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they can make, and, again, that the
large salary is often hardly sufficient
to meet the added expense deemed
necessary in maintaining the position
considered proper for the pastor of
a large New York City church. /
personally know of men in large
churches who actually have not
enough to live on, and have to bor-
row money for the privilege of
preaching the Gospel to those who
seem Indifferent to it,"
DR.. Carter then referred briefly to
the difference in his former p~astorate
as the minister of a large Presby-
terrain Church in Kansas City, and the
conditions as he had found them in
New York City since he was called
to succeed DR.. Abbott E. Kittredge
as pastor of the Madison Avenue Re-
formed Church. A great many are
the church, he added. The preacher
and the plans of the church are dis
cussed and criticised, but few think
of coming nearer home and trying to
ascertain if some of the fault is not
their own.
"It is the spirit of personal examin-
alton I would seek to develop" he
said. what the church needs to-
day is a personal application of the
principles of Jesus to the hearts and
lives of its people. | believe that
prayer and closer communion with
God to be the fundamental basic prin-
for the regeneration of the
Fchurch to-day. Preachers hesitate to
be prophets. 1t is easier to swim
with the current than to stem the
tide; it is easier to conform than to
reform, but a prophet sometimes is
necessary to cry out aloud and spare
not. Personal piety is at an ebb. Is
the fault entirely with the pastor?
If, instead of criticising the preacher,
the people would do a little CRITICS.
ing of themselves, realizing that the
church stands for brotherly love,
| sympathy to humanity, the saving of
souls, and a sympathetic interest in
| those needing the cheer of personal
uplift, the pastors labors would be
| lightened and the church would full
fill more truly the attributes for
which it's members as Christians
ought to stand for before the uri-
verse;
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lettings About Sports.

Swathmore College lost to the Navy
at basketball, So to 16.
DR.. James Dwight, of Philadelphia,
was unanimously elected president of
the United States Lawn Tennis Asso-
citation.
Tommy Burns and Bill Lang, the
heavyweight champion of Australia,
are matched to fight for the Austria
liam title.
Football cannos be ranked as a
sport for the general upbuilding of
the average boy, inasmuch as certain
physical qualifications are necessary
to start with.
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TROUT SPREAD CANCER, INVESTIGATORS HINT
State Laboratory, Holding Out High Hope For Cure, Wants
to Experiment on Humans. i

might we'll be applied to those cases
of late cancer in human beings in
which surgery has nothing to offer
and the outlook is hopeless"
Cancer in fish and the possibility
of infection by human beings have
been Investigated. 1t has been found
that cancer of the thyroid in particu-
lar is of very frequent occurrence in
fish of the trout family.
1T is a very remarkable coinci-
dence," says the report. that the
area of the United States which in
cludes the greatest concentration of
human cancer cases is almost identi-
cal with the area through which the
various members of the trout family
are distributed"
Statistics are given to show that
cancer continues to increase.
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Are We Praying For Needy People?


Let a man take care that the circle
of his petitions grows wider every
week. The patRos and the tragedy in
many Christian lives is this: their
PRAYERS are no bigger to-day than
they were twenty OF thirty years ago.
Spiritual hospitality is no richer;
there are no more guests in their
hearts. Prayers of that kind become
very stale, for a a must become
weary of the same company from day
to day and from year to year. Let
him give himself a surprise by intro
ducing an outsider into the holy cir
Gle, some neglected vagrant who rare
ly comes within the petitions of the
saints. Let Christians scour the
world for needy people, and let them
bring them under the influence or
mighty intercession.-J. H. Jowett.
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Honduras Debt Arranged.

J. P. Morgan & Co., backed by the
United States Government, arranged
to refund the railroad debt of Hon
duras, the bankers to provide the
money and Washington, D. c., agents
to supervise the customs of the Gen.
tral American Republic.
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Essence of the News.

The Bennett white slave" bill was
passed ~ the Senate at Washington,
d. G.
Mayor Gaynor signed the bill for a
new County Court House on City Hall
Park, New York.
Leader J.. j. Hagan launched a
Presidential boom for Mayor Gaynor
of New York City.
United States Judge Martin. in New
York City, refused to grant Immunity
to Charles R. Heike, of the Sugar
Trust, who had testified in the anti
trust proceedings against his COM
pany.
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Pennsylvania Graft Witness
Found Dead in Bathroom.

