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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
WHERE ROBE WOULD COUNT
Under Friendly Cover Preacher Might
Safely Proceed to Split His
lnfinitiVes.

81 tried to get a chance to speak to
you at church Sunday" said Mrs. Old
castle, "but the crush was so great
that couldn't push through to where
you were" Yes, wasn't it awful?" re-
piled her hostess, as she fiecked a bit
of dust from the Gobelin tapestry. "An
the common folks in town seem to
want to crowd into our church lately
It's too bad they amt satisfied to stay
where they baong How did you like
the sermon?" well, as a sermon it
was fairly good, but do wish Doctor
Goodman would quit splitting his in
finitives. 1 try not to let it make me
nervous, but 1 can't keep from being
shocked every time he does it, 81
never let them kind of things bother
me, but that's where the Episcopals
have the advantage of us. If our
preacher would wear a long robe he
could split them and we would never
notice it."-Kansas City Star.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
To EquaIize Farm Values.

The state tax commission now has
authentic information to guide it in
the equalization of farm values this
year. Recently it secured an abstract
from each county in the state, showing
the selling price of every farm that
has changed hands in the past year.
These abstracts have been compiled
and an average struck.
The average shows that farm lands
last year were assessed at about rs
per cent of the selling value. If the
selling price alone governed in get
ting at the true cash value of the
lands, than last years assessment
would have to be lifted SO per cent to
conform with the new tax law.
But the selling price doesn't gov
ern entirely" said Chairman Howe of
the state tax commission. cit is only
one factor in reaching true cash
values. For instance of some person
wants a particular farm for specific
reason he will pay more for it than it
is really worth. And there are thou
sands of such sales in Kansas every
year. One farmer will want an eighty
acre tract to round out his ranch and
will pay big money for it. Nobody
else would pay anywhere near as
much. That sale to him doesn't repre-
sent the true cash value. Another
man, or sentimental reasons, may
want to buy the old home farm on
which he was born.
This statement by Chairman Howe
means, of course, that there will be no
general lift of farm values SO per cent
The increase in farm assessment
practically will be about the same as
the increase in the assessment of
other forms of property
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

Embarrassing situations are bound
to grow out of the common use of
wireless telegraphy, and the sooner
international regulation is established
the better it will be for all concerned.
When the Italian steamer, Duca d.
Aosta, was at sea on her recent trip
her operator picked up" a dispatch
warning one of her passengers to be-
ware of arrest in Sicily. This made
the captain suspicious and he sent an
aerogram to the chief of police at
Naples, who is now trying to discover
what it all means. There may have
been sound reasons for this display of
interest in this particular case, but the
incident shows how easily a practical
joker could bring down serious trouble
upon the head of an innocent sea voy-
ager.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
CLUB TO PROMOTE HAPPINESS.

All clubs exist to make people COM
Portable and happy-they can have
no other raison d'etre-but London
has a new club which specializes in
happiness. so to speak, says Chica-
go Reeord-Herald. None but the
happy can belong to it; none but those
who seek happiness will be permitted
to have a good cry" in order to real
ize happiness. The idea of such a
club, it seems, was suggested by the
splendid success of Maeterlinck's
charming and beautiful poem-play.
1.-THE Blue Bird" This is a delicious
fantasy for children and adults alike,
and 1t teaches the truth that happi-
ness lies near at hand, in ones home
and immediate surroundings, rather
than in distant unrealizable plans and
ambitions. Those who deliberately and
assiduously seek happiness fail to find
1t, or find it only when, after many dis
appointments and shattered illusions,
they return home-apparently empty
handed. 1t may seem at first that the
moral of Maeterlinck's play bars the
seeking of happiness in club as we'll
as in any other external. material
thing, but we must not be too logical
and too pedantic. There is no reason
why people with the genius for happi-
ness should not flock together and af-
ford an example to those of us who
worry and fret and take life too
tragically or business too gloomily.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
Hits County Clerks.

Reports from the sparsely settled
counties of the state indicate that the
amended tax law will work a hardship
Cn forty-nine county clerks and ham
per the transaction of county business.
"The law will make me a one term
er," writes a county clerk from Ole u
the small counties, and I presume
there are forty-eight other county
clerks in the same boat. Aside from
the blow to the clerks personally it is
bad for the public, because a county
clerk doesn't become useful until he
has had at least one term. 1t takes
that long to get on to the work.
The amendment that threatens to
make one termers of so many clerks
provides that clerks in all counties
having less than $4,000 population
shall be ex-officio county assessors
There are forty-nine counties in the
state with less than $4,000 people. The
one term explanation lies in a state
ment by member of the tax con-
mission that no assessor can do his
duty and remain popular with tax
payers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

