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scALPina.
lnliaa Tslditiea That Tells tie Origin
~ the c0stess.

lnlIaa 1sldNisa That Tells Ire Origin
u the Custom.
According b the Indian tradition.
aealping arose In this wise:
Hundreds, perhaps Thousands Of
years ago, when all the Indians in the
world were Of one tribe and under one
chief, there arose q dispute In the tribe
~ to who should succeed the old chief.
who had Just died without issue. There
wers two principal aspirants 10 the
honor, each having 4 considerable fol-
lowing. The dispute finally ended
with strife and war, and for the nrst
time In the history was ''brothers'
blood shed BY brothers,"
The chief Of one Of the factions had
beautiful daughter. and one OF the
bravest warriors was sutton for her
hand. Her father consented to tho
match on one condition-that tbs
young brave should journey to the
camp Of the enemy, many miles away
through the deep snow, kill the chief.
hio rival. and return with some unmis.
taxable token Of his death. In spite
Of the snow and the distance. the
young man Immediately ret ont on his
journey and. after lying In ambush
for several days. finally entered the
camp, boldly attacked the chief In his
tent, slew him and cut OF his head.
Next morning the murder was dis
covered. and the tribe set OF In hot
pursuit. Little BY little they gained
upon the fleeing warrior. who In his
anxiety to elude his pursuers cast
away all his impediments, to his very
clothing. retaining only his stone knife
and the trophy which was to win hin,
his bride.
His pursuers gained rapidly until
finally 70 near did they come he could
hear them on his trail. His grewsome
burden grew heavier and heavier. and
a. a last resort he whipped out his
knife. stripped the scalp from the head
Of the dead man and, thus lightened
of his load, reached his own camp In
safety, presented to his chief the token
of his prowess and was wed. amid
yreat rejoicing. to the damsel Of his
choice.
From thenceforth he was permitted
to wear an eagles feather In his cap.
and to this day the eagles feather re-
mains the sigu Of the successful war
rior. the number he displays depending
upon the number Of scalps he has tax
en.-Chicago Record Herald.
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THE PLAYFUL poapoisE.
A sssrtlvs Ysunssase Thet HsA Pun
with Metsr Best.

A spsrtlvs Ysunsstse Thet tsA Pun
with Mstsr 0sst.
writing Of q motor boat trip % tia
Black sea. Henry Q. Rowland II Ap-
pleton's tells Of the playfulusss Of the
porpoise:
THAT evening was lovely one, the
air Of q delightful temperature. very
clear. and the sen like mill pond. A
big school OF porp0ises came over to
play with the boat. and the water was
20 sparklingly clear and Of such
CLASSY surface that We wsrs able to
follow all their movements evsn when
they plunged to thels fullest dspth
They had not the slightest fear Of the
noise Of the motor. but swam danger
ously close to the propeller aud fire.
quently rubbed themselves against the
sides Of the boat.
"Ons sportivs youngster kept getting
across the stem. For almost an hour
l lay on my face forward. with my
head over the bow. watching him. He
was playful AZ . puppy and at last
invented q little game Of his own. Ly-
Ing across the stem, be would let the
curve Of the bow roll him over and
over. presently disappearing to swim
back and repeat the performance.
hive watched porpoises In many wa
tiers Of the globe, but have never seen
any A. kittenish ~ these" Ee
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Three s.ssa.hs Each Week In r.nsi.,

Three sabsaths Zach Week In Tansisr.
Morocco il a country Of many Sab
baths. The first three days spent in
Tangier were all sabbaths. Arriving
on Thursday night. the next day was
Friday. the Mohammedan Sabbath.
which was followed by the Jewish
Sabbath-the Hebrew element in Tan
gier IL considerable and strict In re-
ligious observance-and that In turn
BY the Christian Sunday. Subsequent
comparison, however. revealed little
difference between any days OF the
week. On the Mohammedan Sabbath
q black dag Is holsted on the minarets
at the prayer Of dawn, instead Of the
white nag that announces the time Of
devotions on other days. It remains
up until the middle Of the forenoon,
BY. which time everybody IL supposed
to have found out what day It is
New York Post.
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settled II Themselves.

In western China European travellers
recently found a simple method of
settling disputes. One Of them writes:
while we called the midday halt ut
TAchade, we asked the villagers con-
eefning some new graves which we
noticed in field close BY. They an
swered, Our head man and two others
were killed three months ago in feud
with village higher up the hills Is
II settled nowT Yes Did you re-
port the matter to Laowor NO.
what would have been the use1 We
Just settled the matter ourselvss.'
'Howf 'oh. we killed eight Of the
ether party"
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ph.nsm.ns 81 H.r.d,ty.