Harrisburg, Pa.-The strange ia
tality that has pursued some of the
principal figures in the State Capitol
was noted when John e. Stott, one of
the chief witnesses was found dead
in the bathroom of his home while in
Harrisburg. He is the sixth mar in
the case to die. Stott was secretary
to the Board of Public Grounds and
Buildings, which let many of the con-
tracts for furnishing the Capitol that
brought more than a dozen men to
the bar of Justice.
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Fee Lost.

The stacy person entered the Office
and approached the lawyer. II want
a divorce" she said, briefly outlining
her case.
son those grounds" said the law
yer, II al get you a divorce easily
and without any publicity"
"Sir," she rejoined, tartly, "do
look like a lady that 'ud shy at a
chance at publicity?"
Whitening him with a glance, she
Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
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Gods Plan For NV Life.

1 am here because God has sent me
to do a work that-no other being
could do but myself. Had there not
been room for me, God had not made
me. Had l not been needed in Amer
lea, God had not placed me in Amer
lea. Had l not work in the twentieth
century, l had not been born in that
century.-Bishop Simpson.
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Still the Same.

II met Dunkey to-day for the first
time in years. He hasn't changed
much"
"Oh! he hasn't changed at all, but
he doesn't seem to realize it,"
How do you mean?"
"Oh, he's forever talking about
what a fool he used to be. "-Catholic
Standard and Times.
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Two Fell to Death.

Two miners were dashed to death
by falling 500 feet down the shaft
of the Taylor mine of the zinc COM
pany at Newton. The men were be-
ing hauled to the top in a bucket,
and when neal the top the bucket
overturned, throwing the men out.
The victims were John T%insorinia and
James Sagutta.
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In All Parts of the State.

Because of a mad-dog scare the
Clinton township (Hunterdon Coun.
ty) authorities ordered all dogs muz.
zled.
Lenola is enjoying a building
boom, and more houses are being
built in that village than in any two
years past.
Mrs. Edward Warner, of Clarks-
boro, has received word of the death
of her son Edward, at San Mateo.
Cal. The body will be brought homs
for burial.
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"Rahx NIadelinen Dead.

At Columbus, Ohio, Bessie Longe-
necker, who had been exhibited in
museums under the name of Baby
Madeline" died of injuries received
when her clothing caught fire from a
kitchen stove. Although only seven
years old the girl weighed ESQ
mounds
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Movement to Free Toll Roads.

Gloucester County Freeholders at
Woodbury. appointed a committee to
confer with the owners of toll roads
with a view to purchase. Freebooter
Munyan declared that the county had
more toll roads than all of the
ties in the State together. He advo-
Gated free roads, and said the town
ships through which the roads pass
would not ask the county for improve
ments in the near future.
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Just the Job For Her.

Employer-"What we want is a
night Waterman that watches-some-
body who can sleep with one eye open
and both ears, and who is not afraid
to tackle anything. See?"
Applicant see, boss; I'll send
me wife around. ALLY Sloper's.
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Comparatively Easy.

Young Zelaya was being sued for
breach of promise.
you seem cheerful enough about
it," remarked a reporter.
"Oh, WE'LL" replied the defendant,
ait is a little rough, but think of the
time the old nan is having down
ome."--Philadelphia Ledger.
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A Broad Smile.

Mr.. Jones had recently become the
father of twins. The minister stopped
him on the street to congratulate.
well, JONES'" he said, 81 hear the
Lord has smiled on you"
Smiled on mel" repeated Jones.
"He laughed out loud at me!"-Mont-
gomery Advertiser.
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De CasteIlane's Parents
Cuo PriuceSS he

sue rI0CtSS DE OdSdHs
Paris, France.-The Marquis and
Marquise de Castellane have insti-
tuted suit against the Princess de
Sagan Gamma Gould) for $4,000
back annuities, which they allege
the Count and Countess de Castel-
lane, in the marriage settlement of
1898, engaged themselves to pay at
the rate of $500 a year. This an
nuity was paid until the count and
countess were divorced, when the
countess refused to contribute fur
Their to her husbands parents.
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His Kind.

