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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-04-27
Meals & Short Order

We are serving meals at Is cts.
and furnishing Short Orders at rea-
sonsbIe prices at o0r Restaurant sp-
posits depot On North Main street
Mrs. c. e. HaFEand
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Stop and look at the Photo
display en- north Main street of
TRIGGS, the photographer.
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Assessor Arnold finished the assess
Reut this week on the Teal-estate il
Bays and turned in his secounts- Un,
der the new law where q person con
siders his valuation too high they can
go before the Board Of Review Of their
township on May 18th and try for 2
reduction. In Hays the Board is John
SchIyer and c. NJ. Wann,
Our citizens, especially parents of the
Public school children, and the children
will regret TO hear that Supt. Turner
has resigned and ia gUing away. While
he has been here the school has been
a success and children and teachers
have been pleased with him and his
work. He goes to the State Universi-
t7 to study some of the higher branch
es ef teachers duties.
Tne Beauty Parior is open Monday
Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday
afternoons. Shampoo, Manicure, Fac
ial Massage, Scalp Treatment, etc.
There is always Fain-WateF for sham
poo purposes. An appointment will
avoid waiting. Mrs. Wm. Newton
at FFeese cottage. East Normal ave.
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The Mill has

a ear load of Red Siberian
Millet on hand and a car load
of 1910 White Com on
the way, which should be es=
peeiaIly coed for Seed.
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Eye aaa Ear SHH6eOz
Dr.. y. Jay Brown, the SaIins eye
and ear specialist viii be at the Bruins
wick Hotel, Hays, Tuesday, May z,
At Ellis Wednesday, 9Th
At Russell, Thursday, 9th
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Building for sale cheap.
A customer offers for sale q good Of
fee building Is by a foot easy to
move where wanted.
Also 3 good carriage horse, harness
and light wagon. Prices reasonable.
Fer particulars See FREEsE
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Pure Ice Co.

A NOTICE.
Ice Coupon Books can be had Of
the Driver Of the HsYR Pure Ice Co.
or at the Office.
Prices as fokloHs:
1000 pound book at So. %
40e pound book at 1,5a
1e0 pound beck at 80
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Houses for Rent,

Houses for Rent,
Mrs. J. C. 4Adkns has several cot
tages for rent, all sizes from 2 roOo s
up TO { rooms at various rentals In
Glzire o. her at her home On east
Wilson avenue.
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Horses for Sale

A subscribe= has good Ecrk
mares to sell at ressa2hles p1 ice.
are in eoo5 coIditior, 1. qu;re
AT THIS OFFICE.
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Dr.. Ereeland.

the Veterinarian, from Abilene, has
decided to remain here for = few days
barn, ready for practice il needed.
Phone 16.
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Grants Birthday

Saturday, April 9th is Gen Grant 4
/ birthday 'and the 6. A. r. Post here
Uill eelebrste It with appropriate ex-
sEeises IN their hall at pm. and al
ara coedialIy invited. Rev, Hale il
! 60 deliver Al address, there will be
singing and music. Come.
Cur exchanges had long accounts Of
Cesn-pp day all over the state aRd
IN many places where the city or the
Ladies eluD furnished teams TO haul OF
the trash everybody cleaned up their
beck yard and teams kept busy. The
sehool folks here say there was no rea-
son foF vacation, the children could
90 the work SaturdaFa-
The many friends Of Herb Chittea-
den and daughter we're rejoiced at a
teleRran Saturday announcing their
safe trip across the ocean and arrival
In New York city. Joe Addison did
not come with them, deciding to visit a
while longer with friends in Englaud.
Aud they Tesched here Wednesday eve.
Or course Herb couldn't miss the Odd
Fellows gathering at Ellis this week.
An elaborate Nay Day program is t.
be given out st the State Normal by
over 90 OF the children of District and
Model schools on Tuesday evening Api
goth. an opperetta cinderella in Flow
er Land" with Alice Craig as CiudeF-
ella, and with sunbeams, flowers, rain
drops. birds, bees. butterflies ard God
mother Nature. all in costume, closing
With MsY-pole dance, AdHission S6
cents with board open at Spratt's this
Saturday evening at 7:S0.
If you wish to secure a farm
loan quick, call on the Citizens
State Bank. Bays city, Kansas
Duroc Jerseys For Sale
20 DurOc Jersey Eall shoats foF
Sale. Enquire Of
LoYp TENEYCK. Hays,
Or Phone 122A.
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Horses For Sale Cheap
have more horses than / need and
have pasture for. viii sell a good
work team take your pick from the
bunchl at reasonable prices, at my
farm Ak miles direct south Of Ellis
See FRANK P. BROWN,
or Address Ellis, Kansas.
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Fresh pure Milk

