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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-05
CITY BREVTTIES

w II. Watkins, prominent attor-
ney of Jackson, is in the city on legal
business before the Circuit Court.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-12-05

C-&C Tr7~ >IRL TONIGHT
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

the services of an usher Marie re-
marked that it would be some time
before they could be shown to their
seats.
Here is an usher!" exclaimed the
elder woman, handing her coupons to
a tall, finely-formed man with dark,
eager eyes and a resolute mouth.
He courteous1y received the bits of
pasteboard, looked at them with a
puzzled pucker on his brow and after
momentary hesitation said: "This
way, pleased"
He showed them to two of the most
desirable seats in the house and in
formed them that there seemed to be
some mistake in the tickets, but he
thought these seats were better than
the ones they had reserved
Mrs. Warburton agreed that they
were, and as he was leaving she re-
minded him that they had no pro.
grams. He apologized for the over
sight and fetched them some.
He looks rather unusual for an
usher" said Marie when he had again
left them.
In these little towns" explained
her mother, things are so different.
presume he is the leading social
light"
He doesn't look like a society
man." ruminated Marie.
After the curtain rose the usher re-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

A great deal has been said lately
about the Kansas hen. What about
the Kansas rooster? Shouldn't he
come in for his fair mead of praise
or something to that effect? CONNER
ciaIly the rooster stands about where
a good many men do socially. He is
recognized only because he is his
wife's husband And he is a trouble
some one at that.
If he would accommodatingly dis
appear from every Kansas farm about
the first of May each year and not
put in his appearance again until the
first of February he would accomp-
fish a tremendous economic saving
and make his name less harshly
spoken.
The Kansas rooster comes pretty
close to being a non-producer so far
as direct profits are concerned. If
sold at an early age when he weighs
from a pound and a half to two
pounds, he would make a tender NOR
sci and at least balance his feed bill.
A year later when he is turned over
to the butcher with his good wife.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22
l.ArV0
by A. H. Leidigh, Assist

Johnson grass is without doubt the
worst weed in all the southern part OF
the United States. This grass is
large, rather coarse and vigorous. It
is an unimprOved sorghum, sometimes
planted for hay and pasture Johnson
grass is fairly drouth resistant, but
requires a warm climate and thirty
or more inches of rainfall annually
to make large crops OF hay. It is
easily injured by freezing and by pas
turing. 1t is difficult to eradicate
wherever grown because it propogates
and spreads both by seeds and by
root stalks.
The sale of the seed of Johnson
grass is prohibited by law in Kansas.
It is the duty of the county commits
sioners of each county to see that
Johnson grass is eradicated. 1t is also
the duty of the township trustee to
remove this grass from all roads.
Johnson grass can be eradicated in
Kansas only by constant, careful
work In eradicating this grass the
first consideration is the prevention
Of seed formation. AS the plants are
irregular in heading, it is unsafe to
allow them to come into head before
cutting because some seed will have
been formed already. Preventing seed
formation does not prevent the forma-
ton of new plants by the root stalks.
The practical method of eradication
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22
THE KANSAS ROOSTER NOT PROFITABLE

who has in the meantime turned a
profit on the eggs she has laid, he is
likely TO bring only half as much
pound as she. In fact, he brings very
little, if any, more than he if market
ed as a broiler weighing two pounds.
And you've had to foot his board bill
in the meantime.
And that isn't all Contrary to the
general notion, egg production is not
at all dependent upon the male bird.
A widowed hen forgets her grief,
crowds her mourning into half day
and lays merrily on. OF course the
eggs won't hatch but the infertile egg
will keep longer in hot weather and
will stand storage and shipment much
better than the fertile or hatchable
egg. One of the great secrets of put
ting a fresh egg on the table of the
city consumer in hot weather is keep
ing the male bird from the laying
flock.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22
WHEN THE ROMANCE FADED
PIain-Spoken Husband Came to the
Point With Few Words of
UnVarnished Truth.