This being the centennial year of
the independence of various South
American republics, the people of the
United States will have ample oppor-
tunity for demonstrating sympathy
and goodwill. Chile has invited our
government to participate in a cele-
bration to be held next September,
and the authorities at Washington
have accepted. A division of the Pa
cific fleet, including several of the
finest ships of the navy will rendezvous
on the Chilean coast and will take
cart in the display on the occasion. AS
arrangements have already been
made to have our government repre-
scented at a similar observance in
Argentina to take place earlier. the
United States delegation may go to
Chile to give further proof of interest
in the later demonstration. All these
exercises are full of promise as tend
ing to strengthen the good relations
between the United States and the
Latin-American nations.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
Was Takino Mo Chances.

Once upon a time a fond mother
disapproved of her daughter marrying.
This was the more awkward because
the young lady had picked the young
man out. Also he had wealth. And
the mother, who was widowed, had
not the wherewithal to furnish her
daughter with the variety Of frocks
and things which her youthful heart
craved. 'T might not object to the
man so much" said the mother one
evening, IF you would only let me
see him. But here is a man whom
have never set eyes on, and yet one
whom you insist on taking for a hus-
band. l don't understand such Sc
crecy!" The daughter replied: ''If
l ever introduced him you'd insist on
marrying him yourself
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
Gentlemen Two.

Two street cleaning department
men were having an alteration as
they were driving their carts side by
side along upper Broadway the other
afternoon One was red-faced and
buIbous-nosed, the typical 'rummy.
The other was an adder-headed negro.
Both looked utterly disreputable.
Get out O. my way!" yelled the red
faced man. Don't cher know enough
to get outer der way when you see a
gentleman
I'm more of a gem'men than you.
you big rum" retorted the negro
''Youau drives a garbage cart, an
only picks up ashes New York
Press
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
Bees as Weather Prophets.

1t is undeniable that animals have
a sort of prescience of coming wealth
er. Nature has evidently provided
them with special nerves that are af.
fected by changes in the weight and
moisture of the atmosphere, to which
all storms are due. Those little crea-
lures, the bees, are peculiarly accu-
rate weather harbingers, but how far
ahead the bee may be able to look is
an open question.
A keen observer, by looking at them
in the early morning, during the work
ing season, will soon be able to form
an opinion as to what the day will be,
and that almost to certainty, for they
will sometimes appear sluggish and in
active, although the morning is very
bright and showing every appearance
OF clear day, but the sun soon be-
comes clouded, and rain follows.
And again. the morning may be dull
and cloudy. and sometimes rain may
be falling; still the bees may be OBJ
served going out in considerable mum.
bers. and as sure as this is seen he
day becomes bright and fair
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

In spite of everything, some Ameri-
cans can manage to save something.
William Hanhart, secretary of the Saw
ings Bank Section of the American
Bankers association, has made public
a compilation from reports of the ma
tional monetary commission, showing
that the average deposit in American
savings banks is almost four times as
great as the average for Europe, Asia,
Africa, Oceanica, Canada, etc, and
that the average deposit per capita
is almost four times greater in the
United States than in the other por-
tions of the world mentioned. The
statistics place the total savings de-
posits in the world at $15,3S9, 672, OLA,
and of this enormous sum $5,67S, 1885,
379 belongs to prudent and thrifty
Americans.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
Kansas Gets the Decision.

The United States circuit court Of
appeals at st. Paul, Mimi, affirmed
the order of the circuit court of the
district of Kansas dismissing the ac-
ton brought by the Western Union
Telegraph company, to restrain the
state tax commission of Kansas from
proceeding with its assessment of the
property of the Western Union in Kan
sas at over three million dollars.
The Western Union reported the
value of its property in Kansas at a
little over eight hundred thousand dol
lars and claimed that the assessment
of the state tax commission was unjust
and arbitrary.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
Baby kidnapping Case Set.

Officers have been busy serving pa
pers in the famous incubator baby
kidnapping cases which are set for
May at Holton. Half a hundred wit
two cases, which consist of the case
against Mrs. Barclay and the case
against Tillotson. The case was TAX
en- to Jackson county on a change of
venue because it was charged that
newspaper articles had prejudiced the
minds of persons in this city who were
likely to be chosen as jurors.
The incubator baby was taken from
the home of the alleged real mother
in this city last August after Clarence
Bellknap had been Rocked down and a
woman badly frightened. The child
was taken in autos and buggies into
Kansas City where the kidnapping
party was captured and later brought
to Topeka.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
Contract Prison Labor Abolished.