We are prepared TO furnish pure
fresh milk, put up In sealed bottles,
and delivered 1t my meat market or
where desired at your home. Phone 254
FRANK KING
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Dressmaking.
/ solicit dressmaking
at ny home on south Walnut St.,
or viii cali for It IL phoned No 332-
Satiskaetory work guaranteed.
Mrs. FRANK REED
S.SS
If you want grow Alfalfa
see the new Alfalfa
Cultivator at
SCHLYER & ARNHOLD'S
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ReaIestate Loans. What Interest do YOU pay?

Insurance Company. who have dec
are IN a better shape than ever
we charge no extra commission.
you Ronsy & lower rate than
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If you wish to secure a farm
loan quick, call on the Citizens
State Bank. Bays city, Kansas
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13
Motor Cars and Mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes, flies and gnats of every
description are said to be more numer-
GUS in Paris this year than ever be-
fore. 1t has become a veritable inva-
sion. The explanation usually Civ
en- is that the swallows are much fewer
this summer, and also that the
ubiquitous sparrow is notably on the
decrease. Nobody can find a reason
for the de5ertion Of the swallows, but
the reason of the scarcity OF spar
rows Is not far to seek. The enemy
is mechanical traction, which is sup
planting the use of the horse. Before
long, horses will practically have dis
appeared In Paris, and when their
nosebags go there will disappear one
of the principle staples of food for the
Paris "pierrot," who Is taking wing for
the country in search of the grains Of
oats and barley once SO plentiful on
the boulevards and avenues.
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ANGRY FISH BITES ANGLER
Brooklyn Man, the Sufferer, Sends
Head TO Pasteur institute, Fear
ing Rabies.

Whether a fish can have hydro
phobia is question that Fred
Henry of Hancock street, Brooklyn,
would like to have settled, and for
that reason he has sent to the Pas
teur institute in New York the head
of a pickerel that bit him at Swarts-
wood lake recently, says Newton On.
j. correspondent of the New York
Press. Henry was fishing in a boat
that was trif1e leaky and he took off
his shoes and socks. His first catch
was pickerel weighing three pounds.
When he yanked the fish 1t Topped
around in the bottom of the boat in
lively fashion.
AS Henry was batting up again be
felt a sharp pain in one Of his feet,
and, looking down, saw that the pick
erel had made a jump and fastened
it's teeth in his toe He tried to kick
the fish away, but the pickerel held
on and Henry had to use the handle
Of his landing net to pry open the
ffsh's jaws before he got free of 1t.
The toe started to swell where the
teeth had punctured it, and Henry be-
came worried. He says he thinks 1t
possible that the pickerel may have
had hydrophobia and, as a precaution-
airy measure, he sent the head to the
Pasteur institute.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-09-13
MEANING OF FAT HALF MAST
AZ First Universal Symbol Was Token
of submission and Respect
For Enemy.

Perhaps you have noticed that wnen-
ever prominent person dies, espe-
cially If he is connected with the gov
eminent, the flags on public build
ings are hoisted only part of the way
up, remarks the Toronto Mail and Elk
press. This is called half mast" Did
you ever stop to think what connec-
ton there could be between flag
that was not properly hoisted and the
death of a great man?
Ever since flags were used in war it
has been the custom to have the flag
OF the superior or conquering nation
above that of the inferior or vanquish-
ed. When an army found itself hope
Ilessly beaten it hauled its flag down
far enough for the flag of the yictors
to be placed above 1t on the same
pole. This was a token not only of
submission, but of respect.
In those days when a famous sol
idier died flags lowered out Of
respect to his Y. The custom
long ago passt- m purely mill
tary usage to public life of all kinds,
the flag flying at half mast being a
sign that the dead man was worthy
tof universal respect The space left
above it is for the flag of the great
iconqueror of all-the angel of death.
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SYNOPSIS.

