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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

evenings monotony, and I'll vouch for
it that you don't often meet a girl that
compares with this one"
He took a card from his pocket and
scrubbed several lines with his foun-
tain pen. Here's luck to you, old fell
low, and 1 think that's my train they
are calling. Tickled to death to run
into you"
Benton checked his baggage and
walked several blocks before he de-
cided that 1t was not every mortal that
was so favored by the gods as to have
the opportunity of meeting the wittiest
girl in town, then finally took a cab
and gave the address Hartley had writ
ten on the card. Hartley had written
Introducing my Old college chum,
Richard Benton, who is in town for
the night only, and who doesn't know
a soul. If you haven't an engage
ment, be nice to him. He's o. K, ex-
cepting a tendency to play practical
jokes, but probably his mania in that
direction will not cEop out in a single
evening"
The note was characteristic of Hart
ley's old style, and while it's lack of
dignity was apparent, it would prob
ably cause no surprise to any friend
of his.
When the cab stopped and Benton
went up the steps. his courage weak
cred slightly, as he had not expected
anything quite so magnificent as the
house he was entering. The butler
took his card and left him sitting in
the library wondering if he had not
been foolish to act upon Hartley's i'm
pulsive suggestion.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08
Some Aviation Records.

Car Ferdinand of Bulgaria is the
first crowned head who has made an
aeroplane fight The aviator who
took him up is the first man who ever
was knighted in midair. Prince Henry
of Prussia is the firsE professional
aviator of royal rank. Mr.. Roosevelt
is the first prominent statesman to
have made an ascension in an aero
plane. Arthur J.. Balfour is the Sec
Ond
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08
Rice FrItters.

Beat two eggs until thoroughly
broken. then add one pint Of milk. one
fourth teaspoon salt. one tablespoonful
melted butter. two level teaspoonfuIs
Of baking powder, one pint cooked rice.
grated rind and juice OF half a lemon.
and -four enough to hold the mixture
into a deep batter Drop BY dessert
spoonfuls into smoking hot fat. and
when the fritters float and are deli
cately Drowned remove to g brown.
plain paper dust with puIVerized sag.
az when ready 70 serTa
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08
ResterIna Faded FIowers.

One may freshen faded artificial
flowers by retinting them with water
coIors. After they are tinted, curl
the petals again with the blunt side
Of a cdse knife.
Notice how the petals curl back be
fore tinting them and then curl In a
similar manner and do not apply the
paints too vet or it will be impossible
to obtain good results.
This is the best home method Of
restoring flowers that have become
faded
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08
Heather Nations Invent Nothing.

Bishop Thoburn. who has been a
missionary In India for fifty years,
and knows India better than any other
living American, says: IF you visit
the patent office at Washington you
will see six hundred improvements On
the pillow. India has not invented one
Improvement on the toothpick in two
thousand years. The nations without
God have no inventive faculty. They
are almost universally the savage, IN
enlightened nations OF the earth"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08
smart Lido eentrlvanee.

One Of the best dressed women In
New York has just returned from
Paris with a smart little contTfvance
to wear inside the coats that are lined
with a color or with black, SO that
the somber effect viii be relieved for
warm days and pretty lingerie waists
viii not be stained The continuance
is a little batiste boiero, with elbow
sleeves finished all around with a
row of lace slightly friIled On the edge
of an inserting OF the same kind OF
lace. This is tackled IN lightly at neck
edge and armhoIes, and shield may
be put In the coat armholes before 1t
is adjusted, as the material Is not ex-
treme1y sheer.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08
Summer Town Gowns.

Gauze, marquisette, gingham, and.
in fact, every fashionable weave, is
considered smarter this year In stripes
than figured, dotted, or any fancy de
signs. PROFESSIONALLY stripes give
slender lines, but they must be used
with Judgment and the width must be
governed primarily BY the height Of
the wearer A short woman should
never adopt a wide stripe pattern, and
a young girl must remember that e
gown With wide stripes VIII add many
years to her appearance--Harper's
Bazar.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08
oth.r uelvet. Aeeessories.

Velvet ornaments summer raiment
in the way Of. Swiss embroidered or
openworked linen. muslin or cambria
dresses, more often than not charm
ingly worked in floral sprays and de-
signs. with mercerized cotton. that
looks remarkably like silk. a velvet
sash and groups Of small velvet but
tons make an effective trimming. and
complete 3 summer frock most
dafntily.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08
Lead In saIt Industry.

The six leading states in the salt
industry are Michigan, New York,
Ohio, Kansas, Louisiana and Cali
fornia, and in 1909 these six states
produced salt valued at $7,714,55
The salt from these states is obtained
from rock salt, sea water and natural
brine-in other words, from all the
known sources Of SAIL
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08
THE TRUTH ABOUT RLuINe.
Talk Ne. 10.

