten. sumptuary
laws of the American court" at
Washington is one that prescribes the
wearing of a hat to a presidential even
ing reception. Especially is the pune
tilio sartorial to- be observed at the
diplomatic levee. Two oblivious fe-
males advancing the other night
toward the presidential presence
under weight OF millinery were held
up by the maids and made to stani
and deliver their headgear. While
deco;letage is not obligatory, it is the
proper caper. Yet even a shirt waist
and skirt does crop up now and then
upon the horizon of White House
evening. The most dazzling buds are
always on view at the diplomatic and
the army and navy receptions. The
sartorial display is generally more
democratic at the two intermediate
functions. the judiciary and the. con-
g:ess!onal. Schoolgirls in large con-
signments are always accorded invita-
tons at the two latter The White
House management endeavors to give
each new student at the capital an
opportunity to attend one levee during
his or her sojourn there.
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SKIN TROUBLES CURED.
First Had itching Rash-Threatened
Later With Biood-Poison in Leg
Relied on Cuticura Remedies.

about twelve or fifteen years ago
I had a breaking-out, and it itched.
and stung. so badly that I could not
have any peace because of it. Three
doctors did not help me. Then used
some Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Oint-
ment, and Cuticura Resolvent and
began to get better right away. They
cured me and have not been bothered
with the itching since, to amount to
anything. About two years ago 1
had la grippe and pneumonia which
left me with pain in my side. Treat
ment ran it into my leg, which then
swelled and began to break out. The
doctor was afraid it would turn to-
blood-poison. I used his medicine
but it did no good, then I used the
Cuticura Remedies three times and
cured the breaking-out on my leg. j. b.
Hennen, Milan, Mo-, May 49,. 1907"
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WHERE cLoTHEsPINs ARE MADE
Turned Out by Millions at Montpelier.
VT. Much of the Work Done by

Clothespins by the million, by the
hundred millions, are turned out in
Montpelier. VT, every year. and SO
great is the demand that preparations
are being made for still further in
creasing the output.
These are not the old-fashioned
clothespin. split stick. but the af-
fair made with spring OF steel wire.
The concern that makes the largest
number turns out 100000 gross or
more every year. and in addition
makes some forty different kinds of
clips for holding papers and photo
graphs and bottles and test tubes. as
wei las some larger ones for carriage
makers use, but it's principal business
is the manufacture of pins to hold
the family wash on the line.
The old problem what becomes of
all the pins?" may he supplemented
by this: What becomes of all the
clothesyins?"
| This one concern turns out every
year more than one clothesp1n for
every man, woman and child in the
United States, other factories turn
out considerable quantity, and the
Maine manufacturers put millions of
the old-fashioned kind on the market,
but still the factories are frequently
behind on their orders.
The world is their market. Every
part of the United States knows the
United States clothespin, as the orig.
inal invention is caield. and the
washerwomen of Peru. Brazil. Aus
tralia. France. Germany, Turkey and
Russia know them just as we'll. Wher-
ever the cleansed family clothing is
hung out to dry the Montpelier
clothespins are known.
The spring clothespin is the inven:
ton of Scion G. Morse and was pat.
ented in the sos.
The lumber for these clothespins
is cut in and about the little town Of
Warren in the Mad River valley, and
the wooden pieces that are used in
the pins are fashioned there, being
hauled to Montpelier in carts. The
springs are made in the factory hers
and the wooden parts are completed
The parts when ready are passed t.
deft-handed girls who sit at little
tables. "A spring is placed In pos!tior
4 In machine, two pieces Of wood arr
put in the proper places, q treadle 4
pressed and finished clothespiI
drops OFT. These are packed a paste
board boxes and shipped by the car
load 70 the uttermost parts g tn
3 earth. n:
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THEY GROW.
Good Hun,or and CheerfuIness from
Right Food.