Il II one of the phenomena Of hered.
ity that a boy wants to be what his
father was-if . shoemaker, then 4
shoemaker; II an ironworker. then an
ironworker; II an artisan of any line.
then an artisan in that line-and the
father and mother who have come to
hate the smell Of leather or the crime
Of the smithy, the oil waste Of the ma
chine or the sweat Of downright hard
work cajole or coerce that boy into
something that IL genteelly dull or
respectfully stupid and kill the germ
that would have produced the manu-
facturer. the mechanical engineer or
the capitalist Philadelphia Telegraph.
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A Lseem olives Drs.thlns.

The "breathing" Of a locomotive
that Is to say. the number Of puffs
given during a journey-depends upon
the circumstances of Its driving
wheels and their speed. No mat.
ter what the rate of speed may
be. for every one round of the driving
wheels a locomotive will give four
pufs-two out of each cylinder. the
cylinders being double. II the av-
erage circumference Of the driving
wheel is twenty feet and the speed per
hour ffty miles. a locomotive will
give. going at express speed, $50 puffs
per minute. $500 puts per hour and
1865 puts per miie.-London Stand
ard.
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ptoHo0 uW0W OoSh WoyA
The Preach comedian Psrise was -.
tsaordinarily thin. 4 physician recon-.
nended him to try s0uns bath IN The
Pyreness. 20 hs betook hlmself to the
mineral spsing1. where b. .bathed IN.
rsmittingly. but all In vain; be did mot
increase In sixaL "Patiencs.~ urged the
doctor. There IL nothing like our
baths for making people fat" One
day while FERRET was waiting philo-
sophIcally In bis bath for an smbon-
point which never came be beard q
conversation In the next room. from
which bis own was divided BY only q
thin partition and which was occu-
pied BY an enormous woman. tat - the
Hottentot vsnua. Doctor" said she.
II am getting ured Of this." -Why7"
asked tho Aeaculapius. Il have beeu
here two months" -Weilf" "wsll. l
am - enormous ~ was when I
came" "A little patience. madame"
urged the doctor. There b nothing
like our baths for making people thin"
Periet. bearing these words. sprang out
Of his bath. dressed. rushed home to
bis hotel. ordered his bill and left for
Paris by the next train.-Argonaut
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Then sh. Mlss.d II.

Wiggs-PO0r old soul! She doesn't
believe AZ much In the eflicacy Of pray
er as she did. Waggs-You surprise
me. She has always been 20 extrems-
" religious. Wiggs-Yes, but the 9TH
er day she got ready to 60 into the
city. and then she discovered that she
had only ten minutes In which to
catch the train SO she kneit down b.
fore she started and for I'VE minutes
prayed fervently that she might catch
it.-Catholic Standard and Timea
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GENESIS OF FEAR.

Gray Cells Of Our Brains Stamped
q With Ancient Tsrrsrs.
The average man would sooner face
4 200 pound human. antagonist than =
Afty pound dog which hs could choke
70 death in three minutes. I have seen
. charging ram scatter half 4 dosen
men. any one Of whom could have
mastered the brute In Q moment, and
not one Of whom was In ordinary mat
ters a coward. There are instances on
record Of men who with their bare
hands have held and baf1ed an ugly
bull. but 1t was only the pressure Of
grim necessity that taught them their
powers. Put a man against an animal
md the man looks around for weap-
ems or support, whether he needs them
q not. There was time when he did.
For man, today the most lordly Of
animals, was once well nigh the most
humble Of them all. He has come up
cut Of state in which fear was the
normal condition Of existence-fear Of
Violence. Of the dark that gave oppor-
tunity for violence. fear Of falling, Of
animals, Of being alone. And into the
plastic gray cells Of our brains are
stamped these ancient terrors, liv.
hg record Of the upward climb Of
man.
The baby shows this record most
clearly. In him the prints Of heredity
are not yet overlaid by the tracks Of
use and custom, and therefore In him
We may most easily read our past his
tory. He IL our ancestor a. truly a.
be is our reincarnation. and his every
shrinking gesture and frightened cry
are chronicles of the younger world,
tales Of the age Of fear.
They tell Of the days when man was
not the master of the earth nor even
Q highly considered citizen of the
same. but runaway subject Of the
neat eating monarchs, whose scepter
was tooth and claw, q humble plebeian
= the presence Of the horned and
Aoofed aristocrats Of woods and fields.
They speak Of the nights when our
hairy slres crouched In the forks Of
trees and whimpered softly at the
dark = whimpered because the dark
Aeld 10 many enemies, whimpered
seftly lest those enemies should hear.
--dAppincott's.
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:~Ny dear" said the banker to his
olly daughter. II have noticed a young
I'm attired In dress suit in the
1awing room two or three evenings
s3ch week Of late. What In his occu-
pationr
he u at present unemployed, IN.
tier" replied the fair girl, n dreamy,
Araway look in her big blue eyes. but
= b thinking seriously sf accepting q
usitiou Of life companion to young
M1y Of means"
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The Word ~ch.rIa.an."

