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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-13
HIGH SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
DISAGREE ON SALARIES.

At the meeting OF The Logan cohh
Il nigh school trustees held yestef
da1 afternoon. but four members
were present Il requires four votes
to carry any propositions 0. lD
Brooks lnot + D. stood for reduc
tion in the salary of the principal
oi The high school from $500 to ~
2d0 per year He also opposed the
i.ayment of claim of $l0S for print
.ng the Royal Blue the official high
school paper The board bought al
new piano for the high school Al a
cost Of S225.f0
The memf,r present We're l'roohs
jenkins. Mill lud Humphrey Absent
piekard Rhoads and iovell The
rext regular meeting will be held
September 2nd.
Some mills will soon tbe nsing new
Nheat Better phone Golden Rule
rocery for a sack of Chancellor. lls
better.
Everybodys friend Or Thomas
Electric OH. Cures toothache, ear
ache, sore throat Heals cuts, bruls
es, scalds. Stops any pain.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04
Ancient Writers Decidedly UnaaIIan+
in References to Wife 81 First
NAVIGATOR"

The 18th of March. ST. Patr3ck's
day, in the early English calendars.
where that good saint is ignored, is
given as the exact day in the year of
the deluge on which Noah entered
the ark The same authority gives
the 29th Of April as the day when
he went sat of this ancient craft
Medieval legend took greater liber-
ties with NoeI's wife than with Noah
himself For some reason or other
medieval fancy chose to picture her
as a shreW. In the religious plays
or mysteries OF that time the quarrels
between Noah and his wife were the
subject OF much mirth to the specta-
tors. Noah, like many husbands Of a
later day, was not a prophet, much
less hero to this dame When he
announced to her that the food is
coming she is represented as abusing
him for his creduIfty. When the ark
l. finished she makes fun OF the craft.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04
SAVES GLASS; THIEF FLEEs
Long islander Prefers Unbroken Win.
dow Pane to Shot at Night
Marauder

Baldwin, L. CHARLES Kessel SAT at
the foot of a fight of stairs in his
home here at 8 O'Clock in the morning,
watching burglar trying to enter the
house and waiting patiently for him to
pry open window, so that he could
shoot the intruder with a gun he had
brought from his room. But when a
slight noise frightened the marauder
away Kessel breathed a sigh of re-
lief
I'm glad something happened to
prevent me from being a murderer
said. the latter, ''for 1 would have kill
ed the fellow just as sure as I'm here
had he entered the house,
AS it was Kessel opened his front
door and fired shot at the thief,
which materially accelerated his
flight
Kessel was aroused by his son. who
had been awakened by the noise the
thief made in boring a hole through
a front parlor window to get at the
lock. When KesseI went downstairs
with a shotgun he could plainly see
the man at work outside
'I could have shot him through the
window, but what was the use of
wasting a perfectly good pane of
glass; said Kessel.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04

and then suddenly one Of these crea-
lures will carry off some lad bathing
in the river or even attack some one
padding along in his boat l know of
a Dyak girl who, when sitting and
padding at the stern of canoe, was
knocked over into the water and car
ried away by a crocodile and her
companions could do nothing to save
her.
There seems to be no reason why
the crocodile should suddenly show a
man eating propensity in this way
The Dyaks account for it by curious
superstitiOns. They say that If food
Is offered TO a person and he refuses
1t and goes away without at least
touching it some misfortune is sure
to befal1 him and he will most prob
ably be attacked by a crocodile.
Also it is said that one Of the ways
the gods punish crime is by sending a
crocodile to attack the culprit; and
have often heard it said by Dyaks of
some one who has been killed by
crocodile that probably he has dis
pleased the gods either by paying no
heed to the warnings sent him in
dreams or by means of omen birds
or by committing some crime
The Dyaks of Borneo will not kill
a crocodile except in revenge If the
animal will live at peace with him the
Dyak has no wish to start a quarrel;
If, however, the crocodile breaks the
truce and kills some one then he feels
justified in retaliating Under these
circumstances the Dyaks set to work
to find the culprit and go on catch
ing and killing crocodiles until they
succeed in doing so. The Dyaks gen
orally wear brass ornaments and by
cutting open a dead crocodile they
can easily find out if he is the
creature they wish to punish.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04