De Style-"You say he uses no
Judgment in buying p%resents?"
Gunbusta-"No; he's the kind of
fellow that would buy a pair of kid
gloves for the Venus of ilo."-New
York Times.
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Remedy or Disease.

Broadway-"They say Wooster's
wife has kleptomania."
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is she taking
for it?"
Notwithstanding in sight"
New York Times.
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Wounded by Her own Hatpin.

When the high wind lifted the big
rim of her new hat and threatened to
teal it from her head, Carrie Brown,
of New street, Paterson, raised her
hand to hold the unruly headgear. In
her haste she struck n of her hat
pins and the point made a deep
wound. The hand swelled up imme-
diately and, in fear of blood poison
ing, Miss Brown went to st. Joseph's
Hospital, where the wound was
dressed.
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COMMISSION RULE CARRIED.
Sioux City and Eau Claire Vote For
New Government.

New government.
Sioux City, Iowa.-This city has
ended a strenuous two weeks cam
paign by adopting the commission
form of government. In a total vote
of 5000 the plan received a majority
of TAT. The proposition carried in
every ward in the city and lost in
only one voting precinct.
Eau Claire, Wis.-The city com.
mission plan of government has car
ried by a vote of 1857 yeas to 994
nays, the majority for the commission
being S73. This city is the first in
the State to adopt the plan.
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Cor a St4oo Car For So.

Jacob Kuriila, a merchant. of Shen-
andoah, Pa. went to New York City
to purchase goods. He bought a So
ticket on a s1400 automobile CHANGED
off in hat city,. his ticket won the
ear and he is elated.
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Or Somethin'.

"How is your wife this morning,
Uncle Henry?"
"Well, I dunno. She's failin' dret-
full slow. I do wish she'd git well, or
somethin'."-Puck
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A Sure Cure.

Knicker-"There is only n cure
for a cold"
Bocker-"If the manager gets an
other singer to fill the role. New
York Times.
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By Comparison.

Notwithstanding high cost of liv-
inc makes me wonder where we are
going to end!"
Wallstreet-"It makes me wonder
where the next generation is going to
begin!"-New York Times.
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MARK SLATER ARRESTED
Former State Printer of Ohio Ac-
cused of Grating in Office.

Detroit, Mich.-Mark Slater, for
mer State Printer of Ohio, who is un-
der charges of grating, was locked
I'D at Police Headquarters here.
He said he would waive extradi-
ton. He said that published state
ments had greatly exaggerated the
charges actually made against him.
Slater had been working here as an
agent for a coal concern.
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That Was Something.

"Can you keep anything on your
stomach" the ships doctor asked.
mo, SIR" he returned, feebly,
nothing but my hand. Ladies'
| Home Journal.
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Air Line to Pittsburg.

"Can you tell me how I al get to
Pittsburgh" asked the soubrette, at
the railroad ticket Office.
"Sure!" replied the agent; "marry
one of the Pittsburg millionaires."-
Yonkers Statesman.
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He Got Work..

"What were you running for when
I saw you to-day, SAM"
II heard of some work, sah."
"And did you get the job, SAM"
II sure did, boss"
what kind of work did you pro.
cure, SAM"
Some washing for M wife!"-
Yonkers Statesman.
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Suitable.

slave you seen Maude S winter
proof auto coat?"
"No, but I've seen her fall-proof
airship costume. New York Times.
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He STAYED Out.

Hewitt believe 1 could make a
wife happy"
Jewett-"You could if she liked
to be alone nights. louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
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PORK PRICES CLIMB.

Reach New Records-Highest Since
Civil Wal in Louisville.
Chicago, Ill.-Top prices for live
hogs at the stock yards advanced to
S9.47k per hundred, a gain of 7h
cents in one day, and made a new rec
ord since 1870, when the animals sold
for $40. The advance caused strong
err predictions that the $40 hog would
soon appear in the markets.
Louisville, Ky.-Hogs sold at $3.50
the highest price since the Civil
War,
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The Age of

"Pop, do ten mills make a cent?
"That depends, my son. Unless
they are in a trust they probably
don't."-New York Times.
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King Crabs Appear on Beach.

The appearance of king crabs on
the beach at Ocean City has surprised
the residents, who say it is unusual
for them to be seen on the ocean
front,
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confidence Needed.