Congressman Jim Mann was on his
way back from Chicago, and cOuIdn't
help hearing the conversation Of the
couple in the section right behind
his. They looked like newly married
folks, says Mack's National Monthly,
but were not on their honeymoon, as
Mann learned by deduction. The
woman laid down a newspaper she
had been reading and said to her hus-
band:
do you know, I wish I had one
of these afhnities. Oh, 1 think 1t
would be just grand to sit on rock
with somebody and have him rave
about the Incompatible golden color
of my hair and tell me that my eyes
were the most beautiful in the whole
world, and"
'Uh, huh said the husband, yawn-
ing.
And that the delicate pink of my
cheeks had been painted there by the
angels, and that he couldn't live with
out me- Ooh, 1 think an affinity like
that would be"
"'Tisn't an affinity you want" in
terrupted her husband. What you
seem to want is a plain, old-fashioned
liar"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

southeastern quarter of Kansas. Hun
dreds of acres of wheat and alfalfa
were cut OF by this worm. In
some cases it migrated from young al
falfa into wheat or into old alfalfa
but in most cases those found in the
wheat and alfalfa appeared to have
come from eggs laid there the pre-
ceding season. The damage continued
until the middle of May when the
worms entered the ground to trans
form. From that time to this the
Variegated cut worm has not 5done no
ticeable harm. The experience Of
1909 may be repeated in 1912.
When the farmer finds the cut
worms generally distributed through
his wheat or alfalfa, let him turn the
hogs and poultry into the infested
area and let them devour the cater
pillars. If the soil be smooth and
compact enough to render the meas
ure efficient, crush the worms with a
drag or roller. Where wheat CT young
alfalfa has been completely destroyed,
poison the worms with a dry mixture
of bran and Paris green, using enough
Paris green to give color to the mix
ture, or bran and white arsenic, dis
tributed in rows with a grain drill.
Where wind will not permit the use Of
dry mixture, use poisoned bran mash.
Where the worms are locally dis
tributed or moving from one field to
another, destroy them by turning in
hogs and chickens or by putting out
the regular poisoned bran mash. Pre-
vent migration of the worms to non
infested areas by interpOsing a line
of poisoned bran mash, or a band Of
the regular food plant into which they
are moving thoroughly poisoned with
arsenate of lead spray at the rate of
pounds to so gallons of water or
with Paris green, one pound to so
gallons of water. It is further sug-
gested that busting the plants with
Paris green, using 1 pound to Is
pounds of air-slaked lime or -four may
be substituted for the spray, but
would not stick so well as the spray.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22
DIFFERENT NOW.
since the sIugser, Coffee, Was AbaIl-
doned.


Coffee probably causes more bilious
ness and so-called malaria than any
one other thing-even bad climate.
CTea is just as harmful as coffee be-
cause it contains caffeine, the drug in
coffee).
A Fl. Worth man says:
81 have always been Of a bilious tenn
permanent, subject TO malaria and up
to one year ago a perfect slave to cot
fee. At times I would be covered with
boils and full Of maIarial poison, was
very nervous and had swimming in
the head.
Il don't know how it happened, but
I finally became convinced that my
sickness was due to the use of coffee.
and little less than a year ago I
stopped coffee and began drinking
Postum.
From that time I have not had a
boil, not had malaria at all, have
gained Is pounds good solid weight
and know beyond all doubt this is due
TO the use Of Postum in place Of cot
fee, as I have taken no medicine at
all
Postum has certainly made healthy,
red blood for me in place Of the blood
that coffee drinking impoverished and
made unhealthy" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum makes red blood
There's a reason" and It is ex
planned in the little book, ssThe Road
to WellYiIIe." IN pkgs.
Ever read the above IetterF A new
enc aggeErs fr0m time 10 tine. They
are gezufaes true E1d faH q haDGE
interest
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22
HOW TO ExTERMINATE JOHNSON GRASS