'Charlatan." says writer In the
London Chronicle, "is companion to
'Quack' in our vocabulary. and Of this
word the origin 10 certainly Italian
It h 'ciarlatano.' merely a chatterer.
and describes the travelling doctor In
his cart who used to offer In an over
whelming torrent Of talk his plus to
villagers in the market place. He was
dentist As well as physician and
wrenched out the tooth in public. The
gsnus h not yet entirely extinct"
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Ensland's prsttisst Villages.

After very careful survey We ven.
ture to write down the names OF the
six English villages that We consider
the prettiest in the land 70 far ~ our
own opinion and wide experience are
concerned. The choice il made Impair
TALLY and with full knowledge and due
recognition Of the claims Of each to III
high place. Here are the six: Bon
church. Isle Of Wight; Clovelly. Dsvon-
shire: Witchampton. Dorset; Sonning,
Oxfordshire; shere. Surrey. and Chap
ham, Yorkshire.-London Strand Naga.
zine.
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The Apois Of pisesrS,

At the marriage Of Thetis and Pc
lsus, where all the gods and goddesses
mst together. Discord threw on the t.
be golden apple" for ''the most
beautiful" Juno. Minerva and Venus
put In their separate claims and. not
being able to settle the point, referred
The matter to Paris. who gave judg-
Ment to Venus. This brought ON him
tie vengeance Of Juno and Minerva.
b whose SKIN h attributed the fail Of
Troy.
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Dollar Fish.

"Have you any dollar fish herer a
woman asked Of one Of the attendants
At the aquarium.
While the question may seem curl
Gus. It was really very simple. for the
dollar fsh IL only q young moonfish.
The moonfish Is 4 curious but beau
tiful creature, almost round in shape
and extremely thin and having the
loveilest Of pearly sides. It swims on
edge. 10 that It always presents it,
sides Of pearl to view. 1t t::,:cs it,
name from lii shape and because.
further. in color It suggests the siivery
moon.
Young moonash Of the size Of a
standard silver dollar-and they are
scarcely any thicker-are called dollar
fishes because Of their resemblance to
that coin In size and shape and color,
and the woman making the inquiry
about dollar fishes was duly Informed
that there was none in the tanks at
the present time, but that they did
have them occasionally. New York
Sun.
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Nellie apologixed for the action Of
her new baby sister by saying. "Yca
zee. she hasn't got any sense yet" Her
mother objected to such an idea, and
Nellie replied. "Oh. Of course she's ee<
sense, but 1t isn't working yet"-De-
lineAtof.
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Strange Guest-i don't know bali the
people 10 the room. Just look at that
woman over there-ths cross eyed. red
headed one. And some one told me
she was married. Don't you think the
fellow was fool? Other Guest (meek-
ly,-i know he was. I'm him.-Balti-
more American.
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Accomplished.
"She's got 4 future"
"Can she actf'
''No, but she can work her eyes he..
Ter than any lady in the busirsss, and
n for wearing swe.. clOthes-gee she
couldn't do better II she was twinsr"
Life
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Suitable Game.