Confidence is what we present-da,
Christians need.
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Undying Love-.

Youth-"Own up! You don't hate
me, do you?"
Beauty-"To tell the truth. 1 hate
you like SIM"
Youth-"Oh, my darling! How
happy you make me! "-Smart Set.
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dVertisements

when the outrayings of Providence
were no longer discernible; but at
that very moment the horses and
chariots were on their way to carry
him down to the land of plenty. 1t
seemed a great calamity that turned
aside a professor of natural science
from his self-appointed way, but Scot
land gained through that the minis
try of Thomas Chalmers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-04-23
TRy TO SAVE FRUIT CROP.
Progressive orehardists Keep Temper
AZURE Up On Cold Nights

Hutchinson.-The burning of ordin-
airy smudges to keep the temperature
up on nights when frost threatens has
been succeeded in the orchards of the
most progressive Kansas growers by
method still more certain of results.
This is the use of oil burners placed
at intervals among the trees.
One of the Kansas orchards where
this modern system of frost fighting
is in vogue is that of the Underwood
& Viles company, four and one-half
miles east o. Hutchinson, which has
$4,000 trees. The east orchard of the
Underwood & Viles company covers
$40 acres, 800 of which are bearing
apples, and the remainder planted in
other fruit. There are forty trees to
the acre, with two smudge pots to
each acre.
Just outside the house of ]. L. Pei
ham, the foreman, there is a big Their
mometer; another one hangs between
the house and the orchard When
there are indications that the temper
ature may fall as low as So degrees
the employees of the orchard go from
pot to pot lighting the pots which are
to keep the buds and blossoms warm.
The pots are filled with ordinary fuel
oil with bunch of hay placed on top
which is lighted with torch, as the
oil will not become ignited for some
minutes.
Altogether it requires a carload of
oil for one nights burning of the
smudge pots. Two and half cars of
oil are kept in storage all the time.
When once the pots have been fired
thick cloud of smoke hangs over the
orchard, a protecting mantle which no
frost can penetrate. While it black
ems the trees and even the blossoms,
it saves the buds that may mean thou
sands of bushels of apples and other
fruit to the grower. Experience has
shown that the smoke from the oil
burners will save buds on trees eight
and ten rows distant from the pots.
In the last week in March the
smudges were burned in the east I'm
derwood & Viles orchard on three
different nights. Two nights, with
temperature of % degrees on the out
side, temperature of "a degrees at
the ground was maintained in the
heated area. On the other night, with
temperature of "a degrees outside,
the temperature in the heated area
could be raised no higher than 20 de-
grees. This was because a poorer oil
| was used.
Our work has demonstrated" w
H. Underwood, one of the owners of
the orchard said, chat had the
smudges not been used at the time of
the three freezes, all the buds out at
that time would certainly have been
killed. The oil burners are a sue
cess"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-04-23
KANSAS TOPICS
Would Brand Tested Cows.

Topeka.-State Live Stock Commits
sioner Mercer is devising a practical
plan for wiping out tuberculosis in
dairy herds in Kansas He was given
$4,000 by the last legislature to make
a campaign against tuberculosis, but
says his department must have some
additional legislation before the dis
ease can be fought successfully.
"As it now is we are simply testing
herds here and there said he. I'VE
have not enough funds to make a sys-
tematic fight. Furthermore, it will
take some new legislation. After we
clean up the dairy herds in a county
we have no way of keeping them
clean, because new cattle are being
brought in. My proposed plan is to
have the legislature authorize this de-
partment to make all the tests in all
counties of the state the same month
and then mark or brand every COW
that has been tested. After that re-
quire every COW that doesn't bear such
a mark or brand to be tested before
she can be moved from one county to
another, or from another state into
some county in Kansas. That would
enable the department to eradicate the
disease and keep dairy herds free from
disease.
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kansans Take to insurance.