The scene at the opening of the story is
laid in the library Of an old WORKOUT
southern plantation, known as the Bar
history and P1 that is Of 70 4 3se aho the
S9u1ntards, is the subject of discussion by
Jonathan Crenshaw, business man, q
Yancy,. farmer, when Hannibal Wayne
Hazard, mysterious child of the old
syouthern family, makes his appearance
1ancy tells how he adopted the boy. Ma
thaniel Ferris buys the Barony but the
Qulntards deny any knowledge OF me
@ BOY: Yancy to keep Hannibal captain am
pears and asks questions about the Bar
ony. Trouble at Scratch Hill, when han
nibal Is kidnapped by Dave Blount, cap
tain MurrelPs agent. Yancy oVertakes
Blount, gives him thrashing and secures
the boy. Yancy appears before squire
Balaam. and is discharged with costs Tor
the plaintiff. Betty Malroy, frlend Oh
the Ferrises. has an encounter with cap
tain Murrell. who forces his attentions on
her, and is rescued by Bruce Carrlngton.
Betty sets out for her Tennessee nome
Darlington takes the same stage. fahcy
and Hannibal disappear, with Murrell on
their trail. Hannibal arrives at the nome
OF Judge Slocum Price The Judge recog-
nizes in the boy, the grandson of an old
time friend MurreH arrives at judges
home. Cavendish family on raft rescue
fancy, who is apparently dead. Price
breaks Jail. Betty and Darlington arrive
at Belle Plain. Hannibars rifle discloses
some startling things to the judge. Han
rives in Belle Plain. Is playing for big
stakes. Yancy awakes from long dream
less sleep on board the raft. Judge Price
makes startling discoveries in looking up
land titles, Charles Norton, young
planter, who assists the Judge, is rnys-
terfously assaulted. Norton informs Car
rington that Betty has promised to marry
him. Norton Is mysteriouslyl shot. More
light on Murrelps plot. He plans upfls-
ing of negroes. Judge Price, with Hanni-
bal, visits Betty, and she keeps the boy
as a companion. In a stroll Betty takes
with Hannibal they meet Bess Hicks.
daughter of the overseer, who warns
leave Belle Plain at once. Betty. terri
way their carriage 1t stopped by Slosson
fed, acts on Bess' advice, and on their
the tavern keeper. and confederate. ana
Betty and Hannibal are made prisoners
The pair are taken to Hicks cabin. In an
rell visits Betty and reveals his part in
the plot and his object. Betty spurns
his proffered love and the interview Is
ended by the arrival of Ware, terrihed
at possible outcome OF the crime. Judge
Price, hearing of the abduction. plans &C
ton. The Judge takes charge of the
situation, and search for the missing ones
Is instituted. Darlington visits the Judge
and allies are discovered. Judge Price
visits Colonel Fentress, where he meets
Yancy and Cavendish. Becoming enraged
Price dashes a glass of whisky into the
colonePs face and a duel Is arranged. Muir
rell is arrested for negro stealing and his
bubble bursts. The Judge and Mahaffy
discuss the coming duel. Darlington
makes frantic search for Betty and the
boy Darlington finds Betty and Hannt-
bal, and a fierce gun fight follows. Yancy
Darlington and Betty come to an under
standing
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Little Lecture on Marriage and d.
vorce That May interest Some
Modern Parents.

Some folks wonder at the miracles
in the Good Book, but God did the big
gest and most unexplainable thing
when he gave woman the privilege Of
being mother. You might marry an
other man some time, but there's
something you'd never forget. and that
is that Perk is the father of Lucille
and Mary Jane. It's somethin' that
demands from you lot of forgive
ness, If need be, for whatever he does.
don't think there's any divorce that
Gods a-goin' to recognize which sepa-
rathes fathers and mothers He might
overlook their Twin apart from each
other if things @ent too far cross
wise, but l doubt If he's goin' to fix
affairs up in heaven after the judg-
ment day by sayin' Mr.. Smith. the
courts down there in the q. S. A. says
you ain. got no right to call this wom-
an your wife and so I'm givin' her
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CHAPTER XxX-(Contlnued.)