Uncle Jack came 10 visit the family
Just after Johnny had recovered from
an attnck OF the whooping cough.
How did you amuse yourself while
you bad itT' be asked.
'Me and another boy who had Il
played Indians and gave warwhoops,"
answered the little ow.-Chicaso
News.
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Wife treproachfuilyp = You forget
how you once breathed your love In
my ear aid promised that my every
wish should be gratified. Hub-NO. !
don't. hut ! wish now ID followed tho
hyEtenH rule Of keeping NY noutt
shut while breathing. = BOSTON Tran
script.
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A Word Breaker.
"Flne looking old gentleman"
Eyes, but he was never known 10
give 4 man his word that he did not
break It,"
"Dishonest. ehf"
"Nope: he stutters. Houston Post.
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In writing 4 sketch Of Washington
Q pupil ended her essay BY saying,
Washington married famous belle,
Martha Custis. and in due time BE-
came the Father Of His Country."-
DellneAtoe.
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Plenty IN Hoeoe~o.
A man who had Ueen fighting got
two black eyes. Next morning be met
d friend. who exclaimed:
~Why. Jack. where have you been1
You've got Two black eyesr'
.'That's nothing" be replied. 81
sould have got plenty more. only bad
NO place to put them" ~
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Kind words are benedictions. They
ere not only instruments Of power, bot
Of benevolcnce and courtesy. biessings
both to the speaker and bearer q
them.-FredssSck OaundesU.
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Long-They say. you know. that pso-
pie can be killed BY kindness. Strong
lis that why you are 20 attentive 70
your wtfe's motbsr9- Boston Tras-
script.
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Dignity and Ignorance.
80 you have decided to call In an,
other doctorr'
II have" was the reply. 1.-THE alb
surdity Of the man prescribing lipseed
tea and mustard plasters for people os
our positioHw
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n have written \ book that every
body ought to read" said the author.
r am afraid It won't do" answered
IL publfsher. what the public seems
- want now b . book that nobody
sa8At 10 rsAA.~-Washlngtos Star.
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Magistrate-If ! remember rightly.
this 10 not your drst appearance b
court. Prisoner-No. your honor; bat
I hope you don't judge BY Appearances.
-Harper's Weekly.
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0iIIisnda

Diilisrds.
--Have you heard The billiard conun
drum? Well. here II b:
"'What made the red ball blushr
"'Why. when II saw the two whites
kiss 10 the corner"
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Very CAREFUL.

Indulgent Uncle-Jack. are you care
full about your personal expenses thess
days? Jack-Yes. sir. I manage. with
some effort. to make them balance my
income to the exact cent. - Chicago
Tribune
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rhst Gus IL certainly a nifty dress-
q He has q suit Of clothes for every
- IN the week.
NWhy. he has the sams suit on evesy
time I zee hfmr'
Yep; that's ~ oos. "-Clsveland
LsaAee.
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The world doesn't really grow wosss
svery time you need mediums. CALVES.
ton NewA
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There u but one virtue-the eternal
sacrifice Of self.-Geoege Sand
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

Get a Chautauqua season ticket
early and then begin to talk Chautau-
qua
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The ChautauQua keeps people home.
and in that it eenters community
growth.
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A penny newspapers is, a penny
Chautauqua. Botb4nstruct and enl err
tain
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an abundance OF latent energy In hot
weather.
A Chautauqua program without a
band would be about as weak thing
as a glass Of ginger ale with all the
ginge- and pep" out of it. It would
| be q dismal failure from both the pa
irons and the committees standpoint.
It wouldn't sa isfy. and it wouldn't
pay well.
So Of all the music on the Chautau-
qua here this summer the feature viii
be Ferrante's Royal Italian Guards
band, and it's the largest and finest
band that a strong Chautauqua organ
lzation, buying talent for weeks and
weeks at time, could buy.
Its q Chautauqua Demand.
1t was easily possible to get the best
ChautauQua band that is known, be-
cause the band itself is so much a
Chautauqua .-emard. There is no
question but that you are willing to
pay to hear such a band, and band
day. will be the most eventful day OF
the entire week.
You see if it isn't.
This band of Ferrante's is an Italian
ASSf0SdllOu- n1ASGL1 Is 4
very handsome man, and he looks like
an Italian -nobleman. He has been di-
Iecting bands ever since he was large
enough to swing n baton. He seems
to have been born bandmaster.
But whatever impressions you get Of
Ferrante and his band before he comes.
get the idea that it is not only band
that plays soul stirring music. but that
1t is a band that plays this soul stirring
music with such skill and grace that It
has come to be one of the greatest Of
all bands. They will charm you every
minute Of the time
You will feel when you have heard
them that at no time have you heard
such music, and you will always re
member them in that way. Thousands
and thousands in this country and Eu-
rope and in their farof native land
have. and it is because of the impress
siohs of these thousands of persons
that they deserve the recognition they
are receiving.
They will be on your Chautauqua
program one whole day, and it will IN
QuestiOnably be the most eventful day
OF the week-the day you must plan
for even if you must miss all the
others
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EVERY ONE LOVES A
CHAUTAUQUA BAND
Il Is the Greatest Demand Of
All the List Of MuSi-
cal Companies,
WILLING TO PAY TO HEAR Them
Ferrante's an italian Aggrega-
ton = They Have Charmed
Thousands Both In Europe
and America = Director
Looks Like NObIeman.