rofessor in Crops, K. S. 4. CT
is to prevent the plant from making
any growth during the season. Then
turn up the roots by fall blowing and
allow them to freeze. This fall plow-
ing should not be worked down with
the harrow until spring. If any scat
tering plants appear the next year
from roots or seeds take these out
by hand. It may be necessary to cut
a few plants back every ten days dur
ing q whole summer If land infest-
ed by this pest must be plowed dur
ing the growing season, both the root
stalks and the plants should be har-
rOwed out, raked up and burned, 9th
erWise they will grow if conditions
are at all favorable. For badly in
tested fields a potato digger is an ex-
cellent tool for turning out the root
stalks. Johnson grass will be kept
in check by seeding the land to al
faIfa, but a season OF weakening fol-
lowed by winter blowing should be
first given the land.
In all cases where Johnson grass
seeds may be in hay. or bedding the
greatest care is necessary to prevent
the spreading of the plant by means
Of manure. PIows and clltivators fire.
quently drag the root stalks and also
the whole plants long distances, and
they will start to grow readily under
almost any conditions during warm
weather
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22
The Elephant Variety, Once Common
Now Said to Be Almost
Extinct.

One Of the noteworthy results Of a
recent expedition on the government
steamer Albatross was the discovery
of a band of elephant seals. The ex-
petition was commanded by DR..
Charles H Townsend, director of the
New York aquarium, and was sent out
under the auspices of the New York
Geological Society and the Museum Of
Natural History, New York The ami
mails were found on the uninhabited
Island of Guadeloupe, 20 miles OF the
coast of San Diego. The party cap
tured alive six baby elephant seals,
which were sent to the New York
aquarium, where they are attracting
great attention. Four skins Of large
adult males were obtained more than
sixteen feet long for museum group
The remarkable eIephant-like probes
els is as long as the head. The maxi
mum length of the adult male is tweu-
ty-two feet The female, which Is
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22
Found Herd of Rare Seals

smaller, lacks a proboscis. The short
proboscis, or trunk" has the nostriI
openings at the end. and can be ex-
banded and contracted at will. The
male elephant seal fights desperately
as the scars on their necks and
breasts bear evidence. They have.
formidable teeth and send forth gut
tural roars which can be heard at a
considerable distance. Unlike the fur
seal, the elephant seal is a wonderful
oil producing animal. having a deem
layer of blubber six or eight inches
thick; the oil is even superior to
whale oil
Fifty years ago elephant seals were
abundant but, owing to their whole
sale slaughter to obtain the valuable
oil for commercial purposes by the
sealers, the species is now approaching
misunderstanding American.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22
HOW JOHNSON GRASS GROWS.

The roots of Johnson grass are
abundant and fibrous. There are also
extensive root stalks or underground
stems which are not true roots. These
underground stems have joints and at
the joints are buds and scale like rudi-
mentary leaves In the summer when
the plant has formed its seed it then
stores up food in the root stalks,
which grow outward and downward
from the base Of the plant and may
be one-haIf inch in thickness and quite
long. This underground stem is the
only part of the plant that does not
die in the winter In the spring they
start to grow and form new plants. It
is only when these underground stems
are separated from the plant during
the growing season that they are able
to start new plants at once A great
deal OF drying is necessary to kill
these underground root stalks even
when plowed out.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

Wheat straw as a feed is not value
less. In many places in western Kan
sas farmers are offering 81 a ton and
freight for good straw. This food fur
nishes a large amount of energy in
the masdcating processes, and this is
of vital Importance 70 animals during
the winter. Straw should be fed with
some other food that furnishes the
food elements lacking in straw. Cot,
tonseed cake and straw makes q gooG
feeding ration for cattle.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22
The Bible Is Many Books.