Miss Ruth Russell and Mr. Charles
Bennett had arrived at a point Miss
Ruth was eleven years old and Mr..
Bennett was two years older when
their fathers quarraIed about a Ques-
ton OF chemistry or Jurisprudence or
something or other, and the boy and
girl used to make up faces at each
other over the line fence.
The professor would not admit that
under any circumstances could he be
wrong He had gone over the ques-
ton, whatever it was, a hundred times
and he could not find any flaw in it
on which to base change Of opinion.
He must, therefore, consider Judge
Bennett bigoted ass and drop his
acquaintance.
Judge Bennett hadn't had to turn
the question over in his mind. He
knew he was right from the start, and
he knew the professor was wrong. On
most any other question he would
have given up, but on this-neveri
There was no open hostility. 1t
was simply understood that the prin-
cipals and their families avoid each
other altogether, and that the Ben
nett goat and the Russell dog should
not cross the line between the two
estates. When the gentlemen met
there were two cold and distant bows
nothing more.
It's only natural philosophy that a
girl Of eleven and a boy Of thirteen
may make up faces at each other at
that date, and yet at nineteen and
twenty-one be in love with each 9th
er. 1t worked out that way in this
case. Until they were actually en-
gagged neither one seemed to remem-
Der the enlargement between the
fathers. Never since the misunder-
standing had one father spoken to the
offspring of the other. In fact, as the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04
ODD BELIEF OF THE BURMAN
Thinks the Spirits of Human Beings
Butterflies That Fly When the
Body Sleeps.

Burma.-Never anywhere in all our
wanderings had We seen so many but
terf1ies at one time. They swarmed
in the sunshine like clouds of gnats.
Butterflies Of every conceivable hue
like the throngs of gay, sflk-clad Bur
mese maids who gather about the rail
road stations of Lower Burma. They
carpeted the trail. f1uttering up before
our horses hoofs. perhaps to light up
on US, or upon the horses themselves.
or to drift of down the valleys, or to
settle on the trail ahead, only to be
started up again.
The Burman believes the spirits of
human beings to be butterflies, which,
when the bodies to whom they belong
are at rest, may go fluttering about the
world at will Thus only for the
gravest reasons will one Burman wax
en- another; for that butterfly spirit
may be wandering, who knows where,
and illness or death may come to him
who is walked before his spirit has re-
turned gently to arouse the sleeping
body.-Mary Blair Beebe, in Harper's
Magazine.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04
PREPARING FOR THE WEDDING
But the Old Shoe, Fixed Up for the
Occasion, Was Not Intended for
the Bridal Pair.

There was to be a wedding in the
vicinity. Many of the mountaineers
would be there.
Early in the morning of the nup-
tial day Bud Hightower was noticed
filling an old No. II shoe with sIugs
and nails and plaster Of paris.
+fWot you dom, Bud p" drawled Sim
Reesley.
KANT you see wot I'm doin'? I'm
maxim moonshine sperrits out'n
cheese scrapin's-"
Sim chuckled.
"Gettin' good an ready f'r tn we'd
din, 1 reckon"
ct reckon"
Coin to throw it at tn bride
groom. maybe?''
Coin to throw it at him, maybe,
but it amt goin' to hit him It's goin'
to break tn face of Snipe TOIliver,
an do 1t accidental, too. 1 been Iay1n'
FIR that theer Snipe f'r right smart
SPELL
And he drove an extra railway
spike in the hardening mass.-Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04

years drifted past, the boy and girl
drifted out of recollection. Now the
young folks were engaged and had a
nice little rumpus ahead of them.
MY father will never consent an
nounced Miss Ruth
Nor mine either
"Oh, If they only had not quar-
reledl"
But you see they did"
How will you ever go to my father
and ask his consent?"
I don't know. He will never give
it"
Never, but must ask him. If he
refuses me your hand we shall have
Toto"
Commit suicide!" finished Miss
Ruth
Young Mr.. Bennett was deeply IN
love, but he wasn't going to shuttle
of the mortal coil until he had tried
various other ways and made failures
Of them. He drew a long breath.
.braced up and set a date to face the
lion in his den, and when the hour
arrived he was there.
Charles Bennett, er?'' replied the
professor, without looking up
Yes, sir
ANY relation to Judge Bennett?"
isis son, sir"
''Eh, what! And you come to me
and ask for Ruth"
I've love each other, SIR
But your father is a bigot, sir-a
bigot and an ASST"
And he says the same of you. sir!"
He does, Ell? That shows he is
worse than I thought him. You may
retire, young man. I have already
selected a husband for my daughter"
Then followed an interview with
Miss Ruth. It didn't last long. It al
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04
LITE Sentence-