An hour later PegIoe's black boy
presented himself to the Judge. He
came bearing a gift, and the gift ap-
propriately enough was a square case
bottle of respectable size. The Judge
was greatly touched by this attention,
but he began by making a most tenn
porate use of the tavern-keeper's Of
fering; then as the formidable docu-
ment he was preparing took shape I'M
der his hand he more and more lost
that feeling of Spartan fortitude
which had at first sustained him in
the presence Of temptation. He wrote
and slipped in complete and quiet lux
ury, and when at last he had exhaust
ed the contents of the Lottle it &C.
Cured to him that it would be only
proper personally to convey his thanks
to Pegloe. Perhaps he was not un-
inspired in this by Interior hopes: If
SO, they were richly rewarded The
resources of the City Tavern were
suddenly placed at his disposal He
attributed this to a variety of causes
all good and sufficient, but the real
reason never suggested itself; indeed
1t was of such pertidious nature that
the Judge, open and generous minded,
could not have grasped it.
By six o'clock he was undenfabIy
drunk; at eight he was sounding still
deeper depths of inebriety, with only
the most confused memory Of impend-
ing events; at ten he collapsed and
was borne upstairs by Pegloe and his
black boy to a remote chamber In the
kitchen wing. Here he was undressed
and put to bed. and the tavern-keep-
er, making a bundle of his clothes. re-
tired from the room, locking the door
after him, and the judge was doubiy
a prisoner.
Rousing at last from heavy.
dreamless sleep the Judge was aware
of faint impalpable light in his room.
the ashen light of dull October dawn.
He was aware, too, Of a feeling of
profound depression He knew this
was the aftermath of indulgence and
that he might look forward to forty
eight hours of utter misery of soul,
and, grooming aloud, he closed his
eyes. Sleep was the thing if he could
compass it. Instead, his memory
Quickened. Something was to hap
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that had been thoughtful of Pegloe-
he would not forget him-the City
Tavern should continue to enjoy his
patronage. 1t would be something for
Pegloe to boast of that Judge Slocum
Price Turberyille always made his
place headquarters when in Raleigh.
Feeling that he had already conferred
wealth and distinction on the fortu-
nate Pegloe the judge thrust his fat
legs over the side Of his bed and stood
erect STOPPING he reached for his
clothes. He confidently expected to
find them on the floor, but his hand
merely swept an uncarpeted waste.
The judge was profoundly astonished.
Maybe I've got 'em on. | don't re-
call taking them off" he thought
hopefully He moved uncertainty in
the direction of the window, where
the light showed him his own bare ex-
tremities. He reverted to his orig
inal idea that his clothes were scat
tered about the floor.
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self to the full length of his arms,
dropped.
He landed squareIy on the rolIed-up
bed with a jar that shook him to his
center. Almost gaily he snatched up
a Guilt, draping it about him after the
manner Of a Roman toga, and thus
lightly habited, started across Mr..
Pegloe's truck-patch, his. one thought
Boggs and the sun. 1t would have
served no purpose to have gone home,
since his entire wardrobe, except for
the shirt on his back, was in the tav-
ern-keeper's possession, besides he
had not moment to lose. for the sun
was peeping at him over the horizon.
Unobserved he gained the edge OF
the town and the highroad that led
past Boggs' and stole fearful glance
over his shoulder. The sun was clear
of the treetops, he could even feel the
lifelesS dust grow warm beneath his
feet; and wrapping the quilt closer
about him he broke into labored run
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pen at sun-up-he could not recall
what it was to be, though he distinct
ly remembered that Mahaffy had
spoken of this very matter-Mahafy
the austere and implacable, the dis
embodied conscience whose fealty to
duty had somehow survived his own
spiritual ruin, so that he had become
a sort of moral sign-post, ever poiL
ing the way yet never going 1t him
self
The Judge lay still and thought
deeply as the light intensified itself.
What WIS it that Mahaffy had said
he was to do at sun-up? The very
hour accented his suspicious. Prob
ably it was no more than some cheer
less obligation to be met, or Mahaffy
would not have been so concerned
about it. Eventually he decided to
refer everything to Mahaffy. He
spoke his friends name weakly and
In shaking voice, but received no
answer,
Solomon" he repeated, and shift
ing his position, looked in what should
have been the direction Of the shake
down bed his friend occupied. Meth
er the bed nor Mahaffy were there.
The Judge gasped-he wondered IL
this were not premonition of certain
hallucinations to which he was not
stranger. Then all in a flash he re-
membered Fentress and the meeting
at Boggs', something Of how the eve
ming had been spent, and spasm of
regret shook him
Il had other things to think Of. This
must never happen again." he told
himself remorsefully
He was wide-awake now Doubt
less Pegloe had put him to bed. Well,
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He was beginning TO experience a
great sense of haste; 1t was two miles
to Boggs' and Fentress would be there
at sun-up. Finally he abandoned his
quest OF the missing garments and
turned to the door. To say that he
was amazed when he found 1t locked
would have most tnadequately de-
scribed his emotions Breathing deep,
he fell back step or two, and then
with all the vigor he could muster
launched himself at the door. But it
resisted him.
. Its bolted on the other side," he
muttered, the full measure Of Peg
loe's perfidy revealing itself to his
mind. He was aghast. 1t was a plot
to discredit him. Pegloe's hospitality
had been inspired by his enemy, for
Pegloe was Fentress' tenant
Again he attacked the door; he be-
lieved it might be possible to force it
from its hinges, but Pegloe had done
his work too well for that, and at
dropped down on the edge Of his bed
to consider the situation. He was
without clothes and he was a pris-
oner, yet his mind rose splendidly to
meet the difficulties that beset him.
His greatest activities were reserved
for what appeared to be only sea-
son OF despair. He armed himself with
a three-legged stool he had found and
turned once more to the door, but the
stout planks stood firm under his
blows.
Unless / get out of here in time
After this Fentress will refuse to
meet mel"
The window next engaged his at
tentfon. That, too, Pegloe had taken
the precaution to fasten, but single
savage blow of the stool shattered
glass and sash and left an empty space
that framed the dawn's red glow. The
judge looked out and shook his head
obviously. 1t was twelve feet or more
to the ground, risky drop for a gen
tleman Of his years and build. The
judge considered making rope Of his
bedding and lowering himself to the
ground by means of it; he remem-
bered to have read of captives in that
interesting French prison, the Bas-
tile, who did this. However, an equal
ly ingenious but much more simple
use for his bedding occurred to him;
it would form a soft and yielding sub
stance on which to alight. He gath
cred it up into his arms, feather-tick
and all, and pushed 1t through the
window, then he wriggIed out across
the ledge, feet first, and lowering him
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Robert Browninu's Will,