The absolute abolition of the con-
tract labor system at the Kansas state
penitentiary will date from Saturday,
April 80, when the contract held by an
overall manufacturer expired After
that date prison labor will not be hired
to private manufacturers, but the con-
Wet will be employed directly by the
state in digging coal and making bind
ing Irvine and brick. The industries
that will be carried on by the state
at the penitentiary will not conflict
with manufacturers in the state.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

Howard girl who was uncertain as
to her exact age, as her father and
mother were not agreed on the year
of her birth, decided to go to the ply
stefan who ATTENDED the case" He
said: why, certainly, my dear girl,
I'll go and examine my old books. :"
When he came back to report, he
said: 81 find your father charged
with a girl baby born on the 'steenth
day of April, 1879. and 1 also observe
he still owes me for you."-Howard
(Kan.) Courier.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

$500 600 to Send Youths to America.
Lord Mountstephen's generous de-
clsion to allot a sum of about three
hundred thousand dollars for emf
Erating young children to Canada, and
devote the income resulting to that
purpose. is likely to have important
results in empire building.
His lordship has selected Doctor
Barnardo's homes as the mediums by
which his scheme shall be put into
execution, and 1t is his earnest desire
to send the young emigrants at the
earliest possible age at which they are
At, in order that they may grow up in
a new country strengthened by the
larger hope of sturdiness and indie
pendence.
Mr.. Baker, the present head Of Doc
tor Barnardo's homes, explained that
the income from Lord Mountstephen's
trust would amount to nearly fifteen
! thousand dollars a year. and this
would enable the homes to send out
an additional 800 children annually
The whole of the income would be
spent on emigration pure and simple
none of 1t going to establish charges
either in England or Canada
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
crumbine in Washington.

DR.. J. S. Crumbine, secretary of the
state board Of health, is in Washing
ton, where he will spend the next few
weeks in attendance at several nation
al conventions The state boards of
health of the country viii meet in the
capital city and the doctor viii repre-
sent Kansas at this conference. He
Is also member Of the national COM
mtttee on Pharmaceutical rules which
holds its annual meeting in Washing
ton next week.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
A TRAIN LOAD OF TOBACCO.

TWenty-four Carloads Purchased for
Lewis Single Binder Cigar
Factory.
What is probably the biggest lot of
all fancy grade tobacco held by any
factory in the United States has just
been purchased by Frank p. Lewis, of
Peoria, for the manufacture of Lewis
Single Binder Cigars. The lot will
make twenty-four carloads, and is Sc
lected from what is considered by ex-
perts to be the finest crop raised in
many years. The purchase of tobacco
is suf1 to last the factory more
than two years. An extra price was
paid for the selection. Smokers of
Lewis Single Binder Cigars will appre-
ciate this tobacco.
-PeDriG Star, January Is, 1909.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
OF Another Feather.

Did you folks want any aigs to-
day?" called the grocery boy from
the back steps.
YES" answered the cook who was
busy kneading dough. Just lay 'em
under the refrigerator"
81 amt Hen; I'm the other boy"
shouted the lad from the grocery
Chicago Post.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. they cannot reach the dis
eased portion of the There is only way to
deafness. and that by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by infiamed condition OF the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube inhamed you have rumbling sound i'm
perfect hearing and when it is entirely closed Deaf
the result and unless the Inflammation be
and this tube restored to its normal cond
tion hearing Will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten caused by Catarrh, which Is nothing
but nfiamed condition of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any OF
Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo Q.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
An Improvement.

YES" said the man with the shaggy
eyebrows, I'VE have a photograph.
We've got several Italian grand opera
records, and last week l discovered a
way to make their reproduction abso-
lutely perfect"
''Indeed?" asks the man with the
purple nose What is it?'
Il rub a little garlic on the record
before it is played"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
Her WAY.

suggested her father, they would
not come united"
Il know it," replied she, "and if they
did not come united l could not ask
person whom l have in mind to tie
them"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

That $500" clerk who wrote to
Secretary MacVeagh that he had saved
the government two cents in ink
by not dotting his is or crossing his
It's spoiled all his economy by writing
an unnecessary and foolish letter.
thereby using up ink that might have
been saved.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
His Last,

Poets Wife-My husband read this
poem at public celebration before
thousands of people. Alas! it was the
last poem he ever wrote.
Publisher see. Did they lynch him
or shoot him ?-Leslie's Weekly.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
All Tired Out.