Be thrifty on this little thing. Don't
accept water for bluing. Think of it,
a little dab of bluing in large bot
tie Of water. Give me 10 cents Well
I guess not
Buy RED CROSS BALL BLUE.
Best bluing value in the whole world
for the consumer. Makes the whole
family smile. Large packages. AT
YOUR GROCERS.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

In one of the schools of Massachu-
sets the boys are permitted to figure
baseball averages for the purpose OF
stimulating their interest in mathe-
mates. Why not get them to learn to
write by permitting them to practice
on the names Of the ball players in
stead of scribbling epigrams by Ben
1amin Franklin?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08
A Quaint Thounht.

Miss Geraldine Farrar, seated in
her deck chair on the George Wash
ington, regarded half-dozen urchins
playing on the sunny deck and then
Eaid with g pensiye smile:
'I often wonder, considering what
charming things children are, where
all the queer old men come FRONT"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

"If you murder one person you get
hung" says a Washington paper. No.
yoE don't. Pictures sometimes get
hung, but people who kill others get
hanged. provided the law is permitted
to take its course. which is not always
sthe case
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

A college professor who hadn't any
thing else to do has made the discov-
cry that the average man uses only
400 words per day in conversation. It
seems a very small number of words,
but the average mans wife probably
succeeds in maintaining fair average
for the family.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

A woman's club has appealed to the
sterner sex for answer to the ques-
ton, HAS a girl the right to pro-
pose?" to which almost any nice bach
eIor will reply. Yes, if she is the
right girl"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

VIII the unwashed soda water glass
and the beer glass. which takes long
chances in passing from lip to lip,
learn something from the fate of the
public drinking cup? The answer is,
Not yet
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

The population of Ireland keeps de
creasing, but not becS1se the Irish
are losing vitality. The main reason
les that 1t has become so easy to get
from Ireland to this country.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

The Chicago man who seeks d.
vorce because his wife will not let
him scrub the floor in peace is firmly
convinced that while a man may be
too young to marry he never is too
old to repent.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08
One Necessary Thing.

Kate-Maud is married and she
doesn't know the first thing about
housekeeping
Alice-Yes, she does; the first thing
is to get a husband to keep house for.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

We are all right in this country in
the matter Of putting up big money
for old books. We can do il. sure
pop. and do it impressively. But
when it comes to buying new books
the tendency seems to be to shy OF
We don't play fair with the possible
Irvtngs and Longfefiows OF this gen
GRAFTON. who in consequence Idle a
oornin'."
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

A New York physician demands
that the statue of a perfect man be
placed in every school building. The
boys are all in favor of the man who
invented the summer vacation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

The Serpent-What's Adam so
grouchy about today?
The Ape-Oh, he says that the ar
rival of woman means that all his
plans for universal peace have been
knocked in the head for good.-Puck.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

taught to alight from street cars
gracefully, but we are willing to
wager that few of them learn to do it
gracefully in a hobble skirt
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

In New York an automobile tire ex-
ploded and hurt two persons. and in
Elgin a golf ball blew up What are
the perils of the proletarfat as COM
pared with these?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

A western society is carrying on
campaign to substitute apple blossoms
for orange blossoms as bridal flowers
Some married men are mean enough
to propose lemon blossoms.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

Give Defiance Starch a fair trial
try it for both hot and cold starching,
and If you don't think you do better
work, in less time and at smaller cost,
return it and your grocer will give
you back your money.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

The only excuse that there ever
was for tipping disappears when the
one who receives the tip is compelled
to hand it over to the operator of a
tip trust.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

The man with fish story may be a
pest but he is outclassed in pestifer-
BUSINESS by the proud amateur who
boasts of the achievements of the
garden in his back yard
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

A Chicago woman is suing for d.
vorce because her husband got into
the habit of being shaved by lady
BARRIERS. Another strong argument in
favor of whiskers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

Chicago grocers are in favor of sell
ing eggs by weight. If eggs were
sold according to their strength some
Of them would be worth their weight
in gold
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

When we visit that old farm must
we shun the old yellow gourd, the
straight handled gourd, the time hon
ored gourd that hangs by the well?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

Religion, which was once an insti-
tuition of the state, is becoming more
and more the faith and ideal of the
Individual soul
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08
Hopeless.

why don't you get in line for Miss
Rattie's faTor2"
Humphi That lines busy"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

DR.. Wiley says that 1t is easy
enough to keep cool, but not If he's
going to keep on finding fault with
everything we eat
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

The electric fan is the busiest and
best thing of the hot season
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

The great question is not so much
what money you have IN your pocket
as what you will buy with ft--Ruskin-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

Boston is to have a hospital for
none but rich people. Still who would
envy the rich in hospital of any
sort?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

Look out for a man on your front
door step almost any day now with a
complete history of the Mexican revo-
luton. written right up to date.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

The man who refuses to wear {
straw hat is guilty of undue restraint
OF trade.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

assurance to induce a man to commit
suicide on account of hot weather
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08
Captured Her Isterest.