Diligent search is keing made OF
Florence, Italy, for the will Of Robert
Browning, son of the famous poet.
but 80 far 1t has not been found. The
fact that there apparently is no will
is causing considerable gossip, as
the property, of which there is a good
deal, both in Asolo and Florence.
will pass to his wife, who was Miss
Coddington Of New York, and from
whom he lived apart for years owing
TO incompatibility of temper.
Browning's property In Florence in
cluded Casa Guidi, where he spent his
childhood days. When his mother
died the property passed out of the
family, and was acquired by him a
few years ago.
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A FOOD CONVERT
Good Food the True Road to Health.

The pernicious habit some persons
still have of relying on nauseous drugs
TO relieve stomach trouble keeps up
the patent medicine business and helps
keep up the army of dyspeptics.
observation-disclosures - is caused
by what Is put into the stomach in the
way OF improper food, the kind that
so taxes the strength of the digestive
organs they are actually crippled
When this state Is reached, to resort
to tonics is like whipping a tired
horse with a big load. Every addi-
tionai effort he makes under the lash
diminishes his power to move the
load
Try helping the stomach by leaving
of heavy, greasy. indigestible food
and take on Grape-Nuts--light, easily
digested, full OF strength for nerves
and brain. in every grain of 1t. There's
no waste of time nor energy when
Grape-Nuts Is the food.
II am an enthusiastic user Of Grape
Nuts and consider 1t an ideal food"
writes a Maine man:
81 had nervous dyspepsia and was
all run down and my food seemed to
do me but little good. From reading
an advertisement l tried Grape-Nuts
food, and, after few weeks steady
use Of 1t, felt greatly improved
Am much stronger, not nervous
now. and can do more work without
feeling so tired, and am better every
way
& relish Grape-Nuts best with cream
and use four heaping teaspoonfuls as
the cereal part Of a meal I am sure
there are thousands OF persons with
stomach trouble who would be bene-
flied by using Grape-Nuts." Name CIV
en- by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a rea-
son."
Ever read the above Ietterf new
one appears from time to Tina. THEY
are genuine, true, and full OF human
interest.