Do you feel dull, occasonaIly-out of
sorts? Headaches and Dizziness? The
fault is either with your stomach or your
liver The safe, sure and easy way to get
rid of either trouble is to take NATURES
REMEDY. Take an Mr. Tablet to night
it will sweeten the stomach and regulate
the liver. kidneys and bowels. Easy-sure
to act. Get 25c Box. The a. H. Lewis
Medicine Co, st. Louis, Mo.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

So the ''sub-conscious SELF is to en-
ter into litigation arising from marital
infelicities? How far-reaching the
psychological implications of life to-
day are.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
PERMANENTLY CURED.
No Kidney Trouble in Three Years.
Mrs. Catharine Kautz, 322 Center
ST., Findlay, O., says: -Four years ago

l became afflicted
with kidney trouble,
and rapidly ran
down in health. I
suffered from back
ache and other kid
ney disorders and
was languid and
weak. 1 doctored
and used different
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

remedies but became no better. DOan's
Kidney Pills cured me and for three
years I have been free from kidney
trouble"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

A fire has just been put out after
it had burned for fifty wears and con-
sumed $4,000, OOO.O 0N worth of good
hard coal. 1t will take the consumers
a long time to get it paid for.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
S T a T E
CAPITAL
l 7 F NJ s
Topeka. Kansas
$4,000 Due Kansas.

There is $4,000 due the state from
estates of persons who have died dur
ing the past year This money is due
under the tax inheritance law of the
last legislature and covers 1000 sep
arate estates. The money has not all
been paid in to the state treasurer, but
the amounts have been certified out
and will be paid when the estates are
settled up.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

A Long Island surrogate has de-
cided that a gentleman may get drunk
at least three times year. But what
some of them would like to know is
how many times may a gentleman get
drunk and still be a gentleman.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

The supply of George Washington
anecdotes is rather meager owing to
the fact that he lived in a time of
very limited magazine enterprise.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

We are not in this world to do what
we wish-but to be willing to do that
which it is our duty to do-Charles
Gounod.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
Where Il Was.

What are you crying about?"
He throwed a stone an hit me
lunch."
Did he knock it out of your hands?'
ut wasn't in me hand, it was in me
stummicki"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

1t begins to look now as though
more people will try to raise chickens
than sweet peas in. their back yards
this summer.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

Constipation causes many serious diseases. 1t
is thoroughly cured by Doctor Pierce'S Pleasant
Pellets. One laxative, three for cathartic
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

Some of our first impressions were
made by mothers slipper
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

Only less CHASTITY than the horror IT.
self are the.excuses that come after it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

An effort to shock Chicago with
barefoot dancing failed. Chicago was
the home of the original Midway
plaIsance.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

taker when a man is buried in OBJ
livion.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
TO CANADA

Many a young man is willing to
marry an heiress in spite of it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

DON'T SPOIL YOUR CLOTHES.
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and keep them
white as snow. All grocers, DC package.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
An Enterprisinu AGE.

What are you aff1xing to these park
benches?"
1--WE have the opera glass privilege.
Drop in a nickel and see the comet
Kansas City Journal.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

Some people have spring fever all
the year round.-Atchisop Globe
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
huff Said.

"How did Jones get those two black
eyes?"
Hunting accident
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

And Practise it.
Learn wisdom from the foIliee Of
others
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07
A Statesman.

The Chinese wall was finished
81 do all my fence mending at one
lick" announced the emperor.
Thus he proved himself a statesman
instead of a politician.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-05-07

'He was hunting trouble and 1 hap
pened to meet him. '-Cleveland
Leader.
Gilpin observer., 1910-04-07
In Demand,

"An infant in Pullman car set up
loud wall, and would not be COM
forted," narrates a high railroad Of
fetal, "and l came forward and told
the young mother that l had helped
to raise five, and that l thought l
could secure quietus. l put the little
tum tum across my knees, and with a
gentle jogging achieved beautiful re-
suits.
Instead of giving me the credit I
deserved, some drummers in the car
showed stern disapproval of my but.
ting in
AT 2 a. m, the baby woke up and
stayed awake, and kept every one else
in the car awake. Finally gruff
voice asked:
Where's that fool that put it to
sleep this afternoon, wonder?'"
Gilpin observer., 1910-04-07
Farmers should eat more oatmeal.

Although the farmer of today is able
to buy almost anything he wants to
wear or eat he isn't paying enough
attention to food values when 1t comes
to his own table.
He feeds his stock carefully, avoids
oyer-feeding and selects the stock food
that he believes will give the best re-
turns in strength and general efficiency.
II he has been watching the extern
sive researches and experiments on
the question Of the best human food
for muscle and brain he will heed the
advice from all sides to "eat more
Quaker Oats"
Quaker Oats is mentioned because
1t is recognized in this country and
Europe as the best of all oatmeals.
Feeding farm hands on Quaker Oats
means getting more work out of them
than if you feed them on anything
else. 81