"She is very cold and formal, but 1
got her interest"
+HoW?"
''By asking her how she ever hap
pened to marry her dub of a hus-
band. -Exchange
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

In Detroit a receiver is to get
$958.000 for his work, the word re-
ceiver thus reverting to its original
meaning
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

But how can a woman kiss her pet
poodle If he's muzzled as the law re-
Quires?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

Goldfish worth $500 were recently
stolen from Philadelphia, but the con-
sumer must have sardipes
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

This is the time to swat the fool
who rocks the boat.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08
In the Future.

How did you get your start in
life? ''
tI got a flying start; I was born in
an airship.''
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

If girl is in love with young man
she can't see any one else in a crowd
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

Chew and smoke untaxed tobacco. cheap and
undOped- Meriwether 4 Edwards, CIarksYille Tenn
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

Uncle Sam has called in all 81, 600
bills, but this will not disturb the
ultimate consumers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

Love is the only thing that NOR,
than pays for all it gets.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

& bald head never seems to worry
the man who has a sense of humor.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1911-07-08

him out and he finishes his writing
elsewhere.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-30
Drapery on Poster Women.

New iork.-There was Joy in ia.
maica, especially among the members
Of the citizens committee, over the re-
ceipt of q letter from a bill posting
company which has to do with the
Immoral posters" which have deco.
rated the fences for some time.
The letter was sent by F. l.. Ham
of Brooklyn and was to the effect that a
great reform will be worked in the
matter of the displaying Of burlesque
house posters. Mr.. Ham informs the
committee that hereafter when a bur.
lesque poster shows woman in
tights, something will be placed over
these tights hiding from view any Of
the woman's bare limbs"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-30

work arrangement, and when the box
is returned to the weather station a
glance at the sooty covering will give
the atmospheric pressure, the humid
ity, and the wind velocity at any
height traversed by the balloon.
The strand of hair used in the in.
strument for determining the humid
ity is chemically dried before 1t is
placed in position. Thereafter, upon
passing through a moist stratum, the
hair absorbs portion of the moisture,
the hair lengthens and the stylus
point records the change on the cyl
inder. If the next stratum is dry
some of the moisture in the hair is
evaporated, the hair becomes shorter,
and the cylinder makes the record
accordingly.
The air pressure is determined, or
recorded by the aid of a small cyl
inder, from which most of the air has
been drawn. A small plunger, to
which is attached stylus point,
makes the necessary scratches on the
soot-covered cylinder.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-30

house where he was born was taken
down Slany years ago and a more
modern one erected on the site, which
was in the main street of the vii
lage.
Notwithstanding that Mr. Fessen-
den's entire public life was spent in
Maine the patriotic citizens of Bos-
cawen set up a huge granite bowlder
near the place of the old house in
memory of the great statesman. On
one of the sides of this big bowlder
is bronze tablet which makes known
that William Pitt Fessenden was born
October 6, 1906; that he was United
States senator from Maine for 13
years and secretary of the United
States treasury from 1864 to 1865.
William Pitt Fessenden was gradu-
ated from Bowdoin college In 1928.
He was admitted to the bar In 1927,
and was a member of the Maine legis-
lature two terms. He was elected to
congress in 1S41, and from 1854 un-
til the time of his death, September
S, 1869, he was United States senator,
except when secretary of the treas.
ury, 1S64-1S65 He was one of the
founders of the Republican party in
1856 and throughout the Civil war
he did eminent service as chairman Of
the finance committee of the senate.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-30
FIND RUINS Of OLD CITIES
Excal atIons In Guatemala Bare Hero
glyphics That None of Searchers
Has Been Able to Read.

New York-Edgar L. Hewitt, direc
tor of the School of American Arch
aelogy, has just returned to New
York from Quirigua, Guatemala, with
a glowing report of the American re-
searches there. The diggings at both
Quirigua and Copan, he says, have laid
bare ancient cities of surprising splen-
DOR which flourished long before the
Christian era.
The American archaeologists are in
complete possession Of the ruins at
Quirigua. There they have found
sculpture as beautiful as any that
Egypt or Assyria ever boasted, and
hieroglyphics even more interesting,
but these can scarcely be read. Only
the system of reckoning time has been
deciphered, and the real history is
carved on blocks which no man has
yet been able to translate.
Close study of the masterpieces of
antique genius thus far unealthed
seems to show a close cultural re-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-30
EXPLORING THE AIR
Six Nations Interested in Series
of Investigations.
Mass Of Information Concerning Con.
ditions in High Attitudes Is Be-
Ing Obtained-Weather Bal
looms Used for Tests.