The marquis of Queensberry, apro-
pos Of the long sentence Of Foulke z.
Brandt, said at a dinner in New York:
TT reminds me of an incident in
London. A certain peer drove in a
taxi cab to Westminster and, when he
got out, gave the driver very small
tip.
1.-The driver mistook him for a mem
Der of the house Of commons and
snarled:
81 hope you get turned out next
election and don't never get in again.!
Don't worry, my friend said the
peer, as he set on for the house of
lords. Don't worr5-Pm in fo- life %
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04
CROCODILE HUNT IN BoRNEo
euperstitious Natives of Island Kill
the Creatures Only in Spirit
of Revenge.

Sandakan, Borneo.-It Is a common
sight in Borneo to see a large croco-
die summing himself on the muddy
bank of a river. He takes no notice
Of the natives even though they pass
quite near him. So common indeed
is the sight that the Dyaks them
selves pay no heed to these dangerous
reptiles; and yet it is no unusual
thing in BorneO TO hear Of some hui
man life being taken by a crocodile.
For months perhaps the crocodiles
in river live at peace with mankind
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04
NOAH A HENPECKED HUSBAND

and declares she will not set foot in
1t But at last as the boat = about
70 De showed on she makes & Jump
and lands inside the gunwaIe. Mich
oIas, In Chaueer's Canterbury tales.
expresses in quaint old English the
opinion that it would have been bet-
ter for Noah-who desired above All
things q quiet Iife-had this quarrel
some dame had a shippe hireseIf
alone" In explanation of her con-
tumacy it may be assumed that in
the ceremony that united her With
Captain Noah she pronounced The
word "obey" with a decided mental
reservation
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04
A Believer.

Clifford Pinchot, at his brothers
house, in Park avenue, New York, lis
tenet qUizzically to a political story
that was being submitted TO him fox
Verifcation by a political reporter.
When the reporter finished his mar
rative Mr.. Pi2chOt laughed and said=
I'll reply to that as the old Italian
peasant replied to the statement thSS
his feIlow-countryman loved birds too
well ever to eat them:
We'll. I don't mind believing thai
myself the old man said, but there's
a good many who wouldn't
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04
Yet Man soasts Of ri. arain-

Just think, even according to the
Bible chronology it took men 5000
years to learn that the wheel of a car
on a hard smooth rail would run
easier than wheel six inches in the
mud. Instead Of 5000 years It prob
ably took man 10000, 600 years 20
learn this.-Exchange
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04

To keep artificial teeth and bridge
work antisepticaIly clean and free
from doors and disease germs, Paxtine
Antiseptic is ~unequaled- At drug
gists, 25c box or sent postpaid on re-
ceipt Of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co Boston. Mass.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04
Hospital Experiments with Warts.

Physician at Hahnemann hospital
in Philadelphia are experimenting for
the removal of warts ard advertised
for one hundred men and women
burdened with the blemishes.
There has been such a rush OF the
wart-laden the hospital bids fair to
become an immense beauty parlor.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04
REAL ESTATE
hePanaIna Canal

Will soon be open. Farm lands on Puget Sound
and Western Washington, with it's delightful
climate, rich soil, and proximity to Seattle mar
kets will be money makers 268 acres level,
black soil Big house, granary, two barns,
X z. D., church, school, etc. Good roads; 8
miles to railroad station. Place stocked com
plete, including machinery, horses, hogs and I9
Jersey Cows. complete dairy and stockranch.
Price 81, 900. Half cash, balance at So. An 50
acre farm with 20 acres in crop and 10 acres
tim bered pasture. room house, good barns,
chicken houses, granary, etc. On fine road, 4
mile from town. One-thIrd crop to buyer. $500,
with s., 600 cash. Write for full inform ton
BANK REFERENCES
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04
states controL Bean crop.