Cheerfulness is like sunlight. 1t dis
pels the clouds from the mind as sun
light chases away the shadows of
night.
The good humored man can pick
up and carry off load that the man
with a crouch wouldn't attempt to
lift
Anything that interferes with good
health is apt to keep cheerfulness and
good humor in the background. A
Washington lady found that letting
coffee alone made things bright for
her. She writes:
-Four years ago I was practically
given up by my doctor and was not
expected to live long. My nervous
system was in a bad condition.
"But was young and did not want
to die so began to look about for the
cause of my chronic trouble. l used
to have nervous spells which would
exhaust me and after each spell ii
would take me days before could sit
up in chair.
Il became convinced my trouble
was caused by coffee. decided to
stop it and bought some Postum.
THE first cup, which made &C
cording to directions, had a soothing
eject on my nerves and liked the
taste. For time I nearly lived or
Postum and ate little food besides.
am today a healthy woman.
my family and relatives wonder
II am the same person / was -four
years ago, when / could do no work OF
account of nervousness. Now am do
ing my own housework, take care o.
two babies-0ne twenty, the other twt
months old. l am 80 busy that hard
Z y get time to write letter, yet d,
# al with the cheerfulness and goo.
humor that comes from enjoying goo,
health. ,s,
T tell my friends It is to Postum
4 owe my life today.
Name given b., Postum Co. BATH
Greek, Mich. Read Tile Road to Vel
ville, = n pkss. There's Reason."
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sKYscRAPERs OF ROME.
Ancient Regulations Regarding the
Aejui1t Of Tenenents and Palaces.

NttSsSue regulations ne9dFoin9 tne
Height Of Tenements and Palaces.
The skyscraper is no modern in
yention." says st. Louis architect,
we'll read in the history of his profess
sion. I'm all the ancient cities where
brick or stone was available high
houses within the walls of the city
were very numerous because of the
lack OF ground space for building.
In the days of Augustus the tene-
ment houses in Rome became so high
as to be dangerous and laws were
passed condemning a number of ten
ement rows and ordering them to be
taken down, while at the same time
laW was enacted limiting the height
OF all future tenements to 100 feet.
For palaces and public buildings
there was no limit.
After the burning of the city in
Neros time the streets. which before
were no wider than our alleys. were
made broader: some OF them, through
the business part of the city. were
torty feet wide. and some OF the great
thorOughfares were sixty
The tenement height was lowered
10 eighty feet, and as consequence
the city spread far beyond its walls.
The average height of ceiling in {;
Roman tenement was little over
dive feet: the windows were open
holes in the wall. stopped in cold
weather with board shutters. So the
worst modern tenement is ii palace
compared with the skyscraper home
OF the poor when the empire was at
its best.
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Farmers Bulletins Popular.

The most popular publications OF
the government are the farmers bulle
tins which are issued by the depart.
lnent of agriculture. The total mum
Der Of bulletins last year was 485, Not
which AZ were new, the editions be
ing 100000, and 443 were reprints
the editions Of which aggregated s,
s69, goo, or 6,649,o0O copies in ali. ID
the last year 14,015 publications, com
prising 52,363 printed pages. were ii
sued by the agricultural department
The total editions Of all publications
Of this department aggregated nearly
~ ,OO0. 900 copies. Over 800, 900 letter.
were received and answered Ia the Il
vision Of publications last year, and
the distribution Of documents required
nearly 10000, 900 envelopes ana ths
writing q more than .. 000. 900 names
and addresses " $, s'sss6
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voice, you don't look like q nurse one
bit; nobody would take you for one II
1t wasn't for your Dress"
Indeed" said Christabel. quietly,
looking from him to Sir John.
"You are a very pretty woman, he
said, with a bold glance.
'Tndeed!" said Christabel again, but
she flushed angrily and faced him. 81
think you had better leave the room,
Mr.. Sisterson," she exclaimed, indig-
nantly. while she wondered what man
ner of man was this who would say
such thing while his father lay dy.
ing.
Il don't wish to be rude" he said,
alphabetically; "but you must know
that you are very pretty woman
for nurse" And. turning away from
her abruptly, he quilted her presence.
What a hateful mani" thought
Christabel: she recalled Lady Sister
sons words of warning. and their
meaning seemed now to be plain. Ev-
identity Maxwell Sisterson was a man
to be avoided as much as possible;
in that way she would be shielded
from his insults. but her heart burned
and ragged within her. How was it
that he had dared to say such thing
to her? But she had yet to know
Maxwell Sisterson.
At midnight the male nurse came to
relieve her, and as she left Sir Johns
room she found Mary Sisterson wait
ing for her outside.
Are you too tired, nurse. to come
with me for little while? Oh, do
GOMEZ" entreated Miss Sisterson. Il
you.'
Christabel was ha!f-inclined to re-
fuse. but there was such look of suf-
fering OH Mary Sisterson's face, as
we'll as such an intense eagernes in
her voice, that she could not find it in
her heart to do so.
"Oh. Nurse Joyce" said Mary Sis
terson, I've taken the liberty Of
changing your room, but hope you
will like the change. I thought that
should like to have you near me. and
your room now is next my own bed
room. Do tell me your name-'Nurse
joyce is so very formal and stiff,
think"
"Christabel is my Christian name"
said Christabe1. still more touched;
land 1 think it very kind Of you to
to give ME room next yours"
We'll. I'm afraid am selfish, but l
want a friend very much just now,
and I took liking to you as soon as
/ saw you. Do let us be friends!"
Gladly" said Christabel. deeply
moved by the other wonan's tremu-
lous tones of appeal; she saw that
Mary Sisterson was weak. nervous,
and i'll. You must let me do any,
thing can for you. Miss Sisterson.'
do call me Mary won't you,
Christabel?'
Yes, Mary
Did father remain quiet after left
him." asked Miss Sisterson, when
they were seated in her room.
mo. The delusion of which I had
heard from Lady Sisterson came once
more.'
1T did! Oh. wish father were
dead" exclaimed Mary Sisterson, hys-
terically. and that were dead, too!"
And she threw herself, sobbing bit
terly, into the arms of Christabel, who
was greatly surprised and distressed
by this unexpected incident.
ITO Be Continued.)
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STAT. o, on1o. CITY OF ToIsDo.t .