Omaha.-Six nations are interested
IN series of investigations now be-
Ing carried on in Omaha by the United
States government and collaborated in
by the governments of England, Ger
many, France, Italy and Belgium.
These investigations have for their OBJ
Ject the thorough exploration of the
atmosphere at height of more than
ten miles above the earth's surface,
and so successfully are they being car
rled out that mass of information
concerning conditions existing as high
as eighteen miles up in the air has
been secured. Similar explorations
are being conducted in the countries
named above and when these are
completed all information gathered
by each country is to be exchanged
with all other countries engaged in
the investigations.
The research is being prosecuted
with the assistance of weather bal
looms" which are sent aloft bearing in
attached baskets number Of delicate
contrivances for measuring whatever
conditions are met on the trip from
earth through the clouds and back
again to earth. The experiments con-
tinue for two weeks, a weather bal
loon being sent up each afternoon
during that period by each of the six
governments. When the information
thus gained is properly arranged the
meteorological bureaus in each of the
countries taking part will receive tab
ulated copies.
The little balloons, which are six
feet in diameter are so arranged that
that they will explode somewhere far
above the ten mile level, the explosive
force being the hydrogen with which
the bag is filled.
One of these balloons recently
reached a height of Is miles before
bursting and at that altitude the tenn
perature was only 35 degrees below
zero, although at point between nine
and ten miles high the records showed
that a temperature of "a degrees be-
low zero had been gone through. On
this particular date the temperature
at Omaha. the starting point of the
balloon. was Al degrees above zero.
Another balloon registered an air
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-30
WHERE FESSENDEN WAS BORN
Patriotic Citizens Set Up Huge Bowl.
der in Memory of Great
Statesman.

Boscawen, N. H.-Boscawen. an in
teresting little post village in Merri.
mac county, N. H., and on the Merri.
mac, is the birthplace of William Pitt
Fessenden who, early in life, engaged
in the political affairs of Maine The
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-30
ARE YOU FREE
FROM

Headaches, Colds. Indigestion.
Pains. Constipation, Sour Stomach,
Dizziness? Ifyou are not, the most
effective, prompt and pleasant
method Of getting nd Of them is to
take, now and then, a desertspoon-
ful Of the ever refreshing and truly
beneficial laxative remedy-Syrup
Of Figs and Elixir Of Senna. 1t is
well known throughout the world
as the best Of family laxative reme-
dies. because it acts SO gently and
strengthens naturally without irri-
tating the system in any way.
To get its beneficial effects it i,
always necessary to buy the genu-
inc, manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co., bearing the name
Of the Company, plainly printed on
the front Of every package.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-30

current travelling at a rate of more
than 100 miles an hour.
The instruments used are SO deli
cate that one of them-that for meas
uring the humidity-depends for its
record upon the distance that human
hair will lengthen on passing through
stratum of air which contains slight.
ly more moisture than did the stratum
Immediately below 1t.
The records are made upon SCOT.
covered cylinder by a stylus point, op-
Grated by a level, which in turn Is
controlled by the Instruments. This
cylinder is slowly turned by clock
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-30

Where Steel Pens Come From.
Ninety-five per cent. of the steel
pens manufactured in the United
States are made at Cambridge, N. ].
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-30
IN THE POULTRY YARD.
Keep up the fight against lice.

Dust the hens frequently with in.
sect powder, especially the hen that
has a brood of chicks.
Cold rains will kill the chicks. See
that they are under shelter whenever
a storm occurs.
Feed your fowls in such way that
they will get exercise in obtaining it.
Exercise increases the appetite, aids
digestion and promotes a healthy con.
dition generally.
Bits of meat carried out with brine
from the barrel and left on the ground
will give hens serious bowel trouble
Don't risk It.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-30

HOWARD f. BURTON = Assayer and Chemist
] Leadville. Colorado Specimen prices: Gold
Silver Load, 81: Gold, Silver, 75o Gold, SOC; Zinc
or Copper, g. Mailing envelopes d full price list
sent on application. Control and Umpire work %.
licited. Reference: Carbonate National Bank.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-06-30
stenography 1000 Years Ago.

1t seems incredible, but 1t can be
proved, already in the olden times
there were stenographers who took
down the speeches made in the Roman
senate or in public. They we're called
notarii and we find a place in Sue
tonius where Augustus is angry be-
cause the stenogrsphers reported the
speech OF Caesar for Mettullus In q
very imperfect manner.