Chicago two-thirds of the
beans grown in the United States each
year come from farms in Michigan.
New York and California
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04
Fact and Fancy.

Great Scott. Maria. that's a daring
dressI"
It's a fancy costume"
Wen. if 1 were ION. 1 would stick
q little closer to fsct"-Judge-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04
How AaaravatIna.

Brown saw a man drop twenty
stories the other day. and 1t was a
caution the way he sWOre.
Greene SWre after dripping twenty
stories?
Brownies. They were in q mag
azine he had Just bought, and he
dropped it in the mud.-Judge.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04

Many man is dissatisfied with his
lot because it is too near his neigh
boris.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04

Garfield Tea, for the ills resulting from i'm
pure blood, is a remedy of tried efficacy.
Drink before retiring.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04

Perhaps you are one Of those chaps
who want the earth If so, what would
you do with the old thing If you had
It?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04

II girl really wants q mans love
she returns it
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04

The average mans way of forgiving
an enemy is meaner than his refusal
to do so.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-04
Kansas City Directory
me EHGINE BARGAINS

Are Grown In Kansas City
Send for Easter Price List Free
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25
CRy II. L. KEMsTERA

CBy H l.. KEMSTER)
The average farmers flock of
poultry varies in size, but in the de-
signing and building of the farmers
colony house herein described, sew
emily laying hens will be taken as a
basis.
The house, 14x24 feet in dimensions.
is built on a wall 6xS inches above
the ground, which is filled in to the
top. making the floor dry at all times
of the year. The south or front side
the nature of the weather, and by
Is feet inches high. the back feet
S inches, while the plate and stills are
made of 2x4 inch material, thus
making the studding feet long in
front and feet in the back, these
being placed 2 feet apart The COM
bination tight roof being comparative
~ fiat. The fiat having 1 foot rise to
every 3 feet horizontal run, is covered
with a special prepared roofing. With
this house a shed or shingle span
roof could be used to an equal ad-
vantage.
The front is of the muslin front
type. 1t consists of four windows,
each having for its upper sash a mus
lin frame feet 4 inches by ] foot
II inches which slides up and down,
while the lower sash is a six light
Sx10 inch glass window. There is APP
proximately 16 square feet of muslin
to 1856 square feet of loor space or 1
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25

short back narrowing to a slight point
and straight fronts rounding a little
at the bottom, the jacket sounded the
new note. II was semthtting, suggest
ing rather than revealing the figure,
and was fastened across the chest with
one button. There was q collar OF
taupe fox. one of the dyed furs which
has created much gossip, and cuffs of
the same fur to finish the three-quars
ter sleeves. Despite the general belief
that the long sleeves will appear on the
new coats. there are two or three of
the leading designers who cling to the
three-quarter sleeves for all coats not
intended for general utility wear. Be
fore leaving the subject of jackets
with the skirts of another material.
one other model must be mentioned
The coat was of rose matelasse and
did not extend more than "a inches.
II was quite short enough to show off
to good advantage the pannier drapery
on the broadeloth skirt This drapery
was carried well to the back, where il
was decidedly bouffant. and would
have been becoming only to figure
as 1.-THE and slight as the wearer. The
fulness was belted in below the knee
by a sashlike fold of the material
Horse Show Hats Simple.
The hats worn at the horse show
were noteworthy on account of their
simplicity. The majority of them were
small, resting low OF The head, and
were trimmed with a single mount Of
a feathery consistency placed directly
In front. Sometimes it was q single
spray of osprey, or an aigrette, which
nodded over the velvet or brocaded
crown. Again, it was one of the man.
ufactured fantasies. The draped
crowns were a feature of the best
looking hats. and there was a very
soft and becoming effect lent by the
flexible shirred or fulled crowns,
which may be adjusted to suit the
face of the wearer The latest idea
shows the crown pulled down into a
point at either side.
That fur is one of the fads of the
season was clearly demonstrated by
the quantities of IL used in decorating
the fashionable headgear. ANY one
who owns a bit of fur, even though it
may be only scrap, should utilize It
in some way this season. II requires
only scrap to make one of the cars
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25