Topeka.-Kansans are preparing tC
carry their own insurance, both fire
and life. New insurance companies
are springing up everywhere. They
are organized by Kansas men, financed
by Kansas men and expect to do their
business chiefly with Kansas men, for
the present at least.
When farmers and business men OF
the state began to make more money
than they could use in the ordinary
business channels they looked around
to see how they could probably invest
the surplus. They investigated all
sorts of propositions and the two that
seemed best was the building of rail.
roads and the establishment of insur-
ance companies. Three different rail.
roads are being constructed ia Kansas
by money furnished by farmers. Rec.
ords in the insurance department
showed that the people of the Sun
flower state sent from $2,000,000 to
$4,000 900 annually to eastern insur-
ance companies, fire and life. Under
normal conditions there is handsome
profit in the insurance business, GO
the movement to organize home com
panies has become almost a fad.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-04-23
COAT OF ICE RUINS
BLUE GRASS LAWNS
SEVERE LOSS TO THE PEOPLE OF
KANSAS.
pandeIions sprout Around the State
House Where Kentucky Blades
Formerly Pleased the Eye.

Topeka-Blue grass lawns in near
~ every Kansas town were practically
ruined by the severe winter. The
coat of ice that laid on the ground for
six straight weeks did the work. And
the numerous towns which were al
ways a Joy and beauty in the spring
time on account of their beautiful blue
grass lawns, now look like mining
camps on the frontier.
ct is impossible to estimate the
damage to the lawns by the ice," said
an official of the agricultural depart
ment. at cannot be figured in dol
lars and cents But l will venture the
assertion that all the people whose
lawns were ruined, combined, would
rather have lost $1,000,000. But, as I
said, the damage can't be measured
because sentiment around the home
adds much to the value of a fine
lawn
The forty acre lawn surrounding the
state house looks like a ragged mea-
dow in the country after a hard win
ter. The ice coat smothered out the
blue grass in many places and the
ground is barren Where the grass
was not entirely killed it came in so
weakly that the dandelions smothered
It out
There are enough dandelions on the
state house grounds right now to fur
nish greens to all the negroes of
Kansas for month. And what is
true there is also true on most of the
ragged lawns of Topeka.
Dandelions are not combining their
operations to Topeka alone. Several
other cities in Eastern and Central
Kansas are complaining. An enter
prising merchant at Newton this week
offered the school children ten cents
q bushel for all the dandelions they
would gather on a certain day. The
children got busy, usually on their
own lawns. When night came the
merchant had paid out $50 for dande-
lions The children had gathered 500
bushels. The people of the town met a
night or two after and made bonfire
of the 600 bushels of dandelions. Re-
ports from Newton are to the effect
that the dandelions are nearly as thick
there as they were before the school
children made their raid.
It will take vast sum of money to
put Kansas lawns back in shape. One
farmer near Topeka is selling his blue
grass sod to the people of the town
at the rate of $500 an acre.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-04-23

Relic hunters have been breaking
into the church where President Taft
worships in Washington. During the
past year it has been twice necessary
to rebuild the presidents pew, and it
is no longer safe to leave the hymn
books in, the rack or the cushion
on the seat after the chief executive
has attended services. says Chicago
Record Herald. So many books and
cushions have been carried away that
officials of the church now take every
thing that is movable from the pew as
soon as the president finishes his de-
votions. Cannot something be done to
lessen the hardship that is thus put
upon the relic hunters? Why not fur
nish a plank for the president to sit
on when he goes to church, and then
leave it for the relic hunters to white
up and divide among themselves?
BY having it made of some kind of
soft wood the comfort of the presi-
dent and the convenience of the relic
hunters would both be provided for.
We are great people and ought to
be able somehow to keep our relic
hunters from feeling that they are be-
ing deprived Of their rights.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-04-23

News of grim, red-handed war comes
to US from New Orleans, where the re-
tail grocers, backed, we suppose. by
the moral influence of the druggists,
the marketmen. ETC.. are about to ap-
peal to the legislature for law pro-
hibiting lagnappe and making its
practice a misdemeanor. says New
York Sun. Lagnappe is a picturesque
survival. the bestowal upon small pur-
chasers of trivial donations. regulated
by the size of the transaction, of gum
drops. candy, and the like. They have
tried to fight it by combination and
mutual agreement, but have failed.
Some of them would not tote fair"
The institution is more than a hundred
years old. and it dies hard. so after
the modern fashion of running to the
government on every trivial provoca-
ton. the grocers are about to ask the
legislature to protect them against a
custom of a century and a half's stand
ing, of inconsiderable Importance in it.
self and so easily ''evened up" in prac-
tice as to make it negligible.