There are few persons who under
stand the true origin and history of
the Bible. As a matter of fact, the
Bible is not one, but many books.
The word is derived from the Greek
Biblia, which means books" In the
same way we speak of the Scrip
lures" or writings" both in the
plural
In 1.-The Scripture of Truth" a re
markedly successful book by Sidney
CoIlett, the author tells of the origin,
history, symbols, alleged errors and
contradictions in the Bible
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22
To Preserve Historic Building.

A movement has been started in
Frankfort, KY, to preserve the little
red brick" building on the old State
House square on account of its his
toric interest. The building now
standing is 90 years old, and Daniel
Boone, on the occasion Of visits TO
Frankfort after it was erected, visited
the Offices on business. In two years
the building will be 100 years old, if
left standing, and is the Oldest state
building in existence.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22
Copyright, 1912. by Associated Literary
Prasal

When Mrs. Warburton and her
daughter Marie reached the little
western city where they were to
change cars, and found that they had
missed connections, thus necessitating
spending the night in a strange place,
they accepted the situation with
tranquility that bespoke an extensive
acquaintance with the fate OF travel
ers.
1t was 1880 o'clock when they regis
tered at the hotel. They had already
d1ned on the train, and as 1t was too
early to go to bed, Marie proposed
the theater, as the clerk informed
them that there was a good play
booked for that night
What a child you are, Marie, %
laughed her mother, gazing fondIy at
her daughter. Most girls that have
been out five years and have had sea-
sons of grand opera and the best
drama would be bored at the prospect
of provincial theater."
THAT is just why it won't bore me, %
argued Marie; because it will really
be such a novelty. Do you know
have never been in as small city as
this? Sometimes l think" she con-
ttnued wistfuIlY that people in the
towns have a more interesting, init
mate sort Of life"
Her mother was too much engaged
in freshening up her toilet to follow
her daughters train of philosophy, SO
Marie unused meditatively on life in
general and her own life in particular.
Beautiful in face and form, charm
ing and attractive in manner, she had
been courted and Wooed but not won,
because there still fingered an ideal
lover in the fancy Of the young girl,
and the suitors in her train were ali
Of the one society type.
IF l could only meet a mana
mans mani" she thought. Il still
maintain my faith In the existence OF
such a man-somewhere, and that l
shall find him-somewhere It might
happen even in little provincial town
like this"
The lobby of the little theater was
crowded, and as they stood awaiting
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

Lots of jewellers in fats and closely
built districts will fout that profes-
sor's idea of playing the piano contin.
uously for fifty hours and making a
worlds record. They are prepared to
testify that pianos in their neighbor.
hood have been pounded continuously
much longer than that or it has
seemed so.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

A man in Kansas threw old shoes
at newly-wedded couple. It was. OF
course. joke. and the bride was only
frightened to see the bridegroom
bleeding. But the Judge was so en-.
tirely destitute of the sense of humor
that he fined the man $100 If he had
been sent to jail the joke would have
been kept up. but located differently.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

Windows in a stable make it sani-
tary. Darkness and dampness go
together. Both are harmful to live
stock. Then, darkness IN stables
greatly binders work A man in a
well-lighted stable can accomplish
from % 10 50 per cent more work
than If he has to labor ia a dark enc.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

We see by the papers that a Los
Angeles citizen takes nitroglycerin as
a heart tonic. 1t may not be a pleas
ant diet. but 1t renders him immune
from being kicked around.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

A scientist claims to have discover
ed 1S,9S3,432 microbes on a dollar
bill. Probably he included those who
died of old age while he was count,
ling.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

Don't throw away your straw. Don't
burn 1t. Spread it back on the fields
It adds humus to the soil and helps to
conserve moisture. One hundred
pounds Of humus viii hold one hun
dred and fifty pounds of water, while
an equal weight of poor, thin soil viii
hold only forty pounds.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

st. Louis has been drinking Mis-
sissippi river water ever since it was
a trading post and even brags about
it Which may account for some of
the ST. Louis pecuIiarities.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