STAT. o, oz.o: c cn,,,9 OF ToI.Do.t a.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he 10 senio
partner Of the nrm Of F. ]. CHENEY a Co.. doint
buSIness in the City Of Toledo. County and State
Aforesaid, and that said frm will pay the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presencA
this sth day Of December. A. D.. 1885.
-~' A. W. GLEASON,
srALt NOTARY PUBLIC
Hall's Catsrrh Cure 10 taken internally and ach
directly ON the blood and mucous surfaces OF tha
system. Send for testimonials. FREQ.
F.J. CHENEY CO., Toledo q
Take HAIRS Family Piiis for constipation +
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To insure the direct and quick cleans.
Ing Of the system, take Garfield Tea, the
Mild Herb Laxative. 1t puriGes the blood,
sradicates disease and brings Good Health.
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Who 1t is.

Teacher-Tommie, tell me what you
know about Home Rule.
Tommie-Er-now- cook does
it.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-10

People who claim to know every
thing are seldom able to accomplish
anything.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-10

There isn't much hope for deaf
man who is unable to hear the noise
Of a paper dollar.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-10

No man is so prosperous that he
can afford to dispense with the rest
OF mankind.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-10

SPOT Cash FOR your CREAM.
Top market prices always.
MILTON DAIRY CO.. st. Paul
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-10

WE PAY tor PRICES FOR CREAM.
Cash every day. Write for prices and tags.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-10

The little that man wants her.
below is = little more than his neigh.
Dor has.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-10

ii is easier to secure vindication
chan it is to restore virtue.
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FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
Enterprise.

what We gittin' up there, Hiram?"
Souvenir postcards of the pigsty
an hen house fer the summer board
er trade"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-10

Most people gladly take advice from
4 stranger.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-10

By the bloom Of mans nose You
may recognize his distaste for water.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-04-10

SHIP US YOUR CREAM TO-DAY.
~. write for tags and prices
The Crescent Creamery Co.. st. Paul
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III there Is any one thing that q
woman breads more than another it
b 9 surgical operation.
We can state without fear of q
contradiction that there are hun.
dreds, yes, thousands, of operations
performed upon women in our hos.
pitfalls which are entirely unneces-
sary and many have been avoided by
LYDIA EPINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
For proof of this statement read
the following letters.
Mrs. Barbara Base, of Kingman.
Kansas, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
For eight years I suffered from the
most severe form of female troubles and
was told that an operation was my only
hope OF recovery. wrote Mrs. Pinkham
for sdvice, and took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and it has saved
my life and made me well woman"
Mrs. Arthur r. House, Of Church
Road, Moorestown. N. j., writes:
IL feel it is my duty to let people
know what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me.
suffered from female troubles, and last
March my physician decided that an
operation was necessary. Ny husband
objected, and urged me to try Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and to-day am well and strong"
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 Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, f1broid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, and backache.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
One Of tie
Essentials