The old-fashloned names is like old-fash-
toned roses
Like memories that sort O. cheer a Teller
when he dozes
The new style names amt half so good
as them that's simply plain,
An got no fancy speilin'-just like Mary.
Ruth and Jane;
An the old fashioned rose Is a beauty
tin il closes.
The old-fashloned names is Ike fash
Toned roses.
The old-fashioned rose-there is a beauty
in its bushes
As meller as the bIrdsong In the long
mid summer bushes
II has no airs-it's just itself--an' there's
the purity part
An every sighin' breeze just comes an
takes II to its heart.
IN whispers till the flower puts on all its
graceful poses
The old-fashioned names Is Ike old FASH
toned roses.
The old-fashioned name brings tender
recollection
or the olden sort o. grace and the olden
time affection,
When folks was "a they acted an their
hearts was good an trun
An happy as the memories that comes to
me an you
The memories that sort o. cheer a Teller
when he dozes-
The old-fashioned names is like old fash-
Toned roses.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25
NUTRITIOUS FEED
FOR YOUNG COLT
Something More Than Mere Fill.
ing Is Quite Essential for
Growing Animal.
(By r. Il. sPEER.)

A young and growing animal re-
quires something more than mere
hlIing. It must have nutritious and
tissue-building, blood-making food
1t is much easier and cheaper. saws a
writer, to put two years growth on a
colt the first year of its age than it is
TO makeup" for a years loss OF
growth in two or three years. good
growth the first year of colts life
costs less than at any other age. and
is twice as valuable to the breeder
fact that is too often ignored. Spare
the feed and spoil the colt, is surely
true. In training the colt do not use
the whip simply because you have it.
1t is very poor driver who makes a
blow the starting signal. See that
there is feed and water In abundance
and a clean, dry bed.
Don't neglect the shoeing; ii is vital
on slippery roads or pavements; nor
the blanket in cold weather, when the
colt is standing out Don't overload
nor let the colt stand in the sun, nor
where water drops oh him. We be-
lieve that down in the heart of every
man is some kindness and sense of
justice.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25
HANDLE BARNARD
MANURE PROPERLY
Experiments Teach That Liquids
and Solids Deteriorate When
Kept Together.
CBy ]. F. NICHOLSON. Bacteriologist.
Idaho Experiment StatioB)

(By ]. F. NICHOLSON. Bacteriologist,
Idaho Experiment StatioB)
In handling the barnyard manure
the farmer can save or lose hundreds
of dollars annually. A manure heap
is a hotbed of bacterial activities.
Some of the nitrogen is formed into
ammonia and passes into the air; this
is a clear loss
Some is transformed into nitrates,
which are soluble, washing out by
rains and sink into the soil or run off
into the ditch; this is also a direct
loss. Some of it is formed by bacteria
into nitrates, and these nitrates at
tackled by another species of bacteria
which change into nitrogen gas,
which passes into the air and is lost.
Nitrogen is worth at least eight
cents per pound. and horse will pro-
duce Is tons of manure and litter per
year, containing in round numbers
1870 pounds of nitrogen. At eight cents
per pound the value of this manure is
5000. 1t pays to save it. Expert
ments have taught US that liquid
and solid manures when kept to-
gether deteriorate much more rapid
ly. Also that the more compact the
manure is stored away from the
weather the least loss viii result
Here is a hint for the progressive
farmer. Our farmers need this nitro
gen, and when it represents at least
ten dollars per horse, one can afford
TO take little better care Of the ma
nure produced by our stock.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25
Asks Cor ss2s. COO FOR Roads.

The Wisconsin highway commission
will ask the legislature for SS28,000
and should there be sufficient money.
will ask for 81 100000 This wGsj de-
cided at the meeting of the commits
sion. 1t was pointed out that this sum
was needed to carry on the work for
good roads which the commission is
doing. About $350,000 will be given
which the commission is doing. About
$350,000 will be given by the state to
the commission as a part of the ap-
preparation provided by the state high
way law, $4,000 will cone from auto
licenses and the commission will ask
for S450,000 more.
Ralph Smith, president of the state
board of control, discussed the use of
prison labor on the roads He declared
he was in favor of it If the men could
be placed on their honor and not
guarded.
The road school like that of last
year will be held here in February for
the county commissioners.