OF all the things that stir the hu-
man emotions nothing is quite so eff
fective as a great band.
There is something about the glitter
and glamour and splendor Of it all, both
as heard and seen, that produces a
thrill that Is unlike that produced by
any other music or form of entertain
ment.
And this effect is all good. 1t stirs
the latent energy, and there is always
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A Great Truth

Lots OF men smoke the cigars their
wives give them for Christmas" says
the Philosopher of Folly, and then
laugh at the men who wear -ubbers.-
Painting Wall PaDerin6
/ am prepared to do ali kinds of
painting and wall papering and viii
contract TO do the best of work, fur
nish the best Of material at reasonable
rates, and guarantee satisfaction. Sam
pie wall paper books furnished which
contain the very best makes and pat
terms TO select from. - If
M. j. Bell, Hays
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Cigar Factory in Haus

have opened up Cigar Factory
IN nv shop on North Chestnut street.
near Windsor hotel and offer for sale
tn" hest of Cigars and Tobacco of
al kinds at the lowest possible prices
Geo. J. Basgall.
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Farmer Boy wants a job.
A Farmer. o years old, single, wants
a permanent job on q farm to do any
kind OF work at reasonable wages.
ILquire at This Office.
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Traction Engine to Sale or Trade
A subscriber offers for sale a %
horse power Traction Engine. Or Will
trade for Stock or Town property.
Enquire at the
Free Press Office.
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Glass Window-frames for sale.
Two large WINDOW aasbesrs one z bv
9 feet, the other BY feet. Good for
hot house or chicken house ourp9ecs.
See st nv house opposite GARAGE.
See or phone me. N A VOSS
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when a town has a Chautauqua it
has the cream OF the big city In music
and entertainment. with all the scum
left out.
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Head Ache !? Ewes Pain 3?

If yOu have anv of the above svmp-
toms consult Us first before wsstiRg
money on cheap remedies aed magio
c1raS
Over 90 per cent of Head aches and
Head troubles are eaused nv abnormal
eyes The proper fitting of glasses viii
nut an end 70 the strain imposed upon
the ewes and thereby otoD the aches
H. G. Schultz & Son
Eye Specialists
HAYS KANSAS
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The Chautauqua has the endorsements
Of the best people of the community
It's the case wherever tkers = seoa
ChasEaaaza.
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When you give boy or girl a week
at Chautauqua you give them a big
boost to better things.
The Meeker herald., 1911-03-11
UNsIeHTLY COMPILATIONS

The constant use of Cuticura Soap,
assisted by Cuticura Ointment. for
toilet. bath and nursery purposes not
only preserves. purifies, and beauties
the skin. scalp, hair and hands, and
prevents Inflammation. irritation and
clogging of the pores, the common
cause of pimples. blackheads. redness
and roughness. yellow. oily. notify and
other unwholesome conditions of the
complexion and skin. All who delight
In clear skin. soft. white hands, q
clean. wholesome scalp and live. glossy
hair. will find Cuticura Soap most sue
cessful in realizing every expectation.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are ad-
mirably adapted to preserve the
health of the skin and scalp of in
fants and children, and to prevent
minor blemishes or inherited skin hui
mors becoming chronic, and may be
used from the hour Of birth. Cuticura
Remedies are sold throughout the CIV
ilized world. Send to Potter Drug 4
Chem. Corp, sole proprietors. Boston.
for their free Cuticura book, 80 pages
Of invaluable advice on care and treat
ment Of the skin, scalp and hair.
The Meeker herald., 1911-03-11
UNCLE CALHOUN SPOKE OUT
Answer No Doubt Truthful, but BY Ne
Means What the orator
Desired.

Booker T. Washington. congratu-
lated by New York reporter on the
success he had made Of his life. said
with smile:
Il suppose must be modest and
declare that luck has had more to do
with my progress. or otherwise I'll be
In Senator Dashs shoes.
Senator Dash Of Tallapoosa prided
himself on his rise from the bottom,
for Senator Dash in his youth had
worked with the colored people In the
cotton fields.
Roasting at q political meeting
about his rise, the senator singled
out Uncle Calhoun Webster among his
audience and said
81 see before me old Calhoun Web
ster, beside whom. In the broiling
southern sun. toiled day after day.
Now. ladies and gentlemen. appeal
to Uncle Calhoun. Tell us all. uncle.
was |. or was not. q good man In
the cotton fieldT
"'Yo' wuz a good man, senatah.
the aged negro replied: 'yo wuz a
good man. TO fack: but yo' sut'ny
didn't work much"