OF the happy homes of to-day is a vast
fund Of information as to the best methods
OF promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge of the worlds
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval Of the
Well-Informed OF the World; not of indi-
yiduals only. but of the many who have
the happy faculty Of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products of that class, Of
Known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well Informed Of the
World as a valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
As He Understood II.

A youngster who has been living
with his grandmother in Nutley, N.
q short time ago, and while here was
taken to the theater for the first time
in his life. In one Of the scenes a but
Ter comes on the stage and announces,
my lord. the carriage waits"
When the little fellow returned to
his grandmother's home he started in
at once to describe to her the play be
had seen.
"And then, Granny" he said, in his
excited description, a big man with
stage and said: My God, there's a
hack outside IN. Y. Times.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
BABY CRIED AND SCRATCHED
All the Time-Covered with Tcrtur.
ing Eczema-Doctor Said Sores
Would Last for Years-Per-
feet Cure by Cuticura.

my baby niece was suffering from
that terrible torture, eczema. 1t was
all owe her body but the worst was
on her face and hands. She cried and
scratched all the time and could not
sleep night or day from the scratch
ing. l had her under the doctors
care for a year and a half and he
seemed to do her no good. / took her
to the best doctor in the city and he
said that she would have the sores
until she vas six years old. But if !
had depended on the doctor my baby
would have lost her mind and died
from the want of aid. But l used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
and she was cured in three months.
Alice L. Dowell, 4769 Easton Ave-, ST.
Louis, Mo, May 2 and 20, 1907"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
chiIdren's Work of Charity.

The children of Laconia, N. H., are
raising a fund to furnish a children's
Don in the new hospital. The primary
department of the South church Sun
day school has donated a large num-
Der of their pennies, which, together
with that already given by two little
girls, makes a snug nucleus toward
the fund. The little tots are entering
heartily into the movement and are
joyfully planning to bring their mite
to furnish and supply a room which
will brighten the lives of the more
unfortunate children of the city
Manchester Union.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
THE STORY.

WHAT distress and unrest the guilty
w heart knows as the occasional
rumbfngs of present trouble tell of
the gathering storm. How often on
a summers day when the sky has
been bright and the air filled with the
songs of birds and all seemed SO full
of JOY and peace, there has come the
speck of a cloud in the distance, there
has flashed out for an instant the fiery
tongue of the lightning. and the low
faint rumble of thunder has come to
the ear, all telling of a gathering
storm, but as one has turned his face
upward towards the sun and again has
listened to the songs of the birds, the
thought of b coming storm has been
forgotten in the delight which is found
in the beauty and the brightness of
the moment. Then again comes the
lightning flash a little more vivid than
before and the voice of the thunder
becomes more insistent, and again
with startled vision one sees that the
cloud speck has grown. But it seems
so far away after all, and it is SO
bright and CHEEKY all about that one
p~ersuades himself that the storm will
not come thither, and so again the
cloud and the lightning and the thun-
der are forgotten as one becomes abb
sorbed in the pleasure of the moment.
So vas it with Solomon. The riches
and splendors of his kingdom were un-
surpassed by any of the nations about.
and as the years had come and gone
the king had given himself up more
and more to the ease and delights and
Injuries with which he was sur
rounded. Step by step he had yielded
to the enervating influences of palace
and harem, and more and more had he
come to live on that sensual plane
where the pleasure of the moment is
of more concern than any reward
which self-denial might claim in the
future.
Pleasure is ~enervating, and offers
productive soil In which the seeds of
trouble may grow. Solomon with his
growing love for the ease and pleas
ures of life became more aud more
petulant and exacting with those upon
whom rested the administration of the
affairs of the kingdom. There was a
constantly increasing extravaganza in
maintaining the royal household. for
with the multiplying Of the high-places
to the gods Of the many Processes Of