The large importations of pearls
and potatoes shows that no matter
what the discouragements. the people
of the United States are determined
TO have the necessaries of life.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

There has been a $4,000. 900 fire in
the bazars of Damascus, but the sup
ply of oriental rugs will probably not
be diminished. They make good ones
IN Connecticut
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

a Kentucky university is to add
chicken farming to its courses. This
enterprise will give it cause to crow
over its rivals. and probably egg then
on to emulation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

a Brooklyn man found and severely
punished the man who ran away with
his wife. says an exchange By refus-
ing to take her back, we infer
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

A Wisconsin dairyman says that
COWS can be induced to give more
milk by music. but wouldn't a ragtime
tune make the juice taste like rag
weed?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22
Economy in Atehfson.

An Atchison man is so economical
he won't go to a ball game unless he
gets a pass to a double-header.-
Atchison Globe.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

A Pennsylvania cat is keeping an
estate of $4,000 from distribution.
While that cat lives the estate must
remain intact
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

THE vaHiegated cut-worm has ar-
peared in alfalfa in parts of
Kansas and may do some
harm. The fully grown worm is cylin-
drical, about one and three-fourth
inches long by one-fourth OF an inch
thick. It varies in color, from dark
to pale. The general color of the
dark form is rather dull brown, often
with a greenish tinge finely mottled
with gray and smoky above The ven
trail surface is much paIer dull gray,
often with a fiesh-colered tint. The
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

Now it is limited that the tight skirt
is responsible for knock-kneed women
Probably canard started by the cloth
manufacturers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

All the recreation magazines nova
days are telling their readers how to
catch Ash. but what we really need is
somebody to tell the fish how to bite.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

A Kansas City man has informed
his family that he has been instruct
ed by the Lord to rest for a year.
Some men have luckl
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

Ragtime music, it is said, is respon-
sible for the turkey trot and other
such contortions, but we are inclined
to lay the blame on ragtime morality.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

A Pennsylvania judge has decided
that a voters home is where his wife
lives. What more can the suffragettes
ask?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

Cleveland wants a three-cent piece
with hole in it to pay those three
cent fares. Do they want TO carry
car fare strung around their necks =?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

Most street cars are built on the
1ncontrovertibIe theory that a stand
ing passenger occupies less space
than a sitting passenger
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

By breaking his own leg a motor
cyclist has reversed the usual order
of breaking other peoples bones.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

Boston has begun a crusade for
sterilized sausages and bacillus-proof
beefsteak, but well bet they won't
start anything on beans
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

An American airwoman has now
flown across the English Channel
This leaves the sexes still equal in the
modern race of achievement
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

An Ohio farmer has recovered his
eyesight by the extraction Of two OF
his teeth. Eye teeth, probably.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

The office boy who had killed off
all his grandmothers and aunts Is now
trying to devise more elderly relatives
to fit the present baseball season.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

A Mount Vernon Qll.) bird dog at
tackled a hive OF bees and was stunG
to death. Let the bird dog stick to
birds.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

gum eggs. all the way from the south
pole.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

To prevent a flaring gas flame, re-
move the tip, put in a small pellet Of
cotton and replace the tip.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

The women first" rule is held to be
unapplicable to street cars, for on
them women stand first, last and al
ways.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

City people who don't realize the
value of shade trees forty or fifty
years old should go out and try to
buy a few.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

Michigan telephone girls complain
that the instruments they wear cause
corns to form on their ears.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

The increase Of warmth In the at
mosphere has been quite convincingly
accounted for.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

Heat your plates before putting hot
pies on them when first taken from
the oven. The hot pies on cold plates
cause a sweat that makes soggy under
crust.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22

now is $3O0.00O,OO0. Have you so
much change about you?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-06-22
The Reason.

He makes but bald attempt at a
living.
.Hov is thar"
He is hair specialist"